Word: foresight
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...Beasley, an able executive with a keen foresight into the ills and needs of an industry will ultimately put on a sound basis a big and potent factor in the airplane industry, and I believe will be one of the first to put on a rational plane, the question of private ownership of planes for pleasure flying and private business. In addition to all this, Mr. Beasley himself is decidedly air-minded, and capable of handling a ship himself...
More interesting was the question of how much could be saved for the entire U. S. The Tennessee crisis was reaching into other States. Unchecked, it would have been much worse. Only unselfish foresight on the part of conservative bankers made possible the quick action which stemmed the aftermath of Rogers Clark Caldwell's debacle...
Worthless? Because no cheap method has yet been devised for extracting oil from the tough dark shale of Colorado, geologists estimate the production cost of such oil at $3 per barrel, as compared with current petroleum prices of $1 per barrel. Oil companies with foresight, however, have bought up Colorado shale land from original prospectors on the theory that eventually a cheap extraction process will be found. Denver records show the following holdings: Standard Oil of New Jersey, 20,000 acres; Union of California, 18,000; Continental, 10,000; Texas, 10,000; Prairie, 7,000; Deep Rock, 4,000; Pure...
...present, the college must bide its time and wait patiently for the final drastic step of removing the little green hat, white button and all, into the outmoded customs of the past. For a time we must content ourselves with admiration for Palaeopitus for their wisdom and foresight in granting to the youngest children of Eleazer Wheelock some vestige of the individuality of the New Hampshire hills...
...General Examinations, it will produce results which in themselves will be well worth the effort. The ever-changing Harvard of today cannot suffer from intelligent study, and the Student Council can justify its existence by showing its ability in a time when problems abound Should it succeed, its foresight will be justified...