The delicate task of providing the explanation ultimately fell to John Walsh, Kennedy's obstetrician.
There may also be a more subtle explanation: There is a delicate interplay of conflicting impulses at work for those who have been spared the burden of publicity but denied the benefits.
"After this explanation, that one imagines was delicate, the couple gave themselves a few days to reflect before clarifying the situation in the eyes of [public] opinion.
"Because the majority of people doing it were young women, and because it was delicate cutting that appeared not to hurt them, one explanation was that these women weren't menstruating and so were trying to find blood," says Millard.
Although appropriate fluid provision is a delicate balance when managing brain injury [ 16, 17], one possible explanation of the positive influence of hospital admission may be that patients receive fluid support in hospital during the illness.
An explanation advanced by his aides is that Mr Sarkozy must tread a delicate path between symbolic populist gestures, such as saving jobs at Alstom, and unpopular reforms, such as commercialising EDF.
This explanation is accompanied by closely associated criteria for identifying good critics: "Strong sense, united to delicate sentiment, improved by practice, perfected by comparison, and cleared of all prejudice, can alone entitle critics to this valuable character" (SOT, 278).
In light of these observations, a potential explanation for the absence of pharyngeal pumping during lethargus periods may be to allow the delicate assembly of the new grinder.
According to one explanation, the term was coined to describe a technique used by fraudsters who would wait with delicate porcelain vessels outside busy markets and demand payment when these shattered, ostensibly due to the carelessness of others.
It came despite my explanation ad nauseam that any pregnancy, wanted or otherwise, would cause further injury to my already delicate body (and likely pass along the same debilitating disease to any progeny).
