Word: prudently
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...prudent bankers naturally felt that they had to put some limits on the extent of their help, and in setting those limits they may have developed a kind of counterguerrilla guide for "raided" businessmen. Shortly after Nader's visit, Wriston told his officers that the investigators should be given the same information as stockholders and newsmen. In particular, he warned them against saying anything that would help the bank's competitors or violate a customer's privacy. Bank attorneys noted that the latter precaution was a legal necessity...
...Fred Hampton, David Dellinger, and Allison Krause was part of our lives, and that we could not be the same because of it. But the long summer and the Yale game and the silent winter and the CRR had changed all that by April, and it now seemed more prudent to think of the victims as them to keep our noses clean and wait for it all to pass. We were so tired after last spring-what more could the world want from us? And the killing escalated in Asia while we studied in Lamont, or saw plays...
...cast in the previous election for the office he seeks. Thus, through television and other means, he could at least alert the electorate as to who he is and what he proposes. The money would be appropriated by Congress. Above the floor, candidates could spend any amount they deemed prudent-and could lay their hands on. The candidate with lots of money would still have an advantage, but not such an overwhelming...
...dollars for marks, hoping to make a quick profit. Contrary to popular opinion, the speculators are not shadowy characters operating on European back streets; most are treasurers of multinational corporations, many American. At any one time they hold huge quantities of various moneys, and they regard it as only prudent to shift funds out of a currency that looks as if it may fall in value into one that seems likely to rise...
...yield to coercion would in the long run destroy the spirit of the Resolution. In the face of personal harassment or the strong likelihood of serious violations, however, a prudent man may chose to avoid confrontation without forfeiting his opportunities for redress. While it may be generally preferable to put the issue to the test so that there can be a resolution of the ambiguities involved, one cannot insist upon this as a threshold for disciplinary action if a case can be made on its merits that a violation has occurred...