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Word: foresightedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Proper & English. An American by residence, Miss Hewitt came to dote on Wild West sagas, Civil War exploits. But by citizenship and temperament she remained forever England. She drank Scotch whisky, disguised modesty with a tart tongue, concealed generosity by demanding high standards. She was also properly foresighted. Anticipating her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: As If She Were a Governess | 7/7/1961 | See Source »

Nimble Prey. ASROC (antisubmarine rocket) is a foresighted Navy provision against hostile copies of its own nuclear submarines, which have made the antisub weapons of World War II as obsolete as blunderbusses. Non-nuclear submarines, depending on storage batteries for underwater propulsion, can move at full speed for only a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Nuke Killer | 7/4/1960 | See Source »

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