Word: foresights
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When the Faculty debates the steps it will take to fight grade inflation, it must have the foresight to realize that only through increased engagement in undergraduate courses—by giving thoughtful consideration to the knowledge it aims to impart and the quality it seeks to instill—will the academic climate improve for both student and professor, leading not only to better defined grades, but to a more engaged and dynamic learning experience. Curves or other quick fixes may seem most expedient, but the Faculty cannot fundamentally forget their purpose on this campus—to teach...
...John Ashcroft, whose Justice Department launched its criminal investigation Thursday into Enron's fall - and the remarkable foresight of its top executives in parachuting out early and rich - recused himself and his chief of staff from the probe, just as designated attack Democrat Henry Waxman was dashing off a letter reminding Ashcroft that he'd received $25,000 from Enronites for a Senate re-election campaign. The exodus may not stop there; Bush SEC chairman Harvey Pitt once did some work for Arthur Andersen, the blind (and document-shredding) accounting watchdog in the drama, and could be next to eagerly...
...Wayne again" ... "Rumsfeld remained in the Pentagon as it was being blown up" and "has kept our country safe and secure in the most trying moment in our history." His counterweight, Colin Powell, also got nods: "Colin Powell has for years demonstrated leadership with his incisive intellect, astute geopolitical foresight, compelling eloquence, and commanding dignity" ... "Behind the scenes, but the glue and foundation of the administration in the current situation...
...airline industry should have to help pay for the new federally mandated security at airports. The American people should not have to foot the entire bill. The industry's lack of foresight and quest for profits contributed to the lack of security that led to the events of Sept. 11. Better screening procedures at airports will ensure that the airlines prosper, but they must put human lives before profit. SUSAN WATSON Oak Grove...
...question of political expedience and not moral conviction, like the Environmental Protection Agency versus Big Oil. And anyway, the Spanish monarchs and the Pope ruled in Columbus’ favor. Perhaps Columbus Day protesters wish that Columbus had the moral character of Martin Luther King Jr., the foresight of Alexis de Tocqueville and the face of Kevin Costner. But back then, nobody did. And Columbus went on four amazing voyages of danger and adventure that gave birth to the modern age. Isn’t that enough...