Word: prudently
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...most of the reminders of the Institute’s impressive visits are hidden in dark, back hallways. Relegating these posters to slight obscurity was a prudent choice on Cheek’s part, as the lack of exposure saves the art exhibition from any undercurrent of self-congratulatory hubris...
...seem stale and off-key. "The Democrats believe they can spend your money better than you can. We don't," he said yet again. That has been one of Bush's most cherished bits of antitax demagoguery, except now it's clear that his Republicans have been anything but prudent about spending "your" money. Worse, there is the stench of anti-Washington, know-nothingism to it-as if "your" money weren't being spent on necessities like national defense, environmental protection or health care for the old and needy. That Bush would continue to indulge in this argument during wartime...
...President Vladimir Putin told a German newspaper Wednesday, "but we must not break off the process of talks." And China, while joining the call for its longtime friend and neighbor to face sanctions as punishment for its transgression, nonetheless added that such sanctions would have to be "appropriate" and "prudent." Added a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman: "The only way to resolve this issue is to get all the parties back to the negotiating table...
...treated as a nuclear weapons state. Indeed, President Bush appeared to acknowledge the reality of Pyongyang's new status in his remarks following the test announcement, warning that any attempt by North Korea to share its new toys with others would bring harsh consequences. That, of course, is a prudent position in dealing with a nuclear-armed state. The international community would like every nuclear-armed state to disarm, but barring that, it must try to lock such states into arrangements that prevent nuclear weapons from actually being used, or from being exported...
...good news, though, is that we can develop prudent, home-grown strategies that make sense, without turning schoolyards into armed camps. Here are commonsense steps that should be taken...