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When English movie-makers get together to produce a comedy, they first throw caution to some wind or other in constructing an outlandish plot. Then they work meticulously over every minor character and every line of dialogue to provide a delightful counterpoint to the extravagances of the story. The result is more often than not complete hilarity...
Proceed with Caution. In London, asked to judge whether nine packages of books on nudism were subject to seizure, Magistrate Sir Frederick Wells said: "I must go through these things before I come to a decision...
Such honesty has led hostile critics to hint that Mauriac is essentially a refined sensualist who, from motives of caution or guilt, takes care to renew his option with God. Mauriac, in a brief essay appended to The Loved and the Unloved, replies in a voice of deep humility: "Though, quite often, Grace does 'break in' [to his books], it has tended to do so less and less as I have grown older ... I might point out that evil is a reality in this world of ours, that the people I set out to paint are fallen creatures...
...severe at is sounds. The Dean's Office will hesitate and consider for a long, long while before it steps in and enforces it. In matters involving the newspaper (which, incidentally is a frequent and rather vigorous opponent of University policy), the administration will exercise a great deal of caution. It realizes that suppression of an editorial policy of the Spectator, no matter how unreasonable the policy may be, would produce "righteously indignant" cry of censorship...
This week Texas is in the throes of a rebellion against the national Democratic Party. Leader of the rebellion is Texas Governor Allan Shivers, a man who alternates between boldness and caution, who often talks in sweeping absolutes and temperamentally prefers compromise. At present, Shivers seems to be in one of his bold moods. For size, for noise, for drama, his upheaval seems peculiarly Texan...