Word: prudently
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dependable, I think it would be foolish to keep these large forces on these islands. We thought it was rather foolish to put them there, and, as I say, if there were a ceasefire, it would be our judgment, military judgment, even, that it would not be wise or prudent to keep them there." Was there, then, a possibility of important changes in U.S. policy if there was some "give" on the Communist side? Answered Dulles: "Yes, I would...
...carnival fun, and Papa is instructed to take the boy to a match de football. Reason for the outing is that Mama feels her first labor pains coming on, and since the boy still thinks that babies are bought from pushcart peddlers, it is prudent to post him elsewhere. In a scene of superb comic tenderness, Papa attempts to explain where children really come from, and bears up just fine until his relentlessly inquisitive child asks: "But, Papa, where do you plant the seed...
Unfortunately, allegations of malpractice are not confined to the question of housing discrimination. It might therefore be prudent for the University to arrange a thorough outside investigation of all procedures in the Registry office...
...decision, however, does not preclude the possibility that the Council is capable of enlaring its scope of activity nationally, as the Harvard liason with NSA. Enjoying a certain amount of prestige within the NSA at the present, Harvard--represented by the Council--is capable of exerting strong influence and prudent counsel...
...ministers, their average age 50, their average congregation 2,800. Most of them were privately for integration but justified their public silence on the subject on the ground that their duty was to hold the church together. The rest were "passives"-older men who favor integration but have a prudent eye cocked on retirement. Their specialty, said Psychologist Pettigrew, was praying for guidance, which is "how to say something without being heard...