Word: foresighted
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...prospect of years of blood and sacrifice should be allowed to destroy Uncle Sam's sense of proportion as to the real goal. Without a great deal more thought and action in the spirit of President Roosevelt's campaign for the first of the four freedoms in Russia; without foresight and preparation for a post-war world, the best America can hope for from her participation is a negative quantity...
...railroads get through this winter, they will merit a medal for operating ingenuity. They will not get one for foresight in ordering new cars...
...bill without quaking. Main reason: U.S. corporations for months have figured on higher taxes, have already paid about one-third of their total 1941 tax bill through the purchase of more than $1,000,000,000 tax-anticipation notes. On this count, big business showed far more foresight than individuals. Although U. S. citizens will owe $3,000,000,000 in taxes beginning March 15, they have thus far bought only $66,000,000 in tax-anticipation notes...
Most important and immediate was Priorities, where nearly every crime against common sense had been committed. The long months of priority mismanagement had resulted in the U.S. turning up a magnificent pile of shortages. Here the Rosenman-Roosevelt plan displayed great cunning and foresight. Donald Nelson was also given the Priorities job, which is central to everything in defense...
...March and April. For Nelson agreed with Henderson on a vital point, the quotation appearing under Henderson's TIME cover picture May 12: "By God, we should have learned a few things from the last war!" The two, more than any other two defense managers, had both hindsight & foresight, more nearly comprehended the problem's gigantic whole...