Word: foresighted
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Okay, so maybe I can't read people's minds, in the most literal sense of the term. But believe me-I've had my moments of foresight. On more than one occasion (i.e. twice), I've been known to say something that someone else was about to say before they got a chance to say it themselves (a phenomenon known in many circles as a "damn-lucky guess...
...meetings about laying high-speed cable for better Net access. He and a friend, Jared Glugeth, started a Web-based business called Promotion Solutions www.eprolutions.com) which purports to help clients advertise their websites, and PRHost.com a web-hosting service. They're a pair of go-getters. Glugeth had the foresight to use Lebed's media moment last week to hype their Web business. "I'm not here to talk about Jonathan," Glugeth told a swarm of reporters outside Lebed's house. "I'm here to talk about our company...
...investigate physicians. Although the bill attempts to distinguish pain relief from doctor-assisted suicide, the line between relieving suffering and causing death, especially when a patient is so close to the end, is often incredibly difficult to determine. Far be it from the legislators in Washington to claim the foresight to know what dosage is appropriate or inappropriate for countless numbers of unique medical situations. Indeed, recent studies have shown that U.S. doctors tend to undermedicate, not overmedicate, for pain...
...while the recent MIT settlement should rightly be taken as an admonition and warning to other schools, Harvard's reaction need not be dramatic. For the most part, Harvard has shown foresight in these matters and taken appropriate precautions to prevent unsafe behavior and ensure the security of all of its students. All students are guaranteed housing during their entire four-year stay. Every first-year is required to attend a three-hour talk during orientation week about drugs and alcohol. All parties must be registered two days in advance, and the school is generally vigilant about shutting down parties...
...athletes, officials, business executives and media that lands in September, and for most of the holidaymakers drawn in its wake. But there is more to Sydney, some of it darker, some of it frivolous, a hint of irresponsibility that suggests its delights are the fruit of serendipity rather than foresight. Too often Sydney's leaders and functionaries have been indolent, self-serving or downright corrupt, but somehow locals remain confident that, in the Australian vernacular, "she'll be right"; things will turn out fine. More often than not, they do. And, the wisdom of their inaction confirmed, Sydneysiders...