For so pragmatic a people, Americans have done best when called to great undertakings.
It has to be a pragmatic approach to a problem to find a solution.
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He is a pragmatic politician and a radical ideologue all rolled into one.
Dean, on the other hand, a pragmatic centrist from a traditionally Republican family, stirred passion because he really did look like a winner.
He has never managed anything remotely close to a high volume manufacturing company so to characterize him as a pragmatic manufacturer is a real stretch.
Carnahan was widely regarded as a man of action, a moderate, and a pragmatic, with a strong record as a crime-fighter, tax-cutter and education reformer.
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In part, argues Mr Ben-Ami, this reflected a wider Palestinian preoccupation with vindication and justice, at the expense of a pragmatic search for a solution.
Efforts toward improved quality of life, while made out of genuine respect and concern for service members and families' needs, also have a pragmatic goal: a United States that is militarily strong.
Perhaps the latest deal is less a harbinger of globalisation than a pragmatic effort to create a powerhouse in Europe.
In a best case scenario, electoral realities might keep Herrera moderate and pragmatic for a time.
Life under a government run by the author would be fastidious, incremental and pragmatic: a sort of John Major for the 21st century.
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His interest in the state of our prisons stems from both a pragmatic view of justice and a deep humanitarian streak.
Meanwhile, his retention of Mr Strauss-Kahn's team of advisers reflects both a pragmatic wish for continuity and a confidence that they will respect him.
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But Dr Mahathir is evidently prepared to let Islamic solidarity take second place to a pragmatic desire for Malaysia to become a host for international sporting events.
Such rhetorical leaps and pirouettes conceal something more pragmatic: a drive by CAP supporters to find mechanisms that do not involve big subsidies but still stabilise the incomes of farmers.
Mr Rafsanjani, a pragmatic conservative who had restyled himself as a cautious reformer, had been expected to face an out-and-out moderniser in the run-off.
But unlike members of the Kennedy clan, Capuano who is of Irish-Italian lineage brings to the House a pragmatic, blue-collar progressivism, a byproduct of his long mayoral tenure in working-class Somerville.
The mixture has created overwhelmingly conservative politics in heavily Mormon states such as Utah and Idaho, but with a pragmatic twist, says Kirk Jowers, a Mormon and the director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah.
Schering's Hassan, always a pragmatic dealmaker, doesn't rule out such a possibility.
If partition was a pragmatic response to the reality of the time, a prior question is: by what right did the 600, 000 or so Jews of mandatory Palestine come to be there in the first place?
Although he has significantly moderated his political creed to a pragmatic, free market approach, his unorthodox style is considered a major impediment by many observers.
As a pragmatic idealist at heart, I hope to contribute to making the world a better place by writing about venture philanthropists changing the world in creative yet quantifiable ways, impacting lives.
Most workplace problems, believers explain, stem from a clash of cognitive styles: when a visual manager sends a written memo to an "auditory" employee, for example, or when a pragmatic manager rejects as too pie-in-the-sky the contributions of a theoretical subordinate.
If Freud were simply a pragmatic pessimist there is no way I would suggest giving him (actually, his ideas) a seat at your holiday table.
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He has already shown that he can work on this issue in a pragmatic and bipartisan way, refining his proposal by melding it with the ideas of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, a Democrat.
In contrast, the Colombian government received support from Canada which has taken a more pragmatic stand on development and is moving towards a separate trade agreement with Colombia.
As governor, Mr Johnson showed that a non-ideological, pragmatic libertarianism can work as a governing philosophy.
However, then and now, a more pragmatic minority viewpoint has held that while luxury goods may see a high-single to low-double digit drop in price for Chinese travelers for a brief moment, the brands most sought after by Chinese shoppers will simply respond to this greater demand by raising prices.
The UK's decision was in part a pragmatic one, Foreign Secretary William Hague told the programme.
But they set our community on a pragmatic path that embraces compassion and human kindness.
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