Word: cautioning
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...extra test-taking time. He was horrified by a visit to his granddaughters' prep school. The 12-year-olds, he says, "spend hours each month - directly and indirectly - preparing for the SAT, studying long lists of verbal analogies such as 'untruthful is to mendaciousness' as 'circumspect is to caution.'" Atkinson, once a distinguished visiting scholar at E.T.S., decided to take several SAT sample tests, hoping to find some value in all the kids' efforts. His conclusion: "America's overemphasis on the SAT is compromising our educational system...
Although this difference may be real, a note of caution is advised before uncorking the champagne: The timing of the Harvard survey may have influenced the results. Students were interviewed during reading period, a time when there may be less drinking in general and when heavier-drinking students less concerned about their coursework may have been away from school. Furthermore, the Harvard survey was completed in 2001, almost two full years after the national sample. Drinking rates may have changed everywhere since then...
...sanctions against Iraq. His message to governments of the region will "Don?t prejudge Sharon. Judge him by his actions rather than by his past." He's going to emphasize that there's a new administration in Israel and in the U.S., and that everyone should proceed with caution and do what they can to keep the level of violence down...
...first, the National Association of Purchasing Management index due out Thursday, and the next unemployment report. Until then, it seems that caution prevailed on the FOMC board, and you can bet Greenspan got the OK from his colleagues for some unilateral movement if he feels the need...
Critics say the Governor's innate sense of caution is to blame. "This problem could have been solved six months ago and at $10 billion less for the utility companies," says Representative Keith Richman, Republican minority whip in the state assembly. Richman points out that following a spike in power rates in San Diego last August, Republicans wrote a letter to Davis calling for a special session of the legislature "to solve California's energy crisis." The Governor did not respond. "The reason we are at this crisis today is because of the Governor's lack of action and lack...