Word: cautiously
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...sensible Westerner expects Carter to solve these problems in four or even eight years. Besides, the West was solid Ford country in November's balloting. But a cautious, watchful and yet growing optimism permeates the region. "The state of the nation is good." said Dan Evans, the outgoing Governor of Washington. "The federal system is returning to the concepts of our forefathers...
...Coast Guard has made some cautious efforts to use its authority to set safety standards. Last month, for example, it ruled the new tankers of more than 70,000 deadweight tons would have to have segregated ballast systems-set up so that no oil is dumped when ballast tanks are emptied-to be admitted to U.S. ports. Still the Coast Guard concedes that it has followed "a gradualism type of approach" on matters of tanker safety, as Admiral Owen Siler, the Coast Guard commandant, put it in Senate Commerce committee hearings last week. Some maritime experts argue that the Coast...
More encouraging results came from a second test, in which a sample of Martian soil that had been moistened with a nutrient broth showed a rapid release of carbon dioxide. The result might mean that some kind of microbe was metabolizing the food provided by Viking. But cautious scientists noted that certain peroxides in the soil might also have caused the reaction to occur...
...tried to be very cautious about acting as though I was already the President, so I've not met with any ambassadors or any foreign leaders, although I've had a lot of invitations. And I don't believe any President could possibly have been more gracious or more firm in his commitment to an orderly transition than President Ford has been. I really do appreciate it, and it's been a great service to the country, I believe. He could have just been polite about it, but he's been very forceful in directing...
Good Judgment. What aroused cautious, conservative Japanese voters to overturn two decades of L.D.P. rule, was outrage over the "rokkiido" (Lockheed) scandal, plus concern over inflation (9.7%), pollution and soaring medical, housing and utility costs. Miki's decision to play a reformer's role and expose his own party's involvement in the Lockheed case was not sufficient to save the L.D.P. Confessed Miki, as he watched the votes pour in on television: "I can't help admiring the Japanese people for showing such good judgment...