Word: foresighted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have delighted in whining about the decline of our collective morality. They say that our culture and civilization is ever more rapidly spiraling towards the depths of history's latrine, and that our only chance for salvation is to heed the call of a few enlightened observers with the foresight to smell what lies before us. The truth is that half the people you meet are "enlightened observers," and that these prophecies of moral doom are based on a major logical fallacy...
...everyone has the foresight to see the advantages of popular elections. Opponents of this measure point to the low rate of student body participation in the regular elections of U.C. representatives. If so few students bother to participate in regular elections, they ask, then why would they care about executive offices...
...coupon system is far from perfect, but at least it can boast of its purely voluntary nature. After all, no one would have to buy coupons. In fact, the character of day-to-day charity could change dramatically. The decision to give would no longer be so spontaneous. The foresight necessary to have bought a set of coupons would have to precede any charity. This premeditated giving could not possibly become as widespread as giving is today; it simply requires too much planning from people with many other concerns...
...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...