Word: cautioningly
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...education, copied all over the country by other colleges. In the enthusiasm of the moment, Rosovsky says, the Faculty didn't worry about mechanics, and the program became increasingly less organized as course offerings proliferated. In these more cynical '70s, Rosovsky says, reformers are likely to proceed with greater caution, trying to sidestep the pitfalls before they arise so they won't have to clean up the mess later...
Indira does not seem to be vulnerable to charges of financial wrongdoing; she has a reputation for caution in her personal finances. But real trouble could come from official studies of abuses during the emergency. Asked if he planned to call Mrs. Gandhi as a witness, former Supreme Court Justice J.C. Shah, head of the most important panel, replied: "If I felt it necessary-and I feel that it is necessary-then I will call...
President Jimmy Carter flashed a yellow light-proceed with caution-for the funding of a weapon that most U.S. military strategists consider necessary to avoid such a scenario. The neutron bomb,* they argue, would enable NATO commanders to foil an attack without virtually destroying West Germany in the process, as would be the case if existing tactical nukes were used...
MacArthur's troubles stem from what might be virtues in a literary biography-earnestness, caution, balance. Though the moviemakers clearly admire their subject, they are careful, for example, to dramatize his ravening egomania. A staff p.r. man is always present to arrange heroic news photos of the general, and MacArthur's own concern for image is fully laid out. One cannot complain that they have ignored those aspects of MacArthur's nature that his critics deplored. On the other hand, they have not done much with them, which is to say they have tiptoed...
...passed into history, and it would have been good to have a robust life of him: something that really attacked its subject, taking a strong point of view about him - whether for or against would not have really mattered. The Great Commander never operated in a climate of caution, and there is no good reason why this movie should. Something of the spirit of Patton is what is required. What we get instead is the plodding tone of an official biography...