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Basically, after years of making economic decisions that we were warned were short-termist, the long term has finally arrived.
Ian Fletcher: Curtains for the U.S. Military Industrial Base? Ian Fletcher 2011
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Basically, after years of making economic decisions that we were warned were short-termist, the long term has finally arrived.
Ian Fletcher: Curtains for the U.S. Military Industrial Base? Ian Fletcher 2011
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Washington is too short-termist, Islamabad too distrustful.
The U.S. and Pakistan, Best of Frenemies Sumit Ganguly 2011
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In these financially straitened times politicians may be tempted to ignore the natural environment in favour of economic growth - but this kind of short-termist attitude won't wash with a British public which expects the government to protect the countryside and wildlife we all hold dear.
UK government 'failing' on wildlife and countryside commitments 2011
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U.S. policy makers are too short-termist, while Pakistani ones are too distrustful of American goals.
The U.S. and Pakistan, Best of Frenemies Sumit Ganguly 2011
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The outgoing president of the ECB wanted to leave an unblemished legacy of battling the evil forces of inflation, and standing firm against short-termist politicians who tried to boss him about.
Trichet's out of humour, which is a shame because the jokes are rather good 2011
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Talk of prison building is both myopic and short-termist in the extreme.
Patrick Galey: Judge Lebanon by Entering Its Prisons Patrick Galey 2011
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Talk of prison building is both myopic and short-termist in the extreme.
Patrick Galey: Judge Lebanon by Entering Its Prisons Patrick Galey 2011
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Talk of prison building is both myopic and short-termist in the extreme.
Patrick Galey: Judge Lebanon by Entering Its Prisons Patrick Galey 2011
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But in case Singaporeans feared GIC was turning short-termist, it said the figures reflect "medium-term investment performance, even while GIC maintains its sights on the long term."
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