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Word: cautiously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Carnegie scientists were cautious about jumping to conclusions. But at least two conclusions are possible: 1) that the earth's magnetic field has shifted radically since 200 million years ago, or 2) that the North American continent, including Maryland, was once near the south pole and has since drifted slowly to its present position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Electric Earth | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...they do not agree on an entirely satisfactory medical explanation. Padre Pio's wounds bleed constantly, the wound in his side saturating three to four handkerchiefs each day. The church, which does not hold that stigmata are necessarily caused by supernatural means, at first treated Padre Pio with cautious skepticism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Stigmatist | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...entirely in Faulkner's home town (Oxford, Miss., pop. 3,500), with the author acting as a sidewalk superintendent during the filming. Nonetheless, the movie, stripped of Faulkner's peripheral probings into mind, heart and scene, is not only dead serious but dead on its feet; its cautious approach to its material results in a film that is more like an arty still photograph than a motion picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Dec. 12, 1949 | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Montreal has long kept a cautious eye on art in the raw. This time was no exception. When a photographer arrived at the jail to take a picture of Roussil's statue, the police dutifully draped a towel around the father's ample loins (see cut). But their hearts were not entirely in their work. Said one policeman: "There is nothing wrong with this. It is nature. Even the Vatican has pure physiques of this type...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Totem & Taboo | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

...C.I.O] stand prepared ... to pool their resources for the common defense and general welfare of the labor movement." The Steelworkers are aware that the U.M.W. is itself engaged in a "mighty struggle," Murray added pointedly, and they might well have use for such a defense fund themselves. Cautious Bill Green brushed off John L. Lewis' sweet-smelling offer as "impossible and impracticable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Big Three | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

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