Indeed, friends say the hard-headed realism with which she began her tenure -- skeptical of Russia, intent on refocusing on great-power politics after what she saw as the touchy-feely diversions of the Clinton era -- has been tempered by Mr. Bush's "transformational" view of the power of American ideals in the world.
And as Bush ponders the touchy issue of stem-cell research, it is Rove who is sounding out Catholic leaders.
Bioethics' development and practice is relatively 'safe' from the threat of the political power used against it, as long as it is away from the touchy areas of democracy, public engagement and reflections, human rights, and accountability of health professional to the public.
This acute début portrays the world of neurotic journalists — "as touchy as cabaret performers and as stubborn as factory machinists" — at an English-language paper in Rome.
This acute début portrays the world of neurotic journalists—"as touchy as cabaret performers and as stubborn as factory machinists"—at an English-language paper in Rome.
When the topic is as touchy as privacy, well, multiply that by 10.
After yesterday's 16-9 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, Jets players sounded like politicians as they danced around the touchy but smoldering issues of questionable play-calling and an imminent change at quarterback.
She also said that he could be "as touchy as a housemaid and as suspicious as a governess"; his first biographer, Evan Charteris, described his way of walking as "curiously suggestive at once of eagerness and caution".
Barthélémy does well as the nervous, touchy Bart, but Vincent Cassel is the overpowering presence here; his perma-grinning, unkempt Joseph is brilliantly unsettling.
You don't have to ask about the touchy subjects such as politics or religion until you know each other better.
