Sentence examples for touchy the issue from inspiring English sources

Such a warning is no surprise, but the association's decision not to release the report shows how touchy the issue is.

(In a sign of how touchy the issue still remains, Switzerland has threatened to ban this book because its jacket shows a swastika made of gold ingots superimposed on a Swiss flag).

The passing mention of his Mormonism in his 20-minute speech here at the George Bush Presidential Library underscored just how touchy the issue of Mr. Romney's faith has been since he began running for the Republican nomination.

Not only did it open my eyes to what constitutes an illegal internship, but it brought to light how touchy the issue is -- the amount of interns and companies that employ interns who turned down the opportunity to talk to me because they were afraid was remarkable.

She's still touchy about the issue.

It's just an explanation of why the bishops are not the only Roman Catholics who are touchy about the issue of contraception.

Pakistan's military establishment is extremely touchy about the issue of Balochistan, where a nationalist movement has developed into a potent insurgency in the last decade.

But as significant as the decision was for advocates of women's reproductive rights — and as touchy as the issue has been politically — it will most likely have little impact on the bottom line of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, the company that makes the drug.

But many say the French are by far the touchiest on the issue because their concerns might go well beyond protecting movies and television programs, extending to concerns that the French way of farming and standards for food imports could be threatened by a more uniform trans-Atlantic approach to commerce.

The comments, raising for the first time the touchy issue of homosexuality amid the sexual abuse scandal, once again spoke to the Vatican's continued difficulties in effectively tackling the crisis.

And in addition to raising the touchy issue of age in the campaign, the ad also reminds viewers of Mr. Lautenberg's history of bruisingly aggressive politicking.