The language of "realism" is weaponized pragmatism—but it isn't actually pragmatism.
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It may be that the Democrats who want ambition don't want pragmatism and the ones who claim to want pragmatism don't want ambition.
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Their success, however, is as much about pragmatism as principle.
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Sanders insists on bold ideals; Clinton believes in cautious pragmatism.
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Pragmatism, and precedent, rule the day; both traditional Tory virtues.
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The brute fact is you can't beat passion with pragmatism.
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Mrs Ip credits the central authorities with wisdom and pragmatism.
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Britain is a land of pragmatism, compromise and common sense.
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The solution: increase political participation and swap ideology for pragmatism.
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Be bold and be excited, but temper that with pragmatism.
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Instead, pragmatism is an instrument used in pursuit of principle.
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The other (important) characteristic is pragmatism - I'm not a doctrinarian.
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He chose pragmatism over ideology, and so did the public.
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Mr Ramaphosa has a reputation for charm, integrity and pragmatism.
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Yet pragmatism is a longstanding tradition in US foreign relations.
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We will continue to assess the situation with great pragmatism.
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Doug Ducey, rejecting a state legislator who stressed his pragmatism.
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Especially if, like Microsoft's, their efforts blend principles with pragmatism. ■
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They can eschew polarization for persuasion and ideology for pragmatism.
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NATO is not the only unexpected child of American pragmatism.
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Running alongside his progressive streak is a degree of pragmatism.
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Most signs suggested that Republican pragmatism would prevail going forward.
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Calle speaks of the logistics of death with typical pragmatism.
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Yet for all this, Hamas has shown signs of pragmatism.
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Both women are renowned for their firmness, pragmatism and discipline.
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Instead, he's just a hopelessly optimistic foil to Jax's ruthless pragmatism.
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Clinton's greater experience, pragmatism and knowledge on a variety of issues.
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Rob Portman, a relationship that gives both an air of pragmatism.
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Another sign of pragmatism is a scarcity of litmus-test issues.
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These types of resolutions would seem to require a steely pragmatism.
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The result is a strange combination of ideology and careerist pragmatism.
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Britons prefer pragmatism to ideology, moderation to extremism, continuity to change.
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That might seem like pragmatism, but it is really just defeatism.
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Unlike Mr Biden, he is able to make pragmatism sound interesting.
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This has been dictated both by uncompromising ideology and by pragmatism.
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Pragmatism, not idealism, has to be the hallmark of this board.
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Reactions ranged from incredulity and worry to pragmatism and even glee.
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Also new, for that matter, is Klinsmann's pragmatism about playing styles.
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Yet pragmatism is a long-standing tradition in US foreign relations.
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The United States must stand for ideals rather than just pragmatism.
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It is precisely this sort of pragmatism that the order eliminates.
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Politicians are serving up nationalism for voters but pragmatism for businesses.
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Pragmatism is as much a political strategy as a legislative one.
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They appealed to American values of fairness, equal treatment, and pragmatism.
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Cooper's support for HB142 boiled down to a choice of pragmatism.
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Pragmatism sells: The president is, in heart of hearts, a pragmatist.
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For now, politicians here seem to emphasize pragmatism over finger-pointing.
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But to some Arizona liberals, Ms. Sinema's pragmatism is bitterly disappointing.
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But her stoic pragmatism is out of step with the times.
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He has forgotten Ferguson's volatility, his ruthlessness, his hard-nosed pragmatism.
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But his coalition is still paralyzed somewhere between ideology and pragmatism.
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And so there's going to be tension between pragmatism and idealism.
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I recognize that pragmatism does play a role in moral decisions.
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Buttigieg's supporters think this critique conflates political pragmatism with insufficient progressivism.
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Steve LaTourette, a moderate Republican who advocated for pragmatism over partisanship.
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I think the world needs a combination of idealism and pragmatism.
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This reaction does not point toward budget-balancing governors preaching pragmatism.
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Paired, they illustrate the value of dreams, tempered with grounded pragmatism.
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There's far more to this clustering than mere economic pragmatism, however.
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The candidate's supporters point to his pragmatism as his defining trait.
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It's not a fight between young and fresh idealism and weary pragmatism.
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Thank you for maintaining that pragmatism and idealism are not mutually exclusive.
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Her reaction to her win Friday gave a clue to her pragmatism.
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It's a classic battle between Silicon Valley idealism and Wall Street pragmatism.
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Attending them is more a badge of privilege than evidence of pragmatism.
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Mr Mattis has called his countrymen "an idealistic people bound by pragmatism".
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Then there are all the intuitive factors: Creativity. Individuality. Identity. Pragmatism. Personality.
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Brottes said the power system operators were calling for prudence and pragmatism.
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The 86-year-old bank credits pragmatism more than any specific policy.
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The difference between pragmatism and self-pity has become hard to discern.
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He had a gift for pragmatism, and it's something you can emulate.
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Meanwhile, German economist Carsten Brzeski said the comments revealed Merkel's trademark pragmatism.
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Now 211, Alexander has earned a reputation for seriousness, diligence and pragmatism.
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Now 77, Alexander has earned a reputation for seriousness, diligence and pragmatism.
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"No candidate had ever made pragmatism and compromise so uplifting," Chait wrote.
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It maintains a neutral perspective, finding empowerment not in optimism, but pragmatism.
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He is being whipsawed between his instinctive pragmatism and his party's passion.
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This spirit of pragmatism held the American left together until the 1960s.
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SEN MARCO RUBIO: Yeah, and then again, there's a role for pragmatism.
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They are just as rigorous and technocratic, but more rooted in pragmatism.
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Grown Up Art looks to pragmatism as an alternative term to consider.
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That sort of hard pragmatism is common among Democratic figures these days.
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But Mr. Morrison has often chosen pragmatism (or political calculation) over fundamentalism.
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The mandate pits pragmatism versus principle, results versus process, expertise versus ideals.
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Each of their unflinching pragmatism toward their new roommate drew me in.
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"They have that pragmatism that you find in the U.S.," he said.
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The Washington Post: Sanders-Warren rift highlights liberal divide: purity versus pragmatism.
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Eventually, pragmatism takes over; life goes on in a low, comfortable wedge.
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And Nevada has always been guided by a spirit of political pragmatism.
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Pragmatism, compromise and even ideological agility have always been part of politics.
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At home, the test of Mr. Macron's own pragmatism will come soon.
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Bloomberg had argued his party infidelity was really a sign of pragmatism.
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This is the fundamental debate facing the Democrats: pragmatism versus purity. Sen.
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Perhaps it is simple pragmatism, but more conciliatory voices are being heard.
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"I don't think it's a shift to pragmatism," Mr. de Blasio said.
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Pragmatism might win in policymaking, she believes, but inspirational fantasies win primaries.
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Reagan managed to strike a balance between ideological fealty and political pragmatism.
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But it's his pragmatism that could help Costa Brazil go all the way.
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At times he waffled, boasting of his pragmatism while avoiding any specific commitments.
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But Saudi Arabia, OPEC's biggest producer, realised that pragmatism was its best option.
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Yet pragmatism has been far more evident in the party's mid-term campaign.
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The push-and-pull of pragmatism and idealism had a beneficial final result.
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Of course, in all this there has to be a degree of pragmatism.
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However, that pragmatism could work against the idealism of a candidate like Sanders.
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But more recently, crypto's revolutionary air has in part given way to pragmatism.
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Businessfolk backed him, too (he is a tycoon with a reputation for pragmatism).
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Understanding and influencing an organization or society required a bracing dose of pragmatism.
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This calls for a lesson in privacy pragmatism and one of cautious optimism.
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He intimates this, but his main argument is based in a deep pragmatism.
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It is nearing the time when pragmatism, not cynical, irrational stunts, should prevail.
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He's not a very good leader; he is guided by lust, not pragmatism.
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But climate change is Australia's labyrinth without an exit, where its pragmatism disappears.
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"Finding the right balance between principle and pragmatism can be hard," she explains.
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These are the rare approaches in which pragmatism and ambition are equally present.
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Yet while reaching for symbolic gestures, she has often fallen back on pragmatism.
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We need more pragmatism, less bureaucracy and a Europe that protects our citizens.
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They use as justification her defense of the single market and her pragmatism.
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This pragmatism is empowering, and driven by an assertive tempo and powerful beat.
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A moderate conservative, schooled in electoral politics, she prized pragmatism over doctrinal purity.
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And David finds Mr. Buttigieg's combination of ambitious vision and political pragmatism fascinating.
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Even before his death, Bush's pragmatism had been elevated to full-blown statesmanship.
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Moreover, a theme of electoral pragmatism stands especially vulnerable to actual election results.
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But then his innate pragmatism and real-world constraints ought to kick in.
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He focused the Midwestern setting into a theme: progressive pragmatism at its best.
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And now when demagogues are winning, in France pragmatism is going to win.
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Still, the co-signers of the letter appealed to Trump's sense of pragmatism.
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Mr. Rafsanjani preferred pragmatism and change to keep the ruling system in power.
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"It's reflected in the strong pragmatism coursing through the Democratic electorate," he said.
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"We are not going to get beauty; it's about pragmatism," said Maj. Gen.
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That's why cautious, pragmatism-oriented politicians like Clinton don't want to embrace it.
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Her candidacy has been focused on trying to make the case for pragmatism.
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Take the Marshall Plan: America is the country that coined the term pragmatism.
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Not only has Klinsmann resorted to brute pragmatism, but the results have been mixed.
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Student Nicholas Proctor, one of few with a non-engineering background, appreciates the pragmatism.
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Like rulers before him, bin Salman's motives are a mix of vanity and pragmatism.
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Could Dutch and Swiss pragmatism be the basis of wiser policies across the Atlantic?
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She said he's unyielding in his pie-in-the-sky proposals (the pragmatism argument).
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As a trope, "unity" can look a lot like naked ideology masquerading as pragmatism.
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What we're witnessing is not a true alliance, but a partnership defined by pragmatism.
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He has a reputation for pragmatism that, to some conservatives, is seen as weakness.
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True, both are enviably prosperous and stable democracies, and both laud pragmatism in politics.
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She wants negotiations on the future relationship to be based on pragmatism, not ideology.
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They are very split on whether this is the moment for pragmatism or progressives.
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A country once respected for its pragmatism and political stability has lost the plot.
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In Valencia, that coalition is governing with a programme in which pragmatism trumps radicalism.
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But the West should treat him with a mixture of pragmatism, persuasion and pressure.
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He has a great temperament and great pragmatism, and he has great Midwestern decency.
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Or is "fantasy" a youthful delusion, to be replaced with pragmatism as we age?
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But her failure to condemn the military is not merely a matter of pragmatism.
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In the end, it came down to pragmatism, execution and big pile of money.
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The country is rightly known for its pragmatism and suspicion of wide-eyed ideas.
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This represents less an evolving pragmatism and more a complete dereliction of founding principles.
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The characters of Happiness, As Such seem united in their credo of bleak pragmatism.
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She has weathered many political crises before with her instinct for pragmatism and compromise.
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But already Prachanda was showing signs of what some considered pragmatism and, others, capitulation.
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But he also has the hardheaded pragmatism that comes with experience, wisdom — and age.
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Out of embarrassment or pragmatism, media companies generally avoid legal retaliation after getting pranked.
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Her candidacy will likely be focused on trying to make the case for pragmatism.
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Health minister Matt Hancock urged pragmatism in a BBC radio interview earlier on Saturday.
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Pragmatism would be acknowledging the threat for what it is, and addressing it appropriately.
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She was a formidable debater, making a compelling, passionate case for unity and pragmatism.
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"Passion beats pragmatism," Mr. Stern says, summing up what he sees on his travels.
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She also prompted grumbling from some Democrats that she could put pragmatism over principle.
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That pragmatism is also reflected in his singular brand of leader-to-leader diplomacy.
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If his approval ratings are low and their races are tight, pragmatism trumps politesse.
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Pragmatism and opportunism alone drive her decisions, and retaining power is her primary goal.
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But it's important not to mistake her pragmatism for a lack of ambition or vision.
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Yet pragmatism has marked the relationship between the austere politician and Slim, Mexico's richest man.
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Such pragmatism may ease some investors' fears that central banks are running out of ammo.
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It was a subjective decision, Mr. Harvey said, a blend of science, art and pragmatism.
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The upside of this, in place of ideological head-banging, is a tradition of pragmatism.
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Deng's pragmatism helped rescue China from the dogmatic ditch into which Mao had forced it.
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Democrat Amy Klobuchar is a senator from Minnesota known for her pragmatism and effective legislating.
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Throughout history, the body-as-artifact has been treated with alternating reverence and brutal pragmatism.
