Word: cautions
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...Leader, the Yale coach, over-stepped the usual limits of caution when recently brought up his Jayvee stroke to pace the Varsity eight. Crew is a sport in which the men practice together, but coach Leader took the chance of upsetting their smoothness in a last-minute attempt to improve the Eli first contingent...
Against Beard's caution on the "limited nature of American powers," Buell argues that "this country can dominate the situation." He cites figures on U. S. wealth, industry, consumption, and the appealing figure that the U. S. "has 153 inanimate slaves (foot pounds of man energy per eight-hour day) per capita in comparison with 17 for the world average, 41 for Britain, 35 for France, and 27 for Germany. . . ." The U. S. has rapidly become the greatest "power" in the world, he says, and should shoulder responsibility equal to its power...
...Chamberlain may be brought to understand that we cannot and will not go on in this way." Reports that naval chiefs had insisted upon an immediate bold attack on Trondheim before the Germans had their big guns set up but had been prevented by the Cabinet for reasons of caution did little to soothe rising tempers...
...controversy, the ballot represents a cross-section of Student Union opinion throughout the country, with only the New England States in agreement with Harvard about the need for condemnation. Student Union leaders at Harvard regret that Harvard finds itself thus in the minority in such a controversy, but caution about "crying out against the Student Union before considering the facts...
...Luxembourg because, if the Grand Duchy is invaded again, he wants neutral witnesses of her rape. No alarmist either, it was he who undoubtedly facilitated Reporter Casey's quick passage to the scene last week as the German Legation warned local newspapers to handle Allied news with caution, to "keep entirely to the truth-loving communiqués of the German High Command...