Word: circumspection
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...Abortion Rights Mobilization. It is seeking to bar churches from using tax-exempt funds or facilities to support pro-life political candidates. Washington Lawyer Lee Boothby, an authority on matters of church-state separation, thinks that if the suit is successful it could "make religious organizations much more circumspect...
...more formidable candidate, in more conservative regions, but his chances of nomination are less than 50-50," Wilson said. Glenn, Wilson explained, could run a successful campaign by telling voters, "'I have all of Reagan's strengths, and none of his weaknesses. I'm more cautious and circumspect on foreign policy matters than...
DESPITE such global abuses of human rights, the American response has been erratic--circumspect at best, incomprehensible at worst. These vacillations testify to the frustrating difficulty of enacting an effective campaign untainted with open hypocrisy. Moreover, the economic costs of some tactics have thwarted their effectiveness in "punishing" the Soviets. For example, the unsuccessful 1980 grain embargo ultimately hurt American farmers more than the Soviet government; Moscow simply bought the grain from others...
Kissinger remained circumspect about his own views on Central America. "On issues like this," he told the commission, "there are no partisan considerations, and we will submit the fullest and fairest report of which we are capable." The report...
...debut, following the demise of the Entertainment Channel and CBS Cable, comes at a moment when cable industry analysts are circumspect about the immediate future. But the folks at WSM and Group W are bullish about the prospects for the Nashville Network. WSM has bet $50 million that America's growing army of country music fans will make the network profitable within three years...