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...His piece (from which Mackay’s account above comes) was headlined “War hero or Walter Mitty?” “Mackay readily admits he has a poor recall of places and dates,” Harris wrote....
...Grossart, vice-chair, got out just in time in 2005, but like a generation of Scottish businessmen who packed the RBS board, his hard-earned reputation for prudence never quite recovered....
...Mr Trump’s drive-past to greet supporters outside the Walter Reed hospital, and removal of his mask on arrival at the White House, both put staff at unnecessary risk....
...Instead of promoting prudence, central bankers since then have continuously spiked the punchbowl....
...“It seems he’s got the message that the market can be pretty violent in its reaction and condemnation,” said Walter Molano at BCP Securities....
...He is endowed to the highest degree with what the Romans called virtus (virtue): moral courage, integrity, sagacity, prudence and devotion to the service of country....
...He can bypass the nation’s institutions and impose what he wants,” says Walter Molano of BCP Securities, who is advising clients to reduce exposure to Mexico or get out altogether....
...“The temptation to indulge in ‘wizard wheezes’, to ‘have a go’ and to deliver spectacular growth may well have overcome his initial prudence.”...
...But such a conclusion should be a cause for prudence and concern, not complacency. “We are very bad at analysing or predicting intent. We failed to do it when Russia invaded Georgia [in 2008]....
...None of this prudence surprises royal biographers....
...Along with Walter Sisulu and Govan Mbeki, he was consigned to Robben Island jail off Cape Town, where prisoners were made to hew stone....
...Specifically, there’s a nuance in Walter Bagehot’s writing in Lombard Street that often gets missed in discussions of how far policymakers should go during a crisis....
...The British Drawings section of the sale (on Friday) includes more than 80 lots amassed by the late, insatiable watercolour collector Walter Brandt, among which are works by Robert Cozens and JMW Turner,...
...How did the UK move from Gordon Brown’s initial “prudence” as chancellor to a state where, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, 19 out of 21 comparable countries have done more to improve their...
...Legislation will be needed to bring all mortgage lenders under the Fed’s supervision, so that basic standards of prudence can be enforced. This much seems likely to happen....
...Mr Rhodes says he has worked with some of the great bankers of the modern era, including Walter Wriston and George Moore....
...He says prudence has stood Hays in good stead. “Leading a company is about a mix of caution, imagination and vision....
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