foresightedness

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A tale of two suburbs: signs of failure and success For many communities, racial integration is a worthy but difficult goal, a challenge to the foresightedness and ingenuity of their civic leaders.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thanks to his foresightedness, he still had his knife, and this might prove to him to be salvation as far as escape was concerned.

From The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers by Labelle, Claude A.

You complimented Mr. Rogers on his energy, his foresightedness, complimented him in various ways, and he has deserved those compliments, although I say it myself; and I enjoy them all.

From Mark Twain's Speeches by Twain, Mark

An odd incident, valuable to those who value foresightedness in this world's affairs, occurred at the time Scott was lodged at the vicar's, Mr Bridges.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various

If she has laid in a box of sage and one of mixed dressing with, perhaps, some paprika and thyme, she views her foresightedness with much complacency.

From Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them by Moore, Cora