Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...impressed with his grasp of the issues and his skill in handling complex situations. Although he has had little experience in foreign affairs, Hua, while Acting Premier, was designated to conduct discussions with former President Richard Nixon in Peking last February. During those talks he was careful and cautious, often referring to briefing papers to explain the Chinese position. He confirmed the basic foreign policy guidelines set down by Chou Enlai: China's desire to normalize relations with the U.S., its willingness to be patient on the Taiwan issue and its continuing hostility toward the Soviet Union...
...third-ballot victor over Employment Secretary Michael Foot, 62, the voluble leftist ideologue. Thus ended the race for leadership of the party and occupancy of No. 10 Downing Street that had begun three weeks before when Harold Wilson resigned. After 13 years of tutelage by Wilson, master of the cautious choice, most of the voting Labor M.P.s had opted for a few more years of pragmatic caution under Callaghan rather than the financial strains for battered Britain of a more pronounced leftward turn under Foot...
...malicious prosecution" in his separate $1.5 million countersuits against two former patients and their lawyers. Though the cases have yet to be tried, the doctor's attorney, Ellis Rubin, thinks that they have already had a chastening effect in the area. "Suddenly," he says, "lawyers are very cautious about accepting malpractice cases...
...expecting a difficult race," said a still-cautious Parker Friday. "The race is fairly important for us as a confirmation of our performance in San Diego. We'll find out if we're as good as we hope we are and Coast Guard is good enough to tell us that...
...might say all of those things. But checking out the ambience around Weld Boathouse reveals that the mood on the eve of the season-opening race, is, shall we say, one of "cautious optimism," especially on the part of first-year coach Peter Raymond...