Word: prudently
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...Democrats' relative silence on all this has been prudent, but telling. Their implicit position has been to err toward law. "The notion that Florida failed to do its job in the Schiavo case is wrong," said Congressman Barney Frank, one of the few Democrats willing to speak about the case. "Procedurally, there was a great deal of due process." Frank was right, but it was a curiously sterile pronouncement, bereft of the Congressman's usual raucous humanity. It exemplified the Democratic Party's recent overdependence on legal process, a culture of law that has supplanted legislative consideration of vexing social...
...from venture capitalists convinced that cell-phone services are their newest gold mine. Wall Street has started to grill every consumer company about its wireless strategy. But this hypefest isn't quite like the dotcom delusion. "This started with a business model," notes Disney's Shapiro. "We're being prudent...
Rafiq Hariri was a bold, self-made billionaire but a prudent politician. Syrian troops occupied his country and bossed its politics, yet during two terms as Lebanon's dynamic Prime Minister, he was careful never to oppose Syria head on. When he was summoned to Damascus last summer to endorse changes in his country's constitution that would allow Lebanon's Syria-controlled puppet President to remain in power, he bowed to the demand despite his strong opposition. When he returned to Beirut with his arm in a white sling, wags joked that he had undergone a painful arm twisting...
...semester to each HoCo. Contrary to what has been said, this is obviously an increase over last year’s funding packages. Furthermore, last fall, HoCos spent only $15,831 out of $41,279 allocated to them—a rate of only 38.4 percent. It is therefore prudent for the Council to allocate only what HoCos have demonstrated that they will spend. Thus, the Council made the reasonable decision to allocate $18,800 from the Committee Fund, the fund that provides for all concerts, movie nights, shuttles, and similar projects, to HoCos. Once a HoCo has spent...
...taking one of those drugs, you should definitely talk to your doctor. You might also read the package inserts that come with your prescription; you may find something your physician has overlooked. And it never hurts to ask about alternative treatments. If there are good ones, it might be prudent to switch until everything gets sorted...