Word: foresaw
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...superstars have at least one good motive for getting along well: financial. When they signed contracts for the Rome concert, neither they nor their management teams foresaw the extraordinary revenues that the event would generate. The singers accepted a flat fee from Decca, with no royalties. Economically, it was a disastrous decision. Music-industry sources have it that Pavarotti, who records exclusively for Decca, used his clout to sweeten his deal once it was clear that the album was going through the roof. When word leaked to the others, Domingo, who free-lances primarily with Sony and BMG, was said...
...think they did surpass me," says Cox, whowrote a book on Columbia's 1968 protests. "I don'tthink I foresaw anything like the occupation ofUniversity Hall that started all this...
...younger donors have played a key role inthe fundraising and Stone said he foresaw youngermoney as the key to this campaign's success...
Ever since 1888, when philosopher Edward Bellamy foresaw a utopian world where money would be replaced by a card based on the "credit" built up by workers with their labor, financial prognosticators have hailed the coming of the cashless society. Club Med founder Gilbert Trigano tried to create some cashless utopias of his own by asking his guests to pay for things with beads as part of their tropical vacations. But in everyday life, consumers until now have largely chosen to hold on to their coin purses, dollar bills and checkbooks, reflecting an atavistic, under-the-mattress reluctance to part...
...think they did surprise me," says Cox, whowrote a book on Columbia's 1968 protests. "I don'tthink I foresaw anything like the occupation ofUniversity Hall that started all this...