Word: cautious
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Archie Epps is, to be sure, an inside man. He dressed like one and affects the urbane manner that one associates with a Harvard dean. In fact, many have concluded that he left his blackness back in the Louisiana bayous. He is also cautious, responding carefully to questions, meticulously framing answers that convey just the "right" impression to the listener. His voice is even and well-trained. It betrays not a hint of Epps's deep South roots...
...EVALUATION of Epps's long-term chances for increased power within the Harvard community must include the question of his race. He is walking down a path previously untraveled by blacks, and he is acutely aware of it. Thus he remains cautious, seemingly passive. In the current brouhaha over the Afro-American Studies Department for example, he has let his colleagues Orlando Patterson and Martin Kilson carry the big guns in the arena of public debate. The presence of Walter Leonard in Massachusetts Hall as President Bok's assistant for minority affairs greatly lessens any pressure on Epps to perform...
...even the younger, and middle-aged members of the parish are cautious about condoning too much church involvement with outside activities...
...protect the confidentiality of newsmen's sources? If so, how strong a measure will be enacted? There was still no firm consensus in Congress last week despite the protracted debate. However, Representative Robert Kastenmeier, chairman of a House Judiciary Sub committee holding hearings on the dispute, made a cautious prediction: "The odds favorour coming out with some kind of recommended legislation." In the House generally, he said, "proshield forces are definitely stronger than anti-shield forces at this time...
...said that he is being cautious about the library plans because "it's the first new project I've had since becoming President...