Word: prudent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...president does not turn away from the path of increased taxes and towards a more prudent economic policy, the jobs of countless Americans will be lost...
Restic, typically prudent and in love withHarvard, set up a trip to Philadelphia and made nopromises. Meanwhile, the Eagles, so confident thatthe native Pennsylvanian would take the job,scheduled a press conference to announce hisacceptance on the day of his trip. Alarmed by thispresumptuousness and taking his family and thepeople at Harvard into consideration, Resticrespectfully declined the offer...
Spreading risk is prudent investment strategy. But the latest contingent of global explorers is less interested in diversifying risk than in chasing returns. Says David Herro, who runs the Oakmark International Fund: "It's almost scary what's happening today. They're shooting first and asking questions later...
...court judgments against smoking parents, arguing that the case against secondhand smoke hasn't been proved. In fact, some prominent scientists, including epidemiology expert Alvan Feinstein of the Yale medical school, believe the EPA may have overstated the evidence in its study. Nonetheless, most health researchers agree it is prudent to keep children away from smoke as much as possible...
...been the subject of a lawsuit challenging unfair state educational aid formulas. The state was willing to resist calls to invest more in Hartford's crumbling educational infrastructure, but now is all too happy to jump in with a blank check to attract a football team. Is this prudent government, or just sports mania addling the already small brains of public officials...