Use "shortsightedness" in a sentence

1. It is a disturbing comment on American shortsightedness that so many focus on matters such as the Monica Lewinsky scandal over oral sex

2. Man will continue to pay the price for his shortsightedness

3. Oh, what shortsightedness of Hindu pigheadedness!

4. with this obvious shortsightedness of the genius Einstein, the genius saw him fit enough to calculate and

5. Yet with this obvious shortsightedness of the genius Einstein, the genius saw him fit enough to calculate and measure something as overwhelming as the Universe

6. He was to found a great national drama, based on the true principles of art, that was to be the envy of all nations; he was to drive from the stage the silly, childish plays, the "mirrors of nonsense and models of folly" that were in vogue through the cupidity of the managers and shortsightedness of the authors; he was to correct and educate the public taste until it was ripe for tragedies on the model of the Greek drama--like the "Numancia" for instance--and comedies that would not only amuse but improve and instruct

7. Only the shortsightedness of their respective politicians prevented the two countries from laying the foundations for an era of cooperation