Word: cautioned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...forces of change wanted to sweep away not just Suharto but also all the political and economic abuses he embodied. They were held back, in the end, by the military establishment's innate deference, caution and desire for stability. The rest of the world reacted coolly to the elevation of a Suharto confidant perceived as particularly ill equipped to rescue Indonesia from its economic ruin. In Washington, Clinton Administration officials assumed that Habibie's tenure would be short, and they hoped the country could then move on to real reform...
...really knows whether such a person is actually dangerous. You're best off erring on the side of caution. The company should see that this man has therapy...
...popular mutant antihero was solemnly handed to Dean Devlin, 35, and Roland Emmerich, 42, in 1996, almost as soon as the pair signed to produce and direct a new version of the monster classic. "We had to read it before we could write the script," says Devlin. The implicit caution: thou shall not take Godzilla's name in vain...
...this point, they've just decided to throw caution to the wind," says TIME New Delhi correspondent Tim McGirk of India's attempt to elbow its way into the nuclear club. "They're saying, 'Enough of this shilly-shallying around -- we've done the test, and we're going to build up our arsenal...
...caution brought on by the flippity-flop episode evaporated, though, as my daughters, my only steady source of language freshening, grew up and left home. No longer did I have any way of knowing that Colorado College students called cadets at the nearby Air Force Academy "zoomies" or that the way to end a conversation you no longer had any interest in was to flip a palm toward the speaker and say, "Talk to the hand." If I'm desperate for the latest ghetto slang these days, I'm reduced to lurking on the subway near clots of beautifully turned...