Word: cautions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...natural after-effect of the Great Awakening, the days when the U.S. first recognized the meaning behind Stalin's smiles. From an unjustified good faith in Russia's intentions, America leaped into fear and a deep contempt for the new Enemy, instead of assuming a proper attitude of caution and watchful reserve. As a result, the official American response to Soviet peace antics has been reflexive denouncement and obvious bad faith...
...press conference a fortnight ago, President Eisenhower was closely questioned by reporters on a vital subject: Is the U.S. military establishment strong enough? The President sought to strike a note of caution-and balance-in his replies. Any appraisal of our military strength, he said, must take into account all its elements. And, said the President, with an emphasis that was noteworthy in any Army man, let us not overlook the Navy. "No one," he said, "has talked about that...
...from any personal conceit, but from his intense identification with liberalism. In informal discussions of current issues like segregation, he becomes caustic and impatient in defense of militant liberalism. "Why should the under-dog be patient while he gets kicked in the teeth?" he demands. "We don't need caution so much as sound reasoning and the courage to apply it." This impatience with conservatism appears brash to critics who hear him debate. Similarly, the moral tone of some of Schlesinger's magazine articles has reinforced the myth about his smugness...
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...pleading for my state because we have had little trouble with integration but for the Deep South where there is a truly serious problem," McKeldin stated. The country must realize that the Civil War destroyed the South's social system, and proceed with the necessary caution, he added. Germany could quickly recover from the two World Wars because it only suffered economic destruction, but Southerners have to adapt themselves to a new way of life, McKeldin said...