Word: cautiously
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...wars, backing democracy at the risk of making the Middle East even more unstable and ignoring the U.N. and other allies when he believed they were wrong. He backed a new military theory that argued that you could fight and win wars with relatively few troops. The old, more cautious doctrine--inherited from the first President Bush and Colin Powell--was always to use overwhelming force for very narrow ends. Bush junked this military conservatism in favor of something far bolder and riskier...
Harvard was happy to play it cautious in the waning minutes of the game, and a diving save by Shields with seven minutes to go encapsulated the all-around effort put forth by the young Crimson squad...
...renewed direct contact with Beijing three years ago. We're not expecting some major breakthrough--the Tibetan issue is very complicated, and China is oversuspicious and very cautious. It will take time. However, meeting face to face is very, very important...
...giving such an order. He is too "humane," says Shahristani. When al-Sadr's soldiers disobeyed Sistani's directive not to spill blood in Najaf, Sistani "wept for hours" over the young Iraqi lives that were lost, says an intimate. A diplomat in Baghdad regards Sistani as a "cautious man who doesn't go out on a limb." Sistani's men say he has repeatedly doused al-Sadr's uprisings because he fears violence will only cost the Shi'ites their legitimate claim to power...
...TIME: How is your relationship with Beijing? Dalai Lama: We renewed direct contact with Beijing three years ago. We're not expecting some major breakthrough?the Tibetan issue is very complicated, and China is oversuspicious and very cautious. It will take time. However, meeting face to face and having friendly discussions is very, very important. Some Chinese intellectuals, artists and writers are showing a proper understanding and are supporting my middle-way approach to solving the problem, which is not seeking independence but rather meaningful autonomy to preserve Tibetan culture, language and environment...