Word: presciently
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...students from Washington area colleges will act as prescient marshalls staying at police precinct where they will interview arrested demonstrators. get them lawyers, and oversee bail arrangements. "We hope this will prevent judges from setting exorbitant fines or bail," Radio explained...
...purpose was to prove the relevance of mass-production technology to the artist's aims. How prescient that idea was can be measured by the fact that today the practice is a matter of course for many artists...
...moment, Overview is little more than a grand concept. Whether or not it will ever work is a moot point. But it is hard to disagree with the basic Overview argument that without practical visionary planning, both preventive and prescient, the future will be shaped by default...
...Books. They are called TIME CAPSULES, and each issue covers a year of TIME, excerpting the original stories. The words, except for forewords and a few connecting passages, are those of TIME, reflecting the flavor, the attitudes, the state of knowledge of the day - sometimes innocent, sometimes opinionated, sometimes prescient, sometimes wrong but very often right. The first four CAPSULES, for 1923, 1929, 1941 and 1950, will go on sale this week in book stores, variety stores and newsstands for $1.65 each in quality soft cover...
Nitze has had a long wait. Since 1940, he has held several influential posts, notably as chief of policy planning for the State Department and as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. He contributed to two historic, prescient documents-National Security Council No. 68 in 1950 and the Gaither Report in 1957-that pointed up serious weaknesses in the nation's defense posture...