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...George Bush could sweep away all the political and legal roadblocks to U.S. economic aid for the Soviet Union, he would still be hard pressed to find prudent ways to provide it. Loans from the West, no matter how generously dispensed, could not transform the huge and irrational Soviet economy into a productive enterprise. Moscow is $2 billion behind in its payments to foreign suppliers right now, and is running a budget deficit of more than $100 billion. Transfusions will not provide a cure...
...consulted with the state health department," Weingarten said. "They felt it would be prudent to immunize the likely contacts." Most of the Quad students were inoculated Saturday morning, but a few delayed taking their shots until Sunday...
Hence his every action becomes grist for analysis. Saddam's obsession with security, which includes periodic purges of the party and the military, may merely be prudent, though some analysts see hints of paranoia. Yet most are convinced that Saddam is cunningly sane. "He is not a lunatic," says a high- ranking Israeli intelligence official. "He is a megalomaniac, but he is rational." Concurs Philip Robins, head of Middle East programs at the London- based Royal Institute of International Affairs: "He is not driven by ideology or whim. He coldly calculates every move...
...Michael Spence--long known for his methodical, cautious and prudent leadership style--made the boldest move of his career last week. Citing personal reasons, Spence announced that he would step down as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences--the second highest position at Harvard--to take the helm of the Stanford University Business School. While academic observers described the move as a "step down" for Spence, the reality for Harvard is the loss of a talented administrator whose effect on the University will only be seen in years to come...
...other's humanity while tossing off wisecracks. But the forced fusion of diverse elements of the population made American society more fluid and less class-conscious. (It also ensured that decision-making elites had to bear their share of the costs of war; leaders are likely to be more prudent about using military force when their sons are in the trenches than when they are safely esconced at Harvard...