Word: myopic
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...mirror. The quotidian fabric of facts which is the foundation not simply for media’s actual operation but of its very claim to authority is one such. How plebian these foundational questions seem; how ordinary! Yet it is very dangerous when an institution becomes sufficiently myopic that its own cryptic doings and intricate rituals are allowed to obscure the realities which make it possible. In such cases one turns to the full range of the term “media coverage...
...Most importantly, perhaps, the administration should resist the temptation to link the resolution of the Hainan standoff with other issues, such as China's accession to the World Trade Organization, their bid to host the Olympics in 2008, and arms sales to Taiwan. It would be dangerous and myopic to link all those issues and turn them into a single win-or-lose game. Each issue should be decided on its own merits - as the administration is saying it will...
...give in. I give you / all my old synesthetic fire.” These are the more saccharine moments, but they set the general tempo. More frequently, those bytes join forces to experiment in vagueness: “The sex & chess & cello fever’s gone / from your myopic trust, my Avalon.” “rare black-tipped cigarettes / in a handmade basket-case...
...That myopic perspective exploded on Feb. 7, 1999, when queer politics suddenly became a lot more personal. “Did you hear about that crazy kid at MIT who killed himself yesterday?” asked a friend on the way to Annenberg that evening. “He was from your town, so I thought you might have known...
Unfortunately, however, some members of student governments in the Ivy League do not have the same outlook. This myopic view is a deleterious force, threatening the stability of an organization that can only thrive with continuing commitment from all members...