单词 | farsighted |
例句 | My brain damage left me nearsighted in one eye and farsighted in the other, so my ugly glasses were all lopsided because my eyes were so lopsided. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z In India, Gandhi had been dealing with a foreign power that ultimately was more realistic and farsighted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the families still living here are full of praise for his farsighted thinking. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z When I say, "Oh, that was so predictable," it sounds brainy and farsighted. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Those farsighted people chose to merge their inefficient little chiefdoms into a larger state capable of blessing them with large-scale irrigation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And what appears in retrospect like a prudent and farsighted vision of the national interest looked to Jefferson like a betrayal of the American Revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z We need, in effect, to be nearsighted and farsighted at the same time. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Yet I also remembered, as if it had happened, great Scyld, of whose kingdom no trace remained, and his farsighted son, of whose greater kingdom no trace remained. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The world's most famous furniture, lighting and accessories fair is a five-day forum for top talents to present their latest designs to press, buyers and farsighted collectors. Get the Best Out of Milan During Design Week 2012-04-05T13:00:00Z The overly farsighted seer predicts it will be musical comedy. Review: ‘Something Rotten!,’ an Over-the-Top Take on Shakespeare 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Never mind that lessons from the Great Depression and the warnings of a few farsighted economists were ignored by Wall Street in recent years, leading to another harrowing crash in 2008 and lingering fiscal woes. Books of The Times: ?Grand Pursuit? by Sylvia Nasar - Review 2011-12-01T22:20:40Z His lessons in patience and concentration convey a calm, farsighted perspective steeped in Eastern philosophy. Review: ‘Learning to Drive’ Charts a Culture-Bridging Friendship 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z But this turned out to be part of a farsighted plan: intensity and power increased gradually and inexorably as the music progressed, reaching a volcanic peak by the end of the still more tumultuous finale. Review: The return of the ranking cellist ? Yo-Yo Ma 2010-12-08T19:22:00Z Ms. Noll’s “Send In the Clowns” was the first I’ve heard in which a farsighted sadness was replaced by a tone of petulance. Music Review: Isn?t It Rich? Isn?t It Loud? Xylophones for Sondheim 2010-11-21T22:51:00Z “The band was very farsighted — it reified an informal practice that had been going for many years,” said David Gans, the host of “The Grateful Dead Hour,” a nationally syndicated radio show. ‘Tapers’ at the Grateful Dead Concerts Spread the Audio Sacrament 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z According to Magnet, Thomas is an intellectual heavyweight propounding the farsighted vision that “there is no government solution.” How Should We Understand Clarence Thomas? 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z This trumpeter, composer and farsighted musical thinker has only ripened with age; at 77, he’s making some of the most affecting music of his career, and he is as prolific as ever. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Yet Anderson refuses to see Kennan merely as a farsighted pragmatist. When America’s Cold War Strategy Turned Corrupt 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z By turn aesthetically revolutionary and politically reactionary, farsighted and visually challenged, not to mention officially misogynist, it is both a stain on the Modernist brand and a point of pride. Art Review: ‘Italian Futurism, 1909-1944,’ at the Guggenheim 2014-02-20T23:31:22Z From the shadows emerges the partners’ lawyer, Howard Reinheimer, whose tightfisted and farsighted schemes net “the boys” exceptional wealth and an unprecedented amount of control over their own work. How Rodgers and Hammerstein Created Modern Musical Theater 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Aside from its farsighted politics, the album also serves as something of a lifeline: 12 tracks of normalcy during unprecedented times, both for the band and its listeners. D.C. punks Bad Moves expand their sound but keep their focus on ‘Untenable’ 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z His dazzling career ended — but his farsighted plays live on, and thrive. Into the Wilde with Taproot's 'Ideal Husband' 2011-10-03T18:07:04Z Bird argues that the Carter presidency deserves another look because, along with numerous farsighted accomplishments, it was much more pivotal than most Americans currently believe. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Her fascination with burlesque proved to be as farsighted as her interest in vintage fashion. Liz Goldwyn, Hollywood Royal Family Member, Takes to Filmmaking 2014-01-12T02:48:43Z Blain, a historian, adroitly connects Hamer’s civil-rights-era activism to today’s fights against police brutality, sexism and poverty, revealing Hamer to have been a farsighted force for change, whose vision and tactics endure. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z This brash, vigorous, yet rueful film is among Eastwood’s most personal, farsighted, and deeply felt achievements. Clint Eastwood’s “Sully”: A Heroic Pilot’s Existential Burden 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z It's easy to lose sight of an Old City created by farsighted 18th century maharajas as the country's first urban grid. Five Reasons to Visit Jaipur 2011-02-24T11:10:00Z Then there’s the fact that “The Good Fight,” like its predecessor, takes place in an intelligent and intelligible world—a world of systems, institutions, and incentives in which the smartest and most farsighted survive. Fighting “The Good Fight” 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Time will tell if WellPoint was farsighted—or cavalier—in offering you a big pay day. WellPoint Buys Amerigroup, Bets Big on Medicaid Expansion: But Will States and Voters Cooperate? 