Word: prudently
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...ramrod in the ban on jazz and dancing in Saigon some time ago. A person this prudent on the one hand while on the other clapping at the thought of Buddhist nuns burning themselves to death seems highly unstable. If the U.S. is going to pump millions of dollars and hundreds of men into South 'Viet Nam it would be better not to have such a paradox in a governing position...
...predict several hours ahead when a dangerous blast of protons will hit the earth. This warning is early enough to abort a space shot, or to tell an exposed man on the moon to dive for cover, but it is not much use for scheduling long missions. The prudent Dr. Dodson-Prince wishes that the U.S. moon push could be postponed until the next period of solar quiet, which will start around...
...Prudent minds have as a natural gift one safeguard which is the common possession of all, and this applies especially to the dealings of democracies with dictatorships. What is this safeguard? Skepticism. This you must preserve, this you must retain...
...Bank was only another agency to finance East-West trade until it began to go capitalist and expanded into a full-fledged merchant bank in the late 1950s under the prodding of a new chairman, personable and professional A. I. Doubonossov, 63, who wears a Homburg. Narodny's prudent bankers handle the extremely sensitive job of selling Soviet gold on the London market, trade actively in foreign currencies, and make short-term loans to British corporations and cities. With a capitalist eye for profit, they even hold $3.9 million in British Treasury certificates...
...Like the prudent Greek who used to take a reading at his friendly neighborhood oracle before embarking upon crucial projects, New York's Republican Nelson Rockefeller places great faith in predictions. Before his May 4 wedding to recently divorced Margaretta ("Happy") Murphy, he had taken a poll about the possible impact on his presidential chances for next year. The results remained a close-kept secret-but, obviously, they did not prevent Rocky from remarrying...