Word: circumspection
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...that he professes to value, and the resulting analyses are shocking both for their lucidity and their ruthlessness.The roughly 200-page volume contains pieces the Englishman published in American and British periodicals between September 18, 2001 and September 11, 2007, arranged in chronological order, and they get predictably more circumspect as the volume progresses. What each of them shares, however, is the express desire to annihilate the ideology that begat the events of 9/11: namely, Islamism.Ideology, Amis says, “is a belief system with an inadequate basis in reality.” Religion, he continues...
...most die-hard defenders: he made illusion not merely stupid but wicked.”But there was a sinister side to Solzhenitsyn’s character which has largely been neglected in the orgiastic aftermath of his death. Solzhenitsyn was a reactionary with anti-Semitic leanings, scarcely circumspect about branding Bolshevism as a Jewish plot against the Russian people. This bigotry culminated in his last book, “Two Hundred Years Together,” an embittered examination of the relationship between Russians and Jews—the very dichotomy of its premise reeks of an archaic racial...
...stop-start-stop process of New York traffic. He appears to be that rare combination: a born listener who speaks with almost utter assurance, even on controversial subjects. Before his visit, his American retinue stressed that the Kagyu lineage is historically apolitical, but in person he was less circumspect, telling Time, "As far as I'm concerned, the situation in Tibet, particularly the political situation, has reached a level of emergency." As the Dalai Lama's pupil, Dorje feels he must "continue to support [his mentor's political role] as best I can in the future...
...Although one conservative military organization, comprised largely of retired soldiers, lambasted Zapatero's choice as a display of "contempt," the armed forces' hierarchy itself has been characteristically circumspect. "We will receive her with the same respect as her predecessors," one high-ranking officer anonymously told El País newspaper, "and perhaps a little more delicacy...
Although friends say there is a deep rift between the two men, Lake is circumspect about their competition. "Whatever the mythology," he says, "whenever we run into each other, we're very cordial." And he doesn't rule out a job for Holbrooke in an Obama Administration. "Would I say Dick can play no role? Absolutely not." Party leaders hope the two men can reunite behind a nominee. That would be the most comforting outcome for any Democratic President facing a crisis...