Word: cautioned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...workplace. After all, to paraphrase bank robber Willy Sutton, that's where the men are--not to mention where we spend most of our time. Many women want to date up on the organization chart and don't like the welter of regulations from the human-resources department that caution executives against...
...What it did was it made something explicit that had been implicit in the policy," says Associate Provost Dennis Thompson, referring to the caution against linking Harvard's name to research projects and books that has now been codified...
...prosperous. Never before had the breadwinner taken home so much money; in March and April, after-tax pay of the average factory worker with three dependents was around $70 a week. Not since the first delirious, mistaken weeks after V-J day had there been so much expectancy--with caution, this time--for peace. The fishing was good too. In the gulf, off the coast of Louisiana, speckled trout were swarming in the bays and bayous, and tarpon appeared a full month earlier than usual. Said Bill Tugman, editor of the weekly Reedsport (Ore.) Port Umpqua Courier: "The salmon...
...before you grab your prospecting pans and kettles, a word of caution: All we've actually detected is hydrogen atoms. "The presence of water is a logical conclusion, but it is a leap of faith," says Alan Binder, a lead scientist on NASA's Prospector team. "We will have to sample it before we really know for sure." NASA admits, however, that had they known about this back in '69, it would have altered their entire lunar exploration strategy. Who knows, we could have all been sipping moon margaritas by now -- on the rocks, of course...
...These uncertainties underscore the need for caution as you move ahead in your work on the 1999 budget," Greenspan said. "There is no guarantee that projected surpluses over the next few years will actually materialize." And eat your vegetables -- or he'll raise interest rates...