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In terms of pure utility, of political pragmatism, it is a sensible appeal to reason.
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The concepts draw on the opposition between idealism and pragmatism that runs through politics everywhere.
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Prudence and pragmatism are political imperatives, but a complete ideological vacuum yields disorder and chaos.
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Dubbed "Abenomics", his three-piece dream suit includes monetary easing, fiscal pragmatism and structural reform.
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Voters instead opted for Hillary Clinton's own mix of more moderate policies and hardheaded pragmatism.
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Real's 2-1 win on Saturday in the Clásico was exactly that: pragmatism over beauty.
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Yet the old English pragmatism is not dead, despite the emotional spasm of June 23rd.
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This debate is conceptually similar to the "originalism" versus "pragmatism" debate in U.S. constitutional law.
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Then again, a certain kind of forward-looking pragmatism was an Igbo tradition in itself.
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Singer displayed characteristic pragmatism in his argument that Rubio was best positioned to defeat Clinton.
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But pragmatism of that kind is a very unusual trait, and especially unusual in politicians.
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"Firms will expect all politicians to put pragmatism before politics, starting with Brexit," she said.
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This secret pragmatism is perhaps the most traditionally masculine feature of Kawakubo's designs for men.
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Voting requires pragmatism and critical thinking and empathy and now, more than ever, intelligent compromise.
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Caution, pragmatism, case-by-case consideration of questions of justice, all seem advisable to me.
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Theirs is a constructive vision, one that values cooperation and pragmatism and getting stuff done.
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But European diplomats also see signs of more pragmatism entering the debate from both sides.
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It doesn't mean that his pragmatism will prevent him from making some bad policy choices.
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He called it "The New Pragmatism," and insisted that it would soon spread across America.
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The impasse between the Senate and the Assembly is born of principle and political pragmatism.
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The danger with deals between strongmen is that they depend on personal pragmatism or chemistry.
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Pragmatism may be pride of place, but some of the brand's design references are surprising.
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Tunisia's democratic transition appeared to benefit from pragmatism and consensus over the past eight years.
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Will he make clear that bending to the Washington way is not pragmatism, it's opportunism?
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Despite this history, the F.C.C. has decided on a new direction, the opposite of pragmatism.
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Pragmatism is at the center of Senator Amy Klobuchar's run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Roosevelt faced a dismal depression not with pie-in-the-sky proposals but with hardheaded pragmatism.
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Ms Naylor calls this "one example of where pragmatism is starting to come into the discussion".
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While Torres still has a bit of teenage wistfulness to her personality, Stokes is all pragmatism.
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They have occasionally shown pragmatism, allowing girls to attend school when there is widespread public demand.
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Probe the component parts of "sensibleness" (continuity, moderation and pragmatism) and they quickly start to crumble.
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If you thought this post was a waste of time, congrats on your logic and pragmatism.
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While applauding Trump's "pragmatism" he added that it was the details which were going to matter.
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He longs for a cultural awakening which restores the primacy of pragmatism and a restrained patriotism.
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" That sentiment reflected what former President Barack Obama on Wednesday called Stevens' "signature pragmatism and modesty.
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That pragmatism resonates with nine Hispanic women gathered for caucus-training at a home in Denver.
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Thus far, she's rehashed her anger at her father's dark pragmatism, and flirted lightly with Nick.
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Just steady pragmatism that attempts to advance an agenda through the slow, grinding steps of governance.
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He stomps on delusions of grandeur, thwacking people over the head with pragmatism and forceful rhetoric.
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As I argued in my New York Times editorial, there is a third possibility: principled pragmatism.
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Pragmatism is not a way of negating principle but, rather, the realist's way of pursuing principle.
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" — A startup COO in San Francisco "Adam has a "get it done" attitude and pragmatism Coupled.
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Debates about art and pragmatism falter in the face of what is clearly an abusive relationship.
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As McBride cares for Cray, his illness seems to dismantle her walls of pragmatism and perfectionism.
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Instead, he wants America to see a different California — a state that mixes pragmatism and progressivism.
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His decisions, according to the statements issued by the governor, were guided by pragmatism and principle.
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She said, with her usual matter-of-factness, that it was simply a matter of pragmatism.
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That Ms. Steele was only available to shoot for a few days demanded pragmatism from Reeves.
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This was not about the fizzy highs of starving oneself, but rather pragmatism, substitution, portion control.
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Democrats traditionally favor compromise and pragmatism and regardsocialist (or even socialist-lite) positions as political poison.
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In his remarks on Tuesday, Mr. Xi also gave a possible hint of the government's pragmatism.
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The stock market reaches new highs, yet pragmatism and principle demand an additional investment: our children.
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It's telling that America's one homegrown philosophical tradition, pragmatism, hinges on the use value of ideas.
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What Lochery fails to explore are the consequences of Bibi's "pragmatism" in a place like Israel.
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One senior Taliban official said his "pragmatism" would help in a process that has many stakeholders.
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His rankled pragmatism now has company and, at the Academy Awards, it's also got stiff competition.
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That clarity has transferred to his own game, which he is deploying with purpose and pragmatism.
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And I was happy to be complicit in the expanding wave of vegan and flexitarian pragmatism.
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Liberalism's principles, pragmatism and adaptability have generated policies that solve practical problems while advancing its core tenets.
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Ms. Merkel has said that right now, our country needs to draw on a new German pragmatism.
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His is a politics of pragmatism, of infrastructure bills and tax credits and investments in green energy.
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Big business echoed his words and even some Brexit campaigners praised the prime minister for her pragmatism.
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Rhetoric aside, pragmatism would probably rule once Prabowo takes office — should he win the election, said Mumford.
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Both Democratic candidates arguably have that combination, although their opponents may question Clinton's idealism or Sanders' pragmatism.
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Mr Guterres, a man of principle as well as pragmatism, will need luck as well as skill.
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What's next: Effective governance will require transitioning from the politics of redemption to the politics of pragmatism.
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For all that it is dysfunctional, Lebanon has limped along thanks to the pragmatism of its sects.
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Between the lines: "Hope for pragmatism is fading," says Shannon O'Neil of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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In areas like these, policymakers have had to settle on a mixture of pragmatism and public acceptability.
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Young female voters feel more inspired by Sanders' big ideas than Clinton's pragmatism, claims the Associated Press.
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For some experts, it implies a negative tradition of basing security decisions on emotion rather than pragmatism.
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It's possible that Trump's pragmatism and his own political interests could wind up keeping some Americans covered.
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Keep in mind that pragmatism isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it can lead to linear thinking.
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John Delaney's argument for pragmatism midway through the debate teed Warren up -- and she landed a haymaker.
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Nothing new The administration's move toward pragmatism is hardly a major reversal in U.S. Middle East policy.
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That pragmatism pays off with a first-place rating in U.S. News & World Report's compact SUV rankings.
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This mix of constructive ambiguity and energetic pragmatism is the route to victory in the British system.
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Yet given his intense public campaign against Hamas, such pragmatism would be a hard sell at home.
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In defense of Yes Julz came Caesar—riding in on his white horse of post-racial pragmatism.
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There's a pragmatism to that point that undergirds a lot of what you write in the book.
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Some skeptics may say that the current level of political rancor will drown out our cooperative pragmatism.
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This kind of judicial pragmatism transcends the typical labels the media seek to place on the justices.
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St. Patrick should be a role model for discussion, inclusion, compromise, courage, pragmatism and real progress today.
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Its charge is to balance leniency with pragmatism: Can an athlete survive at this academically rigorous school?
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"The U.N.'s alleged pragmatism has long given way to troubling proximity to the regime," Leenders said.
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My overwhelming grief was buried under a hollow pragmatism, a need to just get us through it.
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It is probably true that, forced to choose, they would prefer her pragmatism to his open hostility.
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This sudden burst of pragmatism from an avowed nationalist showed what a difference a year can make.
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" Then again, she added with characteristic pragmatism, "If you write these things, you have to lump it.
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That was more than likely to foster a clash between Silicon Valley idealism and Wall Street pragmatism.
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For a time, a degree of pragmatism entered proceedings when Chinese and Malaysian interests were invited in.
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Biden was boosted by the strong streak of pragmatism coursing through the blue veins of Democratic voters.
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Indeed, even the most ardent critics of Mr. Cuomo acknowledge the constraints of pragmatism and political reality.
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And yet, despite periodic dust-ups, pragmatism allowed Japan's formidable export machine to keep its economy afloat.
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She is a vortex of ambiguity, pragmatism, and self-interest—the true literary protagonist of Atwood's Gilead.
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Amy Klobuchar What she said: The senator from Minnesota delivered a dose of pragmatism and political reality.
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Some say that the pragmatism of many black churches is really just a fancy word for hypocrisy.
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To many liberals these days, urging a sense of political pragmatism on this subject is itself anathema.
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I hope that he broadens the GOP, works across the aisle and governs with pragmatism and compassion.
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The approach appeals to Silicon Valley's pragmatism and has since been widely adopted by the region's philanthropists.
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Indeed — long-shot nature of her bid aside — pragmatism is the defining feature of her campaign pitch.
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So my question is: What's the right tension between popular appeal and marginalization, between pragmatism and impurity?
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However, this is the wrong way to go about things, for reasons of principle and also of pragmatism.
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Even some who plan to vote for Abadi say they're doing it out of pragmatism rather than enthusiasm.
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Much like Dana Scully, I am open to believing, but my pragmatism often gets the better of me.
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Conservatives like to stick to ancient ways of doing things out of a combination of sentiment and pragmatism.
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Mr Bolsonaro's hopes of being a transformational president depend on his ability to couple pragmatism and economic reform.
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"We are all a mixture of selfishness and generosity, loyalty and self-preservation, pragmatism and impulsiveness," she writes.
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He is the author of The Shadow and the Act: Black Intellectual Practice, Jazz Improvisation, and Philosophical Pragmatism.
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Summertime '06's environment is molded by fear and the cold pragmatism needed to survive Long Beach's darkness.
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"That's commercial pragmatism," Lemos, a former journalist from farm state Rio Grande do Sul, said in an interview.
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COSTOLO: A LOT OF PEOPLE VIEW THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT I'LL CALL TACTICAL PRAGMATISM.
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Most Americans want pragmatism that builds toward a better tomorrow, rather than grandiose promises built on unproven ideas.
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Still, there's a sense of pragmatism and understanding when it comes to why the club made the move.
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The newly elected French President has chosen pragmatism as a way to overcome divergences with the U.S. administration.
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In office he combined the pragmatism of a trade-union leader with a determination to help Brazil's poor.
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Some of these ideas may seem a bit quixotic, but I'm a realist who values pragmatism over partisanship.
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Fiscal prudence and pragmatism were vital virtues, he considered, and he instilled them in his son and grandsons.
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Clinton typically cite as their reasons her experience, her pragmatism, her stances on gun control and reproductive health.
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Thus, hopefully the President-elect and his team will choose pragmatism over politics and security over sound-bites.
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But to his admirers, Mr. Meadows puts principle above pragmatism even at a cost to his own party.
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In a single sentence, Warren neatly summed up the progressive argument against the "pragmatism" of the campaign's moderates.
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Her campaign, like her career, was built on a sturdy foundation of pragmatism and competency and steady-handedness.
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"Of course," Irving replies softly, Bobby Cannavale managing to convey both pity and pragmatism in one pregnant pause.
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They question whether historic pragmatism can even be considered pragmatic anymore in an era of norm-busting hyperpartisanship.
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He used pragmatism, guile and an outsize personality to navigate a hazardous course through decades of political upheaval.
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The new document, however, reveals a greater pragmatism and willingness to engage with the outside world, he said.
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You know, Medicare for all, versus a public option; pragmatism versus revolution; Joe Biden versus his own mouth.
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Commentators note that it's more of a pragmatism than an idealism that inspires Gen Z to do so.
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"He's a conservative but his instincts tend toward pragmatism and not ideology," Mr. Leibowitz said of Mr. Delrahim.
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This fit with the administration's broader strategy for Latin America, one that was rooted in pragmatism and cooperation.
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"So much for pragmatism," J.P. Morgan's Malcolm Barr said, referring to the reports of Johnson's hardline Brexit stance.
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In foreign affairs, he cultivates an air of nationalism, but in fact exercises a form of realist pragmatism.
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"We are starting to see traces of pragmatism in Washington," a third senior EU foreign policy official said.
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"So much for pragmatism," J.P. Morgan's Malcolm Barr said, referring to reports of Johnson's hard-line Brexit stance.
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Pragmatism, expedience and the maintenance of power are the real monarchs of politics — and not just among Republicans.
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In a rare moment of candor and passion, Clinton made the case for pragmatism and, above all, legislation.
