Word: circumspectly
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...with each one, the cries of News Desk editor Anderson Fils-Aime echoed louder and louder from out in left field where he played: "MINE! MINE! I GOT IT! I GOT IT!" He always did. Suddenly we were in the playoffs and giddy with excitement. The usually circumspect first baseman (and TIME public affairs director) Robert Pondiscio was promising to shave his head if we won the championship. "This is serious stuff," said first-base coach Rafael Soto, who directs incoming mail for the magazine. "It's the only way we can get physical with our rivals." Then we made...
...WHITE HOUSE STAFF FILED INTO THE EAST Room last Friday at 5 p.m. for what had been regarded internally as a badly needed "pep rally." Chief of staff Mack McLarty opened with some keep-your-chin-up remarks. Then came some encouraging words from Tipper Gore and a circumspect comment from Hillary Rodham Clinton. "It's just the first week," she said. Al Gore spoke next, making a joke about his dancing ability. The mood grew lighthearted, reminding several in the audience of what one called "the whole campaign bus-tour thing...
...studied closely the biographies of past First Ladies for guidance, Hillary Clinton may vow not to go to Cabinet meetings and take notes, declare a tablecloth crisis or order up a set of gold-rimmed china. She may carefully find a way to chart a new course. But however circumspect, she will make her own mistakes. And if history is any guide, for reasons as old as Adam and Eve, some Americans will punish her for them out of proportion to their significance...
While Big Business has become far more circumspect since then, it has also become more global. The fate of GM (1991 revenues: $123 billion) has an impact on millions of people around the world. With more than 715,000 employees in 35 countries, GM meets $22.5 billion in payrolls from Prague to Kuala Lumpur and buys supplies from 28,000 companies. GM's U.S. auto business accounts for roughly 1.5% of the American economy, down from about 5% in the 1950s...
...Fischer's first-round victory -- Spassky resigned after making his 49th move -- displayed some tentativeness coupled with sound, patient, relentless strategy; there was nothing particularly brilliant about Fischer's game, but nothing reckless or stupid either. The rules of this exhibition -- adapted to Fischer's specifications -- seem to reward circumspect strategy, since the prospect of saving a risky mistake by playing to draw afterward has been rendered unprofitable. When Fischer and Spassky met in 1972, draws gave each player one-half point toward the victory total. This time, ties do not count, and the winner will be the first...