Many observers doubt that radical proposals are in the works, however, because of touchiness about sovereignty.

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This galloping touchiness makes even sane and modest reformist projects in France almost impossible.

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Yet Sigismund Blondy, being who he was, found Zwelish all the more precious for his touchiness.

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The novel seems to treat extreme touchiness as a default psychological setting.

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In its gentler moments, the administration is sensitive to European touchiness.

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