Word: foresight
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...problem is caused by the combination of a lack of foresight and unfortunate circumstances," Briggs said. "We should have done something last summer when we realized that Biology 15b would not be given this term," he said...
...social situations, however, there are distinct drawbacks: at dinner parties, left-handers find themselves tangling elbows with their partners unless they have had the foresight to seize a chair at the left end of the table. The constant irritations of domestic life are multiplied for the southpaw. Scissors do not work properly, and neither do can openers. Subway turnstiles are right-hand oriented, soldiers salute with the right hand and solemn oaths are sworn the same...
...predict-world population doubles to more than 6 billion by the end of the 20th century. "There are already too many people in the world," he said. "Within a generation, there will be far too many. Within two or three generations-unless we show more sense, good will and foresight than men have ever shown-ordinary human hopes will have disappeared...
...working within the government on current events. I really do not see anything any of us academics could have done that would have made much difference on our Vietnam policy even if we had seen the absurdity of the policy and the course it would take with the foresight we now have in hindsight. Did Roger Hillsman or Jim Thomson or even Arthur Schlesinger's resignation from the government help bring about a change? To be sure, there is an "effectiveness trap," but I think one might say there is a "moral purity" trap too, for the person who remains...
...predecessor in this business generally absented himself during the pre-season, because he, like I, never knew what to expect from the outsiders like Holy Cross or Bucknell or Lafayette. Would that I had his foresight...