Word: cautioned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though Morrow considers his own manners an irreproachable model of civility, he admits certain doubts about politesse between the sexes. For example, he exercises special caution at the entrance of his apartment building. "The doors there are quite heavy, and I hold them open for anyone following me, male or female. There are still some women, however, who feel no obligation to hold those doors for me, and so they let them swing back and whack me in the face...
ALTHOUGH the new Student Assembly has met only a few times, certain characteristics of the body are becoming readily apparent. Most noticeably, its caution. The reasons for this caution vary, but many representatives say it stems from a fear that the assembly will embarrass itself by trying to do too much, too soon. Representatives say they want to avoid the predicament President Carter found himself in after a year in office, having initiated a dozen reforms while having completed few; they want to learn their way around the University bureaucracy, carefully investigate what kind of substantive reforms the assembly...
Another reason for the caution could be that the assembly is a group of moderate students. This is reflected in the elections of officers and committee chairmen in which the more moderate candidates prevailed over the more radical candidates. Admittedly, the methods of classifying students according to ideology are vague and the margins of victory in these elections were often slim. However, many representatives agree the elections show that the assembly's initial steps have favored moderation...
...Word of Caution...
...McCree, Bakke posed a particularly hard dilemma. Sympathetic to the civil rights movement-as a federal judge, he ruled frequently in favor of busing to desegregate schools-he is also known for lawyerly caution and balance. Comments one legal scholar: "He thinks like a lawyer, not a civil rights activist." Bakke's fallout will create further dilemmas. The Supreme Court has agreed to review a federal district court order forcing...