Word: cautions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...should avoid all discussion of race, religion and politics. Editorial cartoonists make their living discussing politics, and by discussing race and religion as politics. Racial attitudes especially loom large in our society as a fit subject for debate and an irresistible topic for satire. Yet cartoonists should proceed with caution...
...variety of government officials, pop stars and even Saddam Hussein filled out the top nine slots. Arswendo finished 10th, just ahead of the Prophet Muhammad. Monitor reporters had warned their boss to leave Islam's founder off the list, and now Arswendo is paying for his lack of caution. The editor has been sentenced to five years in prison for blasphemy and fined $5,200 for equating Muhammad with ordinary mortals. One consolation for Muslims: with only five votes, Jesus Christ did not make the list...
...achieve success in the journalistic world, most Nieman Fellows have had to be careful about what they write. But Vladmir Vessenski's caution has extended far beyond concerns of accuracy and proper word choice...
...geologists, including Paul Hoffman, a research scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada, believe that the new map could point the way to valuable mineral discoveries. If the theory proves correct, silver, copper and zinc (all found in eastern Australia) should also turn up in northwestern Canada. But scientists caution that before anybody rushes out with a prospector's pick, research must confirm that the rocks in the Western U.S. are really related to those in eastern Antarctica. Dalziel estimates that this comparison should take no more than six months -- a short wait to clear up a mystery that...
Many troops will experience postwar blues. They will feel a need to repeatedly tell their war stories, describing the hardships they endured. Some will be tempted to go on spending -- and drinking -- binges. Military and civilian family experts caution that returning warriors may feel dissatisfied with home life. Many will be inattentive to or dismissive of family problems. "People who have been on the battlefront have very nearly faced death," says Falk. "Things that may be important to the family may seem trivial to them...