Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...great many Americans feel that way now, and are worried that Bosnia will be followed by other interventions. During the cold war the U.S. was involved, willy-nilly, in every conflict in the world. But at the same time Washington had to be cautious about where it sent troops for fear of stumbling into a direct clash with the Soviet Union, one that could escalate to nuclear war. Now the opportunities for intervention are almost endless and carry little fear of Armageddon...
...everyone now knows too well, those instincts are, above all, cautious. Campaign veterans observe that deciding to run for President is fundamentally an irrational act. Colin Powell, for all his candor and appealing humanity, has never been given to irrational acts. He decided to marry Alma only when she threatened to break up with him as he was heading for Vietnam. And so he went about weighing the White House bid very carefully. One of Powell's 13 Rules is "Check small things." He reviewed every pro and con, every poll, talked to a wide circle of friends and advisers...
...gone from being a staid leather-goods firm to just about the most prized name in the apparel business. There are no clearance sales of Prada clothes; they can be hard to find at full price. The firm, run by Miuccia and her entrepreneur husband Patrizio Bertelli, has been cautious about expansion, but in the next year new outlets will be popping up--Atlanta; Costa Mesa, California; and the Bal Harbour district of Miami. The house now receives the ultimate accolade: it is widely copied. Several outfits in Calvin Klein's latest CK collection pay sincerely flattering tribute to Prada...
More and more Republicans have come to the conclusion that Colin Powell intends to run for President. That's why a group of archconservative politicos staged a news conference to attack the former general's military record as too cautious and to blast his stances on such issues as abortion and affirmative action as too liberally spiced for the G.O.P.'s appetite...
...addition, Russell says he is "much more cautious" about when and where he goes out at night