Word: myopic
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...defeat of the Turks in Vienna in 1683 and the subsequent decline of Muslim power, jihadists have dreamed of reconquering the Christian West. Islam has an expansion policy, which is that every Muslim has a duty to spread the religion in the name of the Prophet. Criticized as a myopic hard-liner when elected, Benedict might become the Pope of progress in Christian-Muslim relations...
...draft of his admission essay, Zambrano connects the struggles of his grandfather with his own life: “This strong-willed Zambrano gene was instilled in me as well.” The essay describes living in the “myopic, conservative town” of Stockton, Calif., where Zambrano attends the only public school in the district. The school boasts diversity and a growing Latino population, but Zambrano voices a different opinion. “I was a smart kid, I had good grades, but the attention was on the white kids in my class...
...Rieder said. “Reducing book costs and keeping Lamont [Library] open more often are worthwhile endeavors...but students are ultimately unhappy because they feel alienated,” he said. “It is important that the UC funds parties, but that is sort of a myopic solution,” added Musa. “There needs to be a more long-term solution that addresses the fundamental structure of the College.” The candidates listed the creation of more Harvard-sponsored social space, a new academic calendar, and an increased emphasis on school...
...past. Our current McMansion conservatives, although often ignorant of history, would recreate the nation by returning it to some vague, Edenic period when everything was right in the country (usually, this means the 1950s, which is as far back as most remember). This sense of nostalgia is not only myopic but woefully artificial. Instead of appealing to an organic tradition, conservatives increasingly create one in their minds...
...novel “A Disorder Peculiar to the Country,” (see review, B3) which portrays the acrimonious divorce between Joyce and Marshall Harriman. Although the novel has a tighter focus than “United 93,” it isn’t as myopic as “World Trade Center,” using the Harrimans’ divorce to represent the sociopolitical changes that rocked post 9/11 America. Kalfus’ prose is as expansive as it is visceral, enhancing the sense that anyone could be fated to divorce, decapitation, or worse, without...