In many other cities and provinces, the party has pursued short-term growth regardless of the long-term consequences.
Both he and Mr Abbas recklessly pursued short-term advantage during the talks, leaving their countries vulnerable to those who argue that, with the hopes of peace exhausted, conflict is all that remains.
But in the past two decades valuable skills were lost through heedlessness: the government let apprenticeship programmes fade into nothingness while companies often pursued short-term profits at the expense of long-term capability.
GM's innovation languished while they pursued short-term profits leaving its competitors to develop less lucrative but increasingly important hybrid and electric vehicle technology.
Many governments obsessively pursue short term economic gains and re-election to the cost of the environment but the science cannot be ignored.
The European Central Bank removed governments' ability to set interest rates, and therefore to pursue short term political gains at the cost of inflation.
If he wants, as Obama does, to maintain a nuclear force until the final stage of disarmament arrives, then there are options he could pursue short of giving up Trident.
And should our government try to encourage more banks to pursue short sales rather than pump up the housing market by expanding the Making Home Affordable plan?
Capital markets may be ruthless in pursuing short-term results.
Women recognize the kind of men who pursue short-term affairs, he said.
In an environment of regulatory inconsistency, corruption and political patronage, Chinese companies have tended to pursue short-term returns and excessive diversification rather than long-term technological development.
