After some delicate tests with a voltmeter, we came up with a solution.
The disputed outcome complicates what had already become a delicate diplomatic test for China, which claims sovereignty over Taiwan, and the United States, Taiwan's main ally.
At any rate, only the most delicate chemical test would reveal traces of vermouth in the Martinis that the bartenders are stirring up these days.
The handling of the Ram temple issue has become not only a measure of India's integrity as a secular democracy but also a delicate political test for the Bharatiya Janata Party, which leads the country's coalition government.
[North Korea had not made any statement about the incident as of this morning.] The Japanese government has refused to say if the man had positively been identified as Mr. Kim, which could be a major embarrassment for the North Korean government and a delicate diplomatic test for Japan's new leader, Junichiro Koizumi.
"Every law student learns that there is a delicate balancing test to see if the prejudicial impact outweighs the probative value before such evidence is admitted," but "they quickly learn that in practice the balance always comes out in favor of admitting gruesome crime-scene photos, autopsy pictures, 911 calls, everything".
This delicate job of testing and assurance must be performed, both by the scientists of Arzamos-16 and our own experts in Los Alamos, without resorting to underground nuclear tests, which have been banned since 1990.
Sinai is where Palestinian militants from Gaza and Islamist militants from elsewhere might find refuge and roam undisturbed, destabilizing the delicate border and testing Israel's patience, perhaps even igniting conflict.
Well, it turns out that if this grid is fine enough -- if the matrix has enough points -- our physics experiments, including the delicate cosmic ray tests, won't sense it.
Winning it all becomes a delicate balance — not a test of dominance so much as timing.
