Word: cautions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...during the expansive days of 1965 and 1966, when Congress and President were committed to an eradication of domestic ills. The 90th Congress, which is far less inclined toward constructive action, brought a different mood to Capitol Hill, and Johnson appeared ready to bend with the prevailing breezes of caution and negativism. While the President pointedly avoided ringing the alarm bell after last summer's riots-or indeed doing much of anything at all-Gardner, always the most candid man in the Administration, eloquently voiced his own concern...
Westmoreland has a worthy antagonist. Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap, victor over the French at Dienbienphu, is reliably reported to be personally directing the campaign against Khe Sanh. The Communist planning so far has all the earmarks of Giap's generalship: a combination of caution, feinting, meticulous preparation, and enormous concentrations of firepower and manpower. Giap's precise strategic aim at Khe Sanh is less clear. A North Vietnamese lieutenant who defected reported that Hanoi's goal was to wipe out U.S. forces in Viet Nam's northern provinces in order to provide a bargaining advantage...
...next few years pressure for massive federal assistance to students is certain to increase. The Zaccharias proposal for a Bank is the most efficient way of providing this aid yet devised. Despite the Administration's caution and the opposition from the large public universities, it seems likely that the Zaccharias plan will eventually be enacted...
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...
...first time the writer called, all that she could hear was a child squalling loudly in the background and a harassed male voice that shouted, "Could you call me back in a few minutes?" When she did, he was all caution. "This may get you mad, but you'll have to give me your phone number and I'll call you back. I mean-well-you sound just fine, and I can tell it's all right, so I'll tell you something. I get a lot of calls from crackpots and curiosity seekers . . ." The result...