Word: caution
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AFTER DWELLING IN THE LAND OF EUphemism and caution for 11 years, Ian Uydess had finally had enough. Enough, he says, of seeing lawyers in the laboratory, his language vetted for such dangerously accurate words as "addictive." Enough too of not being able to do the job he believed he had been hired to do: develop a safer cigarette for Philip Morris, the world's largest tobacco company. Uydess, an associate senior scientist at Philip Morris for 11 years, quietly resigned from his job in 1989. Not until two weeks ago, however, when he witnessed the spectacle of his former...
...right to send e-mail to whoever he pleases but only insofar as he does not impose an undue cost on others. Like him, I cannot help but draw the same analogy that the Handbook for Students draws in its section on "Electronic Communication." There, right before the caution that "messages... should not be sent as chain letters or 'broadcast' indiscriminately to large numbers of individuals," the Handbook gives e-mail use the same status as other forms of communication: "The same standards of behavior, however, are expected in the use of electronic mail as in the use of telephones...
...moment the man in plaid remains a paradox. On the one hand, he offers gimmicks. On the other, reality. There's no questioning Alexander's experience, savvy--and calculated caution. If he comes to trust voters enough to utter all that his sound bites hide, citizens may, to use Lamar's refrain, "know what...
...economic realities of the modern world, but rather because the way we behave has suddenly imposed a very real and immediate threat upon our lives. Even if a cure for HIV were developed tomorrow, in my mind sex and romance will always be inextricably tied to the need for caution and restraint, due to ravages of a disease that is younger than...
However, while we praise the University's efforts to create such a strong Department of Afro-American Studies, and although we urge students to take advantage of its resources, we must offer one caution. This department will be able to wield much influence--Professor Gates said that "the Du Bois Institute [is] in an ideal position to assume a central role in shaping public policy issues of race and class." While Harvard's scholars should continue to be vocal and influential, they should not use their power in academia to silence other voices or completely dominate intellectual discussions. For example...