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Because they live with the constant threat of expulsion for the slightest offenses�real or imagined�Western correspondents stationed in Moscow tend to turn out supercautious, colorless copy.

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After scared Congressmen began appropriating for a two-ocean fleet this summer, Secretary Frank Knox wrote Philadelphia's supercautious Mayor Robert Eneas Lamberton: "The Navy is desirous of having Cramp's reopened at the earliest possible time."

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As titular head of the crucial economics ministry, Wilson replaced supercautious Michael Stewart, 60, with Labor's fastest-rising star: lanky Peter Shore, 43.

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What was once a cozy private affair, supervised to the last detail by supercautious parents, became en masse a complicated business.

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Throughout his career, Shivers' actions have fallen into two patterns: he has been forceful and aggressive when his position seemed secure, but has turned supercautious when his security seemed to be threatened.

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