Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard heavyweight believes that "last year was the year before the year," that this year's crew will be the fastest ever. But although they hope that is true, most oarsmen, like Captain Blair Brooks, are more cautious. Explained Brooks," It's a pretty mature squad and we have a much more professional attitude. We know what we have to do to make boats go fast--work really hard...
...Sunday, as the crew was doing just that, Parker was also cautious. Usually, if you ask him a question, he'll tilt his head up, roll back his eyes and answer with a calm, "Oh really?" or "Not really" or just plain "really" which every Harvard oarsman can mimick in tonal perfection. When he wants to think about something, Parker will look out the nearest window and there will be a long, uneasy silence...
After his experience with the powers that be, Barnaby speaks of his current team's chances for success with cautious optimism. "We could be a formidable team, a strong contender,:" he said. "Princeton, with a strong top tea, should be the team to beat. Columbia and Penn are also strong. We have some good players, though. I would say we should be in a real challenge for second, with an outside chance to beat Princeton...
...attempt to embarrass Sadat, the rubber dinghy used by the fedayeen at Tel Aviv last week carried a marking, "Egyptian Army Seamen," and its lone survivor at first insisted that he had set out from Port Said. (He later admitted that the party embarked from Lebanon.) Sadat must be cautious at a time when much of the Arab world is applauding the "heroism" of the fedayeen foray on Tel Aviv...
...cautious vote of confidence was based on Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's latest diplomatic foray into the Middle East. The participants were well informed. They knew that another Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai seemed in the making, in exchange for a declaration of nonbelligerency in some form from Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Yet the group was uneasy. Asked a woman: "But what will Sadat's successor do? Will he honor an agreement?" Replied Bookbinder: "Perfidy is always possible, but we cannot live on the basis that an adversary may not live up to an agreement...