Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...indeed make him obnoxious to many. Besides, the men from Massachusetts, being so far advanced in their enthusiasm, have been wise enough to adopt the habit of deferring to Virginia. As one of the more acute delegates explained it to Adams two years ago: "You must be very cautious ... You must not pretend to take the lead. You know Virginia is the most populous state in the Union. They are very proud. They think they have a right to take the lead...
...from a battery of the devices known as Leyden phials. He constructed a fish out of wood, with the shock organs made of pewter, but he was dissatisfied with the results, partly because the artificial fish gave off weaker shocks when submerged under water. Cavendish's conclusion was cautious: "On the whole, I think there seems nothing in the phenomena of the torpedo at all incompatible with electricity...
Keenan added that "one should be very cautious about the interpretation of such a carefully hedged document hammered out by compromise...
...Cyprus, Korea and Viet Nam. Vance, according to TIME'S diplomatic editor Jerrold Schecter, is leading in the early chart. "He has a smooth, low-keyed public style that appeals to Carter, who does not intend to be overshadowed by his Secretary of State. Vance, is solid and cautious. One colleague who recently spent a month in China with Vance said: 'I never could find out what he thought about anything...
After class representatives decided to set a cautious goal of $500,000, a class member, H. Irving Pratt '26, convinced them to hoist the mark to $750,000 and took personal responsibility for bringing home that amount...