Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...such Americans as had come to Geneva with unfriendly or skeptical feelings toward the League. After a few days, I heard several conservative Republicans say that they now felt that America should cooperate to the fullest extent with the League, though it would perhaps be better, for various cautious reasons, not actually to join it. Others went further, and, faced with the incontrovertible evidence that the League was a living and growing fact, felt that America should join the League without delay, and exercise the largest influence possible in strengthening its power for good, and shaping its course...
Fannie it is who first made the midget her slave. ". . . the silence was broken by a clear voice, like that of a cautious mocking-bird out of a wood . . ." Then there is Mr. Anon., who gives his life for the midget. Mr. Crimble, Mrs. Monnerie, Polly, and a host of others, not to mention Sir Walter Pollacke who was such a wise friend to Miss M. and who as her executor published these Memoirs...
...better. But the fear of competitions persists. Freshmen of mediocre scholastic ability are advised by their elders that they had better stay in the University first, and worry about competitions afterward. Which is most excellent advice, except that of late the sage upperclassmen have grown a bit over-cautious; for they remember the many, many compets who have made the supreme sacrifice, and they become wary beyond all reason. --Cornell Daily...
...talk of Ben Jonson and Coffee House, of the Cock Horse and The Merle, of the inaccessibility of professors and the limitations of the 47 Workshop; casual varied and good-humored talk that exhales a faint eighteenth century aroma and is mildly entertaining. Its anonymity is qualified by the cautious statement that "the names of the editors will be given to anyone in authority on written application." Whether this refers to the Postmaster General or the Dean's office is not clear, but neither of them need be disturbed by "The Aristocrat," to judge from its first number. While anonymous...
...line of scrimmage, either because it is blocked, or because the ball is knocked out of the thrower's hand, the play shall be the same as a fumble, and the ball become free. Such a change would not help the game, because it will make the offense cautious about using the forward pass, and this would take away any slight advantage which the offense has over the defense. This would be contrary to the whole idea of football rules, which is to give the offense an even or slightly better chance than the defense. In addition to this, such...