In 1861, for example, the Melbourne Argus explained to its readers that "as a matter of sound precaution, citizens of the United States now resident in Victoria should be placed under surveillance".
Both KIMS and Circle are testing whether merging the roles of doctors and managers might work better than the traditional NHS divide between pen-pushers and clinical staff.Openness with patients about the financial rewards of such set-ups is a sound precaution.
Mulling on this telling anecdote from Mr. Miller's past, we wondered if this was a sound antibullying precaution, so we consulted with Robert Siciliano, a Boston-based personal security expert and president of IDTheftSecurity.com.com
The room was neither electromagnetically shielded, nor were any sound attenuation precautions taken.
It might sound a prim precaution in the bohemian world of entertainment, but in an industry where the casting couch is still a tacitly recognised route to the top, it may have its place.
That sounds a wise precaution: in currency markets, there is the possibility of mayhem.
Though many of Pickles' 50 recommendations sound sensible, including the precaution of piloting some of them, he panders to that prejudice by using "political correctness" and writing about it in Friday's edition of the politically incorrect and proud of it Daily Telegraph.
The stark white lobby, the security card access, the sign on the psychiatry floor door, "Elopement Precaution," the sound of the heavy metal locking behind him, the lonely walk down that long hallway with lights harshly glaring down, stealing even his shadow..
Describes the sound stages and the precautions taken to prevent any sounds from entering the microphones.
The first newish song in Beirut's show at Terminal 5 on Wednesday night was "Vagabond," a perky testimonial about finding oneself alone and unmoored, despite what sound like some diligent precautions.
As oppressive as these precautions sounded, they described a period that had passed.
