Word: foresight
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...think the Hunt family feels about All the President's Men while my father is rotting in jail? Howard Hunt's ordeal has been a painful one. He has suffered and lost everything. It's a pity that Mr. Redford did not have the foresight to see that this film will also be at the emotional expense of my father's family and other families as well...
...times. The procedure, known as cloning, is based on scientific fact. Because each cell in an organism contains the genetic material that gives the organism its unique characteristics, it is theoretically possible to grow an entire and identical organism from any one cell. In 1943 Mengele had the foresight to ask the Führer for blood and skin samples...
...human reason persists as the best available tool to deal with complex temporal problems. Love, intuition and spirituality help somewhat but we have gotten ourselves into an economic and social interplay of forces which requires some intellectual delicacy and foresight to keep in place. Intellectuals possess substantial powers of reason and ought to be willing to use them in the denser underbrush of a complex society instead of only in its airy reaches...
...moderates as well as to the Communists. Meanwhile, many wealthy and professionally skilled Angolans have settled in Spain, France and Brazil rather than stay in Portugal. "These people are a gold mine of talent," said a top-ranking foreign diplomat. "If Portugal doesn't have the foresight to tap their skills, but drives them away, only the dirt farmers will be left...
...negotiations was a personal blessing for Rabin; Israel's refusal to accept Sadat's terms gave the Premier his highest popularity rating in political polls since he took office last year. Nonetheless, the government was under fire from both left and right for lack of foresight and policy. "We are a crazy people," suggested Author Yoram Kaniuk, a critic on the left. "The talks fall through, and Yitzhak Rabin becomes a national hero...