Word: prudent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Verba said in the University Library announcement that "a prudent 'watchful waiting' is our most viable--indeed, our only--alternative...
Pagett says the task force was a "prudent measure" on the part of the administration, following the scandal in Russia...
...makes no sense to overreact to the prospect of global warming, but it makes no sense to ignore it either. A prudent policy that stresses conservation and alternate energy sources seems to me to be wise insurance in an uncertain age. After all, our grandchildren will thank us for developing high-mileage cars, energy-efficient appliances and cheap solar energy, no matter how the future of global warming plays...
...year, $792 billion tax cut passed by the House. That bill calls for a 10% across-the-board income tax cut and a 25% reduction in the capital gains tax--measures that disproportionately favor the wealthiest Americans and that, by their sheer size, have rattled even some fiscally prudent Republicans. (The Senate passed its own tax cut last Friday, which also totaled $792 billion.) That may explain why some Bush advisers last week played down the endorsement's significance. "Can you imagine the Republican front runner not endorsing a tax cut passed by a Republican Congress?" asked...
...Report of the Committee on Harvard-Radcliffe Relationships concluded a merger would not be prudent...