2012-07-11T18:56:28Z He builds situations and scenes that enthrallingly and intricately construct Jobs’s subtle and farsighted maneuverings. Aaron Sorkin Hates Screens 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z This unwieldy, often dawdling three-hour marathon was the concept of its affable host, Chapman Roberts, a musical-theater arranger and impresario whose farsighted perspective of Broadway encompasses a large swath of American culture. Honoring a Century of African-American Work on Broadway 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z There is no monopoly on truth-telling, but it is the rare, farsighted organization that understands that telling the truth about its past and purpose is essential to public trust now and forever. Perspective | Can institutions tell their own stories? Yes, if they learn to think like a museum. 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z "Pagodas" was not for Britten superficial escapism but rather a farsighted experiment in musical equanimity by finding an arresting common ground between East and West, between Modernism and Romanticism. Benjamin Britten triumphs in San Francisco 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z As the years went on, though, and especially since Sutherland retired in 1990, Harewood's judgment seems to me to be farsighted. Joan Sutherland: a tribute 2010-10-11T17:15:00Z Mr. Morrison’s pensive rendition of “What I Did for Love” from “A Chorus Line,” accompanied on piano by Brad Ellis, was an appropriate gesture: Unadorned, sober and farsighted, it spoke for itself. Matthew Morrison’s Show Nods to Cory Monteith at 54 Below 2013-07-15T22:01:54Z Not for the farsighted, it fits inside a stocking, offers a visual feast, and suggests, among other insights, a tantalizing marriage of fennel and prawns. The gardener’s kitchen toolbox 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Vogel, who created the work with Taichman, wants to capture the ardor of theater people who champion art more farsighted than their own age. 'Indecent' is a moving reminder of art's power to expose truths 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The obverse of Ms. Carroll’s saucy flirtatiousness is a farsighted wisdom that when applied to Stephen Sondheim inspires some starkly moving performances. Music Review: Barbara Carroll at Birdland 2013-05-13T22:01:55Z Never mind that Ms. Deen, who is nearsighted and farsighted, wears contact lenses when in public. Adding Glitter to Eyeglass Frames 2011-08-05T20:18:20Z Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released parts of the letter, praising Israel’s recognition and its decision to consider opening a consulate in the Western Saharan city of Dakhla as “both just and farsighted.” Morocco Invites Netanyahu to Visit, in a Possible Opening to Deeper Ties 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z President Lincoln, a-slog in the Civil War in the summer of 1862, was still farsighted enough to sign the Pacific Railway Act for building the transcontinental railway. Patt Morrison: Is California about to lose its most beautiful train ride? 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z He acts, in many ways, like the farsighted Republican president we haven’t had this century — ideological but careful, moderating his own side’s demands but still seeking its advantage. John Roberts, conservative statesman | Ross Douthat 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z When Bahar came up with her vision of creating a biodiversity map for an educational institution, a university campus, it was one-of-a-kind, farsighted and, most importantly, truly local. Folk Art Can Be a Powerful Tool for Explaining Biodiversity 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z That’s why they’ve been resistant to shareholder demands that they move away from their traditional businesses, and why even the companies that positioned themselves as farsighted avatars of the energy transition are backing down. Column: Big oil companies are already reneging on their global warming goals 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Xi had contrasted his prior pandemic success with the “chaos of the West,” brandishing it as proof of his grand narrative of a rising China: orderly, secure, farsighted. From Zero Covid to No Plan: Behind China’s Pandemic U-Turn 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z But the farsighted and analytical statesman did manage to wrest his own homeland from the grip of czarism and from two other powers, Austria and Prussia. Bio of Polish statesman holds lessons on today’s Ukraine 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The question is whether local officials and leaders in Richmond, Annapolis and the District will be as farsighted now as they were in the spring of 2018. Opinion | Confronting Metro’s looming fiscal cliff 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z In much of the West, Mikhail S. Gorbachev is hailed as the farsighted visionary who brought the Cold War to a peaceful conclusion. For China’s Xi and Other Strongmen, Gorbachev Showed Exactly What Not to Do 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z It is hard to see how the future will bring similarly farsighted changes that did so much for L.A. schools in the recent past. Perspective | While L.A. schools promise big future, recent past raises questions 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z That’s a pretty portable name, and rather farsighted, as it turns out, considering that it predated by a few decades our cellphone chargers and electric car chargers. Los Angeles, land of the misnamed sports teams 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z A farsighted eye does not converge sufficient rays from a close object to make the rays meet on the retina. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z In a recent interview, the former ballerina shared a farsighted, well-considered vision for ABT that could quietly blow up the entire way we think about ballet. Susan Jaffe might blow up the entire way we think about ballet 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z By the end of 1982, unemployment had reached 10.8 percent in the United States, but inflation slowed, and Mr. Volcker acquired a mythic status as a farsighted leader unafraid to make tough decisions. Opinion | The U.S. Wants to Tackle Inflation. Here’s Why That Should Worry the Rest of the World. 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Gen. Mark Hertling, who has been farsighted in diagnosing Russia’s weaknesses and Ukraine’s strengths, explained to me that Ukraine needs more equipment that allows it to maneuver quickly around Russia’s rigid forces. Opinion | Putin’s Plan A in Ukraine has failed. We can’t let his Plan B succeed. 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z As they celebrated the coming of peace in 1815, farsighted American leaders worried about problems the war had exposed, and pushed for government aid to economic development. