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Word: cautious (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Strategically, Munro will have to develop a game plan that can inspire the players. Last season's 4-4-2 was a slow, cautious attack that did not capture the fire of the team and created nerve-wracking one-goal victories. Especially with the weaker defense this fall, the Crimson will need to score more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Solid Year for Harvard Sports | 9/20/1971 | See Source »

Muskie moves and works in a measured cadence-slow, methodical, studied. Says Gene Letourneau, a friend who sometimes hunts birds with him in Maine: "When Ed goes out in the woods, he is just as cautious as when he makes a big political decision. He wants to know where he's going. He always has the compass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Muskie: The Longest Journey Begins | 9/13/1971 | See Source »

...that apartheid laws are stifling growth and hurting business at home-as well as largely barring them from a huge potential market to the north. Now, having seen their Prime Minister seated at a banquet table between two black ladies from Malawi, the South Africans may have taken a cautious step toward a more civilized future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Red Carpet for a Black Man | 8/30/1971 | See Source »

...learned of Nixon's announcement just three minutes before it was broadcast. In part, that was due to delays in transmitting and decoding messages. Whatever the explanation, Sato was stricken. To reporters, Sato wondered how "Nixon could do a thing like this." Sato realized that Washington had been cautious for fear of a leak, but for the Japanese Premier that was scant consolation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: A Bad Dream Come True | 8/9/1971 | See Source »

...Belt You." Until close to the deadline, the negotiators had stayed in a sunny mood. In Washington bars, sports-shirted union men downed their boilermakers and joked with management representatives. With outsiders, though, they were quiet and cautious. "This is one time when steel negotiations are not going to be decided by the media," said U.S. Steel Chairman Edwin Gott. Even the location of the meetings (in the Shoreham North Hotel) was a carefully kept secret. Abel was registered in a large Shoreham North suite, his refrigerator stocked with tonic water, Danish pastries and sardines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Midnight Cliffhanger in Steel | 8/9/1971 | See Source »

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