At the Royal Ballet, whose dressing rooms they will be using, mention of the Russians touches a raw nerve. It’s difficult for us to understand why everybody wants to talk about the Russians all the time, says ballerina Fiona Chadwick. Ballet isn’t only Russian.
Rhee issued a press statement raising publicly whether South Korea could rely on American assistance in the event of North Korean aggression. This touched a raw nerve and Muccio was instructed immediately to see Rhee and protest at this grave breach of ordinary diplomatic courtesy.
It’s none of your damned business! she snapped half-heartedly, yet his words struck a raw nerve and she almost winced in pain, because Ryan had only been ardent at first; after that, it had been she who had made the advances.