By the same token, Messrs Barbour, Daniels, Giuliani, Huntsman, Pawlenty and Romney would all be competing for more or less the same constituency, as tested, pragmatic, business-friendly centrists with conservative veneers of varying thickness.
The government may seek a partial rapprochement, for pragmatic reasons, with private business, but seemingly not with the opposition mayors and governors elected in November, who have faced government harassment.
Nevertheless, this pragmatic shift in the way the world does business comes with risks and tradeoffs (often in terms of profit maximization).
The split vote on compromise rules without legal authorization to implement them was a pragmatic decision in the face of more pressing business at the agency.
Later, as Lucent's business imploded, D'Amelio became a key sounding board for other executives at the company, a pragmatic voice for investors about what management did and didn't know about the business environment.
His remarks combined pragmatic pride he understands football is a business with a hint of hurt feelings.
Still, being the pragmatic CEO that she is, Sankar got down to business and created a plan.
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Gidley-Kitchin believes Vodafone's reported interest in T-Mobile U.K. is illustrative of the strategy of its new, pragmatic chief executive, Vittorio Colao, who's business plan is focused on cash flow more than strategic growth.
Social business and internal Enterprise 2.0 projects require a pragmatic approach for each organization.
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One reason the business elite has not been more enthusiastic about Arroyo may be pragmatic.
The failure of the HP board to address what the rest of the business community had long seen festering reflects a critical lack of pragmatic board leadership.
To guide my search I turn to the Insurance Institute for Business and Home safety, FEMA and the excellent and very pragmatic Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, as well as a host of other sources.
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