Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...impatient liberals who delight to contrast the collectivistic zeal of British labor with the very cautious program of the American Federation of Labor will find more material for despair in the work of the annual convention just closing in El Paso. Resolutions against the extension of government activity in business, refusal to join any political party, opposition to Russian recognition--the readoption of these safe-and-sane truisms is enough to make the union leaders life members of the chamber of commerce. Obviously, the American Federation is not radical...
Aristocracy has always permitted itself a rather cautious association with the Arts. The tonsorial standards of elegance may be prohibitive to the abundant locks of genius. But the works of genius, the children of the opulently thatched brain of creative art, have never been questioned as the appurtenance of polite splendor. The hallmarks of Society must be conspicuous. Therein is the serene excellence of music. All the world-all the world that is a world-is there to see you listen to symphony or opera and to be seen...
When the Shenandoah broke loose some months ago from its mooring mast at Lakehurst, N. J, and avoided destruction by supreme skill, cautious Mr. Coolidge vetoed all plans for a Polar flight. Now that the U. S. has two large dirigibles in its possession, and such perfect command of both ships has been demonstrated again and again, there is revived talk of the expedition. General Mason M. Patrick in fact wants the ZR3 transferred to the Army, and a race between ZR3 and Shenandoah "to either the North or the South Pole." There would be sufficient thrill to a polar...
...contributing circumstances were necessary to draw him out. For one, Senator Wheeler has been making political capital out of his silence. One of the Senator's most telling effects has been to push an empty chair to the front of the platform and call for "strong and cautious" Coolidge. Then turning dramatically toward the empty seat he has fired his questions at the administration. After pausing for an answer, the Senator next remarks. "The usual silence emanates from the strong, calm, cautious man in the White House." Effect? Why, it brought down the house. And besides this, Mr. Dawes...
...usual silence emanates from the strong, calm, cautious man in the White House...