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The contact lens prescription for a mildly farsighted person is 0.750 D, and the person has a near point of 29.0 cm. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Investing in the future of public health systems to avoid such a disaster in the future would be prudent and farsighted. Opinion | This is what ‘living with covid’ might look like 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Instead, the report recommends that leaders pursue more farsighted strategies. Time Is Running Out to Avert a Harrowing Future, Climate Panel Warns 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Gates, who had made farsighted plans to start using S.N.P. profiles for his show, was so impressed that he offered her a job as his resident genetic genealogist. Your DNA Test Could Send a Relative to Jail 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Slave owners were not always farsighted, and shocked travelers reported that slaves often lacked adequate food, clothing, and shelter. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Since the farsighted eye under converges light rays, the correction for farsightedness is to place a converging spectacle lens in front of the eye. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z In fact, it should serve as a warning: Without a more farsighted project that would add capacity to Maryland’s full length of the Beltway and I-270 to Frederick, everyone will suffer. Opinion | No one welcomes tolls on Maryland highways, but the alternative would be worse 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z He called for the implementation of collegial and farsighted action "as in the aftermath of the Second World War" in which nations show solidarity and cooperation for the good of all, particularly the weakest. World should respond to climate change as if hit by a global war, pope tells COP26 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z A farsighted arctic ground squirrel had stored the fruit in its burrow. As Earth Warms, Human History Is Melting Away 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Less farsighted judges than John Marshall might have sided with Marbury to slip a fellow partisan into office. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Then the image produced by a spectacle lens must be at this distance or farther for the farsighted person to be able to see it clearly. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Nor is it likely to be solved entirely by farsighted local governments and utilities voluntarily preparing themselves for the future long before it arrives. Opinion | I used to be an electric car skeptic. I’ve changed my mind — but I still didn’t buy one. 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z A farsighted former history teacher named Will Fitzhugh has been publishing long and deep high school papers for 34 years. Perspective | Stuff your 5,000-word limit! Students dare to write longer history papers. 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z But as the region took off, farsighted experts predicted the bill would eventually come due. Opinion | The thirsty West’s dreaded water crisis is here 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z On a Supreme Court widely decried for handicapping government reforms during industrialization, his jurisprudence in this arena was farsighted. Review | The Supreme Court’s complicated civil rights hero 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z The converging lens produces an image farther from the eye than the object, so that the farsighted person can see it clearly. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z But when so many in retrospect turn out to be bunk, it’s a treat to trip over one as wisely farsighted as Frank Schiff’s. Opinion | An economist predicted work from home in 1979. Here’s what he expected. 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z The three Democrats and one Republican each propose to spend billions toward a farsighted plan for years of preservation and construction work, funded by various combinations of state taxes, fees and bonds. Strike deal for infrastructure, environment and jobs 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Oh, in theory, one with a patient, farsighted culture, accustomed by history to taking the very long view. Opinion | The U.S. put a man on the moon. But it might be harder to do the same on Mars. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z The “grave crises” facing all of humanity call for farsighted responses, Francis said. World hopes for renewed cooperation under new US president 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z The president has repeatedly noted that his administration threw the might of the federal government behind vaccine development, a farsighted move that contrasted with its now nearly yearlong failure to curb the pandemic’s spread. Trump Administration Passed on Chance to Secure More of Pfizer Vaccine 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z “Judging by everything we see, Damascus is not particularly interested in displaying a farsighted and flexible approach,” wrote Alexander Aksenyonok, the former ambassador. Syria’s Assad is confronting the toughest challenges of the 9-year war 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z Nearly 75 years later, in the depths of the Great Depression, with jobs in short supply and many Americans reduced to waiting in bread lines, President Franklin Roosevelt proved similarly farsighted. Opinion | The America We Need 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z The Japanese American leader, whose soft-spoken mien belied powerful drive and farsighted vision, rose to national prominence in the nonprofit world as board chair of the Ford and Kresge foundations. Irene Hirano Inouye, champion of Japanese American causes, dies at 71 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z But hindsight is 20/20, unlike her vision, which was decidedly farsighted. Joyce Gordon, TV’s ‘girl with the glasses,’ dies at 90 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z It’s the result of decades of farsighted leadership within the Minnesota Department of Health and the support of state political leaders, both Republicans and Democrats. