Word: prudent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most prudent opposition to religious condemnation of homosexuality, then, is not to impugn religion's place in public discourse, but to debate the legitimacy of interpreting the Bible to this end. Religious reasoning against homosexuality should not be cast aside as easily as has become common practice--rather, it must be examined and energetically engaged. Homosexuality might also be opposed cogently by traditionalists. To the suggestion that homosexuality ought to be approved and embraced, the starchy traditionalist might reasonably reply: "Thanks, but heterosexuality as the sole acceptable form of sexual expression has been working out tolerably well over the past...
...Seven to 10 percent declines rarely will affect the financial health of a university in the short run," says John C. Nelson, senior vice president at Moody's Investors Services in New York. "This is where we are seeing the benefits of being prudent...
Even though it was prudent in waiting a year, the administration will have to do more than scrounge between couch cushions to make up the difference...
...always been Harvard's practice not to comment. It's both wise and prudent," said Harvard spokesperson Alex Huppe...
...industry got these opportunities to open up to a larger audience partly because young adults grew up with VCRs, cable TV and the Internet and thus have been exposed to more adult material. And the AIDS epidemic has prompted a turn to voyeurism as a prudent alternative to sex. But an equally big factor, say the porn manufacturers, is that since Bill Clinton took office, the Justice Department hasn't prosecuted any new interstate transportation of obscenity cases...