Word: foresight
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...Certain professors, like Mr. Hillyer, are capable judges of all forms of writing. Others who feel their jurisdiction limited, such as Mr. DeVoto, exclude certain forms, as he does poetry. Whether the student be a specialist or a genius budding in all directions, a little foresight is bound to direct him into the right course...
...German mind this immaculate figure is inspired by bitter jealousy of all foreign countries, by diabolical cunning, by ruthless materialism disguised under a revolting wrapper of unctuous self-righteousness. To him, the average Englishman is a clever and unscrupulous hypocrite; a man who, with superhuman ingenuity and foresight, is able in some miraculous manner to be always on the winning side; a person whose incompetence in business and salesmanship is balanced by an uncanny and unfair mastery of diplomatic wiles; a coldblooded, prescient, ruthless opportunist; a calculating and conceited egoist; a cad with occasional instincts for that strange indulgence...
...both sides there is unmistakable evidence of bigotry, lack of foresight, and general unintelligence. That an issue could be raised over such a question is an indication that legislation in America is in a pitifully decadent state. In the first place, the proposal of a bill denying suffrage to a group large enough to be termed a political party is proof that the state legislators are not even slightly acquainted with either the state or federal constitutions. On the other hand, opposition to the bill assumes the prerogative of a superior court, judging what a state legislature...
Combining great foresight with tireless devotion to the course he saw necessary, Count Camillo Benso Cavour, after helping to bring about the institution of constitutional government in Italy in 1848, worked incessantly and successfully to make this government run smoothly from the beginning. This story of Cavour's accomplishments was told by Mario Einaudi, government instructor, yesterday, in the second of a series of lectures based on Cavour and his contributions to constitutional government in Italy...
...following on the heels of the recent Tennessee pronouncements may mark the nadir of utility disrepute. Perhaps the majority of utility stocks have at last passed into nobler and purer hands who will at some later time, dispense them at profitable prices as a reward for their virtue and foresight...