Word: shortsightedness
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Way of Life. Turkey's decision to end its ban on opium production was based on compelling-if shortsighted -domestic considerations. The U.S.
The going literary view, by contrast, is that Solzhenitsyn's fame depends on politics more than art, that he is a great man, but not a great writer. That is probably a shortsighted judgment. In America it will be necessary to wait for first-rate translations of his books...
Sir / Once again scientists spend their shortsighted efforts on trying to discover how something works, this time the brain, admittedly a challenge. And when they find out, aside from the medical benefits, what can we possibly say other than "big deal"? The human race will still plod hopelessly along, never...
Sir / As a young boy, I had always viewed my grandfather, who constantly scurried about the house turning off unused lights, water faucets, and the like, as a man of the past unwilling to face the bountiful future. But after reading Stefan Kanfer's Essay "The (Possible) Blessings of...
Sir / Reduction of environmental standards, which are even now abysmally low. is a betrayal of the future for the sake of a luxurious present. Our hope does not lie in more oil. more coal, or more nuclear power plants, any more than our transportation crisis calls for bigger freeways. These...