Word: caution
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There was ample reason for celebration -- and for caution. After eleven years of military domination, Bhutto's installation capped the most peaceful transition to democracy in Pakistan's coup-riddled 41-year history. Harvard- and Oxford-educated, Bhutto secured her selection as Prime Minister when her party won 92 of the 237 parliamentary seats in the Nov. 16 election and then patched together alliances with small parties and minority groups. Bhutto seemed well aware of the fragility of her position. "You have bestowed a great honor on your sister and placed a heavy responsibility on her shoulders," she declared...
...called for national forgiveness for Chun. Asked Roh: "When he himself apologized deeply, how can we stone the former President alone on the grounds that there were many mistakes in the past?" But Roh stopped short of granting his predecessor the official pardon Chun had hoped for. Roh's caution probably reflects his uncertainty about whether the Korean people are ready to forgive...
...prosecutor acting in the midst of such a dispute must exercise great caution -- first, to distinguish violations of law from policy disagreements which are the expected and natural by-product of separated powers, and to make certain that the laws are applied consistently with the scope of the president's substantial constitutional authority in the area of foreign affairs...
Assistant Attorneys General Edward S.G. Dennis Jr., head of the criminal division, and Douglas W. Kmiec, from the office of legal counsel, said Walsh's position "does not demonstrate sufficient caution in either respect...
Indeed, such caution may not be unreasonable--some pundits have attributed Walter Mondale's 1984 landslide defeat to his expressed intention to raise taxes...