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...Governor was an early advocate of massive civil defense, then backtracked when he encountered opposition within the state. Now, heartened and apparently vindicated by the national C.D. undertaking, Rockefeller claims credit for great military foresight and political courage. This time he risked no opposition; Speaker Joseph F. Carlino rushed the bill through the State Assembly, while Rockefeller helped him to impugn the motives of those who warned of the shelter plan's implicit dangers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Survival for Fun and Profit | 2/14/1962 | See Source »

...Well, nobody's perfect, and maybe these things will straighten out. The junta is full of foresight. Why, they planned elevators so large that even a hospital bed could fit into them--no trouble at all. Around that time, somebody figured that Harvard students were getting bigger all the time, and ordered a new shipment of extra-large beds which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Once More the Ministry | 2/7/1962 | See Source »

...group of fellow students at the Army's Command and General Staff College, I proposed the establishment of a national guerrilla force under U.S. Army auspices. I thought that I had come up with something original. It is most gratifying to learn that our citizenry still has the foresight to see a grim possibility and then to do something about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 17, 1961 | 11/17/1961 | See Source »

...that it would be nice to have a family of six children-and they have six, including one boy who was calmly and tidily delivered by his father. With characteristic resourcefulness Glenn Seaborg had already studied obstetrics and knew exactly what to do in such an emergency. Such scientific foresight should serve him well in his present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: GLENN SEABORG: From Californium to the AEC | 11/10/1961 | See Source »

Because of the foresight of leaders like Cobo and Miriani, our city progress is emerging from stagnation to acceleration. Come and see for yourself-there's no fungus among...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 3, 1961 | 11/3/1961 | See Source »

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