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As daring, or even self-defeating, as the Saudi approach might seem, it is a policy born of pragmatism.
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Before Brexit, Britain had a reputation not just for pragmatism but for sound administration and a predictably sensible legislature.
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It's also one that underscores the show's preoccupation with the conflict between duty, pragmatism, and one's own best interests.
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"Senator Harris's plan balances idealism and pragmatism," says former Obama Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Andy Slavitt.
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He still retains some pragmatism and flexibility, and seems to appreciate the importance of Germany to Turkey's economic stability.
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He's finishing a memoir and writing a book on the global impact of pragmatism in the early 20th century.
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In Syria Jabhat al-Nusra has shown striking pragmatism, as well as prowess in fighting Mr Assad (see article).
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A number of Democrats are fuming over pie-in-the-sky liberals who they say prized idealism over pragmatism.
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As a result, its foreign policy is characterized not by any particular ideology but by pragmatism and geopolitical paranoia.
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This is a pragmatic Buddhism, and Wright's pragmatism, as in his previous books, can touch the edge of philistinism.
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Critics sometimes see this as moral compromise, negotiating with evil rather than defeating it; I see it as pragmatism.
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Trump's tough campaign rhetoric has given way to pragmatism, said Donohue, citing Trump's softened stances on China and NATO.
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The difference lies in the radical pragmatism of Gunther's moral compass, which is keyed to neither outrage nor indifference.
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Like Mao, the New York Times columnist James Reston adopted pragmatism, which isn't very different in China from America.
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Often at the center of Iran's intricate webs of power, he is famous for his pragmatism and political acumen.
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The choices are interesting because they're not about good and evil, but about moral grey areas and cold pragmatism.
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His flailing movements, at odds with his surroundings, and the pragmatism of his outfit, hint at Off-Peak's genesis.
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Amy Klobuchar: The pitch from the senior senator from Minnesota to voters will come down to electability and pragmatism.
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For example, the pragmatism of parenthood becomes a context for being an artist as well as a responsible subject.
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The persistent question around the governor is the dividing line between where his beliefs end and his pragmatism begins.
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Pragmatism aside, Jackman views today's announcement as a step forward in the struggle of polygamous communities for legal equality.
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Both history and innovation are deeply worked into the fabric of Florentine culture and so, too, a certain pragmatism.
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Now it looks like a war between the populism of the moment and the pragmatism of the morning after.
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"The boldness of the move shows that Orban seems to have lost some of his pragmatism," Ms. Csaky said.
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The reality is that this paradigm shift toward a value-based sustainable culture does not require altruism, just pragmatism.
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Here, in a nutshell, is the difference between the mysticism of ancient Greek philosophy and the pragmatism of Roman.
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At its heart, the debate is one between pragmatism and idealism, working within the system versus burning it down.
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People who believe that political pragmatism is important can't just abandon that principle because Sanders's campaign did something pragmatic.
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Suu Kyi's strategy could rest in the pragmatism of realpolitik, as most of her constituents are conservative and religious.
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One voice favoring pragmatism is that of Mr. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, an architect of the visit.
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Because, in practice, pragmatism for Netanyahu means twisting every which way to avoid confronting the problems of the occupation.
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Creating the conditions under which foreign assistance is no longer necessary puts both American compassion and pragmatism to work.
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But they see the parallels in their crafts — the push-pull between creativity and pragmatism, between daring and safe.
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Unbelievably, Pelosi — long a G.O.P. target for her unalloyed liberalism — is derided by the far left for her pragmatism.
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Unbelievably, Pelosi — long a G.O.P. target for her unalloyed liberalism — is derided by the far left for her pragmatism.
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He moved toward what he saw as a hard-won pragmatism but what others saw as a reactive conservatism.
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She has echoed those themes of bipartisanship and pragmatism in her frequent trips to early caucus and primary states.
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"Alberto Fujimori has elevated political pragmatism to a point where he doesn't care about democratic values," Mr. Meléndez said.
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"I thought I might be a witness to some actual pragmatism," said Simon Cockerell of Beijing-based Koryo Tours.
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In the short run, liberals risk undermining the cause of free movement if they push beyond the bounds of pragmatism.
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But for better or worse, others may increasingly emulate Berlin's distinctive blend of idealistic multilateralism and case-by-case pragmatism.
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Regardless, a Lopez Obrador victory would probably mean a large dose of symbolism and an even larger dose of pragmatism.
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So, if appeals to civility, decency and conscience won&apost work, then perhaps an appeal to base political pragmatism will.
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He is offering progressive-minded pragmatism, not left-wing revolution; relentless positivity, not fighting; and soaring oratory, not wonky specifics.
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Sentiment because they like the poetry of the past and pragmatism because they worry that abstract blueprints may produce disasters.
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The willingness of the Premier League to consider reintroducing terraces has less to do with reminiscing, however, than with pragmatism.
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Suppose that his support is more robust than Dean's, suppose that the Trump constituency doesn't give a fig about pragmatism.
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There is the debate between ideological purity and pragmatism, which The New York Times couldn't even take a stand on.
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With cunning and pragmatism, Deng and his aides dismantled a broken economy and dystopian society left behind by Mao Zedong.
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He took up that dash of Toryism, but his deeper creed was his family's Whiggism and Liberalism: tolerance, reasonableness, pragmatism.
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If he fails, Peru's sour-minded voters may offer the next chance to someone less committed to pragmatism and democracy.
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You don't devote your life to a waiting game only to discover the virtue of pragmatism at the eleventh hour.
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It will demand sustained pragmatism and political deftness from a prime minister who has hitherto shown little evidence of either.
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"Both self-respect, as well as political pragmatism, demand that the Congress elect a new leader," Guha said on Twitter.
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For all the hype around fintech, not least in London, Monese is a startup that has pragmatism at its heart.
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Starting with his first electronic instrument—the Buchla Series 100—in 1963, the engineer and inventor prioritized possibility over pragmatism.
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I haven't seen that spirit or the pragmatism to really get down to details for many of the populist parties.
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Bloomberg's argument may have political and emotional salience under Trump, but it lacks the pragmatism that he claims to espouse.
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Such sentiments say much about the failures of American policy in Syria, and the success of al-Qaeda's belated pragmatism.
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Australia: Fires threatening Queensland and New South Wales highlight how the country's pragmatism stops when it comes to climate change.
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Lately, I worry that this election may be pushing him toward pragmatism over the idealism that America represents to me.
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They share a sharp, maternal pragmatism—between them, they have five sons, ranging in age from fifteen to twenty-three.
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With bitterness the prevailing emotion on both sides of the Channel, it is to be hoped that such pragmatism triumphs.
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Reading her opinions is really invigorating, but you realize that often what she's doing is falling back on commonsense pragmatism.
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Briand told me he'd been independent for the last 23 years; not from old or new money, but from pragmatism.
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Dr. Paul U. Unschuld's juxtaposition of "rigor" and New Age puffery is salutary, but "Chinese pragmatism" hides a few things.
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And yet, amid the party's decisive shift leftward, pragmatism threatens once again to smother ambitious new policies in the crib.
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In the CNN interview last month, he said his prospective candidacy would include an appeal to pragmatism and demonstrated accomplishment.
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Every fiber of pragmatism in the land of continuity par excellence suggests Britain will not throw itself over a cliff.
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Sanders's economic agenda is more ambitious than Clinton's: more closely aligned with progressive ideals; less preemptively constrained by political pragmatism.
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Bowing to pragmatism, Mr. Obama decided those detainees would have to remain locked up without trial for the time being.
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He contradicted himself routinely, but managed to sell his flip-flops as evidence of pragmatism rather than proof of dishonesty.
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When he won power in 1980, Mr. Mugabe promised inclusiveness and pragmatism — pledges likely to be repeated by Mr. Mnangagwa.
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It's about maturity, pragmatism and plain old smarts — and the necessity of all three when the stakes are this high.
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This has been referred to as "chicken fighting" as competitors disregard the techniques they learned for decades for cynical pragmatism.
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Exploring big questions through small, intimate moments, "Outside In" is a love story that prioritizes patience and pragmatism over passion.
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On this question, the group has shown little of the pragmatism needed to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
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And at least in our group at Bronte Beach in Sydney, fear, courage and pragmatism were all in the mix.
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Biden, on the other hand, might, since so much of his support is premised on a weary sort of pragmatism.
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He is suspicious of arguments grounded in pragmatism and impatient with lawyers who will not address him on his terms.
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To me, you can just transmit and transform, provided you can adopt the flexibility, your value system and your pragmatism.
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And such voters care little about appeals to pragmatism — they are drawn to candidates who echo the president they embrace.
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He still has that old fiscal pragmatism when it comes to the state of the Grishamverse after nearly 13 years.
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Hillary's message, "I'm a progressive who gets things done," resonates in Nevada where pragmatism and resilience characterize our political culture.
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Nearly always at the center of Iran's intricate webs of power, he is famous for his pragmatism and political acumen.
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Warren's swag highlights her competence and the diversity of her base; Klobuchar's is about her pragmatism and down-home personality.
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Mr. Sanders, however, appears to believe that no such nods toward pragmatism or convention are necessary in today's Democratic Party.
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VT: Oh yes, I'm an Inbox Zero fan and a big believer that etiquette and pragmatism go hand-in-hand.
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Conservative leaders who support Trump have praised him for his pragmatism, saying bipartisan deals can be good for the country.
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I think it has an influence in the way I design where, sometimes, pragmatism and function can have a limit.
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But the two authors agree about what makes Britain unusual: a strange mix of pragmatism and pride, openness and complacency.
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In mid-November, he played one series — or one game, if extreme pragmatism is your choice of perspectives — too long.
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"Why Symone Sanders went from Bernie to Biden," by Daniel Strauss Post-Hillary pragmatism as seen through one party strategist.
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The is exactly the type of pragmatism and non-ideological policymaking that sentient humans have craved after the Bush years.
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J.P. The patiently chugging roots-rock of "Roll With the Punches" is the sound of sorrow turning to numb pragmatism.
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My favorite posts are written with the chatty pragmatism of an interoffice email as they lay out highly improbable events.
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Then voters elected a trio of lawmakers who prevailed through a mixture of tenacity, pragmatism, arm-twisting, and sheer luck.
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Since the late 1970s, China has been able to achieve dynamic growth through a combination of strong leadership and pragmatism.
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But in Green Bay and other cities used to harsh Decembers, the cold was greeted with matter-of-fact pragmatism.
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Still, it's important to realize that among Democrats, purity versus pragmatism is as important an axis as left versus right.
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And I think there is a sense maybe that if Theresa May shows her hand too early, in terms of real pragmatism in resolving this, that that pragmatism gets undermined by various camps within the Tory party that are pushing for hard Brexit, and in the midst of that you have all the leadership issues.
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For most governments in the Islamic world, public health pragmatism has trumped religious doctrine, the outlawing of homosexuality, and public prejudice.
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What connected my father's idealism to my mother's pragmatism was the drive to make a life for ourselves in this country.
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The logic of Mr Kushner's family first pragmatism is simpler: Americans will thank Mr Trump if his policies improve their lives.
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Luckily for China, Latin America's recent turn to the political centre implies greater pragmatism rather than hostility to the People's Republic.
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History and experience have burned into the black American psyche a sort of functional pragmatism that will be hard to erase.
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Should Catalonia win its freedom, Europe's leaders will put pragmatism before principle and ensure its place in the EU remains unmolested.
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Given that this is Bit Byterz's first game, many of the guiding factors behind Memoranda revolve around pragmatism rather than idealism.
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These forces help explain Mr Pruitt's recent pragmatism, and suggest his actions will be more moderate than his sceptical rhetoric suggests.
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In The Lobster, Farrell's soulful eyes are both heartbreaking and funny as David maneuvers through Lanthimos's dark satire of romantic pragmatism.
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So as our nation looks to the future of American commerce, public welfare, and safety, we must emphasize prudence and pragmatism.
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For these people and groups, the urgent threat of climate change necessitates pragmatism and possibly compromise with conservatives supporting climate action.
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But in the election campaign there are surprising signs that it has inspired a new—though probably temporary—form of pragmatism.
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Others are selling "pragmatism," with more modest ideas meant to win consensus — and which are often quite liberal by historical standards.
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"I'd love to argue that pragmatism and being in charge of something makes you a better candidate," Dean told The Hill.
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The Conservatives will tolerate only so much cautious pragmatism over an issue that provokes such strong feelings among many party members.
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" Cengiz Candar, a visiting scholar at the Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies, said: "We're seeing the contours of Erdogan's pragmatism.
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Democrats face their own intraparty disputes but have proven far more successful at tempering them in the name of electoral pragmatism.
