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While Connally's proposal for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli settlement based on U.S. military presence seems attractive, it is dangerously myopic. A foreign military presence would be actively opposed by Arab nationalists, not to mention the Soviets, thereby creating Dangerous confrontation and jeopardizing U.S. access to stable oil flow...
Treasury is expected to issue a preliminary finding by mid-July. State Department policymakers worry that action penalizing Mexican exporters would be a classic case of myopic policy. White House Inflation Fighter Alfred Kahn reckons that the lack of low-cost Mexican produce could add .5% to food prices. Two powerful Floridians on the House Ways and Means Committee, Democrat Sam Gibbons and Republican L.A. Bafalis, have blocked one measure that would have exempted produce from antidumping laws. Now it is up to Treasury to see if the case can be settled so that the U.S. will not find...
...already heard how many millions of volumes Harvard boasts. But did you know the University has 97 libraries? Only if you are extraordinarily myopic will you spend all your studying time in Lamont. Harvard libraries can be some of the most relaxing and stimulating preserves in Cambridge-you just have to know where to look...
...becoming ever-more discouraged by the University's perpetual abdication of political and moral responsibility in its affairs, from its derisive treatment of the Afro-American Department to its equally disreputable labor relations with its own workers. President Bok's letter struck me as the crowning blow of morally-myopic ivory-towerism...
...Policy Failures. In contrast to the opportunistic Soviet policy, several panelists felt, U.S. policy in the crescent has been myopic and timid. They complained that the Administration has done little more than issue statements outlining what it would not do. Policy, said Helms gloomily, "is sort of sloshing around. We have statements from our leaders that they don't want to interfere in anybody's internal affairs ever again. But if as a nation we are constantly saying that we don't want to interfere with anybody's national life under any circumstances, then...