Word: trickyness
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The crime measure was the legislative equivalent of a lollipop: a $33 billion bill that was filled with so many dollars for cops and prisons and crime-prevention programs that the tricky parts, meaning the gun-control and death-penalty provisions, should not have stopped it. If the Administration couldn...
Even a Democratic victory in both chambers could be a headache. If the House adopts a bill calling for universal coverage now and the Senate passes something resembling Mitchell's, the House-Senate conference will face an exercise in tricky coupling that could be like resting a cargo plane on...
TRICKY DIAGNOSIS
"They gave a lot of legalistic answers. It's tricky. We have a pretty long way to go."
No matter which of those theories is closer to the truth, Washington loses little by pursuing any diplomatic opening. As long as Kim allows the inspectors to keep track of the fuel rods, he cannot secretly process them to obtain plutonium for more bombs. But there is a tricky time...