Word: touchier
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Jiang Zemin had an appointment with Bill Clinton at the White House last Tuesday night to talk about some of the touchier items on the agenda for the next day's summit meeting. But before that, to prep the visiting Chinese President for the private session, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dropped by to see him at Blair House, the government's guest quarters. She warned Jiang that Clinton was going to push human rights very strongly that night. The U.S. press and public would judge Jiang on what he had to say on the issue, she said. "That...
Labor remains the single largest controllable cost for an airline. And while the labor situation seems to wax touchier and more problematic each day, airlines are also turning to more empirical ways to save money. These include setting up ticket "distribution channels" that bypass travel agents. By selling directly to consumers, they avoid commissions. Many have implemented ticketless travel, and some are offering discounted weekend and other specialty fares on the Internet...
...Olympic-torch route through Washington is the most convoluted of any city's so far, with the potential to replicate the metaphorical gridlock on Capitol Hill with the real kind as 145 torch runners pay homage at every shrine in hopes of slighting no one. It's a touchier city than most: there are three branches of government to tip your hat to, plus the city administration, the various military services and their cemeteries and memorials, Presidents living and dead and the Vice President, who is said to be alive. Then there is a black college, a white college...
...Right now] they want to do a whole bunch of things that no one is opposed to," said former Council Secretary Randall A. Fine '96. So superficial success might be easy for MRUC, he added, but touchier issues will surely create harder fights...