Emotional payoffs must be practical, even in matters of the heart.

WSJ: What Chinese Consumers Want

As broadband Internet access becomes widely available over the next 18 months, difficult decisions must be taken about whether it is right or practical to try to extend regulations designed for conventional television channels to on-demand content aggregated on new portals.

ECONOMIST: Regulating communications

Nevertheless, the CRO has practical reasons for arguing that there must be a formal break between the last of the colonial stages of a country's development and the first of the stages of adult nationhood.

ECONOMIST: From the archive

Yet, when the grown-ups must point out that such a purchase would neither be practical nor in the best interest of the family and cast their votes for a new, American made family minivan, it is left to the two year old to break the tie.

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The point is that, as a practical matter, attacks on such targets must be deterred, not simply defended against.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Winning Issue

Theory must always be serviceable for policy, even if its echoes went beyond practical requirements.

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For this gamble to pay the sorts of long-term returns the Bush Administration hopes for, however, it must be rooted in hard-headed realism, based on transparency and practical measures.

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Though this will definitely pose a bit of a practical problem for early adopters in metropolitan areas, ultimately it must be seen as a very positive sign.

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