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z In the first decade of the century, despite living in Paris, he was painting almost entirely for a small group of farsighted American, German and Russian collectors. Perspective | Matisse’s ‘Bathers With a Turtle’ remains one of his most mysterious works 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z This is precisely what farsighted U.S. postwar leaders sought to prevent when they constructed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade after World War II, to be followed by the WTO post-Cold War. Opinion | For those who know their history, Trump’s ‘America First’ trade approach is not reassuring 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Its foray into truly farsighted innovation was covered in my 1999 book “Dealers of Lightning,” which told the story of the founding and first years of its Palo Alto Research Center, the legendary Xerox PARC. HP and Xerox: Can two dinosaurs carry each other into the high-tech future? 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z His early bet on the Chinese technology giant Alibaba earned a return of more than $100 billion and cemented his reputation as a farsighted investor. SoftBank Bet Big on Disruptive Companies. Many Have Not Paid Off. 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z In 1963, he scored a hit internationally with art work by mental patients taken from the collection of the farsighted German art historian and psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn. Harald Szeemann’s Revolutionary Curating 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z When the market officially opens and the maximum contracts roll out, the Wizards will approach free agency by trying to make sensible, farsighted moves. Wizards planning a deliberate, creative approach to free agency 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Lisa was nearsighted and farsighted, and she hadn’t gotten a new prescription for glasses in 31 years. ‘Urgent needs from head to toe’: This clinic had two days to fix a lifetime of needs 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z But second, people who are farsighted are frequently mocked. The only presidential candidate to focus on global warming above all else... 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z “I think it’s a very smart move. It’s a very farsighted one,” she said. Arkansas newspaper gambles on free iPads as the future 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z “I think it’s a very smart move. It’s a very farsighted one,” she said. Arkansas newspaper gambles on free iPads as the future 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z “The craft of making farsighted choices—decisions that require long periods of deliberation, decisions whose consequences might last for years,” he concludes, “is a strangely under-appreciated skill.” The Art of Decision-Making 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z In a democratic society, governing is an exercise in farsighted self-interest. Opinion | 2019 is shaping up to look a lot like 2018. Here’s why that’s a problem. 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Technology investors like company CEOs to sound farsighted and a little quixotic. Ford's newest models won't just run on hot air 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Brilliant and farsighted journalists like Edward R. Murrow were terribly naive. Feedback: Ken Berry's comedy, the new Fox Nation, and Mystery Writers' award reversal 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Those people made great ancestors — benevolent, farsighted, selfless. The beginning of the end of America’s best idea 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z But after two years of scandal, he sounds farsighted. How Apple Thrived in a Season of Tech Scandals 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Francis urged politicians to apply “farsighted responsibility” and generosity in dealing with climate change, as well migration policies including about those who “risk their lives at sea in search of a better future.” Pope decries “emergency” of plastics blighting world’s seas 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z They imagine their own side as “bumbling . . . but benevolent” and the right as “evil” but “totally farsighted and competent.” How Conservatives Won the Law 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The core of the case for Glass-Steagall starts with asking a broader and more farsighted question of public policy: how should the financial sector be structured? The case for Glass-Steagall Act, the Depression-era law we need today | Ganesh Sitaraman 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Lasik surgeons use an ultraviolet laser to reduce the curvature of the cornea for people who are nearsighted, and to accent it for people who are farsighted. Lasik’s Risks Are Coming Into Sharper Focus 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Dudamel extravagantly made them seem not nearsighted but farsighted: This is where music rightfully was heading, a step beyond Beethoven. Dudamel untangles the strangeness of Schumann's symphonies 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z But a more farsighted commander-in-chief would be adding to their armour. One arm of the Trump administration thinks climate change is a security threat 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z But that shouldn’t happen now thanks to farsighted congressional leaders and the grace of a God who still looks after fools, drunkards, and the United States of America. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z With the help of like-minded cartoonists and some farsighted university professors, Mort became a vocal force for preservation. Opinion | Mort Walker, Historian 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Even more farsightedly, juniors yet to reach their teenage years can play for 12 months for one tenth of that amount. Here's hoping an old-school tournament spiced up with a new-school venue can catch on - Golf Digest 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The Justice Department took a farsighted step last year when it banned the use of solitary confinement for young people in federal prisons. