Word: cautiously
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sooner rather than later." The military itself seems torn about whether to appeal the Cammermeyer verdict. "We have to press ahead," said one official. "If we let this decision stand . . . we'd be barred from enforcing our own policy." Yet Pentagon spokesman Dennis Boxx was more cautious. "We disagree with the judge's conclusions in the Cammermeyer case," he said, but "we need to look very hard -- along with the Justice Department -- to see how far we want to pursue that disagreement...
...fiscally cautious Putnam focused on the financial crisis and successfully brought it to heel...
Geller is equally cautious. The black hole conclusion is "a reasonable interpretation of the data," but a confirmation is an overstatement, she says...
...departure of Provost Jerry R. Green in mid-April. Green had been the president's hand-chosen pick for a post that Rudenstine himself created. News reports suggested that Green, who was charged with fulfilling the Rudenstinian vision of bringing the schools together, had grown tired of the slow, cautious management style of his boss...
Montgomery was always slow and cautious in mobile fighting, but this was a set-piece battle of the sort he was expected to win. As he remained at a standstill week after week, Churchill was worried that Normandy would turn into a replay of the ghastly trench warfare of World War I. Many senior officers, including Eisenhower's British deputy, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, thought Montgomery should be either forced to attack or fired. Some Americans suspected Montgomery was trying to conserve his strength and let U.S. units take the casualties...