Let me tell you the most practical thing I can about your son's treatment.
And that would demonstrate to the American people and to people around the world that despite our differences on some very important issues, we can come together and do the practical thing and the sensible thing to help our economy grow, to avert some of the concern over the so-called fiscal cliff.
But that suggests there are no principled and practical distinctions between the good thing and the bad thing.
So far, the nearest thing to a practical step was last November's agreement by the Organisation of American States to co-operate in clamping down on the export of illegal weapons.
Pegging to the dollar rather than gold may not seem like the same thing, but the practical impact is identical.
As a practical matter, there is no such thing as a non-summit.
That would be the case if the nation were finally impelled to do the one practical, near-term and affordable thing that would, over time, dramatically reduce our dependence on oil: Wean the U.S. automotive fleet from its current, almost complete reliance on petroleum-derived gasoline.
"At the end of the day, while everyone laughs at the silly products, I have to imagine that the thing that keeps them going are the practical items, " Barish said.
Sales are up and people got hurt, but one thing seems clear: This is The Year of Practical Living.
But there's one thing that the Times, my former employer, probably isn't: a practical model to be emulated by a newspaper industry desperate for a new game plan.
The important thing was that they should be elegant, even if at the time they did not seem practical.
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