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...that sense too, the initiative was classic Bush. Once again, part of his strategy is to help his pal Gorbachev. That's only prudent. But in this case, it's also plenty bold...
Nothing better illustrates an incumbent's ability to control the debate than Bush's new view of America's nuclear defense posture. In last week's speech, Bush offered a vision at once radical and prudent. No matter that the specifics have been proposed for years; until now no one in a position to take them up has done so. In the process, Bush is likely to trump the opposition's most promising edge: its contention that the world has changed so fundamentally that military expenditures should be redirected to home-front priorities. In the short term -- and perhaps...
...finishing touches are completed, about $20 million. It will also, when the switch is pulled, put on quite a show: 147 giant beams projecting a cross of light 3,000 ft. into the Caribbean night. The lighthouse comes equipped with its own power generators, which was a prudent idea on someone's part. The Dominican Republic's electricity system has virtually collapsed for lack of funding. Like the rest of the country, the neighborhoods surrounding this soaring beacon are routinely blacked out 20 hours...
...Councillor Jonathan S. Myers said that he viewed the recommendations as "taking the right approach in terms of being prudent and not gambling...
...fiscally prudent government would have acknowledged the emergency and waived the agency rules, says Abdulaziz Sultan al-Issa, chairman of the Gulf Bank. "But that would mean cutting people out of the moneymaking loop, and our rulers are scrupulous about allowing such windfalls. It is part of the elaborate way in which our loyalty is bought...