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Often the result of intellectual neglect that repels pragmatism and rationality, 21st century political conservatism is dogmatic in its current form.
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Regulators would have to show "pragmatism and flexibility on many individual issues," Hufeld said in a prepared text of his speech.
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" Doing so, de Blasio said, requires "telling the voices of false pragmatism and phony moderation that we don't believe their lies.
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As the issue becomes more pressing, ideology and orthodoxy must be set aside, and creativity, flexibility, and pragmatism must be encouraged.
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Naturally, they felt the way to accomplish that was by adopting a Clinton-esque message focused on pragmatism and downplaying ideology.
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During last year's primary, former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau described the president as closer to Clinton because of their shared pragmatism.
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There are indeed arguments for executive privilege that rely upon more than the pragmatism embraced by the Supreme Court in Nixon.
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But the real shift in Kennedy's thinking in both cases appears to be a new pragmatism and sensitivity to institutional dynamics.
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For those questioning our judgment, wondering why we seem okay with prioritizing pragmatism over purity, we sometimes question that as well.
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Yet for Iran, when it comes to the United States in the Middle East, pragmatism guides policy, translating to more successes.
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How does pragmatism and idealism play into both having attended Stanford and having had a pre-novelist career in Silicon Valley?
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There are signs that Mr. Guaidó and his team are displaying greater flexibility and pragmatism in dealing with current power dynamics.
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The final leader of the cult of pragmatism to enter the race was also perhaps the ultimate Getting Things Done politician.
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Though the coronavirus crisis is likely to last longer and affect a much wider range of companies, similar pragmatism could apply.
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The Mossad's approach to Mengele shows prudence and pragmatism on the part of the agency's leaders — in contrast with Begin's emotionalism.
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Ms. Ackerman said she believes that most people cannot see energy or spirits because modern culture is saturated with scientific pragmatism.
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Conservatives like John Ruskin and later T. S. Eliot arose to preserve culture from the soulless pragmatism of the machine age.
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"But at the moment, I'm leaving progressivism in the back seat for pragmatism," Ms. LeBas said about the 2020 presidential race.
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"There is just enough trust as well as pragmatism to keep the coalition together in the near term," Mr. Ibrahim said.
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The rhetoric of pragmatism, or of rejecting political correctness, has perhaps made it easier for Danes to accept an unwelcoming stance.
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By contrast, the worldview that has propelled mainstream Western intellectual life and made modern civilization possible is a kind of pragmatism.
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Here's an explainer on the current state of play: GERMAN BACKLASH In Germany, lawmakers across party lines are challenging Merkel's pragmatism.
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Klobuchar announced a campaign based on Midwestern hardiness, pragmatism and the ability to get bipartisan support for infrastructure and other matters.
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And so life continues much the same, although the news about Juri — and the family's unblinking pragmatism — unsettles the inaugural calm.
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She also has a kind of low-expectations pragmatism that turns off a demographic used to working on large-scale change.
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Mr Macron approaches the subject with a mix of old-style Colbertism, which has traditionally shaped French thinking on markets, and pragmatism.
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"There is a certain element of pragmatism in Iran on foreign policy," said Renad Mansour, research fellow at Chatham House in London.
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"Never apologize, be loyal to your friends, put ideology behind pragmatism, those are all the things were Roy Cohn's hallmarks," Dershowitz said.
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What it comes down to, Meyers concluded with grim pragmatism, is that Trump has no interest in actually leading or uniting America.
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Yet his pragmatism neither rendered him cold nor tempered his high aspirations for America's capacity to do better at home and abroad.
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"I think sometimes, pragmatism actually takes you to a place that might be further out in the ideological space than people think."
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Ahmed defends her methods by arguing pragmatism rather than ideology: Isn't face-to-face dialogue more effective than shouting from the sidelines?
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Some of Trump's strongest supporters are Northeastern Republicans, like Rudy Giuliani and Chris Christie, whose ideological pragmatism eventually blurred into careerist pandering.
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In contrast, the Democratic Party, and Hillary Clinton in particular, is running on a vision of optimism, pragmatism, inclusiveness and mutual benefit.
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That at least shows the virtue of pragmatism, evinced by few of the other characters in this boiling stew of a play.
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That knowing the Princess' take-no-prisoners spunkiness, or General Leia's take-no-shit pragmatism, was akin to knowing the actress herself.
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These virtues of government, as Oakeshott would have termed them, can also be described as the virtues of pragmatism, or indeed statecraft.
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Mr Moon can probably expect less leeway for such pragmatism than his predecessors, given that he ran on a promise of incorruptibility.
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" By contrast, he says, Democrats and their nominee, Hillary Clinton, are "running on a vision of optimism, pragmatism, inclusiveness and mutual benefit.
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The theme of his show, "Make Do & Mend," is inspired by 1940's pragmatism and questions our faith in high fashion standards.
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Sanders, the self-described democratic socialist, presents a clear contrast to Bloomberg, a devout capitalist who prides himself on pragmatism over ideology.
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But, in American politics, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. found traction among peers with his theory of a repeating cycle of idealism and pragmatism.
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The AK party allowed wishful thinking about Islamic brotherhood, pan-Turkic ties and cocking a snook at the West to outweigh pragmatism.
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However, economic pragmatism may ultimately control decision-making: A refreshing change demonstrating the evolution from religious-based animosity to thoughtful progressive analysis.
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This might even be the secret pragmatism behind some of the farther-flung settings: to let slip the surly bonds of context.
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"Any blockage at the border ought to be, with pragmatism on both sides, to be able to be alleviated," Raab told parliament.
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It was an ironic demonstration of a theme that recurs on the Kings' shows: the appeal of pragmatism, and also its pitfalls.
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Obama sought to remain neutral, even if some of his remarks were interpreted as favoring Clinton's pragmatism over Sanders's more sweeping idealism.
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Pragmatism: Many of Sanders' proposals would need high levels of government spending, creating questions about how feasible some of them actually are.
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The Thompsons adhere to a traditional Christian understanding of the afterlife, but they have prepared for their own deaths with unsentimental pragmatism.
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There is scope for behind-the-scenes pragmatism while sabres get rattled in public, and that is probably the most likely outcome.
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Most voters are realists, not zealots, the thinking goes; by embracing pragmatism, presidential candidates like Klobuchar can win over this silent majority.
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The ideological extremism that seems to dominate life inside the Washington Beltway is nothing like the pragmatism reflected in most American communities.
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When the show begins, Lister's heart has been broken by yet another soul mate who, out of pragmatism, has married a man.
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For years, Ms. Merkel's pragmatism has caused subcutaneous tensions within the Christian Democrats and their Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union.
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It shifted from pathos to pragmatism and through force of violent will was soon pressed back into existence again, restored to reality.
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Passion carries the day over pragmatism and the two — victims of wanderlust — are off to Costa Rica, Paris, Guatemala, Italy, even Minnesota.
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Maybe this is why, in a country cleaved between blue and red, we tend to shade purple, opting for pragmatism over ideology.
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But Trump's move toward the Democrats on DACA — just as his earlier move toward them on the debt ceiling — isn't about pragmatism.
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I'm normally fairly comfortable with tactics and pragmatism, but this is one of those cases where that would constitute self-defeating politics.
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As a Montana native and a graduate of Columbia Law School, he has a foot in both coastal elitism and prairie pragmatism.
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It&aposs evidence of how Airstream&aposs vision for its next century relies as much on pragmatism as it does on tradition.
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But most pundits still clung to the belief that pragmatism would win out and Republicans would nominate an establishment insider in 2016.
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" For years, said Grinstein, "many non-Orthodox, including myself, tried to plaster over the tension on this issue, thinking pragmatism would prevail.
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As worried centrists have long noted, it can be hard to rally the people behind a message of pragmatism, compromise and limits.
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During her time in the Senate she won over legions of ex-haters with her work ethic, her seriousness, and her pragmatism.
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And it's a vision that underscores the very real ways in which Clinton and even Obama's political pragmatism blurs into political cynicism.
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But Washington doesn't seem to reward anymore the kind of pragmatism that Lamar Alexander and others in the old guard specialize in.
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Absent any workable strategic concept, the style will be transactional, similar to Obama's but without the current President's informed pragmatism and instinctive caution.
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When everything's falling apart, there's this pressure to "live in the real world" — to replace all wonder and hope with horror and pragmatism.
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But there is evidence that voters were more impressed by Mr. Buttigieg, the other Midwesterner with a message of coalition-building and pragmatism.
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The two survivors, locked in a philosophical struggle between Carol's brutal pragmatism and Morgan's spiritual humanism, finally squared off in the midseason finale.
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But Rhoades's prosecutorial zeal has its limits: His 81-0 record on financial cases speaks less to his skill than to his pragmatism.
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Harris and Klobuchar seemed ill-prepared for prime time and Buttigieg, while exhibiting a bit of pragmatism and some clear talent, ultimately underwhelmed.
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A fourth possibility is that the radical at the heart of British politics may be belatedly learning the essential Conservative value of pragmatism.
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In other instances, however, the president's pragmatism, recently manifest in his broader trade policy, may be a welcome safety-check on conservative orthodoxy.
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Pragmatism has left too many poor people behind in this state even as it has provided a lifeline for millions of others elsewhere.
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Our priority must emphasize rebuilding, revitalizing and reforming, rekindling a sense of optimism in America that is built on pragmatism, and can-do.
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But if you're going to make a claim to authority, there's a certain fake-it-til-you-make-it pragmatism to speaking authoritatively.
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Latin pragmatism looks like a welcome contrast to the rise in support for fringe candidates and causes in Europe and the United States.
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For his part, Erdoğan seemed to prefer pragmatism to Islamism, reassuring the public that he represented an accepting, compromising form of Islamic politics.
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But where this pragmatism falls apart is the idea that Warren would get to Medicare for All by year three of her term.
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It will certainly mean that ideology takes a back seat to pragmatism, and that a majority is unable to railroad through irreversible decisions.
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The meeting between Xi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is more out of "convenience" and "pragmatism" than true comradeship, he said.
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Britain should turn up the pragmatism and tone down the ideology in its Brexit negotiations, Dixons Carphone Chief Executive Seb James told Reuters.
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But with these empty legislative gestures, Democratic Party elders have shown that their fabled adherence to realism and pragmatism is itself deeply unserious.
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But in recent years, it has been overrun by a president who sees more value in ideological purity than in pragmatism and compromise.
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The two were able to work well together because they shared certain personality traits: calmness, pragmatism and the courage to make unpopular decisions.
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To my mind, his art jibes with America's chief contribution to philosophy, the pragmatism of Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey.
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It was about the toll that endless, hopeless warfare takes on its fighters and their society, and the tension between pragmatism and hope.
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Not people who think proving a point is tantamount to getting something done, or who mistake pragmatism and bipartisan compromise with selling out.
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The governor — a deal-making centrist, proud of his pragmatism — said that it was impossible to please all the people, all the time.
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Fourier's pragmatism, as well as his labor-oriented vision, resonated with the pillars of left-wing thinking like Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.
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This was an extraordinary, voluntary act of self-harm from a country previously more renowned for pragmatism than over-the-cliff auto-propulsion.
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After seven debates, the primary race is predictably split along ideological lines with progressives pushing for deep structural change and moderates preaching pragmatism.
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A day later, the expressed need for pragmatism and deal making gave way to the reality: Trump is insistent on a border wall.
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John Hickenlooper (D) says Ralph Northam's victory in Virginia's gubernatorial race is a win for pragmatism — and a model for Democrats moving forward.
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The lack of pragmatism, the willingness to go on doing something that visibly doesn't work, would have appalled that old fixer Jean Monnet.
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As was the case, then a steady policy of engagement based on a mixture of firmness, patience, and pragmatism is our best course.
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In the end, it was a battle between aspiration and pragmatism, a crystallization of the struggle between the party's left and moderate factions.
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When future peace talks between the Taliban and the Kabul government get underway, success will depend on the two sides' capacity for pragmatism.
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Ballet flats have a long history of pragmatism, says Elizabeth Semmelhack, creative director and senior curator at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto.
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As a detached outsider, he is able to rip off the optical blinders and sensory filters imposed by civic conformity and functional pragmatism.
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"If we end up with a deal going in that direction all the better, because it is the direction of pragmatism," she said.
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The foundation of her appeal to some soldiers remains the contrast between her foreign-policy experience and hard-nosed pragmatism, and Trump's freewheeling bluster.
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But over time they grew disillusioned with both the clerical leadership's brutality and, after the Ayatollah Khomeini's death, the drift toward free-market pragmatism.
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Still, groups that support a more center-left approach to policy see the broader election results as an endorsement of what they call pragmatism.
