Word: cautious
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...strictly traditional and basic; there are a few abortive tap and soft-shoe sequences; mysterious acrobatic tumbles are used to convey Oblio's long fall down through the Point of No Return. Like this last one, there are a number of excellent ideas that are either lost in overly cautious execution, or cut off when they've hardly begun. The opportunity to alter the emphasis of the show and adapt it more to a stage performance possibly making it really unique, has been passed...
Senate Democrats also readied an energy program they will offer as an alternative to Ford's. It takes a more cautious approach. While the President seeks an immediate cut in oil imports to safeguard the nation in case of another Arab embargo, the Democrats are content with a more gradual reduction in foreign oil over the long run. They oppose Ford's scheme to reduce consumption by raising the price of oil because it would be a drag on an already sagging economy. Says a Senate staffer who specializes in energy: "There is no need for a sudden...
...more than the $ 16 billion proposed by Ford and do it faster for maximum effect. Ford's proposed two-part rebate scheme-one payment to be made in May, a second in September-would be too little, too late to hasten an economic upswing. Even Arthur Burns, the cautious, independent chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, said that he would prefer an immediate reduction in taxes, provided it was not made permanent. Liberals also argued that more money than Ford had proposed should be returned to lower-income groups...
...press conference held after the announcement of his Noble Prize, Leontief expressed cautious optimism about the possibility of more radical economists gaining posts at Harvard, and said the Economics Department was "slowly beginning to open its doors to economists with different views. In the year-and-a-half since that conference, however, little progress has been made toward hiring more radical economists, and Leontief last night said he is "disenchanted...
...More cautious projections, though, suggest that the Great Gold Rush of 1975 may turn out to be a walk at best, with total sales as low as $900 million, for several reasons. After coping with rising prices for necessities, Americans do not have much money left to commit to a purely static and defensive investment that pays no interest or dividends. Prospective buyers have also become increasingly aware in recent weeks of the risks and expenses in owning bullion. So, too, have some banks, where most of the gold is expected to be sold. The nation's two largest...