Word: foresightedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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EMBARKING for the Balaklava of the Chicago stockyards, the foresighted Democratic delegate would ideally-and intelligently-go equipped with: goggles (to protect the eyes from tear gas and Mace), cyclist's crash helmet (from billy clubs, bricks, etc.), flak jacket (from snipers), Vaseline (from Mace), Mace (from rioters), washcloth...
Fortunately, that phase of "civilization" gave way quickly to the foresighted civil rule of such Governors General as William Howard Taft and Francis B. Harrison. "Colonialists with a conscience," as they have been called, Taft and his successors brought the tools of self-government to the Philippines: literacy (72% of...
To Grace, the advantages of the buy were obvious. Since he took over the presidency of the family firm in 1945, the company, while remaining heavily invested in Latin America, has moved steadily toward diversification in both geography and products. For the sake of what Grace calls "motherhome knowledge," the...
The turmoil was not nearly so bad as it might have been; and for once New York-long considered one of the U.S.'s most problem-plagued cities-could attribute the trouble's swift suppression to some foresighted if only partly proved civic remedies. The frenzied Harlem riots...
As more and more Americans take off each year for business and pleasure in faraway places, many of them wonder how they can, if necessary, find a good doctor who speaks English. For $5 a year, the foresighted traveler is now able to get answers covering more than 107 cities...