Word: foresight
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...involved in a war with no end in sight and viewed by the world as a bully. I was disheartened to read that Gore has all but ruled out another run for President, but then again, who could blame him? I just hope that with all his intellect and foresight, he comes to realize that we need his leadership now more than ever. Matthew Sokol West Bloomfield, Michigan...
Hindsight is 20/20. But once in a rare while, foresight is too. For years, researchers have described exactly what would happen if a megahurricane hit New Orleans and the surrounding Gulf region. They predicted that the city levees would not hold. Their elaborate computer models showed that tens of thousands would be left behind. They described rooftop rescues, 80% of New Orleans underwater and "toxic gumbo" purling through the streets. If experts had prophesied a terrorist attack with that kind of accuracy, they would be under suspicion for treason...
...election. We now find ourselves in debt and involved in a war with no end in sight. I was disheartened to read that Gore has all but ruled out another run for President, but who can blame him? I just hope that with all his intellect and foresight, he comes to realize that we need his leadership now more than ever...
...FALL FORESIGHT...
...know that it is easy to get frustrated with a language— especially with one that did not have the foresight to include the word “frustration” itself (any student of Russian history knows it is a fairly important word). But I remind myself that Russian isn’t as bad as Mandarin, for example, which has a writing system divorced from its spoken language. That is like having the text of “Fiddler on the Roof” sung to “Cats.” It makes no sense...