Word: cautious
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Honecker's cautious approach was dramatically underlined during last week's congress. In a six-hour speech, he mentioned the Soviet Union no fewer than 55 times. He never brought up Ulbricht's old claim that West Berlin occupies East German territory and thus should be taken over by East Germany some day. Instead, Honecker described the city as having a "special political status," an approach that agrees with both the Soviet and Western viewpoints. He also dropped Ulbricht's insistence upon Western diplomatic recognition of East Germany as the prerequisite for Communist guarantees on Western...
...with the consistency of a professional squad rather than the explosiveness that abounds in college baseball. There were no 11-10 slugfests, no double headers that saw erratic 7-2, 2-7 splits. Except for a three-game slump in the middle of the season, Harvard played a cautious game; protecting one or two-run leads and scrambling to add another tally with a bunt here and a hit and run on the next play...
Pistol Pete didn't have his best year, for he spent most of his time trotting to first base after four cautious pitches. But when the pitchers had to come to him, Varney delivered 23 runs, and runs were a premium for the scrappy squad this fall...
...survived each crisis without alienating students; at the same time he managed to maintain a considerable degree of harmony among the 60-odd members of the exacting Law Faculty. His survival was marked by a cautious and deliberate manner which hinged for success on countless meetings and conversations with students and faculty...
...cautious manner, however, is still evident. He continued, "It's difficult to inform oneself adequately on the wide range of public issues. One isn't going to be listened to for very long, if at all, unless he speaks with authority, from factual knowledge...