"This is all extremely delicate," said one Republican leadership aide.

As an art form, however, works on paper are extremely delicate and cannot be subject to light or to changes in temperature.

"We are now at a crucial stage and in an extremely delicate period," he said.

This is an extremely delicate situation, for all involved.

"The desire to avoid an extremely delicate political problem for us all, and another reason which is private to me."

He is extremely delicate with them and it is just as well.

However, all this is going to take some extremely delicate opinion management.

"These efforts are entering an extremely delicate and serious phase."

The situation is extremely delicate and requires my full attention.

Then he said, as if forcing the words out, "This is extremely delicate."