Word: cautioning
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...Since overrunning all but two remaining Fatah strongholds in Gaza, Hamas has been careful not to provoke the Israelis, and the Islamists are exhibiting early signs of caution towards Israel. Rocket attacks in southern Israel have nearly ceased, and Palestinian sources told Time that Hamas has ordered the criminal gang that kidnapped BBC correspondent Alan Johnston 95 days ago to hand him over, a possible first step towards his release - although this claim could not be verified. Hamas could further calm the atmosphere with Israel by freeing Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, kidnapped last summer. And on the Israeli side, some...
...doom and gloom? Part of this Chicken Little complex can be explained by rose-tinted nostalgia, but such pessimism also reflects deep-rooted self-doubt, a certain suspicion of man’s ability to handle his promethean powers. Caution transforms suffering into virtue and material progress into sin; this psychology of self-denial suggests that we are sowing the seeds of our future destruction with our present prolificacy. If this sentiment merely led individuals to forswear their own possessions, it would be rather harmless for society. But unfortunately, the modern ascetic impulse informs a wide range of misguided policy...
...Fortunately, say CDC experts, Speaker does not seem extremely contagious; while lab tests for the tuberculosis bacterium are positive, he has not yet produced evidence of the bug in his sputum, and, at last report, was not coughing. Still, erring on the side of caution, the U.S. health agency is offering every passenger on the two international flights taken by Speaker the opportunity to get tested...
...there - up to 11 billion barrels, according to Exxon Mobil's survey in 2000. But as yet, it's not clear how accessible those reserves might be. That gives São Tomé's people time to think and dream - but to do so with a caution that not all Africans have shown when the drillers come to town. In Club Tropicana, Salvaterra ponders his country's future. "I really hope we do have oil," he says. "But maybe just a little...
...Although demands for military action are increasing, some caution that Turkey should focus instead on better integrating its Kurdish minority into society. "The military are putting the pressure on the government" says Altan. "But the Kurdish problem is one that needs to be solved by democratic means, not military ones." As part of its European Union accession bid, Turkey passed a number of reforms designed to improve human and cultural rights for its Kurdish population, estimated at 20 million of Turkey's total 71 million. But that process has stalled amidst backlash from some European leaders opposed to Turkey joining...