Word: foresights
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...prefrontal cortex is the seat of mental power which restrains the thalamus -foresight, self-consciousness, social adjustment, imagination, etc. The reasoning, self-conscious cortex is integrated via thousands of millions of nerve cells with the emotional thalamus, so that a normal mind is a more or less harmonious mixture of intellect and emotion. But sometimes this integration takes on a fixed, unhealthy pattern: foresight becomes anxiety, anxiety becomes fear, and the psychotic victim may head for lunacy unless treated by psychoanalysis, shock therapy (e.g., with electricity or insulin) or-as a last resort -psychosurgery...
After recovery a patient's emotional responses are vivid but somewhat superficial. He is indifferent to social amenities, may speak his mind and joke so tactlessly that he embarrasses his family and friends. Yet he will apologize for his behavior with real sincerity. His foresight is impaired. Some of these changes would be undesirable if the alternative-an unchanged psychotic personality leading to complete insanity-were not much worse...
Boss of the attack on France's Algiers was a rangy man with a face, according to his friends, that looks as though it was carved by a hatchet: Major General Charles W. Ryder, 50. He was a hero of World War I. As if with foresight the Republic of France then pinned the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre with palm on "Doc" Ryder...
...took a courageous stand, almost unpreccedented by any other high government official, demonstrating the parallels between the Soviet and American governments and pointing out channels through which a world democracy can be reached. To disregard this speech and this type of thinking is to pursue our ideals with a foresight no more constructive than the traditional attitude of the ostrich...
...chance to find their own soul. Let us help them, let us believe in them and let us not be afraid to tell them the truth, though it may cost us something. Let us hope that the governments of the United States and Great Britain will have enough wisdom, foresight and courage to see this matter through. Let us get rid of meandering diplomacy so that we may not be called cowards by the great Eastern community of nations...