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But as much as they rail against Deng and other pragmatists who led China down this path, the neo-Maoists dabble with pragmatism, too.
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But hidden beneath Arcosanti's beautiful aesthetics is an extreme pragmatism, a posthumous reminder from Soleri that art and functionality need not be mutually exclusive.
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Their logic is simple: The Clinton campaign -- and elected Democrats more broadly -- preached pragmatism during most of Obama's time in office and throughout 2016.
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This "overdose hold" is an innovative public policy proposal, delivered by a Republican governor known for his pragmatism and willingness to work with Democrats.
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On financial regulation, health-care policy and the like, moderates have consistently offered pragmatism and a check on the righteousness of their progressive colleagues.
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But he also included hints of dealmaking pragmatism, and a willingness to see government deficits soar, as the near-term price of tax cuts.
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Clinton might want to watch the film to look for some inspiration about how hard-nosed political pragmatism has been essential to progressive breakthroughs.
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Andy Slavitt, the former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, praised Harris's plan for "balancing idealism and pragmatism," the campaign said.
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On environmental issues, their differences highlighted a fundamental contrast between the pair's approaches: Clinton's calls for pragmatism and Sanders' calls for a political revolution.
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But with a little dose of realism, a little pragmatism and some luck he can come home with a big win under his belt.
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Pragmatism: Klobuchar hasn't embraced parts of progressive agenda — including on Medicare for All and free college — like many of her fellow 2020 Democratic hopefuls.
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In recent weeks, AMLO has retreated from the pragmatism he sometimes espoused in the campaign, which had reassured some middle-class Mexicans and investors.
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To nudge Iran towards normality, America needs to mix firmness with pragmatism, rather as it did in the cold war with the Soviet Union.
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Novogen Whites are killed when no longer able to produce high-quality eggs, a Darwinian fate encouraged by the pragmatism of high-volume production.
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This afternoon is a much-needed dose of pragmatism, cutting right through the saccharine fantasy the show is otherwise more than happy to push.
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The balance between spiritualism and pragmatism comes from embracing the beauty and mysticism in religion while also realizing science and philosophy hold beauty, too.
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His ascetic application, to my mind, also suggests an American pragmatism at work, with its innate distrust of the sensual for its own sake.
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Paul can't dismiss Cruz as just another liberal when the Texas Senator stumps hard for the risk pools for reasons of compassion and pragmatism.
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When Abedin tells an aide not to be seen crying as she leaves the office, there is empathy -- not bloodless pragmatism -- in her voice.
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In my column this week I pick over his paradoxes, concluding that although his policy proposals are mixed, his energy and pragmatism are promising.
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Mayoralties and regional governments hone precisely the mix of pragmatism and innovative policy thinking that social democrats need if they are to win nationally.
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Moreover, her own record there and as secretary of state suggests pragmatism and a commitment to incremental improvement, not radicalism and the grand gesture.
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Rachel is a lawyer, and her pragmatism often shines through in the decisions she makes about her suitors on this season of the show.
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" Nonetheless, The Daily News credited Cuomo for being a "pragmatist" who's "effective," while noting, "pragmatism is not a word in challenger Cynthia Nixon's vocabulary.
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Australia: This week's fires, which are threatening Queensland and New South Wales, highlighted how the country's pragmatism stops when it comes to climate change.
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We've barely seen them exchange two words before this episode, and her pragmatism clashing with his blind faith made for some predictably electric scenes.
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"Shifting gears" and being able to strike a deal with anyone — I believe that's called pragmatism (not to endorse the deals Trump is making).
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Pragmatism said that an idea was an instrument, which naturally gave rise to such questions as: an instrument for what, and where, and when?
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The frustrating thing is that climate and energy policy is an area where the perennial debate between pragmatism and uncompromising ambition is particularly salient.
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For the last few years China has been returning to parts of its old Marxist-Leninist ideological orthodoxy, after four decades of policy pragmatism.
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Genevieve: I'm going to second all of this, but conclude with some cold pragmatism that might seem to undermine what we've been talking about.
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When asked why, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez declined to be more specific, perhaps understanding the need for pragmatism when trying to forge alliances with Democrats.
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So much analysis of the Democratic presidential hopefuls characterizes them in ideological terms: left versus center, idealism or pragmatism, the revolutionaries and the incrementalists.
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Now before you accuse me of possessing Anna Nicole levels of bimbo pragmatism, let it be known that I had genuine affection for Richard.
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Herrera, who was not speaking on behalf of Kelly's campaign, said Latinos are winnable with a moderate message about health care, education and pragmatism.
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Race is just there, as elemental as air and as palpable as Lisa's resolute pragmatism, which suggests a world of necessary, presumably painful compromises.
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Though they have often been spoken of as one progressive bloc, the challengers differ — sometimes significantly — on their particular blends of idealism and pragmatism.
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Hard to believe, but Anthony's no-trade clause — especially if Rosen's rationale is true — was a crippling example of Jackson's ego overriding executive pragmatism.
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He paints a realistic tableau of police privilege, pragmatism, racial bluntness, street smarts, love of partners and loyalty to what they call the Job.
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They might also look, without fear, to the movement's spirit of idealistic pragmatism, which was captured best by Emil Seidel in his unpublished memoirs.
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But I also remember the short-term pragmatism: They were 7, I was the teacher and we had to get through the school day.
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The gist: They are both Midwestern moderates with similar bases of support, limited appeal among voters of color, and campaign messages centered on pragmatism.
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Ronald Reagan, no dove, had his share of hard-line and hawkish conservatives, but all of them were capable of great flexibility and pragmatism.
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Harm reduction is an approach to addressing problems that encompasses elements of pragmatism and compassion in settings where high-risk behaviors will inevitably occur.
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All of these one-on-one conversations with hundreds of voters have led Delaney to believe there is a market for pragmatism over purity.
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The paper acknowledged that Clinton has weaknesses but argued that her experience, pragmatism and disposition makes her well suited to occupy the Oval Office.
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That few ultimately pursued such a strategy is testament to not only the power of dragons but also Aegon's pragmatism about his military objectives.
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Many do still plan to vote for Abadi, though more out of pragmatism than passion with some describing him as "the best of the worst".
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This consensus on pro-market pragmatism is "unprecedented", says Paulo Estivallet de Mesquita, who is in charge of Latin American affairs at Brazil's foreign ministry.
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Given Venom's current status as one of Spider-Man's most iconic foes, the character's origin story is, fittingly, a hilarious combination of chance and pragmatism.
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It's a compliment to Foster that her performance turns Liza, whose hobbies include pragmatism and hard work, into a character I've been following so intensely.
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The hard left is stronger—which makes his Obama-like ability to cloak his pragmatism in soaring rhetoric and a few progressive pledges especially valuable.
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Trump is the antithesis of Clinton's pragmatism, her careful nature, her capacious understanding of American civic and government institutions and how to maneuver within them.
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He should also focus on health care, because it is the one issue that pragmatic voters of South Carolina have seen pragmatism come up short.
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Assailed by his campaign rivals for lacking an ideological core, Trump responded by holding up his pragmatism and lack of ideological grounding as an asset.
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Clinton's strategic pragmatism may be different from the brand showcased in Lincoln, but it's telling that the filmmakers behind the movie saw parallels with her.
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Deng Xiaoping's catchphrase, "It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white so long as it catches mice," captured a new mood of pragmatism.
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Locally based, broadly supported and businesslike, the scheme provides a model for managing climate change that is well-suited to American pragmatism and civic traditions.
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These younger lawmakers will not only enrich Congress with their vast knowledge but also carry forward a spirit of pragmatism developed during their previous occupations.
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This is faux pragmatism, ignoring what is being communicated to other countries, to actors within the state, and to tens of millions of fellow citizens.
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In such a climate, it's difficult to prove incompetence: true pragmatism would be quick and dirty, but emotional cycles can be sustained for much longer.
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What I now think of as The Alan Greenspan Fallacy is pervasive among elites who believe intelligence is synonymous with inevitable progress, realism, and pragmatism.
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Ambitious leaders and ideological agendas turn quarrels into bloody confrontations in which rebels kill rebels, but survival and success also require a degree of pragmatism.
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We are developing recommendations for political reforms that make government more responsive to the needs of its citizens, and rewards politicians for pragmatism over partisanship.
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"The election was a repudiation of two different lifestyles: first the old liberalism and second the attempt to preserve order through pragmatism," Mr. Szlang said.
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But that pragmatism gradually drove the party's leadership away from the grassroots movements that had been its lifeblood in the 1980s and the early 1990s.
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The Democrats have an opportunity before them to demonstrate that they are the party of leadership, the party of pragmatism, and the party of strength.
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"For whatever reason, there is a pragmatism to Wisconsin hosts that you don't see en masse in a lot of other hosts," Mr. Bader said.
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" As an alternative, Marshall is touting "radical pragmatism," which he defines as "an approach you take when you don't exactly know the best way forward.
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But some investors are hopeful that once the political noise dies down, there will be more clarity on the leadership structure and pragmatism will prevail.
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Democrats will get a chance to sound off with their votes on the question of idealism versus pragmatism that undergirds so much of this debate.
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The difficult part is figuring out how to balance Cannon's pragmatism with a vision that can result in beloved public spaces like the Lincoln Memorial.
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"We are balancing relationships between our largest strategic ally and our largest trading partner with deft diplomacy, consistency and pragmatism," Bishop said in a statement.
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John Hickenlooper will take his centrist pragmatism to Colorado's Senate race, where he hopes to see off Cory Gardner, perhaps the most vulnerable Senate Republican.
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Yet Mr. Muzinich's reputation for pragmatism over ideology is providing comfort for those who know him and disagree with the direction of Mr. Trump's agenda.
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In her 19873 book, "Unite and Conquer: How to Build Coalitions That Win and Last," she argued that pragmatism was necessary to make progressive gains.
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The corporations that run it get a little bigger, their power grows more concentrated, and a bit of their idealism gives way to ruthless pragmatism.
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If black voters, with a reputation for electoral pragmatism, got nervous enough about his electability to abandon him, his candidacy would be deader than disco.
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"At a certain point, being a leader, wanting to be a leader — the president, the leader of the free world— pragmatism is required," Woodfin said.
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This view is reflected on the streets of Taipei, Taiwan's largest city, where some young people speak openly about the need for pragmatism over idealism.
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The leadership of the Democratic Party regularly preaches that moderation and pragmatism can appeal to "centrist" Democrats as well as Republicans skeptical of Mr. Trump.
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His fire for justice," he added, "and his demonstration of the ways in which you can and must combine idealism and pragmatism to achieve it.
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The end-of-reign Merkel shares the same objective — while holding firm to Germany's wallet and approaching the French EU reforms with economy and pragmatism.
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Later, when pressed on how she'd explain her relationship with Trump to one of those girls—especially in light of those accusations—she emphasized pragmatism.
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"Detto fatto" was a favorite phrase of hers, and one that conveys something of the pragmatism and decisiveness that were defining traits, her intimates say.
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The Economist has, at times, embraced elements of both, driven by pragmatism and a sense of the present's shortcomings as much or more than by ideology.
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Schulz has described Merkel, known for pragmatism rather than vision, as a vacuum cleaner of ideas and has also accused her of silencing debate on issues.
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So it's a philosophy of radical pragmatism and self agency that is very much aligned with the military or entrepreneurship or the artistic life, I think.
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According to McKnight, a right tilt shows sentimentality, a left slant suggests "me-oriented" traits and no slant at all reveals that pragmatism and logic dictates.
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Democrats will get a chance to sound off with their votes on the thorny question of idealism versus pragmatism that undergirds so much of this debate.
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In a newspaper interview shortly after he was cast as Tom, young Mr. Kelly appraised his newfound career with all the pragmatism of his 12 years.
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But the issues on the table go much deeper and require the kind of flexibility and pragmatism that neither side has yet been willing to show.
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Some will criticise Mourinho for his egotism, some for his pragmatism and some for his caustic attitude, but nobody can deny his legacy of relentless success.
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They know the same pragmatism the establishment props up has helped fuel the funneling of wealth to the top 1 percent over the last three decades.
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I'm still a big fan of the tradition of pragmatism in Great Britain -- this works for centuries, something which was relevant for the parliament as well.
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With the positivity though there is also a heavy dose of pragmatism, part of life on an island stuck in a political quagmire like no other.
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On Thursday, Reid Hoffman, chairman and co-founder of LinkedIn Corp, a professional networking site, praised China's "hustle" and "pragmatism" in a speech on digital globalization.
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Macron defeated long-established left and right parties by pledging reforms, particularly to liberalize the economy and rigid labor laws, based on pragmatism rather than ideology.
