Word: prudently
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...already passed legislation divesting their state pension plans of any foreign company that invests more than 20 million dollars a year in Iran (there are 19 such companies). Scores of municipalities and labor unions are beginning to follow suit. Given today’s economic climate, it is financially prudent for Harvard to divest its holdings from companies that could soon be the target of American and international sanctions...
...ways. In October, consumer spending rose 0.7% over the previous month, according to the Commerce Department, which is particularly interesting since personal income only edged up 0.2%. It seems it's going to take more than economic calamity for us to realize that perhaps we should be more prudent with our money...
...question that President Barack Obama is taking his time in deciding whether to send the 40,000 extra U.S. troops to Afghanistan that his commander has requested. The debate in Washington is over whether that delay constitutes dangerous "dithering" in the face of a growing danger or prudent pause in the face of a looming quagmire...
...speak sharply to the police. You have that constitutional right,” said Sullivan. “Is it prudent? Probably...
...legislation, the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act passed in July, now permits institutions to spend as much of an endowment fund “as the institution determines is prudent,” meaning that Harvard can now determine appropriate expenditures from more recently acquired endowments...