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The colossal statues are overwhelming, the delicate grace of the tomb paintings breathtaking, the pyramids prodigious, and the huge temple complexes positively Herculean.
This is a somewhat delicate matter.
The Times includes this quote of the president's: "We're not talking about a few rooms here with delicate personal matters involved."
(On snowstorm cleanup, it comments, "Any Chicago politician can tell you that snow is a substance sent by God to ruin political careers, and because of that, each and every delicate little flake that falls on the city is seen as an invader to be eradicated, whatever the cost.")
The NYT , ever suspicious of the president's motivations, goes out of its way to report that White House aides "expected Clinton's announcement to draw concentrated news coverage and commentary to compete with lingering musings over the trial"; the WP , playing the story just below its one-column lead, details the complex and delicate planned mobilizations and postings of the multinational troops.