Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Marshall believes that the U.S. has been much too cautious in Viet Nam for fear of Chinese Communist intervention. The Chinese, he feels sure, are unlikely to enter the war. "Chinese and Communist Vietnamese interests are by no means identical." Besides, there are "insuperable logistic difficulties." The distance from the Chinese to the South Vietnamese border is 650 miles, and the route lies over rugged terrain through a narrow coastal strip that can be easily attacked from sea or air. Moreover, Chinese transport remains as shoddy as it was during the Korean War. Whenever Chinese troops moved more than...
...final verdict will not be in until the scientists have analyzed their bountiful crop of pictures. Meanwhile, there will be still more unmanned shots at the moon. Man's most intricate machines will peer at the moon from all angles, prod its surface and map its contours with cautious patience before man himself essays that ambitious voyage across space...
...land is estimated to contain 2000 billion barrels of oil equivalent, or about 25 times the amount produced in the entire history of this country. Galbraith stressed that the government must be particularly cautious in the disposition of such a valuable publicly owned resource...
Mindful of the strength of his opponents and the inevitable loss of conditioning during Harvard's long exam period, Pickett was cautious in his appraisal of the team's chances. "If we wrestle well, we can beat both of them," he said, "but we'll have to wrestle very well...
...extra cautious when you are fatigued. The last run of the day is definitely not the time to try breaking records; you may break yourself rather than your record...