Word: caution
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when he was hit by a truck; in Saranac Lake, N. Y. After supervising five Encyclopaedia editions as managing or U. S. editor, he became editor-in-chief in 1932, retired two years ago. A dauntless pedestrian, Editor Hooper persistently flouted traffic signals, replied to friends' pleas for caution: "We are all going to die some...
Last week a crescendo of war talk swept over U. S. campuses. Commencement speakers dismissed their graduates with words of alarm, caution, doom...
...Leader, the Yale coach, over-stepped the usual limits of caution when recently brought up his Jayvee stroke to pace the Varsity eight. Crew is a sport in which the men practice together, but coach Leader took the chance of upsetting their smoothness in a last-minute attempt to improve the Eli first contingent...
Against Beard's caution on the "limited nature of American powers," Buell argues that "this country can dominate the situation." He cites figures on U. S. wealth, industry, consumption, and the appealing figure that the U. S. "has 153 inanimate slaves (foot pounds of man energy per eight-hour day) per capita in comparison with 17 for the world average, 41 for Britain, 35 for France, and 27 for Germany. . . ." The U. S. has rapidly become the greatest "power" in the world, he says, and should shoulder responsibility equal to its power...
...Chamberlain may be brought to understand that we cannot and will not go on in this way." Reports that naval chiefs had insisted upon an immediate bold attack on Trondheim before the Germans had their big guns set up but had been prevented by the Cabinet for reasons of caution did little to soothe rising tempers...