Word: prudent
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...bothered by [the letter]," he said. "If he wished to push the point, I'm adamant that the department acted in a prudent and I'd say pretty fair manner...
...turn toward a prudent frame of mind may have begun with the stock market crash of 1987, which served as an early-warning system for the harsher realities that followed. Tycoons were brought low, and speculative bubbles were burst in everything from real estate to artworks. A junkyard of bad debt and bankruptcies stretched to the horizon. The gulf war heightened the crisis atmosphere and further trivialized the pursuit of the latest fashions in consumer products. There was a faint echo of the '40s: "Don't you know there's a war on, buddy?" While some questioned the battle...
That's easy. "Prudent," laughs Wernher P. "I think the Bible helped me in that category...
...makes it impossible to lock the Yard," said Assistant Dean of Students Ellen H. Towne. "But we've noticed a decline in the level of activity on Friday evening and Saturday morning so providing added security and police coverage from Saturday afternoon through Sunday afternoon is a reasonable and prudent plan...
...maximization of these returns within prudent investment guidelines is the focus of cash and investment management. Generally speaking, Treasury is able to invest the company's funds aggressively because of Disney's healthy financial standing and its strong appeal on Wall Street. Managing a short-term portfolio of considerable size, Treasury plays an active role in the equity, fixed-income and other financial markets. While outperforming the rate of return of most market indices, Treasury also trades in derivative financial instruments. Despite the growing efficiency of worldwide markets, Treasury has in the past year still found means of arbitraging...