Word: cautioning
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...gotten nervous enough to sponsor a study in which cell phone users' brains will be carefully monitored (although not while they're driving). Nothing is clear at this point; cell phones could be perfectly safe, or they could be the handheld equivalent of a brain microwave. With typical scientific caution, docs are advising nervous users to keep their calls short and to invest in that earpiece/microphone contraption that keeps the phone antenna as far away from the caller's head as possible (and coincidentally also makes everyone look like they're carrying on a fascinating conversation with themselves...
...easier to target with the fiery exhaust plume trailing them) rather than when their much smaller warheads are in mid-flight, as in the U.S. plan. Putin's proposals are sketchy, but Europeans, worried about being left out of a U.S. shield, are listening. American officials advise caution and note that Moscow does not have the financial wherewithal for such a scheme...
...Despite the depth of opposition, though, the pressure on President Clinton to give the go-ahead may prove compelling. Missile defense remains overwhelmingly popular on Capitol Hill, and the Republicans would pounce on any caution by the administration to proclaim candidate Gore as soft on security. The test failure, though, gives both Clinton and Gore new latitude to simply delay committing to a final decision, inoculating Gore against Republican attack at the same time as placating Moscow and Beijing...
...many users are likely to throw caution to the winds. Competition within sports is so intense that athletes seem willing to try almost anything to improve performance. Half of surveyed athletes, many of them Olympians, admitted recently that they'd be willing to take a drug even if it was sure to kill them eventually, so long as it would let them win every event they entered five years...
...bleeding edge"--technology that looks exciting but drains budgets. The cost and risk of ultra-new technologies necessitate administrative caution in both academics and residential life, explains Associate Dean of the College Georgene B. Herschbach...