Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Andreas fault? High enough that you'd better check your insurance policy; make sure it covers acts of God. Gorbachev is to political earthquakes what matadors are to bulls. Wondering about what will happen to him -- or because of him -- is unlikely to inspire boldness in someone so naturally cautious and prone to overinsurance as George Bush. That, in essence, is what happened...
Bush still has what ballplayers call "rabbit ears," which pick up even the smallest criticism. Administration officials acknowledge that all his initiatives (other than China) were in part responses to carping, real or potential. Early on, the President was assailed for being too cautious in dealing with arms control and Gorbachev. Had he let a coup topple Aquino, he would have been denounced for losing a democratically elected ally in the Philippines...