Word: cautious
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...assumed office after his father's death in April, Baby Doc was widely voted the Pooh-Bah least likely to succeed. However, Baby Doc-or at least the government that operates in his name-has presided over five months of unlikely tranquillity and even initiated a few cautious reforms...
...before he comes to the U.S. in late October. While neither side had made any binding promises or dramatic shifts in posture, and while the Yugoslavs clearly had no illusions about the present Soviet leadership's regard for diplomatic niceties, the political atmosphere in Belgrade reflected a cautious relief that Moscow now wants to promote the appearance of better relations...
...balance, though, Hickel was an extremely effective Interior Secretary, and certainly the first who might have earned the title of "secretary of the environment." Eventually, his freewheeling ways clashed with the more cautious decisions of the Nixon Administration. The book details the final conflicts, notably the famous letter to the President after the Cambodian invasion and subsequent campus riots, in which Hickel suggested that Nixon was too insulated. Nixon was to take this as a "mutual lack of confidence...
...years many shoppers turned up their noses at "private label" goods, those moderately priced and stingily promoted items that carry the store's own brand name instead of the manufacturer's. Cautious consumers, unsure of their judgment, usually sought out the costlier, more lavishly advertised "national or brand name" products. Now these buying patterns are shifting. The popularity of private-label goods-food, clothes, whisky, appliances, household furnishings-is rising. The change is creating a big, rich and occasionally wacky sales trend in U.S. marketing...
...faults are those of the cinema-verite form. They include repetition, over-emphasis on physical detail, and an over-cautious approach to point-of-view. Basic Training is, at times, simply dulling...