Word: foresighted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ambassador who spends a lot of time on details in order to paint the big picture well," recalled a Western diplomat in Lagos. One handy example of that diligence: Pickering has been studying, and doubtless mastering, Spanish. "That," remarked Secretary of State George Shultz, "is where he showed great foresight." The coming months will reveal what other strengths he and Motley can bring to a troubled area...
...heaven." There was once a cultural geographer named Ellsworth Huntington who suggested-ethnocentrically, his critics later said-that people who lived without seasons could never develop character. So much for the mañana cultures. So much, in fact, for San Diego. Such cultures had no Darwinian need for foresight, Huntington thought, no drive to store up nuts for winter. They did not feel that stirring of energy and anticipation and pragmatic dread when the first chill came on, making them think responsibly, in the future tense. Bad weather makes people miserable, and busy. Provide, provide...
...tennis game as a relief from his business practices. His son commented on the value of the Harvard experience, and the growth of the tennis program since his arrival. He gave special acknowledgement to classmates and netman Warren Grossman and Howard Sands, and emphasized the "patience and foresight" of Coach Dave Fish...
...expulsion of the Russian, opened the way to better relations with the United States and the golden opportunity of a negotiated settlement with Israel at Camp David For all Sadat's foresight and diplomatic dexterity, though, his ambitious goals never came to fruition, cut off by a savage assassination plot in October of 1981. And Egypt's new president, though he has avoided any dramatic pronouncements clearly wants to make some changes in his country's international standing...
...spite of your unfactual article, the Lear Fan will become not only a technological marvel but a commercial one as well-thanks to the foresight of my father, the dedication of my stepmother Moya, and especially the 275 buyers who have provided a backlog of orders totaling $350 million for what you have mistakenly called a "commercial misfit...