Word: cautiously
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...BLUE] Colin Powell SECRETARY OF STATE Moderate and cautious on foreign issues, an advocate for children and minorities at home, he could be the Cabinet's social conscience...
...BLUE] Rod Paige EDUCATION SECRETARY Like his new boss, he believes in accountability, local control and charter schools. Unlike Bush, he's cautious about school vouchers...
...argue that the standard-setting process should [be broadened to] include doctors, lawyers and everyone else," so that environmental, social and other concerns can be factored in as much as possible. Nonetheless, Osepchuk insists that the existing standards are "doubly, if not triply, conservative," meaning that they are highly cautious...
...reluctance to intervene in far-off trouble spots: Somalia. No Western country recognizes the new government, though both Italy, the former colonial power in the south, and the U.S. say they are "encouraged." Says David Stephen, the U.N. Secretary-General's representative for Somalia: "The outside world is extremely cautious...
...STEPHEN BREYER APPOINTED BY Bill Clinton (1994) A cautious jurist who usually votes with court liberals - except on criminal cases - Breyer is a pragmatist. In the first round of oral arguments in this case, he wanted to know the real consequences that would flow if the Court decided one way or another...