When the cases proved too complicated or politically touchy, they started screaming for help and blamed the BCA, and the state, when the cases went unsolved.

Mr. Nagy's adaptations of certain non-Western religious forms in a commercial gallery context treads some politically touchy ground.

These are politically touchy subjects, but if we are going to make progress understanding the gap, we must not be afraid to address them.

White House officials said today that they were intentionally holding off on taking a public position on the politically touchy matter until Congress acts.

Several negotiators said that such a cut, although politically touchy, was the key to reaching a serious agreement.

A Small Gap With Mexico Another politically touchy trade relationship showed a small deterioration.

Articles by Chinese scholars on politically touchy subjects may be impossible to publish through customary channels here, he said, but "they are everywhere on the Internet."

They were close to an agreement last week, and then it disappeared because it included the politically touchy provision cutting Social Security cost-of-living increases.

Beyond that, older films are more popular with both sides, because there is less likelihood that they will draw fire from those Chinese who see politically touchy subjects in them.

The politically touchy deficit with Japan widened to $4.44 billion, the biggest this year and considerably wider than the August deficit of $3.73 billion.