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...issues yet. Try drilling in with Obama's advisers on his approach to Arab-Israeli peace talks, negotiations with Iran or education reform, and you quickly find much debate but no hard policy decisions. In that light, Obama's outreach seems less about preventive cover for liberal policies than prudent network building for whatever positions, left or right, he ends up taking...
...good in and of itself. Meritocrats inevitably see education as a means to an end, some merely instrumental good. Therefore, an excessive reliance on meritocracy at the cost of, say, strength of character or capacity for virtue, would seem to favor not the wisest or the most prudent candidates—but, rather, those most ambitious and lustful for power...
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA and YALE UNIVERSITY The University of Pennsylvania and Yale University have been optimistic about their ability to maintain their operations in spite of the financial crisis. Both schools have cited prudent spending strategies that have buffered their operating budgets from short-term downturns, while saying that they will remain flexible and react to market conditions as they develop...
...human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a pathogen so wily and protean that researchers rarely talk about curing infected patients, focusing instead on treatment and prevention. But in an announcement that caused a flutter of excitement and a wave of prudent skepticism, Berlin-based hematologist Gero Huetter claimed on Thursday that he has cured an HIV infection in a 42-year-old man through a bone-marrow transplant...
...Senator Obama offers a detailed, well-planned, and prudent strategy to expanding health care coverage to the uninsured. For those fortunate enough to have health insurance, either through the employer-based coverage system or on the open market, his plan offers the promise of significant cost reductions. For those in need of health insurance, Senator Obama’s plan offers the opportunity to purchase a comprehensive and federally-backed health care policy at a comparatively affordable price. And regardless of whether or not a family currently has insurance, the Obama plan’s emphasis on preventative care promises...