Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...aside to meet the newspaper men, many of whom he knew. A question was popped at him. He answered: "I wonder." He grinned and went on: "I guess that sounds strange coming from me, but you fellows will get used to it. I must talk sense and must be cautious in my replies. This is different business from being Director of the Budget, and, much as I like gassing with the White House correspondents, I must forego that pleasure...
Strangely enough, when the Old Guard turned on Mr. Butler and picked the handiest candidate for the Vice Presidency?General Dawes?it did not greatly alter the busino-political spirit of the ticket. Dawes differs greatly from the Coolidge type: the Republican candidates may well be dubbed "Cautious Cal and Charging Charlie." Yet Mr. Dawes does not fly the flag of politics above the pennants of all other considerations. His very vigor is a challenge to the pure-political school of leaders...
...evident in the closing hours. The Democrats .strove to shift the burden of disfavor upon the Republican Congress. The Republican members were eager to lay any failure to obstruction by Democrats and insurgents. Both were anxious to put blame on the Administration, which retained an unaccountable popularity, playing a cautious, silent game at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue...
...hospitality of the generous students who magnificently left their doors open must have been infinitely more appealing than this distrustful attitude of the proctor. One should not be too hard on the proctor; his intimate knowledge of the seamy side of human nature inevitably makes him suspicious, careful even cautious. Rather should one seek to emulate the open-handed benignity of the students, who while no doubt believing implicitly that every Englishman's home is his castle, prefer to leave the drawbridge down and the portcullis...
Strafegy will be among the most important features of tonight's clash, particularly in the light of the present trend of the Big Three season. Coach Wanamasker is expected to employ the same cautious tactics which won him the initial Crimson contest and lost his second engagement with the Tiger. Even before the Blue had obtained any lead over Harvard at the Arena three weeks ago, it was a common sight for three men to be playing in the Eli defense line. As the game wore on the Yale outfit left the attack more and more to individual sallies...