Word: foresights
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...debacle of 1929. He got out in advance-liquidated a large part of his investments. Later, before Franklin Roosevelt was elected President, Baruch put some of his millions into gold. Subsequently that investment became unpatriotic and he had to change it but at the time it showed sound foresight. Other speculators at one time or another may have made bigger fortunes, but in his way Baruch had had few peers. More than most men, he had earned his chance to write his memoirs, give advice to the young and spread his philosophy on paper...
...Grateful Georgian Sirs: I wish to express my appreciation for your stand against the sportswriters as to the come back of Bobby Jones [TIME, April 2]. As all loyal Georgians, I am an ardent admirer of his superb quality as a golfer and a sportsman. May your broad-minded foresight in sports and other departments always prevail. PAUL McKENNEY JR. Columbus, Ga. Thrilled Engineer Sirs: Allow me to congratulate TIME on its marvelous treatment of the life, personality, and activities of Arturo Toscanini in your article "Birthday of a Conductor" under Music, TIME, April 2, 1934. I am a member...
...forty years he has administered the affairs of the university with wisdom, with patient foresight, with courage, and with success...
...effects will not be felt with increasing strength in England. That Mr. Baldwin and his party do not recognize this is likely to be eventually disastrous for them, for instead of harnessing and guiding this force for their benefit as they might do if they possessed sufficient foresight, they are merely exhausting themselves in battling the inevitable. When a class loses the power of adapting itself to a changing environment it will disappear just as surely as did the dinosaurs of another world. NEMO...
...read in today's CRIMSON the adverse editorial on the proposed public oral divisional examinations of the concentrators in History and Literature. It is the most stupid thing I have ever heard of, and utterly lacking a bass is in reason--the editorial, with a bit of foresight, anybody can see how truly admirable the plan is. To line the greatest shame of all is that we must thank a Yale man for it. There is no possible reason why knowledge accumulated at the expense of the University should not be offered back, at least partially, and how better than...