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z The fatal conceit — fatal to the fecundity of spontaneous order — is the belief that anyone, or any group of savants, is clever and farsighted enough to forecast the outcomes of complex systems. Opinion | Let America plunge toward our fast-unfolding future 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z I was encouraged by reading “What, no yoga room? $500M bet on no-frills rental units,” learning that some farsighted developers are pursuing middle-class tenants for new apartment buildings. Affordable housing: Make room for families 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The laws that defined and circumscribed life in the Jim Crow South were warped, but it was also the law—farsighted, fair-minded jurisprudence—that gave us the tools to dismantle segregation, piece by rotten piece. A Celebration of Black Lawyers, Past and Present 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z In this case, improving the Affordable Care Act would not only be good policy for millions of Americans but would also be farsighted politics for Mr. Trump. Opinion | How Trump Could Save Obamacare, and Help Himself 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Using the Mandarin words “danding,” which means to keep calm and steady, and “ruizhi,” which means wise and farsighted, he has initiated conversations on WeChat, an online chat room popular among Chinese parents. It Takes a Suburb: A Town Unites to Tackle Student Stress 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z They include, she wrote, “working to develop farsighted climate policy.” Top Trump Advisers Are Split on Paris Agreement on Climate Change 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z “What’s the ceiling? If somehow peace should come to the Middle East and do so in a way that makes the invasion of Iraq appear farsighted, Bush could crack the top 10,” Mr. Brands said. George W. Bush favorability boosted by Donald Trump unpopularity 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z He praised his medieval namesake as a farsighted ruler who “laid down a moral foundation that defines our lives to this day.” Putin can’t seem to find a ‘national idea’ for Russians, so he’s proposing a law to do it. 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z We are told that Mr. Obama is working on his “legacy” instead, as if that makes him farsighted instead of irresponsible and insanely vain. Trump and the Emasculated Voter 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z There is Thomas Jefferson, with his farsighted gaze; there is George Washington, tall and grave. The still-unresolved struggles that gave birth to America 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z At 57, he’d become farsighted and had lost or broken a lot of glasses. New lens implant adds twist to cataract surgery business 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Now that Xi Jinping has shown how invested his government is in illegally seizing control of the South China Sea, her support of the pivot appears even more farsighted. Hillary Clinton, as Seen Through a Chinese Prism 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z The intent to build rail transit along the Capital Crescent Trail was explicit in Montgomery County’s well-known and farsighted decision to purchase the right of way 28 years ago. The case for the Purple Line 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z In his middle son, Mr. Khan saw the traits of his mother — farsighted and “much more balanced in her thinking and gestures.” Moment in Convention Glare Shakes Up Khans’ American Life 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The creators of the UN Charter were farsighted. Q&A with UN Secretary-General Candidate Igor Luksic 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z In 2008, Harris County opened a farsighted dialysis clinic for undocumented patients as a means of cutting the cost of emergency services. Dialysis in Houston helps immigrants amid cost challenges 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z It’s time for a farsighted handful of men and women, like those who recruited Ike, to stand up and be counted. It’s Eisenhower Time for the Republicans 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z When the Metro opened, ten years later, in 1976, it was acclaimed as a farsighted fusion of design and utility, a system generations ahead of those in other cities. Inside America’s Infrastructure Problem 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Rather than make the admittedly difficult but ultimately farsighted budgetary choices to trim ineffective programs, politicians instead have knee-jerk reactions that result in bad tax policy. Paying the Price in the Last Frontier 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z If it gains traction, and Oculus continues to be the leading innovator, then the social network will look farsighted. Ready, headset, go 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z In America, too, brave and farsighted suffragettes worked to obtain the right to vote, and thus the right to true citizenship, for women. The Suffragettes Would Not Agree With Feminists Today on Abortion 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z When he was pondering the resolution he consulted Susan Glisson of the university’s William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, which runs innovative, farsighted programmes to bring about interracial dialogue and improvements in traumatised southern communities. Love the sinner 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z A farsighted society would focus laserlike on these big problems with their huge implications for the future. The flight from reality 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z “The interesting question becomes: If his instincts seemed to be pretty sound and farsighted, what happened then?” Hope fades on Obama’s vow to bring troops home before presidency ends 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z “However, every farsighted state governor knows the good times won’t last.” From highways to health care, challenges confront governors 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z So we must pursue a more collaborative, proactive, and farsighted foreign policy. Martin O'Malley: A Strong Foreign Policy Starts With a Global Middle Class 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z My dad grew up in a country that was generous and farsighted enough to see that the more its people learned, the more its people earned. Federal solutions to our student loan problem 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z A British-educated lawyer by training, Mr. Lee ran a government that was widely regarded as farsighted, honest and efficient, but it also could be overbearing and patronizing. Lee Kuan Yew, who led Singapore into prosperity over 30-year rule, dies at 91 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z She was found to be very farsighted and is now a successful student and above grade level in reading. Optometrist makes career change to help children see better 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Closing the system was a strong step, said Gene Russianoff, staff lawyer with the Straphangers Campaign, noting that it proved to be farsighted in 2012, when Hurricane Sandy flooded the tunnels. Transit System That Powers New York City Is Shut Down