Word: circumspection
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...better chance to reduce abortions under Powell than under Clinton. Early in October, Bennett sent Powell articles on how to curtail abortions without a constitutional amendment. Some conservatives were quietly pleased last week when Powell, who had described himself as firmly pro-choice in September, took a more circumspect line. The change in tone is one reason why Christian Coalition executive director Ralph Reed, rather than denouncing Powell, plans to press Gingrich, G.O.P. chairman Haley Barbour and other Republican leaders into coaxing Powell farther to the right. That may not be easy. With a touch of defiance, Powell...
Major General Augustin Bizimungu, the commander of the defeated Hutu army, is only slightly more circumspect. "People call me a killer of innocents," he says. "But I represent the Rwandan people. ((Defense Minister and former rebel commander)) Paul Kagame must negotiate with us. If he does not, he may have trouble sleeping at night for fear that I will come to bother...
Spielberg, ever loyal to Sheinberg, says that "as long as Sid is at MCA, our entire enterprise will be in some fashion aligned with MCA." Katzenberg is more circumspect: "We didn't get into this to be an equity owner-player- manager of MCA and its assets. I don't want to say there's no set of circumstances under which that can't happen. But it's not our purpose, and I don't like reading it that...
...sure, these shows are more objectionable in the mass than individually. Sawyer's interview with the Manson women, despite a couple of squishy moments ("The homecoming princess who sang in the church choir -- remember her?"), was relatively restrained and undeniably compelling. Stone Phillips was less circumspect with Dahmer ("Was it the killing that excited you, or is it what happened after the killing?") but didn't pander needlessly...
...vicious attack? The Scotvolds say simply that she doesn't brood: "She doesn't have time to dwell on what's happened. Maybe after the Olympics are over." Wylie adds that she may be dissociating herself from the blow to protect her concentration. Kerrigan is, as usual, circumspect. "It's hard to know what to feel right now," she says. Admitting to watching the developments on TV, she quips that it is all a form of mystery, "and I like mysteries...