Word: myopic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...because of your sexual orientation--they simply don't care. It makes no difference if you're gay, just as it makes no difference if you're black, Jewish, rich or poor. What matters to them, instead, is the content of your character. True, those locked into the myopic mind set of "my group against the world" will not garner much sympathy. But not all of us are so provincial...
...eerie close-up of a black-and-white poster of the pianist's hands. Not long afterwards there's a moment of dizzying tension in which Vincent/Jerome, bereft of his contact lenses, halts before crossing a manically busy street, and we suddenly see the blurred, flashing lights through his myopic eyes...
...find something he made. In his 89 years, Burgess Meredith directed two films: The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go was not so good; The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) was considerably better, thanks to Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, and Meredith's own turn as a hapless myopic accused of double murder. Laughton is Inspector Maigret, the portliest policeman since Orson in Touch of Evil, and Tone is Radek, his "Candide"-quoting psychopathic prey. From behind the camera (reportedly with some help from Laughton), Meredith delivers a lean, cerebral mystery with plenty of wit, and one that never pauses...
America is influenced by people other than those you perceive from your elitist, myopic perch. America is not just black and white anymore; it is also brown. Your failure to name even one Hispanic is unacceptable. JOSE CLAUDIO SALAZAR Houston...
After the forum concluded, Flores said Harper Hines described a "myopic view of America forming coalitions...