Word: myopic
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...boycott of an organization because of moral opposition to its policies is a time-tested and effective method of social protest that can often prompt positive change. However, in this case, Harvard’s efforts seem to be myopic and misguided. ROTC is not a company or agency engaging in racist or discriminatory practices for the sake of an exclusionary agenda; nor is it really comparable. ROTC is a bureau of our nation’s military, undertaking the difficult task of building a bridge between the armed forces and the world of academia. ROTC should receive the full...
...only assume that these claims are made by people who suffer from the myopic view that education is restricted to what one learns in a classroom. Lectures and problems sets cannot substitute for the personal testimony that students often offer one another in the sanctity of state clubs meeting rooms...
...these suggestions, if implemented, would amount to little more than superficial window-dressing; they are hopelessly myopic, and do not cut to the heart of the issue. At best, the above solutions would temporarily check grade inflation, would sweep the proverbial mess under the rug, would cover the thick cracks in the house that is Harvard with merely a thin layer of paint...
...that the Bin Laden network can be crushed with relative haste. Indeed, other terror groups have been crushed before. Heard about the Red Brigades lately? The Bader Meinhof gang? It'd be foolish to be pollyannish about the coming war but it would be just as myopic to assume the worst...
...Expos do ultimately join baseball’s historical wasteland of anonymity, then the strike-shortened 1994 season may be the appropriate symbol of the team’s history: an endeavor that was never allowed to grow to its full potential, done in by avarice and myopic horizons...