Word: foresight
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...railroad-equipment field, Automan Budd cannily foresaw the end of the postwar rush for long-haul passenger cars, developed the Railway Diesel Car for economical passenger service for shorter runs. Thus, when the railway car market virtually vanished this year, Budd's foresight paid off: out of 18 passenger car orders placed with U.S. car builders this year, 16 are for Budd's new "RDCs...
...spite of the barefaced claim for the glory of Russia, Moscow's critics tended to carp at the picture. "The episodes projected by the scenario," wrote one, "should have demonstrated that Popov's invention was not an accident but the fruit of deep scientific foresight and firm belief in the Tightness of the chosen path. Instead, the film shows Popov's work in such a way that the spectator is forced to believe in a happy concourse of luck...
Admittedly, this latter solution would eliminate the "do or die for dear old Rutgers" spirit attached to a play-off game, but at least it would be clear who won the championship. The situation as it now stands is a tribute to the lack of foresight on the part of ten athletic directors...
...namely as an intermediary between the Dean's Office and the undergraduate student body. Long range reports and routine handling of undergraduate projects both have an important place in fulfilling that purpose, and neither should be emphasized to the exclusion of the other. This calls for objectivity and foresight on the part of the directing force of the Council, namely the three officers. It is obvious that the permanent committees will handle the routine activities and that the more flexible committee structure can be directed toward special projects and reports. In this way the two functions of the Council...
...this production and are entirely in sympathy with the play as are his bizarre costumes. The American adaptation by Maurice Valency appears to be an excellent job. A word of special thanks must go to Alfred De Liagre, Jr., not only for his direction, but for his courage and foresight in putting on such an obviously 'uncommercial' drama. Mr. De Liagre chose for his garden the almond tree rather than the oil well--and happily has been granted both...