Word: caution
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Perhaps the opponents of the proposal honestly believe they are serving the best interests of their constituents by avoiding a question which will add to the confusion of the day. Such caution, however, would seem more admirable if the party motive did not lurk so near...
...necessarily an accurate representation of facts and accordingly has properly qualified them. Captains, managers and players on the various athletic teams were called into conference and suggestions from members of the Faculty were invited. A study of the report shows clearly that the statistics compiled are interpreted with caution, and that it is possible to obtain a reliable index of the general trend by means of statistical research. For example, there has been much loose talk about the relation between athletics and scholarship. The report now published settle this question for all unbiased minds. It has particularly brought into relief...
...flying he said that the American flyer, especially the young college man had "the combination of recklessness and caution so necessary in a battle of aeroplanes...
...graduate must proceed with some caution in speaking of the superiority of former days for we are entirely conscious of the fact that Harvard has won only three intercollegiate championships in thirty years. We do feel, however, that it is only normal for Harvard to win her fair share of dual meets...
Bradlee played easily and with caution during the first game, when his opponent held him to a 13-13 tie, and he had to use his greatest skill finally to take the game by the score of 16-14. However, Smith at the beginning of the second game broke his racquet, and the incident seemed to rob him also of his morale, for he rapidly went to pieces, and although he tried several racquets after this, he seemed unable to stage any sort of come-back. The last two games went with hardly a struggle. Bradlee, who won last fall...