by Threat of Snow 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z “We need to be more farsighted and forward-looking. The adjustments made now will grow the middle class in China, and this will benefit Hong Kong and Macau as a result.” Occupy Central Bodes Well For Hong Kong's Future, Lui Che Woo Says 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z If you schedule fertilizer purchase decisions and their children’s school enrollment decisions during the weeks after harvest, they will make more farsighted choices than at other times of the year. In praise of small miracles 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z If you are farsighted, for example, you do not need glasses to see traffic while driving, but you do need them to read your speedometer or GPS. Smartphone Screens Correct for Your Vision Flaws 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z They were never meant to be saved and were preserved only because a few farsighted collectors appreciated their historical and artistic worth. Travel Posters Seized By The Nazis Headed For Auction In New York [Photos] 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z In his telling he was offering a new republic, shriven of racial hatreds and purged of poverty, built by farsighted technocrats and legislators upon mountains of federal cash. Mr Castro goes to Washington 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The Bible story of Joseph and his brothers tells of the Pharaoh’s storehouses of grain, more farsighted than the Israelites. Deflation Ain't A Dirty Word 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z But what looks wasteful today might be farsighted tomorrow. Batavia uses Dutch concept to revitalize downtown 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z But one simple and often overlooked point is that foreign policy is crafted at least as much from exchanges like the current Clinton/Obama interviews as from farsighted theory. 3 Things Missing from the Obama-Clinton Foreign Policy Debate 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z A farsighted and wise Congress — not now in evidence — would restore its flexibility. Dodd-Frank’s Achilles’ heel Many of the decisions made by the Newark School Superintendent, Cami Anderson, seem farsighted given the complexity of what she calls “sixteen-dimensional chess,” the socio-economic-scholarly context within which school systems operate. The Mail: Letters from Our Readers 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Senior statesman Peres, who at 90 will step down from the Israeli presidency in July, called Francis a "modest and farsighted shepherd." Pope Francis calls on Israel, Palestinians to back two-state solution 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z Other newspapers regard the Times as a farsighted digital pioneer. Read it and leap 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Thanks to his mother’s farsighted purchase of an Apple II computer in 1982, Tim Wu says proudly that he became something of a geek. Defending the Open Internet 2014-05-10T17:15:26Z Many decisions remembered today for their farsighted, tactical brilliance were denounced in their day as weak-willed. News Analysis: A History Lesson That Needs Relearning 2014-03-02T03:06:21Z But setting that aside, I appreciate the farsighted soul who, decades ago, decided that Super Bowls should forever be designated by Roman numerals. High V: Why Super Bowls are a game of (Roman) numerals 2014-01-25T05:51:58Z However, Herbert Hovenkamp, who teaches antitrust law at the University of Iowa College of Law, praised the decision as farsighted. US Airways-American Airlines deal may mean higher prices: experts 2013-11-13T23:45:54Z We’re likely better off tailoring solutions that work with our selfishness and brief attention span, rather than hoping we suddenly become better, more farsighted people. Study: We're Too Selfish to Fix Climate Change 2013-10-21T11:05:30Z Only a few farsighted thinkers imagined that they would one day become central to civilization, with consequences both liberating and potentially dire. M.I.T. Scholar’s 1949 Essay on Machine Age Is Found 2013-05-20T22:38:47Z Rightly or wrongly, a sense here and abroad of German teams and businesses as farsighted and built for stability has taken root. Memo From Berlin: Germany Extends Its Success to the Soccer Field 2013-05-07T21:25:36Z But my point here is that, despite the obstacles, some segments of society are sufficiently farsighted to invest in the future, even at a present-day premium. Dot Earth Blog: An Earth Scientist Explores the Biggest Climate Threat: Fear 2013-04-27T13:01:38Z Are there nearsighted deer that could use glasses or farsighted elephants that could benefit from an enormous set of contacts? Animals’ eyesight has evolved to suit the differing needs of different species 2013-03-18T20:32:00Z The killer in Aurora, Colo., was very intelligent and farsighted and meticulous. Archive: Cover Story -- How the Gun Won 2012-12-17T16:35:33Z Most politicians remain fixed as a hunting dog on tomorrow; the more farsighted ones talk of next year. Gotham: The Storm Had Heroes, but Can the Mayoral Campaign? 2012-11-13T03:08:09Z One of ACA’s most farsighted features was to set up a dedicated pot of money, the Public Health and Prevention Fund, to invest in proven prevention measures across the country. The Bad Idea That Doesn't Go Away: Cutting The Ounce of Prevention 2012-10-19T06:42:26Z While it's sometimes necessary to make staffing changes, well-run companies with farsighted management never require such drastic surgery. 6 Most Overrated Management Concepts 2012-09-05T13:06:49Z He is farsighted and is said to wear glasses to read newspapers and surf the Internet. With Impaired Vision, Blurry Target Is No Trouble for South Korean Archer 2012-07-28T17:49:41Z The killer in Aurora, Colorado was very intelligent and farsighted and meticulous. Why Gun Control Reform Is a No-Brainer After Aurora 2012-07-23T22:05:23Z The third group, organizations with “self-governance,” consists of the most farsighted organizations, best positioned to thrive in an interdependent world. A Cure For The Common Corporation; HOW To Manage and Measure Performance 2012-07-17T13:18:54Z The ken of the Hojo was as piercing, and minutely attentive to details, as it was farsighted. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The early plan of providing government-paid chaplains ended with construction days, and under the leadership of a group of farsighted laymen the Union Church of the Canal Zone was organized in February, 1914. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z The Japanese are a farsighted and subtle people, with brains four thousand years old. