Most important, is an automated, unmanned people-mover an appropriate and prudent choice for New York?

Despite the cost, there are reasons that insurance might be a prudent choice.

Servant to a dancer until the dancer made her own prudent choice of husband?

All these, most New Yorkers would say, are honorable choices, prudent and popular.

What they say: 'Whatever the opposition may promise, the people know the only prudent choice is Conservative.'

But exercising prudent choice is not the same thing as declaring love.

"It seems the most prudent choice for now, sir."

"He's making the prudent choice," the coach said.

"Sir...discretion might be a more prudent choice, in this situation."

"I'm sorry, but that's the only prudent choice under the circumstances."