Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...considering even the most minor relaxations, Prime Minister John Vorster must still take into account his Nationalist Party's dwindling but vocal right wing, known as the verkramptes (cramped ones). Vorster, 55, a cautious pragmatist during his five years in office, has already adopted a successful "outward-looking" foreign policy of providing trade and aid to black African states. Last month he declared: "Your government is now entering an era of the most practical politics South Africa has ever known. The time of speeches, blueprints and fancy flights has gone." The statement could have meant anything, but aides insisted...
...capitol...A hushed hush pervades the corridors of power. Great men whisper whispers while a stunned capitol awaits. Even the cherry blossoms along the Potomac seem to sense the magnitude. And magnitude there is. Yet magnitude there has been before, and the nation has survived. A mood of cautious optimism surged forward just at dusk. Then set the age-old sun behind these edifices of reason, and gloom once more descended. Yet gloom there has been, and in the end the nation has survived...Still, in this worried capitol tonight, men watch and men wait. So too do women...
Benson remains cautious, however, about TM's value to addicts. "I cannot under any circumstances say that TM is an alternative to alcoholism or drug abuse," he insists. He points out that his study is "very biased" because it reported only on people who had learned meditation and continued to practice it; there was no control group of others who tried to end their addiction without the aid of TM. Also, Benson is careful to note, the reports of the 1,862 drug users were subjective-they merely answered Benson and Wallace's questionnaires...
Professional economists were more cautious, but mostly approving. Robert Nathan and Beryl Sprinkel, two members of TIME's Board of Economists, believe that the President was wise in trying to form a consensus on wages and prices before establishing specific guidelines. Sprinkel, although an ideological opponent of economic controls, added that Nixon acted realistically in setting his goal as 2% to 3% inflation by the end of 1972, rather than specifying some lower number that would be more attractive but unreachable...
...some rather dubious statistical footwork, Mitchell sidestepped the most obvious conclusion to be drawn from the report-that performance has not matched promise. "The continuing upward trend illustrates that crime is still one of our foremost problems," he admitted, "but the decelerating rate of increase provides a basis for cautious optimism." Although crime increased 7% from January through June this year, said Mitchell, that was 4% less than 1970's increase over the year before. In other words, things are getting worse more slowly...