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z While the U.S. lags behind, China is treating the situation like war, farsightedly spending the vast sums needed to win a battle we have yet to join. The Real China Threat 2011-12-04T23:43:43Z Therefore, Slemrod says, one farsighted action may plausibly help the economy: convincing the general public that the federal government is committed to getting its fiscal house in order. Low Taxes, High Rhetoric: What Consumers Really Do with Their Tax Cuts 2011-10-27T12:45:00.457Z Does he not consider them as farsighted and energetic as the others he has pompously mentioned with such childish illusion. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z Some of the boys were farsighted enough to grasp what Elmer believed so firmly. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z The Japanese are a farsighted people and war with them is an exact science. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z Wise, farsighted representatives would "refine and enlarge the public views". Debt crisis: In our competitive decadence, we face eurogeddon and dollargeddon 2011-07-20T19:30:00Z I responded that Thompson led the Cougars to a 23-31 record in Pac-10 games, which is flip, frank, and, you could argue, not very farsighted. What's Klay Thompson's legacy at Washington State? Good question 2011-05-12T02:45:06Z Robespierre, Danton, and Billaud-Varenne were farsighted enough to detect the conspiracy hidden beneath these ostensible preparations for war. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z But in recent years, German firms, aided by farsighted government reforms, have turned that into an art form, forging the most competitive industrial sector of any advanced economy. How Germany Became the China of Europe 2011-02-28T14:05:00Z Actually Buchanan was nearsighted in one eye and farsighted in the other. Who's the worst president of them all? 2011-02-21T12:30:00Z Paul Sullivan, an expert on Egypt and its military at Georgetown University, said the military leaders were farsighted enough to see that stability would now require continued economic as well as political liberalization. Egyptians Say Military Discourages an Open Economy 2011-02-18T02:47:54Z In other cases, lazy eye develops when a child is significantly more nearsighted or farsighted in one eye than the other. Poorer vision may persist after 'lazy eye' therapy 2011-02-15T21:18:12Z “We’re probably 10 years or so away, but that is not too farsighted to happen.” N.B.A. Roundup: Nets Coach Ejected as 76ers Prevail 2011-02-03T04:00:36Z Conscious of the diminishing room for political manoeuvre, they shy away from farsighted goals and constructive political projects, let alone an undertaking like European unification. Germany's mindset has become solipsistic 2010-06-11T21:00:00Z Few teenagers are farsighted enough to fully incorporate the interests of their future selves when making decisions. Economic View: Can a Soda Tax Protect Us From Ourselves? 2010-06-05T19:23:00Z It's indicative of how farsighted he was - and how much his early death cost us. The technology newsbucket: Pandora, gaming, Apple's social plans and more 2010-03-19T18:12:00Z One detected it in her farsighted grey eyes, with the twinkle that lurked just within call. The Furnace What farsighted men started the movement which resulted in our national government's making a great scenic park in Virginia? Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia Far sight.—If you cannot read without holding your book at arm's length, you are farsighted and need glasses. Applied Physiology Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics The community cannot rise much above the level of the individual home, and the home rises only by the pull of the community regulations, or by the initiative of a few especially farsighted individuals. Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency But Michael shook his head, assuming a farsighted expression. When Ghost Meets Ghost Here we distinguish between the shortsighted man, who aims at immediate returns, and the farsighted man, whose eye is fixed on the future, who verily desires the profits, but desires them in the long run. Creating Capital Money-making as an aim in business Miller was farsighted in his plans for the community and provided adequate building sites for homes and businesses. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia Even the occurrences which are due to human intention are usually sporadic and casual, and the observer errs by reading into them too much plot, too comprehensive a scheme, too farsighted a plan. China, Japan and the U.S.A. Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference The immediate concern of this chapter is with the leaders of community movements, the educated, sympathetic, farsighted sociologists, sanitarians, and economists, whose concern is for the advancement of mankind. Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency The farsighted eye is one in which parallel rays entering the eye, as from a distance, come to a focus behind the retina. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Never before had the farsighted stallion made a mistake. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Those who were farsighted enough to procure the heavy black variety when it was issued last fall are counting themselves more fortunate than their friends who chose the lighter, but colder, blue or drab garment. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 That he was wise and farsighted is abundantly shown by the fact that all his real estate investments are held intact to this day by his heirs. Fifty years with the Revere Copper Co. A Paper Read at the Stockholders' Meeting held on Monday 24 March 1890 Housewives rushed frantically to clean out the grocer's shelves, but this was living off their own fat and even the most farsighted of hoarders could provide for no more than a few weeks of future. Greener Than You Think In the farsighted or hyperopic eye, the eyeball is usually too short for the rays to be properly focused on the sensitive nerve area in the back of the eye. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Philopœmen was farsighted enough to see from the beginning that the Roman alliance would prove bad for Greece. The Story of the Greeks "It was rather farsighted of you," said the girl admiringly. