Word: cautioningly
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Diplomacy. The Saudi defense buildup is being matched by a major diplomatic effort that readily converts Riyadh's financial clout into political muscle. The Saudi diplomatic watchwords have traditionally been discretion and caution-so much so that Egyptian President Anwar Sadat occasionally upbraided the Saudi rulers as "afraid of their own shadows." Now, noting recent Saudi successes at carving out a mediating role for themselves in the region, one of Sadat's own advisers acknowledges that the Saudis are "no longer seen as weak reactionaries but have a newly acquired respectability...
...Saudis' overriding political purpose is thus to persuade Washington to pressure Israel into working toward a solution to the Palestinian problem. U.S. officials were caught by surprise in 1973 when the Saudis joined OPEC in the oil embargo. Observers now caution that Washington should be under no illusion that the Saudis would not use their oil weapon again if they felt they had to. Moreover the Saudis presently feel that the US owes them a great deal for having increased oil production twice during the past two years-and at a price that is $4 per bbl. below that...
...contrast, "caution" to some U.S. companies simply means figuring out clever new bribery schemes that are harder to spot. One way is to join up with a foreign company that is not prohibited from making the necessary payments, and let it do the dirty work instead...
Harvard officials who have been involved in efforts to gain Baranczak's departure last night expressed relief, pleasure and caution...
...members, that prompted Harvard to decide against taking part in a gene-splicing firm founded by Moleculer Biologist Mark Ptashne, even though the venture might have pumped some needed cash into the university's coffers. Stanford's president, Donald Kennedy, a biologist himself, is urging his colleagues to use "caution and deliberation" in responding to the flurry of overtures from gene-engineering firms. Reason: potential conflict of interest between pure science and the demands of their commercial employers...