Word: cautious
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...fact mean what Roman Catholics traditionally take it to mean? Was Peter the first Pope? Are his successors the ultimate earthly authority in Christendom? In a new study, Peter in the New Testament, an investigative group of eleven Roman Catholic, Lutheran and other Protestant scripture experts issue a cautious demurrer. The scholars agree that the controversial passage, along with many others in the New Testament, makes Peter one of the most prominent Apostles-but it does not therefore make him a Pope...
...Cautious though it may be, Peter in the New Testament will strike sparks among both Roman Catholics and more conservative Lutherans. One passage, for instance, suggests that if Jesus really expected an imminent apocalypse, he may never have intended the creation of any "church" at all. And despite the study's conclusion that the New Testament's emphasis started Peter's image on a long "trajectory" of prestige, that will hardly be enough to satisfy the man who now sits in Peter's chair in Rome...
...this one counted for more than most. Stockton never got started. Both were edgy, hitting too soon. But Stockton was taking his misses more to heart than Connors. He let them wear down his pace, and he trudged ever heavier from side to side on game changes. He grew cautious when his anger should have triggered an offensive--hugging the backcourt when he should have attacked from the net, trying to outhit with loping topspins when he needed bullets. Connors wasn't beating him, he was eating himself out on the court. He played like the old Dickie grown tired...
Consumers are more cautious about spending. Retail sales, which spurted at an annual rate of 23% in the first quarter, slowed notably during the second quarter. Purchases of durable goods like furniture and appliances declined slightly. Says Robert Berry, president of San Francisco-based Joseph Magnin specialty stores: "The tempo of retail sales was stronger earlier in the year...
Later, Ehrlichman (as Ziegler) challenged a roomful of imaginary reporters: "We just don't take as seriously as you do these campaign pranks. Some of you for your own purposes have blown these into something that is not there." The real Ziegler's cautious critique from the wings: "I don't think we can take on the press...