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport The first great, great question we faced was that of universal service for the war—or the selective draft—again how farsighted our President then proved himself. Face to Face with Kaiserism Wherever school children's eyes have been examined, from six to nine out of thirty are found to be nearsighted, farsighted, or otherwise in need of attention. Civics and Health Early distaste for reading is often acquired by farsighted persons, owing to the strain on the accommodative apparatus. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) The essence of the whole matter, as has been said a thousand times, is the extremely rapid fall of the birthrate, especially among intelligent, farsighted, industrious, progressive people whose ideals of family life are high. The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book In the Northwest also, the State-builders of that day were equally farsighted in patriotic provision for the future. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country Lincoln, with the training of the lawyer, the wily cross-examiner, the profound jurist, the farsighted statesman, forced Douglas into a dilemma between the northern Democrats of Illinois and the southern Democrats of the slave states. Life of Abraham Lincoln Little Blue Book Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 324 Because we are born farsighted, nearsighted, and astigmatic, we must be watchful to eradicate conditions that aggravate these troubles. Civics and Health Which seemed to force him toward certain comparatively newcomers among the wealthy financiers of the metropolis—brilliant, masterful, restless men from the West, whose friendship in the beginning he had sought, deeming himself farsighted. The Danger Mark He was the ablest, the most ambitious, and, in some respects, he most farsighted man who had been elected supreme head of the Catholic Church. The Leading Facts of English History A farsighted person is one who cannot see near objects so distinctly as far objects, and who in many cases cannot see near objects at all. General Science You see, it also invested me with a very farsighted wisdom! Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man The immediate return for the untrained girl is far less, but the farsighted girl must learn to look beyond the immediate present. Vocational Guidance for Girls Even though a farmer more farsighted than the average did produce the greater part of his food on the farm, his "money crop"—cotton or tobacco—hardly brought the cost of production. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution The story of what took place outside that guarded gate makes clear the love, the wise farsighted love that showed the man the way out that day. Quiet Talks about Jesus The eyeball of a farsighted person is very short, and the retina is too close to the crystalline lens. General Science He looked in new admiration upon his farsighted chief. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 The lace for Miss Minnesota's lingerie; the jewelled comb in Miss Colorado's hair; the hat that would grace Miss New Hampshire; the dress for Madam Delaware—all were the results of their farsighted selection. Cheerful—By Request The purchaser was a thrifty, farsighted traveling man who had wearied of the road and wanted to settle down. Fanny Herself They thought—very cautiously and farsightedly—of picking us, if it seemed wise. Herland In all our journeys together I've found him full of resources and very farsighted. Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John He had been farsighted enough to realise that Russia would prove a hard creditor, even though she may have been sincere in her protestations of friendship for the modest borrower. The Prince of Graustark Fifty years ago, a farsighted America led in creating the institutions that secured victory in the Cold War and built a growing world economy. State of the Union Address It just depends on how farsighted your mental vision is. Fanny Herself A farsighted and highly successful program for meeting urgent water needs is being carded out by converting salt water to fresh water. State of the Union Address It was a gamble - bold and, in hindsight, farsighted - but still, a gamble. Terrorists and Freedom Fighters Clumsy, wild-haired, bashful he might be at twenty-two, but the farsighted Sandy saw him ten years, twenty years later, well groomed, assured of manner, devotedly happy in his home life. The Treasure A farsighted America moved the world to a better place over these last 50 years. State of the Union Address Letters are still coming in from the boys who want to go on farms, and I hope that we will be able to lead Congress to see that this is a farsighted measure. Letters of Franklin K. Lane So he gave them time, just as Russia must have time; but she will reach the summit eventually, when her farsighted policy is fully evolved—long, long after reader and writer are dust. The Vultures If we were reasoning, farsighted people, four fifths of us would go straight to the Guardians for relief, and knock the whole social system to pieces with most beneficial reconstructive results. Man and Superman The people that fought so nobly in the revolution of 1821 will know how to give a good account of itself under the leadership of a sane, courageous and farsighted statesman like Venizelos. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy Now we stand at another moment of change and choice, and another time to be farsighted, to bring America 50 more years of security and prosperity. State of the Union Address Even then a few farsighted men could foresee the day when the railroad train would cross the plains and the Rockies and link the Atlantic and the Pacific. The Railroad Builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states They could not then see how wise, how farsighted, how inevitable Roosevelt's decision was. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times His conduct is to be ascribed to the alternate influence of cupidity and fear on a mind highly susceptible of both those passions, and quicksighted rather than farsighted. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 My eyes were sharp and peculiarly farsighted—the Indian sight, Jones assured me; and I kept them searching the walls in such places as my companions overlooked. The Last of the Plainsmen There was much in the state both of Scotland and of Ireland which might well excite the painful apprehensions of a farsighted statesman. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 If there were cruelty it was in his implacable slow patience, his farsighted purpose. Heritage of the Desert The vices of the old representative system, though by no means so serious as they afterwards became, had already been remarked by farsighted men. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 |
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