Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...poultry code administrator in the early 19305, became President of Michigan State in 1941 and nursed it from a modest college to a farflung, football-happy giant. As Assistant Secretary, Hannah had a hand in implementing desegregation in the armed forces. No fire-eater, he once expressed cautious sympathy for "local conditions," calling integration a goal to be reached by an "evolutionary process...
Almost one-fourth of the world's people develop myopia; up to 15% of U.S. schoolchildren are afflicted. So far, eye doctors have been at a loss for any means to correct the condition or to arrest its advance. Last week, in a cautious preliminary report, the experts suggested that a corrective may have been found by chance in the wearing of contact lenses...
Thursday night's tragic incident brought forth reactions ranging from vehemence to cautious moderation, according to a survey conducted by the News...
Nevertheless, Princeton administrators were clearly shaken by reports of the incident. Pressed for a statement, dean of students William D'O. Lippincott took a decidedly cautious stand. "There are several aspects of this case which bother me," he said. "And while it would obviously be wrong to grant football players special consideration, it would be equally unfair to keep them from playing this afternoon on the basis of evidence which may not prove conclusive...
...Equally cautious was Yale dean of students, William C. DeVane. "I don't know all the facts," he commented, "but I'm sure the Princeton administration will handle the case fairly. I can't imagine that a responsible official would allow partisan feelings to influence the course of justice...