Word: prudently
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Economic Ties. For a number of Asian nations, the most prudent step seemed to be to loosen their ties with Washington. Even before the triumphant Communist offensive in Viet Nam got under way, Bangkok asked that...
...debt burden hit $13.7 billion this year, and the city has begun issuing new short-term notes virtually every week simply to meet its payroll. The eleven major local banks that underwrite most of the bonds and notes are not only protesting but also squeezing the city to become prudent. Led by Ellmore Patterson, the chairman of Morgan Guaranty Trust, the bankers have ended their competitive bidding for new issues. They are now demanding detailed daily information on the city's financial condition. Municipal officials must sit down for protracted and embarrassing negotiations before the bankers will agree...
...most Jewish students, moreover, prudent self-control of this sort is transformed into actual self-denial. Someone who is mildly embarrassed about his or her Jewishness, who is vaguely fearful about accusations of double-loyalty or parochial self-interest, and who only wants to be "just like everybody else" is hardly likely to be a vocal supporter of Israel even in the best of circumstances...
Since the Strauch Committee was formed last January. Harvard and Radcliffe administrators have gracefully declined to speculate about the future of undergraduate admissions policies. The standard line has been that it would not be prudent or proper to make any comments before Karl Strauch, professor of Physics, conveys his Committee's report to Presidents Bok and Horner...
...Seven Days of Creation is another example of the human spirit speaking out when silence is prudent. Yet it is demeaning to praise something not because it is well done but because it was done at all. The truth is the novel reads like English subtitles to an epic silent film, always flickering just beyond its grasp. "Paul Gray