Word: foresighted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...portion of their cost comes form many sources of waste which might be eliminated. Production is seasonal and therefore irregular; government figures show that for thirty years the miners have averaged, only 215 day of work per year. This condition, bad for both parties, would be betted if greater foresight on the part of the managers and greater cooperation in the allotment and hauling of cars on the part of the railroads made possible contituous and steadier production all the year round. Many marginal mines could then be closed and waste there ended...
...justified, particularly when it is discovered that it promises little relief from our present burden of taxation. But let those who doubt the sincerity of the Conference and are therefore inclined to take President Harding's program as an indication that their suspicions are not unfounded, exercise a little foresight--they may see that palpable reduction of armaments can come only after the settlement of the Eastern question; and they may find cause for satisfaction in President Harding's boldness in this direction, realizing that concrete proposals in this matter will lead to concrete results in the reduction of armaments...
...there are other less notable victories that are quite possible. Aside from those who pursue the 'snap course",--that elusive animal which is likely to change its form unexpectedly--there are some who will remember that they may avoid walking up stairs in Sever by a little foresight in choosing courses; that they may insure against the annoying Saturday sections by the exercise of discretion. No doubt there are numerous other devices for smoothing the academic faith. Perhaps come new ones will be conceived today. Perhaps some brilliant Sophomore will happen upon a schedule without a single drawback...
...upheld; and he never advocated abolition by force until he felt justified in doing so on the ground that it was a proper military measure in carrying out his constitutional duty to preserve the union. In reading his writings one sees that this was not the result of political foresight, but of integrity and clearness of thought. One principle did not blind him to another, for he perceived both and therefore the limitations each imposed upon the other...
...years hence we may find ourselves in exactly the same predicament as today. It is not reasonable to expect that we can eliminate all the ups and downs in business. Nevertheless the fluctuations in business conditions due to the faulty working of our business methods and the lack of foresight on the part of merchants and manufacturers can be corrected in part. We have not learned how to do this. That is one of the big problems of the future and one which I thing all the business men of the country should now devote a good deal of attention