31.   Since many books, magazines and newspapers touch on sensitive topics these days, the repressive measures to date seem almost arbitrary.

32.   Still, government officials raise the sensitive topic of public funds and tax breaks with increasing frequency.

33.   Statistics on religious affiliation are difficult to come by and are too sensitive a topic for governments with mixed populations.

34.   Still, it is a sensitive topic no matter how you broach it.

35.   The Finance Ministry said that it did not use such an optimal range in policy making and that its economists refrain from researching such sensitive topics.

36.   The first public examination of that sensitive topic is just one reason the Senate hearings may provide more drama than the two plodding days of House hearings so far.

37.   The HIV infections are a highly sensitive topic, because health officials in Henan often ran the collection stations and profited from them.

38.   The increase in the rate of violent crime in Nairobi is a very sensitive topic in a country that relies on foreign tourism as its main foreign exchange earner.

39.   The issue of boomerang books is a sensitive topic for top publishing executives, who are loath to discuss losses publicly.

40.   The idea of settling refugees here, however, remains a very sensitive topic.