Word: shortsightedness
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Clio, the Muse of History (for it was she), looked up, her finger on her lips. "Shh!" she said, "the Big Three Conference is just ending down there. What with security regulations, censorship and personal secretiveness, the only way I can find out anything these days is by peeping. And...
Charting the Way. The second big idea was that the peace, when it comes, is not one for diplomats or military men to plan alone. It must also be planned by business. Their stake in the peace is to do what has not been done before: try to operate profitably...
Spaak's words found an echo in Britain. Last week London's Economist barked gruffly at Moscow: "Russia insists on a grouping under her own leadership in eastern Europe. Why should the Russian influence in western Europe be used to create opposition against the . . . grouping in the west...
As one of the servicemen affected, I was appalled at the shortsighted and presumptuous action of U.S.O. President Barnard (TiME, Jan. 31) in halting further distribution of the pamphlet The Races of Mankind on the grounds of its being "controversial." Since when has a good dose of healthy "controversy" been...
Sirs: From the shortsighted point of view, i.e., a cold demand for higher wages and nothing else, the coal miners' recent strike cannot be justified. But you will find from the long term point of view, i.e., a complaint against the Government's failure to control inflation, the...