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We think that pragmatism and incremental market-based experimentation are the right tools for improving coverage at a manageable cost for both the uninsured and taxpayers.
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A sense of powerlessness simmered into frustration — the bitter realization that principles and pragmatism don't often dwell in harmony when it comes to race in America.
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He has since expanded his mantra to 19983Ps including passion and pragmatism, and now serving dual roles as Chairman of Singapore Changi Airport and Surbana Jurong.
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We know that no office-seeker will tow the ideological line we'd like them to, that results-driven governing requires an almost ruthless brand of pragmatism.
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Played by Titieni with stone-faced superiority, Graduation's ethically challenged doctor flaunts a blunt pragmatism that doesn't just surface in his handling of Eliza's test scores.
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In a front page commentary on Friday, the overseas edition of the People's Daily said Britain had shown "intelligence and pragmatism" in supporting Belt and Road.
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A pragmatism honed in the rough-and-tumble world of business may be exactly what this country needs to regain its footing in a global economy.
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Pragmatism: One of Negan's most strategically utilized skills is his ability to clearly and calmly assess situations and determine what outcome is most practicable and favorable.
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But grief quickly gave way to pragmatism: The house's pre-fall 2015 collection had to be presented to retailers and the press just six weeks later.
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But there also seems to be a simple pragmatism to it: Capital punishment is expensive, increasingly complicated, and already moribund, so why not finish it off?
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She is considered a moderate in the Conservative Party and has been compared to Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany; both are known for their pragmatism.
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In the end, the decision came down to pragmatism, as Chanoff recalled in a powerful book, "From Crisis to Calling," (written with his father, David Chanoff).
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If the expectation is reframed away from naiveté to pragmatism, the talks could yet prove to be as significant as the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Naftali differentiated between the madman theory and pragmatism, suggesting the latter was a part of Trump's behavior and pointing out that he ran as a dealmaker.
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Moral authority, not to mention global sympathy, can be forfeited when some leaders, when choices are presented to them, consistently choose rejectionism over pragmatism and reconciliation.
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For now, she has retained her signature pragmatism, pledging to "do everything possible to ensure that this country is well governed through these difficult weeks ahead."
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This may diminish the sense of tranquil isolation felt by previous visitors like Mr. Boone, for whom pragmatism and a willingness to venture further reign supreme.
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A big reason that many black voters support Joe Biden, at least for now, is "the politics of pragmatism," Theodore Johnson wrote in The Washington Post.
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There is an element of pragmatism behind all this; as Waldron noted, many of his graduates will make their debuts in "unfavored" and occasionally unfamiliar positions.
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And in a race that is increasingly turning on ideological purity versus pragmatism, he needs to choose a lane or risk becoming irrelevant to the discussion.
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But he also understands that the context has changed, and that being in office requires the pragmatism absent from his decade-long quest for the presidency.
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For two and a half hours, moderate and progressive candidates grappled with whether pragmatism or idealism was the best formula for defeating Mr. Trump next year.
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Thanks to these leaders' pragmatism, the United States became the world's industrial powerhouse and, spurred by the rise of trade unions, built a prosperous middle class.
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Ms. Merkel has appealed to Germans' pragmatism, pointing out that given the number of migrants who came into the country, some were bound to be criminals.
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Her emphasis on bipartisanship and pragmatism was a fit with New Hampshire's large number of unaffiliated voters, or independents, who could participate in the Democratic primary.
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She has touted her pragmatism and ability to work across the aisle, including a bipartisan bill she negotiated this year to ease financial market rules. Rep.
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"At the same time these personnel changes make Mattis' voice of soberness and pragmatism all the more important, particularly on Iran and North Korea," Reif added.
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Contrary to Justice Scalia and his many disciples, there is a third way to interpret the Constitution, beyond textualism (and originalism) and pure subjectivism: principled pragmatism.
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They were both wrong, Sanders erring in the direction of idealism and Clinton in that of pragmatism—the same qualities they hold out to voters now.
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But if progressives choose to reject pragmatism, optimism and, yes, patriotism, I suspect they will spend many years protesting the country's direction instead of setting it.
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The phony pragmatism of incremental strategies to address climate change now surfacing on Capitol Hill may be less insidious than denialism but is nearly as farcical.
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It's perhaps a symbol of her rootedness with working-class people and their pragmatism, combined with a compassion for whatever she does, whomever she talks to.
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Their choice of pragmatism has lowered the risk of violence among Iraq's Shi'ite majority after a costly conflict war with the Sunni Muslim militants of Islamic State.
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A fourth question is whether the voters' emotional attraction to some political messages will be tempered by pragmatism when the time to make a decision finally arrives.
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Mr. Kasich's surprise second-place finish was driven by voters who described themselves as moderates and independents and were charmed by his pragmatism and his upbeat campaign.
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When a marriage is built on emotion, rather than pragmatism or duty, it is more vulnerable to the vagaries of the heart and the temptations of Tinder.
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Given these and other complications, I think the way out of the dilemma is to distinguish the attitude of philosophical skepticism from the outlook of everyday pragmatism.
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She charges into the escorting world with a kind of detached pragmatism, but is nevertheless unprepared for how difficult it is to keep all her lives separate.
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Philosophically, Clinton supporters would no doubt like to frame the debate as her pragmatism vs his idealism, but the better comparison is her opportunism vs his authenticity.
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Poll by poll, Sanders is emerging as the left's very own Trump -- a rabble-rouser who eschews white papers and pragmatism for visionary pronouncements and unrealistic ideas.
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"The country sure could use his steady and thoughtful leadership that unifies people and serves the public with dignity, grace, pragmatism and compassion," wrote columnist Josh Brodesky.
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Strategizing over every move with brutal pragmatism, she is forced to weigh helping the most vulnerable potential victims against the overriding instinct to keep her son safe.
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Mr. Bartlett is known for his pragmatism, his ability to work with both parties and his understanding of the Deep South, according to a former Walmart colleague.
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The state was always culturally conservative, religious, and militaristic, but a strain of pragmatism kept it from being fully swept up in racism and right-wing ideology.
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"I hope that a common sense, pragmatism and an instinct of self-preservation would prevail among our partners to exclude such negative scenario," the Russian diplomat said.
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Who has the dexterity and the pragmatism to enact reforms on voting rights, health care, immigration, mass incarceration, and campaign finance, and so strengthen a stressed democracy?
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Clinton's record as a senator is one of pragmatism, reflecting temperamental and philosophical differences with Mr. Sanders, whose reluctance to compromise contributes to his limited legislative record.
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Where violent strategies differ, they do so less by virtue ideological reasoning and more in reflection of a group's political pragmatism and real capabilities (or lack thereof).
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She has written a book about the French photographer Eugène Atget and in 2013, her first collection of essays, Pragmatism in the History of Art, was published.
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Her pragmatism is tougher than that, even if it will come across as especially frustrating to those who believe that centrism and civility are no longer enough.
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But it has also offered plenty to its wearers, from defiance and reclamation of tradition to the pragmatism of cleanly tailored lines to an undeniably camp glamour.
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When faced with an extremist, you have two choices: counter the extremist mind-set with your own or reject that mind-set and double down on pragmatism.
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She was dressed for both attention and pragmatism in a fuzzy orange shawl and puffy white Naked Wolfe platform sneakers, her short hair dyed an orange-blonde.
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Ms. Merkel, who is known for her sang-froid and pragmatism, shrugged off Mr. Trump's latest criticism, saying that what matters is what he does in office.
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For all his intelligence and sensitivity, Lopez dodges that particular challenge, letting the productive conflict between Eric's idealism and Henry's grizzled, cynical pragmatism dissipate, rather than resolve.
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And, it must be said, the blithe status quo-ism of Mr Biden could be even more off-putting to Mr Sanders's supporters than her wonkish pragmatism.
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For years, American policy in much of the Muslim world has been an exercise in pragmatism, framed by a transactional ethos and the bloodshed of several wars.
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Mr. Savage explains how the show's valorization of pragmatism and process, rather than any specific policy or ideological gains, is the idealized state of establishment liberal politics.
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After she called Mr. Bloomberg in early September, she wrote an op-ed in USA Today praising his pragmatism and urging him to jump into the race.
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One is WFP's pragmatism, its willingness to dirty its hands with compromise and power politics — something that its leaders see as a key feature, not a bug.
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You're like, "Wow, how do we all fix our biases?" but like one below that is the pragmatism of like, "Okay, guys," it takes intentionality and time.
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But with just five months to go until the exit treaty is supposed to be finalized, hubris and performance art have been edged out by exasperated pragmatism.
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Millennial favorites like Spotify (ranked ninth with good scores across the customer obsessed, ruthlessly pragmatic and persuasively innovative categories), PayPal (ranked 20th, with high scores for measures of ruthless pragmatism), Chick-fil-A (ranked 30th, also with high scores of pragmatism), Etsy (ranked 35th, which Prophet notes is a brand that is targeted yet inclusive), Trader Joe's (ranked 41st) and Uber (ranked 49th) all claimed spots on the index's top 50.
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Henry James, a forcible writer on religious and philosophical subjects, and a brother of the late Mr. William James, the leader of the philosophical movement known as Pragmatism.
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These underexperienced outsiders, like Trump himself, are not infusing the government with new ideas or an exciting businesslike pragmatism that's breaking logjams in Washington and getting things done.
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In an old school rom-com, that's the kind of pragmatism that either doesn't ever come up or is eye-rolled away by the dashing, impulsive leading man.
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They must show the pragmatism needed to keep their union afloat in the short term, while cultivating the vision needed to build common feeling in the long term.
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Her lesson from years in Washington is that incremental pragmatism is the only way to go for liberals in a nation that is more centrist than left wing.
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Even at the level of parishes, where pragmatism and a stress on social cohesion are more evident than among the bishops, the church's political rift can cause friction.
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In the United States and Britain, governments which hew to the political right have shown a spirit of pragmatism in their dealings with the world's second-largest religion.
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These policy disagreements were fueled by a broader clash: Sanders cast doubt on Clinton's judgment and credibility, while Clinton insisted that the Vermont senator lacked experience and pragmatism.
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This may sound like one of the many bizarre consumer goods relics of the Soviet era—a product born of thrift, pragmatism, and centralized, totalitarian production and distribution.
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Neil Bush acknowledged that Cruz has rubbed some Republicans the wrong way, but said his willingness to to help the Texas senator raise money was based on pragmatism.
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"Today, an inability to combine principles with pragmatism and make a compromise when required seems to have driven our whole political discourse down the wrong path," she added.
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Though she had worked on policy in the Clinton administration and had a reputation for pragmatism, Kagan plainly would be a liberal in the context of the court.
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Clinton's focus on urgency is a direct rebuttal Sanders and his supporters who view the former secretary of state's pragmatism as a desire to go slow and compromise.
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There are bright spots: the accession process is moving again, and growing pragmatism from all parties to the Cyprus conflict, including Turkey, bodes well for a peace deal.
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His vision since has become a permanent beacon of pragmatism in the GOP, further evolved by the work of the former congressman and Main Street CEO Steve LaTourette.
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In his back pocket, McConnell could count on his strong personal relationship with Collins, a fellow member of the Appropriations Committee, who shared his work ethic and pragmatism.
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"Back then, the kids-and-family business was a bit quiet," said Mr. Linden, a lawyer who speaks with a mixture of deadpan corporate speak and showbiz pragmatism.
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Although she often winds up in roles that revolve around faith and uncertainty, she exudes a Midwestern pragmatism, which she knows can have its own kind of mystery.
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The two who won, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, wrapped their pragmatism in an idealistic narrative about the need for radical change—and they won two terms each.
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But her industry pragmatism is only part of her self-expression — lately, like so many of us do during an identity crisis, she's been experimenting with her hair.
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"His message of pragmatism and broadly acceptable change — on health care, climate change, guns and economic fairness — should maximize his appeal to Democrats and swing voters," writes Rothenberg.
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"Classic Polster," said Pete Weinberger, a Cleveland plaintiffs' lawyer who has appeared before the judge in other cases, saying he seemed to listen intently and probe with pragmatism.
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Not the colloquial "pragmatism" of do what works, but something from the American philosophical tradition, where the truth of the matter is in the doing, not the definitions.
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He carried this off with aplomb in a series of recent meetings with international leaders, displaying the trappings of French regality and the pragmatism of a contemporary technocrat.
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It's a promise to get restore steadiness and maybe a degree of normalcy to American foreign policy — this time with a billionaire businessman who prefers pragmatism and plans.
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Pragmatism, however, has its limits; it remains to be seen if the mayor and the governor use Mr. Trump's victory as impetus to re-examine their acrimonious relationship.
