Now, of course, John could have a task on his schedule called "Painful conversations about marlin," and put that on his timesheet, but this might not be politically prudent.

The Council's decision seemed politically prudent that August, when hundreds of residents at a public meeting opposed allowing a supermarket in the residential neighborhood.

"George understands that you have to do politically prudent things to get in a position to do what you want," he said.

"He understands," a friend explained, "that you have to do politically prudent things to get in a position to do what's right."

Though initially skeptical, the Venetian authorities find it politically prudent to put some of these Jews to death, following confessions induced by torture.

But the company has chosen not to make any reference to Yasir Arafat or to suicide bombers; that seems politically prudent, if not chicken hearted.

"I don't believe myself, but it is politically prudent that you should" is the slogan of thinkers supposedly devoted to the integrity of the intellect.

Thus it must have seemed to be politically prudent to Edmund to marry his heir Richard to the eldest daughter of the King's closest friend and adviser Hugh le Despenser.

Does Ruiz' hellacious hermano rowdy Ramon owe his freedom to Reuben's politically prudent pandering?

His old friend C. Fred Chambers, an oil company executive, once said, "George understands that you have to do politically prudent things to get in a position to do what you want."