Clear-sighted, responsible leadership is urgently needed to extricate the nation from its financial mire.

CNN: The Economy, Stupid

It was clear-sighted and bold, what he had to say on the subject.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and President Sarkozy at G8 Summit

The Scottish government view is that the futures market is insufficiently liquid to provide a clear-sighted view towards the end of this decade.

BBC: Scottish independence: 'A tilt to the upside'

The remarkable, Orwellian "Brazil, " which he co-wrote and directed in 1985, is still a classic case of visionary filmmaker vs. shortsighted studio (or, if you're a studio executive, clear-sighted studio vs. enfant terrible).

WSJ: 'The Recruit' Is a Singularly Silly Mess

That's all based on the idea that firms, banks, universities and venture capitalists are too lazy or dim to get together in their own interests, unless subsidised and chivvied by the wise and clear-sighted government.

ECONOMIST: Reforming government

His refusal to make a moral distinction between the mullahs and their democratic opponents - like his refusal in Cairo to make a moral distinction between a nuclear-armed Iran and a nuclear-armed America - makes clear that he is not interested in forging a factually accurate or morally clear-sighted foreign policy.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Obama's losing streak and Israel

It seemed a clear penalty, but referee Terje Haunge - who was well-sighted - opted to wave away Wales' spot-kick claims.

BBC: Wales 0-2 Germany

This is the kind of far-sighted plan that other countries should be imitating, not your clear-it-all boosterism.

ECONOMIST: Letters