Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...began two unsuspected days before the first shot was fired. Up to the triangle-shaped fort 20 miles from the Cambodian border crept sappers from two recently infiltrated North Vietnamese regiments. Working in darkness just 40 yards from the camp's wire-strung perimeter (see aerial photo), the cautious bo doi (infantrymen) cut trenches and L-shaped firing pits, hauled the dirt away in baskets and camouflaged their labors with brush. Though the camp's 400 montagnard defenders were patrolling assiduously up to ten miles away, no one thought to poke around his own front yard. Into each...
John V. Lindsay, the Republican Liberal candidate, was more cautious; he would only predict a close outcome. But sources high in the Lindsay camp were considerably more optimistic. In an interview with the CRIMSON, a top Lindsay side unhesitatingly predicted victory...
...Maher," explains one political pro, "has done his work." Work means two years of making and solidifying friendship--winning votes. This prorates Maher a sure bet for the Council. Others aren't so sure, but even the cautious give him a 50-50 chance of gaining a seat...
Thousands of allergists and millions of patients have long "known" that hay-fever shots are beneficial. More cautious scientists have waited for reliable proof - which is hard to come by because 1) like all allergies, ragweed pollinosis is mixed up with emotional problems, and many patients think they feel better if they get any sort of treatment at all; and 2) symptoms vary as unpredictably as shifts in the wind...
...clothing industry could legislate, Everyman's closet would permanently hold eight suits, one tuxedo, five sports coats, seven pairs of slacks' two topcoats, four hats and 18 shirts-the wardrobe that the industry prescribes as ideal. The average American man has always been much more cautious: he has bought only when he needed to, spent only a modest $133 annually. Result: the industry has long been stationary and profit-starved. In fact, 40 years ago, 1,000,000 more men's suits were turned out than last year, when production was 21.7 million...