Word: cautionings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that as it may, Restic realizes the necessity of tempering daring with equal doses of moderation and caution. His cautiousness is founded primarily in planning: like Yovicsin, and perhaps even more so because of his professional background, Restic charts and evaluates every aspect of his personnel. This way, each gamble he takes is calculated well in advance...
...NATO's fifth Secretary-General,*Luns takes over at a crucial time, when the alliance is beginning to explore troop reductions with the Warsaw Pact nations. Luns' own predilection is for caution. He does not want NATO to become so mesmerized by hopes of detente that it will lose sight of its primary role as the defender of Western Europe...
...oldest and most durable of the Soviet bloc party leaders, Ulbricht alone can lace his speeches with references to what he personally heard Lenin say, and he has used his disciple status to lecture the Soviets and East Europeans interminably on the need for political orthodoxy and extreme caution in dealing with the West. Last week Walter Ulbricht lost the bedrock of his power, the leadership of the East German Communist Party, which he helped found in 1946 and has headed since...
Muskie's style is inconsistent. He can be very prim, exuding down-East caution and a lawyer's precision as he quibbles over the exact meaning of something that he has said earlier. On more relaxed occasions, he can be candid to the point of naivete and sloppy in his expression. That variation in the manner of Muskie's answers baffles even his friends; the seeming contradictions in the substance of what he says have made him vulnerable to attack. Pros within his own party believe that Muskie should make his positions plainer...
...second brake on the turn-around is the continuing caution of consumers, who saved a high 7.2% of their income during the quarter. They have begun to buy some expensive items, notably houses and cars. Compared with the same period last year, auto sales rose 13% in March and a record-setting 32% in the first ten days of April, keeping alive Detroit's hopes for a 10-million-car year. But in retail stores, appliances, furniture and other consumer durables are selling slowly. Says Ralph Lazarus, chairman of Federated Department Stores: "The trend has not improved...