Word: myopic
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...Wallace and Gromit or cousins of Mrs. Proposition and Mrs. Conclusion, the shrill suburban housewives from Monty Python's Flying Circus. It's as if the Windsors want to prove that although they're worth billions and practically define the term "idle rich," they share the tatty taste and myopic world-view of Britain's petty bourgeoisie. The grocer and the schoolteacher can look, not up to, but over at Elizabeth and think...
After 9/11, the people at the Boulder conference decried the nation's myopic focus on terrorism. They lamented the decline of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). And they warned to the point of cliché that a major hurricane would destroy New Orleans. It was a convention of prophets without any disciples...
...scholarly, literary or scientific interest"? Did the editors even look at Eros, which at its best was the most handsome publication around, and at worst, even by the starchy standards of the day, was mildly racy? If the editors did peruse Eros, and come to their conclusion, they were myopic; if they didn't, they were journalistically irresponsible...
Hearing alternative perspectives helps us to think more critically about our own views. Without a willingness to tolerate diversity, we are doomed to myopic cocoons of inefficacy. As Mr. McCain told the press following his heckling at the New School commencement, “I feel sorry for the people who live in a dull world where they can’t listen to the views of others.” In 1966, supporters of the protesters said that just as Americans would have supported student uprisings in Eastern Europe against a visiting Nikita Khrushchev, students should demonstrate against...
...recent UC delinquency. If our elected government continues to fail in its efforts to reform, then it might be more compelled to do so with its financial solvency at stake. We are sincerely dismayed that UC members have become this mired in a medley of self-serving and myopic politics. The UC is failing at its one job, representing undergrads, and thus students should drive for a referendum to bring needed change. A referendum might seem extreme to some, but dire times call for dire measures—and short of an unexpected reversal, these are shortly becoming dire times...