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Sunday, November 20, 2011

73. Prescient


From, Piers Morgan Tonight (CNN TV), Interview with Brian Williams on 11/14/11:

Part of a question asked by Morgan was, “What do you think's gone wrong with the American business model?”

Extract from Williams’ response, “… And call me prescient, but in the next snow or ice storm, Piers, those wires are going to come down and they're going to take power with them. And it's going to be out for six to eight days throughout New England. And it's going to cost us productivity.”


Prescient: showing knowledge of events before they take place

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