Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...tried to be the first to cross the Atlantic by airplane, are safe again on English soil and were royally feted on their arrival last night in London cannot fail to appeal to the American imagination as much as to the British. A man who, unlike our more cautious United States Navy filers, "took all the chances" in a daredevil attempt to do what many air-men considered next to impossible, impressed American and British sportsmanship to the same high degree. From the moment of Hawker's sensational get-away, when he dropped with his landing-gear practically...
...Does the cautious Vermont farmer prefer the safety of hoarding his wealth in a sugar jar to the danger involved from investing it in his own nation? Does the canny Maine woodsmen see in the national loan the wild perils of high finance, from which, fate being merciful, he prefers to keep his money? Where is all of New England's strength, promised so often to the last drop of her blood and the last ounce of her treasure? The first drop of her blood has not been asked, nor the hundredth part of her treasure...
...fortunes of the present war are reliable. But after months of painful doubt and despite the dark prospect of suffering and sacrifice, we can at least be sure that today the bold thing to do is also the wise and the necessary thing to do. We have been cautious and prudent. We have been patient to the verge of dishonor. At length it is permitted us to go forward, one in thought and deed, and to be in the sight of all men that high-spirited nation that...
...first relay, but slipped in getting started, mainly because he was unaccustomed to running in rubber-soled shoes. As a consequence, Dorsey gained a lead of 3 or 4 yards. T. R. Pennypacker '16 and W. Willcox, Jr. '17, who opposed Lockwood and Lennon, respectively, lost slightly through cautious starting, but made it up later in their relays. W. J. Bingham '16 started 4 yards behind Meredith and was able to close up the interval between, although he could not overtake the Pennsylvania captain...
Princeton played a cautious game throughout, continually trying to drive Yale back by punting. The ball was kept in Princeton territory almost continually, and a gain on almost every exchange was made only to be lost on a fumble at the critical moment. Captain Howe made try after try for a field-goal and succeeded only once in getting the ball over.11Captain Howe of Yale...