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Such heedfulness may be one of the things that Americans would like most from the U.S. banking system.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Yet thou mayest be very delicate in some point, where delicateness is not all essential, and in some quick impulsive hour, omit thy fullest heedfulness somewhere where heedlessness were most fatal.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
Robert was thankful for her heedfulness, and owned himself tired, dismissing his sister with a blessing that had in it a tone of protection.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
He who is ever looking for the breaking of a light he knows not whence about him, notes with a strange heedfulness the faintest paleness in the sky.
From Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays by Pater, Walter
Such fear and heedfulness lead to keenness of understanding.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan