Word: caveat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...since Frank's reputation is being used to lure prospective customers to Malachy's book, a perhaps churlish caveat emptor seems in order: A Monk Swimming is no Angela's Ashes. In fairness to Malachy, he never pretends to be writing anything remotely resembling his elder brother's book. But what he thinks he is doing instead on his pages never becomes particularly clear...
...Hasty editing and headlining also lead to complaints of mischaracterization. Most recently, Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz pointed out that a story in which he denied representing Radovan Karadzic ran with the headline "Dershowitz May Defend Serb Leader Karadzic." The story also omitted Dershowitz's caveat that he had not spoken with Karadzic in a year. As a result, the "entire thrust of the story was wrong," complained Dershowitz...
...first predominantly female piece of musical theater to be performed at this school. If Cobelli thinks she is standing up for the advancement of the women's movement by declaring that she "will certainly not be in attendance" at It Takes A Woman, I challenge her to remember this caveat: "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Have faith in your fellow women and fellow actors. And above all, try to have a sense of humor. RACHEL McGREGOR '00 April...
...want to work on Wall Street, do investmentbanking," Evans says, qualifying what seems like asingularly absorbing career with a sociallyresponsible caveat...
...must credit President Clinton for realizing his national dialogue, with a caveat: The topic long ago shifted from race to sex. Last week, he joined a pitiable and forgettable discussion organized by ESPN on race in sports. Meanwhile, the chattering class, the middle class, the overclass and even elementary school classes debated sex and politics...