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With her presidential campaign only eight days old, Klobuchar is testing the balance between pragmatism and purity, while resisting the urge to pander to the party's progressive wing.
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Danes aren't unusually careless about animal welfare, but there's a tradition of pragmatism—or, a critic could say, an insular and self-congratulatory moral laxity—about animal death.
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"I hope and pray that we will begin to see the sort of pragmatism and sensible negotiating that we in Britain have historically been famous for," he said.
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It is time for two generations of feminists to communicate and to marry inclusivity with pragmatism so that our movement can survive and the quest for equality continue.
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Yet while they may seem similar if you think of everything as left versus right, they're very different on another dimension, which you might call purity versus pragmatism.
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"If we have that ambition, that pragmatism and that energy on both sides, I'm confident we can reach that agreement by October," Raab told the same news conference.
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He's penned op-eds praising Reagan for disregarding the "utopian dreams of free traders" with his "pragmatism" on trade, such as his restrictions on importing steel and automobiles.
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At the end of the day, deep pragmatism is required since founders just need to raise capital for their businesses to keep the lights on and the employees paid.
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The pragmatism, or conservatism, of those people stands in stark contrast to the attitude of the mainly college-age protesters who have taken to the streets regularly throughout June.
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After running in three presidential elections and serving as the mayor of Mexico City, he has learned the value of political pragmatism and the importance of broad electoral coalitions.
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But government officials, lawmakers and analysts say privately that May believes she has some strong cards to play, while also hoping that EU officials will favor pragmatism over punishment.
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Sanders has visited the state multiple times throughout his campaign, and the state's liberal urban centers have been especially welcoming of his message of ideological purity over Clinton's pragmatism.
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In fact, it is certainly possible that Kardashian made the choice to stop wearing fur more out of pragmatism than anything else — as a way of staying on-trend.
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The same sort of flexibility (call it ruthless pragmatism if you like) characterised 19th-century Britain and France when they battled to support the Muslim Turks against Christian Russia.
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That pragmatism has paid off: 23.2 percent of the class of 22014 accepted a job before graduation, up from 12 percent last year and 11 percent two years ago.
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"Senator Harris's plan balances idealism and pragmatism," Andy Slavitt, former acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said in a statement provided by the Harris campaign.
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Propelled by a combination of national pride and economic pragmatism, the idea spread swiftly that this was a global competition in which all self-respecting countries should take part.
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And yet, the very fact that the contest will proceed to a ballot of party members tells us that the Conservative party has lost its historical reputation for pragmatism.
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That is an indication of her pragmatism: as a conservative and member of Nippon Kaigi, a nationalist group which champions traditional values, this is not natural ground for her.
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I stay glued to my feeds, reading people's reactions, reposting people's words—of rage, of encouragement, of pragmatism assessing this crisis—partially on Twitter, but mostly on my Stories.
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That need not be a bad thing: if this, as is often asserted, is the age of mayors, it is thus also the age of pragmatism and ideological flexibility.
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Given her large lead in delegates — based largely on the support of African-American voters, who respond to her pragmatism because history tells them to distrust extravagant promises — Mrs.
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It is not necessarily a clean choice between idealism and pragmatism, between principle and politics, between dynamism and incrementalism — though all those things are at play to some degree.
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Trump, a man most comfortable going with his gut, had made his most important decision as a candidate based on political pragmatism, according to sources familiar with the events.
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After so many years and decades of decorous but unfulfilled soccer — with teams that included world-class stars like Eusébio and Luís Figo — this was a Portugal of pragmatism.
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Significantly, in embracing such overly-simplistic practices, Posner exposes the principal weakness of his cherished doctrine of "legal pragmatism"; namely, its haunting proclivity for all things arbitrary and capricious.
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Even so, votes this weekend showed a sense of pragmatism when it came to approaching a party that has enjoyed a near-hegemony over liberal politics in this country.
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She managed to do both of those things by emphasizing her pragmatism, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills — the sort of sub-ideological hypercompetence she loves to project.
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That will depend on the nature of the campaign against him and whether it challenges the assumptions of his ideology or affirms them in the name of electoral pragmatism.
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The ethic of responsibility is all about pragmatism—doing what you can to keep the show on the road—whereas the ethic of conviction is all about moral purity.
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Mr. Davis has been replaced by Dominic Raab, a former lawyer who has injected more energy and pragmatism into the job of getting Brexit over the line in March.
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"It's not a place of puffed-chest patriotic pride but of tongue-in-cheek pragmatism and self-deprecation," Emma Beddington, an English writer and longtime Brussels resident, told me.
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Mr. Sanders has not diluted his progressive message, but as he stakes out a lead in some Iowa polls the self-proclaimed democratic socialist is turning to hardheaded pragmatism.
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Yet government needs to be together, and now the great hope for pragmatism sadly rests on an area where it is scant at best: Congress and, specifically, the Republicans.
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But government officials, lawmakers and analysts say privately that she believes she has some strong cards to play, while also hoping that EU officials will favour pragmatism over punishment.
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But the pragmatism and common sense of these pro-choice figures have been challenged by NARAL and Planned Parenthood, along with those who have basically regurgitated their talking points.
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Republicans are torn between the pragmatism of Reagan and the conservatism of Reagan — both sides clinging to the realities and myths of the last president that united the GOP.
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Established in 1744, the Muirfield Golf Club in Scotland will now admit women, after a vote that our columnist says may have been based more on pragmatism than progress.
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He addressed the controversial deaths of black men at the hands of the police with pragmatism and empathy, despite his awareness that certain white people would — and did — jeer.
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Telling that story requires both elements of humanity, and space for tension to form between the pressures the drive us to pragmatism and the hopes that idealism always harbors.
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While he has shifted in some areas, he will still be running to the right of the most prominent candidates, with more of an emphasis on pragmatism than idealism.
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You see, for all its sweeping ambition, the Green New Deal is arguably an exercise in pragmatism — in the proposition that the perfect is the enemy of the good.
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O'Connor's brand of pragmatism didn't necessarily square with the views of advocates on either side of the abortion debate, just as Casey wasn't an unalloyed good for either side.
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Battle-hardened pragmatism, which is Clinton's calling card, is not always easy to get excited about, even for those who believe it is well-suited to the political moment.
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Sex is lightly touched upon, drugs are practically nonexistent — both Mr. Snider and Mr. French are teetotalers — and rock 'n' roll runs on two parts passion to three parts pragmatism.
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It clashes with the cool pragmatism of Fucked Up's recording process, but it reveals the admirable end to which the means aspire: some sort of fucking change for the better.
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"Fugazi's particularly dogmatic slant emphasized pragmatism, modesty, and fair play – not the first concepts that come to mind when discussing the indisputably punk rock Sex Pistols, for example," Azerrad wrote.
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Once again, my pragmatism got the best of me, uncovering what was a well-executed hoax put into action by someone who can only be described as a smooth criminal.
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Opportunities that are not fully available to broad sections of the population must be reopened, with the same optimism and pragmatism that symbolized the United States once upon a time.
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Nor would the recent fall from grace of "responsible" leaders of the centre ground, for whom pragmatism and technocratic management have proved unequal to the demands of a turbulent age.
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Trump's actions Thursday aimed to show leaders both in the U.S. and overseas that he could soften his rhetoric, offer pragmatism in the White House and reaffirm longstanding American alliances.
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"Heading into the special OPEC meeting in Algiers…In our view, the odds are in favor of the cartel opting for pragmatism and announcing a moderately constructive framework," they wrote.
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For people with disabilities, the emotional boon one gets from feeling empowered through assistive technology is as valuable, if not more so, than the pragmatism behind getting a job done.
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My boots for fieldwork are the essence of pragmatism, with tall shafts, sharp metal spikes for grip on slippery forest floors, and steel toes for safety, all in bland navy.
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"I need to make decisions not based on animus or bitterness or sadness, but really based in a pragmatism that says, 'This is the right thing to do,' " Abrams said.
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El Titan de Bronze, a space that blends beauty with pragmatism, employs 10 Level 9 (the highest skill level) tabaqueros, all with extensive experience working in cigar factories in Cuba.
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"Certainly at the head of the state level, it's fraught with tension, but with an undercurrent of pragmatism, I would say, behind the scenes," Coffey said of U.S.-European relations.
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Radical pragmatism is about dreaming as big as we possibly can, as much as we can, irrespective of what the current reality is and then taking deliberate action toward that.
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But just as he had put his pride and pragmatism aside after our first breakup, when he'd asked me to give our relationship a "try," I couldn't let it go.
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Their desire to seek justice and expose corruption may be admirable, but it puts them out of step with many of their countrymen, for whom pragmatism is a governing principle.
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Before my mother's illness, I spurned what I saw as an excess of pragmatism among Chinese people, who want to ensure that all of their efforts go toward something useful.
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A majority in the Iowa survey favored pragmatism: 13 percent said it was more important to nominate someone able to defeat Mr. Trump than someone who aligns with voters' positions.
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In Germany, many votes for the AfD were cast in protest against 12 years of Merkel's pragmatism about issues like immigration, national identity and the burdens of the European Union.
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Britain — renowned for its pragmatism, its common sense, its political stability and its unabashed devotion to small business ("a nation of shopkeepers") — has become nearly unrecognizable to its European allies.
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Jamie Dimon, the chief of JPMorgan Chase, has been put forward as another potential presidential candidate who could appeal to voters with a mix of pragmatism, business success and charm.
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Yet unlike Mr. Chávez and Mr. Trump, the president-elect is a lifelong politician with firm faith in democracy and demonstrated pragmatism in his five years as Mexico City's mayor.
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She's got a real organization in Iowa and her Midwestern pragmatism could be a nice fit for people who don't want to be for Biden or the two liberal candidates.
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Moss says there is a tradition of pragmatism in the black church in which congregants ultimately care more about a leader who can deliver than one who can quote doctrine.
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It was dominated by debates about purity versus pragmatism; the struggles of female candidates in a male-run world; family dynasties with ugly histories; and assorted deals with various devils.
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Custom-made clothes were therefore never really a gender-specific obsession, even if women's fashion evolved to become ever more flamboyant, while men's wear came to symbolize consistency and pragmatism.
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"I think that's separate — it has to be, from a point of pragmatism — from Mr. Khashoggi and his murder," Mr. Rubio, who will not support the measure, said on Tuesday.
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Oh steered Cristina clear of both model minority and chilly career woman associations, leaning into her confidence, her pragmatism, and her drive with an easy assurance usually only available to men.
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As Vox's Sarah Kliff reported last week, O'Rourke had embraced full-throated single-payer ideas in the past but modulated his position recently, saying he's opting for pragmatism over ideological purity.
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Despite his innate pragmatism, there is still room for creativity in his team, and once again it was Christian Eriksen who fashioned the opportunity for Yussuf Poulsen to score Denmark's winner.
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Mr Macron's emerging diplomacy seems to rest on pragmatism: a belief in keeping the door open to all-comers, even unsavoury ones, on the premise that isolation breeds even greater danger.
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What unites them is their desire to be part of a movement larger than themselves that puts pragmatism before ideology, localism before globalism, and demands the respect it deserves from Washington.
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With that in mind, his knack of balancing conventional left-wing views with a suggestion of pragmatism looks additionally helpful, because it creates ambiguity about where he stands in his party.
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A liberal scion of the heartland, he has long witnessed Democrats ignore that truth, delight themselves with socioeconomic policy (on which he has hinted at pragmatism, but said little), and lose.
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Until a few days ago such appeals to pragmatism pained Laurana Seymour, a student of English and political science who co-founded "Temple Students for Bernie Sanders" during the presidential primary.
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" Later in the show, Ingraham hosted Meadows, who she praised: "Mark Meadows, Republican (of) North Carolina who stood up for common sense and pragmatism in trade and was punished for it.
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So while Sotomayor satisfied his impulse to make history, his later picks of Kagan, his former solicitor general, and especially Garland show a streak of pragmatism often evident during his presidency.
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Clinton, whether because she has actually moved toward more populist economic policies or simply has done a better job at dressing up her centrist pragmatism -- appears to have burst Sanders' bubble.
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LONDON (Reuters) - If a no-deal Brexit caused blockages at the borders of the United Kingdom then European Union pragmatism could help alleviate disruption, Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday.
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Ironically, since he was booted from office in May after a series of spats with Mr Erdogan, Turkey's adventurist streak has given way to pragmatism, at least in the Middle East.
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But Obama's foreign policy pragmatism was apparent in his appointment of Republican realists to high positions, notably Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense and David Petraeus as head of the CIA.
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But Clinton was hardly the only pro-choice candidate in the Democratic primary race, and it turned out that her party's brand of pragmatism was not what voters were looking for.
