Word: caution
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reason for the candidates' caution was clear: although the polls continue to give Carter an edge, it is extremely narrow. A new TIME-Yankelovich survey for Oct. 16 to 19, updated after the debate, showed Carter leading the incumbent by 4%-48% to 44%, with 8% still undecided. Before the debate, the figures had been 45% for Carter, 42% for Ford, with 13% undecided. The Harris/ABC poll had precisely the same pre-debate spread between the two major candidates-45% to 42% for Carter, with 5% for Independent Candidate Eugene McCarthy, 1% for Lester Maddox and 7% undecided...
Nowhere was such zero-hour caution more conspicuous than in the Phi Beta Kappa Hall at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Va. Before the debate, a White House aide told the President, "The name of the game is not blowing it." Both Ford and Carter did their best to avoid a gaffe, but the result was something less than inspiring. "It was another case of Mr. Ready v. Mr. Steady," said California's Republican vice chairman Mike Montgomery. "I score it a negative draw-zero to zero...
Ever since he became President, Ford has erred on the side of caution -or so it appears in hindsight. Of course, he deserves much credit for bringing down inflation. But after the economic summits that he convened in the autumn of 1974, he ignored all the warnings of recession and proposed an unwisely tight fiscal policy, with income tax surcharges for individuals and companies. By December the economy had plunged, and in January 1975 Ford had to admit his error by proposing a tax cut of $16 billion. In fact, that was too modest. Congress increased it to more than...
...meeting was quiet, and the conferees moved with diplomatic caution. Well they might; for according to federal officials, there are only three serious contenders for what Don Carlo left behind, and all have frightening reputations. The unholy trio...
...Japanese officials in order to advance the sale of the Tristar was clear from the sworn testimony and documentary record in the subcommittee's possession. But because of the absence of incontrovertible proof that payments had actually been received by the intended officials, the subcommittee had to proceed with caution. Special procedures were devised...