Word: cautious
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...annual report to President Pusey, Sizer, who is working this term under a Guggenheim Fellowship at the University of Bristol in England, said that today's overriding mood is "cautious, contentious, and unsure...
...Soviets delayed so long in reporting the triumph? Western experts speculated that they were being cautious in analyzing Venera's faint signals. The Russians were embarrassed, after the flight of Venera 4, when U.S. scientists correctly disputed their claims that the craft's radio had operated until it reached the surface...
...first lesson from Nader and Co. is how to avoid buying a trouble-plagued car. Nader suggests that the cautious purchaser should steer away from delicate options like automatic speed controls, eyelid headlamp covers, power windows and power antenna-all of which have a high frequency-of-repair record. But heavy-duty suspension, says the book, is "a must, even for urban driving." The buyer should hire an outside mechanic to check over the car before accepting delivery from a dealer...
...cautious man who rarely enters a contest he is not certain to win, Byrd figured at the last minute that he held a one-vote advantage?the proxy he held in his hand from Georgia's critically ill Richard Russell. He allowed his name to be put in nomination at the closed meeting only after checking with a messenger outside the caucus room to be certain that Russell was still alive. If the vote of Russell, who died less than four hours later (see story, page 19), had not been valid, Byrd would not have run. But once Byrd...
...discussion that the Soviet Premier has held with an American visitor since coming to power. Once again came word that the talks had been "cordial." Muskie would not elaborate beyond that stock description, insisting that he needed "time to digest." After all, he said, "I am known as a cautious sort of fellow...