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Showing his icy pragmatism, the president passed over his loyal vice president because he thought Joe Biden would not be as strong a candidate, given his tendency for gab and gaffes.
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Moreover, back then, he filled a prominent, even needed, role as a designated Democratic bomb-thrower, the only person willing to push back against tepid, liberal pragmatism and criticize the GOP.
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Faith, who has traded her youthful activism for corporate pragmatism and establishment bona fides, has more than a dash of Hillary in her, and maybe Wolitzer felt that a dash sufficed.
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We have once again attempted political pragmatism and forgotten who in the hell we are dealing with; we have consented to a debate with people who bankroll and inspire domestic terrorists.
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Check out this quote from a South Carolina Democratic state senator: "There's a sense of pragmatism I have not seen within the Democratic electorate in a long time," Dick Harpootlian said.
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Clinton and her team have long ago grown weary of any implication that she is not entirely committed to liberal causes, repeatedly presenting her as a fusion of pragmatism and idealism.
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Like the election that brought Mr. Rouhani to the presidency in 2013, this vote was a victory for pragmatism — as a political faction, but more significantly as a frame of mind.
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I recently caught up over the phone with Stewart to discuss his attraction to the script, the loneliness of the Oregon backwoods, and the chilling pragmatism of his Green Room character.
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He quickly figured out that the best way to win was by emphasizing speed both on offense and defense, not as a matter of personal taste, but one of pure pragmatism.
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Some of Trump's fiercest Republican critics have piped down in the past year, choosing to play nice and work with the White House for the sake of big picture pragmatism. Sen.
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Confrontation of all kinds is the movie's unifying theme, tying personal to political and private to public in a story energized by the detailed memory and staunch pragmatism of its subject.
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This was a triumph of pragmatism, an embrace by voters of a candidate they like rather than one they love, and that's why Biden is now apparently the Democratic front-runner.
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The gestural line, the quickness of the swoop and rustle, the swagger of exaggerated mannerist silhouettes captured at the moment of inspiration, before the pragmatism of seams and tailoring set in.
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Norway is often ranked as having one of the world's most democratic and stable political systems, and in the past, minority coalitions have managed to govern through quiet pragmatism and compromise.
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Without getting into Norman Rockwell platitudes, I see a determined pragmatism, a freshness that comes from growing up in America that only someone who spent years away from it can notice.
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In one interview, Mr. Assange explains the need to balance principles and pragmatism, and in another he speaks of the necessity of a global outlook in trying to change the world.
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"President Reagan's pragmatism contrasted strongly with the utopian dreams of free traders," Mr. Lighthizer wrote in a 2008 piece criticizing Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, for embracing "unbridled" free trade.
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Yet by 2011, it had become clear that, regarding foreign policy and economics, the Obama White House would lean instead toward pragmatism and accommodation, not the stubborn force of moral commitment.
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Sanders may have ignored the lessons of the Obama era in favor of a more congenial, if less realistic, theory of American politics, but Clinton's campaign is trapped by its pragmatism.
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Our long national nightmare will be prolonged an unthinkable four more years unless all wings of the party unite behind the Democratic nominee — unless, at least this once, pragmatism trumps purity.
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Now that's probably more on the left than on the right, but my hope is to appeal not only to a sense of moral responsibility but also a sense of pragmatism.
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Mayor Anna-Kaisa Ikonen said most people in Tampere view the influx of migrants with a moderate mix of generosity and pragmatism that belies the extremism on both sides of the issues.
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Groups who have cheered the midterm results as a triumph for pragmatism worry about the party moving too far, too quickly on issues such as health care and investigating the Trump administration.
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This is what makes it fascinating to have him be the one uncovering Soviet corruption — theoretically, he would understand, but his pragmatism means he can only see what's wrong with the system.
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They can give a traditional C-level executive a more diversified point of view for solving business problems, balancing here-and-now pragmatism with that of customer-centric, future-based conceptual scenarios.
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Their target was Mr Ryan, whose pragmatism they abhor: they felt his bill, which they derided as "Obamacare-lite", would not sufficiently reduce federal subsidies which help the poor buy health insurance.
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He has sought to make his pragmatism a point of contrast between himself and Trump, particularly after bouts of violence broke out at Trump rallies over the weekend, incited by Trump's rhetoric.
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Eventually, for the media and politicians of all stripes to alternately celebrate and slander them as the tides of national opinion ebb and flow becomes not so much heartlessness as mere pragmatism.
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" He said that as Britain and the European Union begin to negotiate a departure, Ban "trusts in Europe's well-proven history of pragmatism and common responsibility in the interest of European citizens.
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Adding a large number of people like me to the voter rolls, all of whom have little experience in the workforce, would increase support for Sanders-style populism over Clinton-style pragmatism.
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Stein offers them a clear ideological choice, much like Sanders—but the threat of a President Trump just might be enough to make them swallow hard and opt for pragmatism over principle.
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The reason I was always breaking up bands was because I loved music, but I think I still had that pragmatism in my head that said I needed to do something real.
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"It's a highly radical, ideological group that totally lacks the pragmatism to negotiate that the FARC had," Restrepo, a 70-year-old former minister, said in the study of his Bogota apartment.
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In sum, after decades of cold-war confrontations, followed by "Washington consensus" blandishments on economic reform, Mr Obama has tried to make pragmatism the basis of his country's relations with Latin America.
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We would experience a peaceful (if not cantankerous) revolution that would toss out the old guard, replacing it with a new political class focused on pragmatism and common cause for the nation.
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To many, Fidel Castro was a self-obsessed zealot whose belief in his own destiny was unshakable, a chameleon whose economic and political colors were determined more by pragmatism than by doctrine.
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His most famous book is a history of Chinese medical ideas, in which he sees classic figures, such as the Yellow Emperor, as a reflection of the Chinese people's deep-seated pragmatism.
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Speaking to reporters at the start of the fourth round of divorce negotiations between London and the EU, David Davis said it would take pragmatism on both sides to reach an agreement.
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Shortly after arriving at Michigan, she had been struck by the work of a law-school colleague, Don Herzog, which incorporated a turn-of-the-century school of American thought called pragmatism.
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It is high time for so-called progressives to return to reason, enlightenment, pragmatism and a razor-sharp focus on bold, tangible and meaningful goal-oriented action and abandon fashionable, trendy emotion.
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The support for Mr. Trump reflects a growing pragmatism among evangelical voters who are willing to accept a less than ideal model of Christian faith in exchange for policies that they endorse.
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"The things I liked about Bernie was the progressive idealism, but the things I liked about Clinton was the pragmatism," Valerie McIntosh, 28, said at a rally for Ms. Warren in Detroit.
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His two projects embody the odd mixture of sunny pragmatism and clammy anxiety inherent in the very idea of humans moving life-forms around to save them from problems caused by humans.
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Assurances from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the prevailing spirit of broader Republican unity and pragmatism gave Trump Tower confidence that all of its nominees would be likely to win confirmation.
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"She's an example of American pragmatism," said Mr. Chang, who invited Ms. Regan to cook with him last year at an event in Austin, Texas, and later interviewed her on his podcast.
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You'll recall that after being captured by the Oceanside women earlier this season, a more naïve Tara justified the killings at the Savior outpost with a simple killed-or-be-killed pragmatism.
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On a panel about women voters, Ms. Conway spoke with a pragmatism that stood in opposition to contemporary TV personalities like Elisabeth Hasselbeck, whose brand of delicate pouting defined the conservative zeitgeist.
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Despite its economic problems, Maine's congressional delegation has maintained a stern sense of bipartisan pragmatism appropriate for a state evenly split politically, with a no-nonsense culture that's weathered longtime economic problems.
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They lose the sense of wonder that initially brought them to Los Angeles to chase their dreams, because they're forced to exchange it for the pragmatism required to actually make them happen.
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Through this filter, McKinnon is far less concerned with emulating how Clinton looks and acts, choosing instead to portray Clinton's pragmatism and poise as a mask hiding the real, roiling emotions underneath.
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Clinton's newest stab at untangling the contradiction that has unexpectedly stifled her candidacy: how to make pragmatism and practicality sound as exciting as the "political revolution" grandly, if vaguely, promised by Mr. Sanders.
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"This is an effort for us to exercise some new pragmatism on how we can cover news in a way that we can't do alone anymore with the resources we have," he said.
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The stability and pragmatism of Queiroz's seven-year reign, which will come to an end after the tournament with the Portuguese deciding to quit, has firmly established Iran as Asia's number one team.
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In the middle of an industry with diametrically-opposed camps convinced virtual reality is either the future or a fizzling fad, the name change is a product of both Milk's pragmatism and foresight.
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Her appearance at peace talks this week attended by the military, members of parliament and some of the armed guerrilla groups waging local insurgencies across Myanmar underlined that sense of pragmatism, experts said.
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By Thursday night, Warren bestowed her hugely significant endorsement on Clinton, sending a message to Sanders supporters that political purity had its place but that pragmatism now required a united front against Trump.
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The candidate, who is more moderate than many of the most influential figures in the PT, has signalled his pragmatism by announcing that he will appoint a businessman to be his finance minister.
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Length: 58 feetYard: Absolute of AmericasAbsolute, the Italian shipyard that built the yacht, said the vessel was "designed with pragmatism and versatility, offering all guests the maximum livability possible," in a press release.
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Much as the new president hates Mexico's democratising "neoliberal" governments since the 1980s, which he (questionably) equates with the pre-revolutionary dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, his nationalism has a strong streak of pragmatism.
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"We need to see the same kind of energy and substantive engagement in the weeks ahead and if we get that ... energy, that flexibility and pragmatism we will get a deal," he added.
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It's this progressive pragmatism over progressive purity -- even at the very liberal Netroots convention -- that reminded me of exactly what I saw and heard in the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The deal on Brexit transition gives British businesses 20 months of valuable time and marks the victory of pragmatism over politics, the head of British business lobby CBI said on Tuesday.
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Cruz: The man who once made it his business to outflank almost the entire Republican party from the right decided to make a play for pragmatism — and found himself outflanked from the right.
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So far, the reaction to the army's intervention from protest leaders — some of whom want a complete political revamp removing any army influence in politics — has been a mixture of caution and pragmatism.
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ARLINGTON, Va. (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With a mix of Christian charity and pragmatism, churches are quietly creating low-income housing in areas around Washington - and cities across the United States are taking notice.
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Handle doesn't seem to be market ready yet, but the shift from anthropomorphism to pragmatism is welcome news for anyone hoping Boston Dynamics shows enough revenue potential to remain under the Alphabet umbrella.
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The most talented billionaires have a genius for combining grand ideas with intense pragmatism; the Gates Foundation is pursuing its aim of abolishing polio and malaria with a business-like attention to detail.
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Given Clinton's own pragmatism, it would be surprising if once in office she tried to embark on a crusade for a new dawn of justice to replace the twilight struggle identified by Landler.
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A related pragmatism, prominent in his later writings, became the model of "self-reliance" of the kind that inspires one conservative strain of African-American thought, from Booker T. Washington to Clarence Thomas .
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In fact, Rajan said at the Nomura Investment Forum in Singapore, it's the pragmatism on the part of the Chinese leadership that has prevented tensions between the world's two largest economies from escalating.
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It's a dark comedy about the limits of savvy, about whether it's possible to maintain detachment and pragmatism, not to mention respect for the law, in the face of chaos—including internal chaos.
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There is considerable acquiescence and tolerance for authoritarianism in China, both out of pragmatism but also support for the idea that an uncompromising government is needed to manage a country of China's size.
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"If we have that ambition, that pragmatism and that energy on both sides, I'm confident we can reach that agreement by October," Dominic Raab said after meeting EU negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels.
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"If the EU matches our ambition and pragmatism, a deal is within reach," Raab wrote in an opinion piece published by the Daily Telegraph, echoing recent language from chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier.
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Once in office, Tester effectively maintained his brand of political pragmatism and independence, and won reelection by 4 percentage points in 2012, even though Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney won Montana by 14.
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As lawmakers saw the death toll rise and witnessed confirmed coronavirus cases and unemployment claims skyrocket, it was clear that they had to take drastic action soon, meaning political pragmatism overwhelmed ideological concerns.
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Unsexy as it sounds, the real story of progressive politics right now is the steady accumulation of victories — some small, some major — thanks to a welcome and unaccustomed outbreak of left-wing pragmatism.
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The bits of the system directly run by the government, in other words, have proven more robust to political attack than the complex public-private hybrids whose creation was inspired by political pragmatism.
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So when we laud them, we acclaim the very intangible qualities that seem to have vanished from our own politics and politicians: optimism, openness, pragmatism, a sense of general ease in the world.
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