Word: circumspectness
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...supposed to make it more efficient. Internationally, it was the Iron Lady who first recognized that Mikhail Gorbachev was a "man we can do business with," an insight that paved the way for the bloodless end of the Cold War. Financially (listen up, world leaders), she was remarkably circumspect in the way she went about privatizing state-owned businesses, first appointing soul mates to head up the nationalized industries, then establishing stiff financial and business targets. Only when she was sure the ground had been properly tilled did she sell a business...
...Stevens' power, just look at Sarah Palin's mild response to the verdict. She hasn't been shy in the past about calling on tainted politicians to step down; she won the governor's race by running loudly against the corrupt old-boys' network. With Stevens, she was more circumspect. It was a "sad day for Alaska," she said in a statement, adding that the verdict was a reflection of "the culture of corruption I was elected to fight." She cryptically ended with the hope that Stevens "will do what is right for the people of Alaska." Palin is still...
...Even the otherwise circumspect Austrian media is broaching the topic. Newspapers there have published pictures of Haider, who was 58, partying with groups of young men, including shots from the night of his death. "Everybody knew about his sexual orientation," says Thomas Hofer, a former magazine editor who is now an independent political consultant in Vienna. "But there was a consensus in the Austrian media not to write about...
...can’t measure some certain aspects of a college that will fit a student’s wants and needs. [The rankings] are there to help get you started.” Former Harvard College Dean Harry R. Lewis ’68 also took a circumspect view on the most recent rankings announcement. “Human beings are complex, and what’s best for one person won’t be best for another,” Lewis said in a written statement. “So I approve of transparency, but tend...
...Many Tories weren't so circumspect. Some wore pins and badges and T-shirts declaring their allegiance. Eleanor Laing, a Tory MP, appeared as the theoretically impartial chair of a debate about the U.S. elections sporting a sequined jacket decorated with stars-and-stripes and G.O.P. elephants. Talk at the many social events around the conference was dominated by the contest. "I rather like Sarah Palin," confessed one immaculately coiffed Conservative dame, as she waited in the powder room queue. "How can you say that?" interjected her neighbor. "That Palin woman is simply terrifying...