Word: cautionings
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Hickenlooper's career on the Hill was one of conservative caution, attuned to what he felt was the attitude of the folks back home. He argued or voted against the 1964 civil rights bill, the Peace Corps and Medicare. He had been critical of Wisconsin's Senator Joseph McCarthy in the ideological wars of the 1950s and had maintained a moderate internationalism on the Foreign Relations Committee-even up to the neo-isolationist present. Asked recently by President Johnson what was wrong with the committee, Hickenlooper said: "There are 19 men on it and they represent...
...moment of death, in view of the differences among the experts who have given much thought to the matter, would be a legal impossibility at this time, however theologically and scientifically sound it might be. This is not to argue against "updating"; it is to suggest the propriety of caution. These are encouraging signs. Consider the following celebrated case...
...Vested interests impinge on most moral choices. This stuation is not difficult. It will be best to consider whence these pressures come. Their presence calls for caution...
...presence of vested interests, however correct, raises the possibility of selfish rationalization and is a warning of the need for caution. Then too, a new definition of death, when there are those who have a vested interest in it, could lead to public questioning and doubt and an unfortunate blurring of the line between this and euthanasia...
...diapers, then throws a tantrum, crying and kicking until she has been changed. "Baby's Hungry" is more patient; she will go unfed indefinitely. Once the spoon or nursing bottle is inserted between her lips, however, she rolls her eyes and downs her formula with gusto. But, caution: when she sits up after meals, she wets...