Word: foresight
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Thanks to such foresight, the delicate balance of William Leigh's life was maintained for 16 full years, and his cup of happiness overflowed. Then, recently, in a casual conversation with a neighbor, William committed that dreaded slip of the tongue: he referred to his Chorlton daughter as Lynn, instead of Margaret, when in fact Lynn was an Ancoats daughter-and the only child whose name was not duplicated in Chorlton. Word of the slip got to Emily, the Chorlton wife. Emily sent her eldest son to follow his father when he left home, and before William knew...
...before Election Day. Meanwhile, Hall shopped around for radio and TV time next fall, shrewdly reserving strategic time segments before or after such top-rated shows as This Is Your Life and The $64,000 Question, when he could count on audiences of 50 million or more. Through the foresight of his party chairman, Ike is certain to have the greatest audiences in political history when he goes before the electorate...
...late. The University could have anticipated the demand for an eighth house and sought to buy up the land ten years ago. It could have anticipated the decline of local housing facilities and taken steps before the need became critical. But apparently the lack of informed planning made such foresight difficult...
...school made no effort to prepare students psychologically or to provide sufficient protection for Miss Lucy, he asserted. "Of course hindsight is better than foresight, and we don't have a riot squad in Tuscaloosa, but better precautions should have been taken," he added...
...heartily endorse your selection of Harlow Curtice as Man of the Year. His foresight and courage paid dividends for every American...