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Word: prudently (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...gulf war have cemented the trend. First, the economic downturn struck some people as a just punishment for a dizzy era of excessive borrowing and spending. Many consumers saw the recession as a warning that their behavior had to change. Cutting back and putting away the plastic seem only prudent. Unemployment, currently at 6.5%, has risen steadily for eight months. Some people who used to ride in limousines are now driving them for a living. Then the life-and-death reality of the war came along and made the pursuit of glitz and status seem even more trivial. Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME 1991 Cover Story: The Simple Life | 4/5/2001 | See Source »

Suddenly, starting a company is no longer a fashion statement. Now only the genuine believers want to leave large companies to create or join a new business. Everyone has become far more prudent about spending money. Unbridled optimism has been splattered with a large coating of reality. Today the climate for investments in tiny, unknown valley fledglings is the best it has been for more than 10 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spring Comes Early To Silicon Valley | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...that for me, right here, right now." I was nervous, I said, "Well, it's really not very good." He said, "Do it. Do it now." So I had to do it; it was kind of humiliating. Every time I saw him, he would say, "Wouldn't be prudent." It is hilarious that the President of the United States was doing his impression back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Impersonating The President...A Ha-Ha Away From Power | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...hope for couples who have been unable to have children. Friday, Antinori was particularly voluble when asked to defend the pending project against ethical and scientific concerns. "We're talking science; we're not here to create a fuss," he said. "I'm asking all of us to be prudent and calm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Human Cloning: Cause for Rejoicing or Despair? | 3/9/2001 | See Source »

...listened, and I agree. My budget proposal pays down an unprecedented amount of public debt. We owe it to our children and grandchildren to act now, and I hope you will join me to pay down $2 trillion in debt during the next 10 years." Right. Good idea. Very prudent. Now the tax cut, right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bush Address: Birth of a Salesman? | 2/28/2001 | See Source »

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