ATUL M. KARNIK Woodside, Queens, Oct. 31, 2012 To the Editor: Re "For Years, Warnings That It Could Happen Here" (front page, Oct. 31): In light of the cautionary example from Hurricane Sandy, a direct question must be posed to the two presidential candidates as to the United States' response to climate change and rising seas.
As I was leaving a small one-room exhibit, "Stories on Money," at the American History Museum, which consists of about 100 paper bills and coins displayed in glass cases, I noticed one of the bills bore a "reproduction" label — but if visitors don't look at it from the right angle, the light obscures that cautionary word.
But it is well worth continuing the effort to privatize Fannie and Freddie in light of the cautionary tale which their $150 billion post-crisis bailout offers (even if they've since used their near-monopoly to right themselves financially).
With biotechnology rapidly advancing, its impact can be seen in everything from reproductive to genetic engineering, Dewey-Hagborg hopes her work shines a cautionary light on the science's shortcomings.
In this wide-ranging study, Wolfgang Schivelbusch, a cultural historian who has in previous books teased hidden meanings out of the origins of coffee or the onset of domestic lighting, incorporates a cautionary note.
Many feel those "green" lights should be cautionary "yellow" ones at best.
At its best this book combines gossip, opinion and context in ways that cast new light on Diana's cautionary tale.
A lot of former allies are allowed to present themselves in the best possible light, without any hindsight, cautionary notes or credibility checks, including Dick Morris, a political strategist and former Clinton adviser who fell out of favor, had a change of heart and is now a contributor to Fox News.
And while there are reasons to believe that a bust could ensue at a higher year-over-year rate of growth in the money supply this time around (reasons we explored here), we look at this deceleration as a cautionary, yellow light - reason for investors to begin selling the malinvestments of the boom and taking some selected shorts.
The supposed "green" light should be a cautionary "yellow" light at best.
