Sentences with phrase «needs pragmatism»

«In an era of partisan gridlock and political gamesmanship plaguing Congress, Rep. Grimm stands out among the rest as someone who has worked across party lines to get things done, and his conscientious voting record demonstrates this much - needed pragmatism.»

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But sensitivity to staff concerns needs to be tempered by pragmatism.

Pragmatism is just what BlackBerry needs.

With his as - needed approach to home - office equipment, this college - football guru has written the playbook on technological pragmatism.

Where America was once pragmatic — and gloriously so, in that the «can - do» mentality of Americans was part of what made the country great — that pragmatism has become tied to psychological needs.

Reason, or more properly «secular reason», needs faith, because it is faith that will save the values and convictions of civilised western society from being trodden under foot by ahistorical pragmatism, relativism and totalitarianism.

We need a return to the realistic and yet principled conservative pragmatism of Reagan who actually wanted to help people more than dogmatically stick to every single position and who was even willing to compromise with liberals like Tip O'neal at times in order to get something done that would actually solve problems and help the greatest number of people.

Among the various longer - range challenges facing church music in the «90s, four seem to be occupying center stage: the challenge of providing church musicians in sufficient numbers to meet the needs of parishes throughout the land in almost every denomination; the continued search for musical roots in many denominations; the ongoing debate between those advocating the worship and musical tradition of the church catholic and those advocating a variety of trendy fads; and the impact of pragmatism and consumerism in determining worship practice and musical style and substance.

So there is always a certain amount of pragmatism needed when designing such studies — there is always a tension between keeping the situation as real to life as possible and maintaining a good level of scientific rigour.

Whether Wenger needs to go or not, pragmatism is the most important thing in sport: making the best out of your situation.

But Barcelona has been successful because they marry the idealism of their «tiki taka» to the pragmatism of acquiring the players they need to make it work.

Although it looks like Wenger has put his stubborn approach aside and opted for less subtlety and more pragmatism and has come to the realisation that this is what is needed.

Pragmatism is always needed.

England need attacking edge before they embrace pragmatism.

Win this and Arsene could walk away with his head held high at that point, and this should happen because the club needs a fresh and new approach with a touch more pragmatism, attention to detail and adaptability within it.

It is almost too Utopian in its ideology and I feel Arsene has, for some years, needed to reign it in slightly and apply a touch more pragmatism.

The Special One has not been part of «the humble people» since he left Porto 14 years ago but I'll omit the lack of self awareness for now since it's not relevant to my argument: Mourinho's pragmatism needs to evolve in order to survive favorably in history.

The internal opposition has been gradually marginalised and the re-compacted majority has developed a political discourse based on pragmatism, hope for the future and the need for change.

Seeking to move beyond the centrist pragmatism of both Blair and Cameron, and attempting to inject into politics a newfound passion and significance with which people can truly engage, this essential work speaks to the needs of diverse people and communities across the country.

Welby has the knack of explaining why we should accept the need for pragmatism, instead of striving for idealism.

As the bulk of union effort in this race focuses on helping Corbyn, pragmatism will need to come from different sources.

What the world needs now is technological pragmatism, not green fundamentalism, says the man who taught a generation how to drop out

Once Mulroy realized there would be no stopping Las Vegas» growth, even temporarily, she attacked the challenge of meeting the city's growing need for water with equal measures of pragmatism and creativity.

To make it, the people of Alexandria will need to catch up with our survivors» hardness while many of Rick's people will need to take a step back from the violence and pragmatism they've needed to embrace.

Spellings is going to need more than her pragmatism if she wants to see reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act move forward and ensure the education legacy of President Bush.

He has the thoughtfulness, pragmatism, and leadership abilities needed to bring all the relevant players together to revitalize public education, and to create sensible metrics for measuring progress and enhancing accountability.

There is a similar steady pragmatism to Aether's design, the knowledge that most of us don't need the bright colors and ice - axe - swing - friendly cut of mountaineering jackets.

Despite initially deciding on a danmaku game due to «sheer pragmatism,» Primo quickly realized that despite a «limited set of player affordances» an authentic game in the genre would need to be rigorously technical.

When it comes to political activities (rather than scientific ones), I think Mann needs a lesson in pragmatism.

The next failure to compromise came in the fight over adding a «safety valve» provision to limit unanticipated high costs from greenhouse gas restrictions, something Joe Romm and many others rejected out of hand at the time, even though Romm last year (around minute 37 in this videotaped panel discussion) noted the need for pragmatism to get things started: «The game changer for the world isn't between no price for carbon and a high price.

Uncertainties in climate from many sources suggest the need to refocus on effective and pragmatic, resilience and no - regrets policy options — e.g climate pragmatism and technical innovation — rather than endlessly quibbling about climate talking points.

As always, a balance of optimism, humility, pragmatism and flexibility is always needed to reach a useful solution to any significant problem.

Pragmatism and compromise are needed to break down climate change into smaller, interconnected problems, where progress can actually be achieved.

But at the same time a portion of us have to constantly be pushing for radical change pointing out where we need to be headed, political practicality and pragmatism be damned.

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