Word: cautions
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...various technological innovations reflected the undying faith of modern man in the science he has created and its presumed efficacy for all fields of human endeavor. Yet, as any man of science would attest, there is a vast difference between faith and knowledge. I suggest that some caution be exercised in the evaluation of the potentialities of the "new technologies of medicine...
...every case in which the sample was adequate, not only did all the researchers agree on their prediction, but in every case they were correct. Enthusiastically they reported that there is no reason why the test should not always be 100% accurate. Then they quickly added a word of caution. Since obtaining a sample of the amniotic fluid "is not without danger," they carefully noted that the new method should not be used simply "for satisfying the curiosity of the parents...
...Pusey's caution contrasted with the eagerness of the Library officials to get the University's cooperation; they saw the immense contribution that Harvard could make to the complex. Here, at the beginning, was a source of tension...
Restraint & Rejection. One irony of the program is that it brings out not only the fight against Whitey but the fight between the different generations of Negroes. Again and again, middle-aged and older Negroes sound the Uncle Tom-toms of caution and restraint (mother to S.N.C.C.-worker son: "You're endangering your daddy's job"), while the kids reject the older generation in toto ("We got to do it on our own; we can't take your word...
...Cancer. On the key issue of whether the pills are really safe, the formal report took refuge behind a double negative: "The committee finds no adequate scientific data, at this time, proving these compounds unsafe for human use." A committee spokesman translated: "We wanted to put a word of caution, to put a yellow light, not a green light, on the matter...