Word: foresight
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...crosses the road to share Beal with Roberta. This new life takes the chill out of her bones. But it also contains relentless poverty, intermittent abuse, the constant threat of self-destruction. These people can never escape whatever desperate moment they are caught in, never know the luxury of foresight. It is hard watching fate enfold them. But it is also a bracing experience not easily shaken...
...doubt, baseball will look very different when it returns. Word is that Congress is very seriously considering the repeal of the antitrust law (with the incredible foresight its members so often exhibit...
...same time, one would think that all the dissidents and opposition forces in North Korea would have been waiting eagerly for just this moment. South Korea put its military on alert as soon as the death was announced; could any nation in the world have better intelligence or foresight about the coming events in the North...
...ideals of the United Nations, which were, at root, to turn back aggression through concerted action. In its place are assurances that the U.S. will rigorously examine U.N. operations before voting for them. While there can be no doubt of the need for more planning and foresight in U.N. operations, the tone of the document would make Woodrow Wilson turn in his grave...
Some tension is inevitable, but much of the angst that first-years are feeling can be avoided. Too many first-years start thinking about possible roommates too early. This misguided foresight results in two very common scenarios...