Word: caution
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...free screening software. But computer programs don't obviate the need for adult supervision. Even SurfWatch, which pays graduate students to troll the Internet in search of offensive material, promises only 90% effectiveness. And to achieve that, its software filters must, of necessity, err on the side of caution. SurfWatch once banned a portion of the White House home page because it contained the keyword couples...
...spread through the homosexual community in the 1970s and '80s. More recently, however, as more and more gay men adopted "safer" sex techniques, reports began surfacing of people who had become infected with HIV even though they had engaged in oral sex only. Erring on the side of caution, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta added unprotected oral sex to the list of unsafe sex practices several years ago. "From our standpoint, the study reinforces the evidence we've collected over the years," says Dr. Helene Gayle, an HIV-prevention expert at CDC. "Just...
...American manner prevented Israelis from going for the whole package, not just the polish but the steel underneath. If the younger, tougher, smoother candidate raced to the top almost before his resume built up to it, the slimmest of majorities was persuaded that his youthful energy and conservative caution hold the greater promise. Voters concluded that Bibi's there is there, and it belongs in the Prime Minister's office...
Zyuganov's career as an opposition leader has been characterized by caution and measured ambition. In July 1991 he and 11 others signed an open letter titled "A Word to the People," a blistering plea to save the Soviet Union from Gorbachev's reforms. The letter, which Prokhanov wrote, marked the birth of the union between Communists and nationalists that some fear will transform Zyuganov's coalition into a Russian version of Hitler's National Socialist party. It also foreshadowed the failed coup by party hard-liners the following month. Although he proudly calls himself a "leading ideologist...
Still, even dexfenfluramine supporters do not believe that it--or any other pill--will ever be a dieter's dream come true. Studies show that people who take dexfenfluramine shed an average of only 10% of their weight. Doctors also caution that the drug is intended for those who are 20% or more above their recommended weight range. "It's not a magic pill," stresses Dr. Richard Wurtman, a neurologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who helped develop dexfenfluramine. "It must be used as part of a package that includes good nutritional advice and a good exercise program...