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Word: shortsightedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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The decision of Phillips Brooks House Association to become actively involved in governmental politics is shortsighted. The flyer we received from Mark Mani and Beth Mitchell encouraging us to vote against Proposition 1-2-3 has convinced us never to contribute to PBHA in any manner, as students or as...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PBHA & Politics | 11/9/1989 | See Source »

Of course free speech is important, but clean hallways are nice, too. The majority employs an arsenal of editorial hyperbole--"travesty" and "censor-ship"--but completely ignores any chance for reasonable compromise. The house masters' decision is not an assault on the Bill of Rights. It is only a shortsighted...

Author: By Matthew Pinsker, | Title: The Death of Liberty? | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

As Congress adjourned last week for its August recess, the capital-gains-cut bandwagon gained momentum. Amazingly, Republicans and conservative Democrats, who make up a narrow majority of the House Ways and Means Committee, rallied around a scheme even more shortsighted than the President's.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Losing Big on Capital Gains | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

The spectacular failure of some billion-dollar LBOS dramatizes the problems that could befall a number of overextended companies in the event of a slump. -- After a 2 1/2-year undercover probe, the Justice Department indicts 46 Chicago commodities traders on charges ranging from fraud to racketeering. -- A shortsighted proposal to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

"All knowledge is partial and Blacks don't have the right to hoard their knowledge from whites. They are mighty deficient when they are not educated in the presence of Blacks. Most whites don't know that. That's one of the most unfortunate aspects of modern states. Most people...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Willie: Integration Yields Education | 2/10/1989 | See Source »

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