As in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy and the extreme spring flooding in Europe, a question new to our times is being asked: "What if those courageous men -- husbands, fathers and sons -- would not have died if not for Fossil Fuel Era climate change?" It is a delicate matter to discuss the connection with climate change so soon after such a tragedy.
If the disincentives against going to the police are large, they are perhaps even more daunting when it comes to publicly calling out sexual aggression in a country where public opinion tends to either brush incidents aside as too trivial to make a fuss about, or consider them too delicate and painful to discuss openly.
More delicate to be discussed is the effect of the flow-dynamic regime on the yield in dissolved products.
It's best not to discuss delicate issues via a text or e-mail; facial expressions and tone of voice are important tools to underscore emotion and concern.
"Before, we couldn't necessarily go after a driver for the organization; it'd have to be an operations director," said the official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss delicate intelligence issues.
Other administration officials, who insisted on anonymity to discuss delicate negotiations, said the call was initiated by Mr. Medvedev to confirm agreement on a set of issues in the treaty reached by negotiators in Geneva in recent days.
"Not only Karzai but a broad section of Afghanistan's political leadership want to reach an agreement," said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss delicate negotiations.
Although the specific reason for the meeting has been withheld, family elder Napilisi Mandela told South African media it was called to discuss "delicate matters pertaining to the anti-apartheid icon", while another relative detailed the last minute nature of the gathering, stating: "many of us in the village were only told this morning".
The subject of the meeting was not publicly disclosed, but Naplisi Mandela, an elder of the Mandela family, told the South African Press Association that they had gathered to discuss "delicate matters" — a euphemism widely interpreted to mean preparations for Mr. Mandela's death.
An American official, who requested anonymity to discuss delicate diplomatic matters, said that the meeting between Mr. Kerry and Mr. Maduro had been arranged two weeks before Monday's signing ceremony in Colombia that ended the war between the Colombian government and the FARC rebel movement.
