Word: circumspect
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...sweeping talk of "ending tyranny in our world," Bush has been circumspect in implementing his freedom agenda. He got off to a good start with the overthrow of the Taliban and Saddam Hussein, which liberated more than 50 million people from two of the most oppressive regimes in the world. Since then, unfortunately, much of the momentum for democratic change has been lost, in large part because of the increasing chaos in Iraq. And yet it would be a mistake to become overly dismissive of the long-term prospects for democracy in the Middle East. That would be like writing...
...raids on al-Qaeda hideouts, the Iraqi national security adviser proclaimed "the beginning of the end of al-Qaeda in Iraq" and said the group was "facing destruction." The authenticity of the documents has not been confirmed. A Western diplomat speaking on Thursday was hopeful, but much more circumspect than al-Rubaie. The Americans and the Iraqis, he said, were "still conducting raids all over the place." Al Qaeda in Iraq is "not necessarily on the run, but certainly stunned...
...this town who live off their Afinsa earnings," she says. "They're the ones who would really suffer." Fructuoso Pacheco, 85, is one of them. The retired farmer has about €18,000 invested with Afinsa. He's angry, calling the whole affair "shameless." But he is also circumspect. "I blame them," Pacheco says. "But I blame myself...
...it’s too late: It’s for this reason, rather than for any athletic benefit, I swear, that I’m happy to participate in intramurals, even attend Senior Bar. It’s why I feel completely justified telling my friends to remain circumspect about long-term relationships, and why I grow indignant when people press me for some sort of five-year career plan...
...like, ‘I’m from New Hampshire. I’m going to Dartmouth.’ That was my whole goal.”As Brown shined at shortstop during his senior season, he became “more circumspect.”He boasted a sterling academic record, and had once won the New Hampshire State Geography Bee. He was his school’s Student Congress President. “I started getting more interested in Harvard, as I read more about it—academically,” he says...