Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cautious? Reduced to 35 planes and minus two carriers, Ozawa hightailed it out of the Philippine Sea. Yet, since he had saved the bulk of his 55-ship fleet, Spruance and Mitscher felt small joy. Had Spruance been overly cautious? No, says Morison, he had the Saipan beachhead to think of. "Military men never get any credit for guarding against dangers that might occur yet do not; but they are quickly 'hanged' if they fail adequately to guard against dangers that do occur-witness Pearl Harbor." Moreover, Morison argues, the battle was fully as decisive as Ozawa thought...
...leading margin narrow to two strokes as Sam Snead, sinking a chip shot on the 18th, fired a 69. Facing two tough rounds the next day, Ben announced, "I feel better than a year ago, and I'm not tired." How about his chances? He was still cautious: "Anyone within ten strokes of me now may be able...
...Neutralist. By hedging a little on earlier attitudes, he was able to clothe his position in a cautious reserve: "No imaginable policy could enable us to escape if, unhappily, a new war were to break out. That is the fundamental error of the so-called 'neutralist' thesis." But he sounded pretty neutralist himself; he promised to submit a plan (unspecified) to the Bermuda conference for "lightening the load" in Indo-China. He was earnest about ratification of the European Defense Community Treaty, but hinted that defeat on this point would not cause him to dissolve parliament. He advocated...
...London, cautious officials of the British Air Ministry decided that " it , would be "inappropriate that a flight in fighter aircraft should be offered the Duke of Edinburgh" during his tour of the R.A.F. Fighter Command...
...clever lyrics, fine piano work, and professional quality of the music mark them as Lehrer at his best. So does the morbid references to various refinements of violent death, including cannibalism and necrophilia, that wind through the dittics. Also, a generous sprinkling of dirty jokes will probably discourage the cautious student from sending the disc as a Mothers' Day gift...