To release all you videos online for free, it had a decent amount of (foreknowledge, prescience)

a little (foreknowledge, prescience) might have saved them a lot of money

They had the (foreknowledge, prescience) to realize the global importance of the Internet

Chris Anderson PAID/ PRODUCED a cool 4 million pounds to buy TED

All investors had to FOUND / PRODUCED a minimum of $5000.

TED ex San Diego is a LEGITIMATE/ GENUINE conference.

Only LEGITIMATE/ GENUINE members are allowed to use the club pool.

Part of the TED process is to basically be matriculated, inculcated in this TED atmosphere where you are coached, prompted and CRITICIZED / ATTACKED and maybe spanked on the bottom if you don't deliver script on time, that kind of thing.

He stood on the street corner, CRITICIZING / ATTACKING passers-by about the stupidity of the forthcoming war.

We did a script, and it was a script where I had line and you had line, and there was no IMPROVISE this.

Oh man, I totally forgot that I'm supposed to do this presentation today—I'll just have to IMPROVISE.

We pounded the script into our heads. We did it over over and over again. We presented right after the final rehearsal and we did it. We worked out our brain muscles, but we were BARELY AVOIDING FAILURE/ MISTAKES

I wonder if or how often they LEAVE/ WALK OUT / ABANDON people. Umm. This is not going to work. I am not if they do that or if they take the other approach, no we're going to keep banging this out with you until you got it.

I am not if they do that or if they take the other approach, no we're going to keep BANGING this OUT with you until you got it.

typists banging out copy

We don't have to win the crowd over. They're already motivated.