Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...appear the apologist, a cautious Ungar presents an almost gratuitously ugly picture of Kelley--as if to say, 'My integrity hasn't been compromised by the director's willingness to open the doors.' He gives two theories about Kelley, each of which the director is likely to find uncomplimentary. One paints Kelley as "Simple Clarence" totally capitulating to the "old-guard, old shoe" types and the "unswerving Hooverites." The other is "Kelley as Machiavellian" which depicts the director as manipulating his staff to get his own way. The problem with this type of theorizing is that time, not conjecture, will...
Assad's most likely course would seem to be a continuation of the cautious moves he has made throughout the crisis-a mix of political pressure and persuasion, backed by a limited troop presence inside Lebanon. Though White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen last week praised Syria for "playing a constructive role" in Lebanon, Damascus was emphatic in putting down suggestions that Assad had received from Washington a "green light" for greater military intervention. As one Syrian official recently put it, "We only want to be the gendarme...
Kevin Kallaugher of the Classics was cautious about his team's chances this afternoon. "I don't know how we'll be able to stand up against some of those old All-Americans," he said yesterday...
...amazing number of small children were around, either begging in a straightforward way or doing its equivalent--selling old candies. The young couple we met in the central plaza were cautious, but they did say that the number of small beggars had increased greatly in the last two years. We had seen this before, in Peru and Bolivia, but we agreed that the kids here had a certain glazed look in their eyes that was new to us. Perhaps we are imagining things...
...half-way mark, Harvard had again managed to pull even with Coast Guard. With 500 to go, the Crimson had a half-length lead. Tired of playing leap frog, the heavies rowed cautious and efficaciously toward the finish...