Sentences with phrase «pragmatic decisions»

«What if», scenarios based on the tighter range should help in making pragmatic decisions.

«When state and local leaders make their own decisions on school standards, they are much more likely to reach pragmatic decisions that will last,» Magee said.

Candidates on the Independence line do not have to take marching orders from political party bosses or follow tooth and nail a restrictive party platform insofar as policy positions and social issues are concerned, instead they are free to make conscious and pragmatic decisions as to what is best for their constituency.

The pragmatic decision only heightened the movie's suspense, and Jaws soon became the highest - grossing film ever released.

Interestingly, Lee explained how it was a pragmatic decision for Litecoin to use a different algorithm to Bitcoin, as he had seen the significant problems other altcoins had faced when their miners were required to compete with Bitcoin's miners.

«It's a pragmatic decision.

It was a pragmatic decision, considering they had roughly a five - percent chance of making the postseason and a.1 - percent chance of winning the World Series, according to FanGraphs.

i applaud wenger dropping his beloved giroud in favor of a pragmatic decision to go with a faster more open style.

From my extensive fieldwork in these marginalized regions in Colombia, I learned that people often make a pragmatic decision to support FARC or ELN, rather than an ideological choice.

And he noted that it was a pragmatic decision for advocacy organizations in New York such as the Hispanic Federation.

Richard Reid says this is a pragmatic decision that nonetheless continues a tradition of leaving the Lords» functions and status in limbo.

It's a much more pragmatic decision than it at first seems, with a checklist of things that will naturally guide you to your answer.

This stay was a pragmatic decision.

I went to the shop and realised that there were hundreds of brushes and so the painting would have been very big — in fact, it wouldn't have fitted in my studio — so then a pragmatic decision was to try to distil the number of brushes I was using to a smaller number.

Yes, it was a rather pragmatic decision.

Is that «settled» well, it could be wrong, but when faced with the mountain of evidence, when faced with the amount of physics that will have to be redone if its wrong, I make the PRAGMATIC decision that is more fruitful to accept this «as settled» and Build on it, rather than expending the effort to disprove it.

The decision about which choice to take (1,2 or 3) is fundamentally a pragmatic decision.

Not exact matches

The more pragmatic, long - term decision is to honor the promise.

Common sense is completely subjective and there is actually no reason to rate a moral decision reached due to «common sense» over a moral decision reached due to say pragmatic or utilitarian concerns.

Our day - to - day pragmatic so - called «value - neutral» decisions are ranked in importance by the practical needs of such a world.

The decision to look on a given statement as primarily theoretical or primarily observational is relative, pragmatic, and context - dependent, as Mary Hesse contends.7 The emphasis may shift with the advance of science and the immediate purposes of enquiry.

And would not the accompanying cultural values of that scientific society — pragmatic openness; tolerance; freedom of inquiry, of belief and of decision; the democratic process; and self - control — also increase?

Decisions finally become a matter of pragmatic choice about the impact of specific policies.

Now you may call that an exercise based on principle for the sake of app.ease.ment, but a decision like that sounds pretty pragmatic to me.

Acceptance or rejection of a scientific finding does not necessarily dictate the decisions one makes, whether moral or pragmatic.

«I just feel the way the club is so pragmatic in its decision making, I don't see Arsene leaving.

It is time, surely, to be pragmatic and realise that if we want to challenge for serious trophies we need to be (well, Wenger needs to be) more cut throat in his decisions...!!

«Arsenal have always worked within budgets and their decision making is always very pragmatic,» he wrote.

Just like the stock market sometimes reacts in a non pragmatic manner, but even worse for the UFC «rankings» because it is based on a much smaller group of actors who are not even investing actual money in their decisions / opinions.

Football Index is revolutionising football betting: the outcome of a single match could sway on any number of circumstances — a referee's poor decision for instance — but investing in the future of a next - generation star like Anthony Martial is a much safer and more pragmatic way to earn dividends.

1.30 pm ToryDiary: «Today's vote certainly points to a welcome degree of pragmatism among many of the delegates (memorably, one of the rebel speakers actually criticised the idea that policies should be pragmatic) but it is not final proof that the Lib Dems are willing to make all of the tough decisions involved in being in government.»

He says it was a «pragmatic business decision» to stop people washing their laundry in public.

Local communities would be much better at weighing the pros and cons of development and come to more pragmatic and balanced decisions.

As Capital NY reported this morning, Cuomo has made progress re-establishing his ties with the leaders of several of the unions that are key members of the Working Families Party, but it looks like many of the rank - and - file, with whom the endorsement decision ultimately rests, are less pragmatic and harder to convince.

It is difficult to comprehend the EC's decision to introduce new issues that have the potential to instigate new legal suits, which the Supreme Court in its lucid ruling and extraordinary consequential orders, had sought to abate — after the Court has heeded to the EC's pleadings and issued pragmatic orders for management of the process.

«This progress is happening in part because we learned the lessons from the difficulties of the early years — that it is better to focus less on the monumentalism of a project and more on hard and fast decisions like pragmatic design, construction milestones and budgets,» said Ward, in the speech.

Although this might be true for some, many base their career decisions at least in part on pragmatic evaluation of their financial future.

At a recent meeting, doctors, clinical trial experts, and statisticians made the case for a new type of experiment: pragmatic clinical trials, which focus less on basic biology and more on what doctors need to make decisions.

«We've really tried to make very pragmatic and disciplined decisions with the limited amount of money we have and spend it wisely.»

This decision was two-fold; I wanted to spend my money on a classic and timeless purse that would last for years and the second part was less pragmatic: I really like designer handbags.

The film works simultaneously as a clinical dramatization of a real - world issue, a pragmatic dissection of the attitudes of those who participate in such decisions, and a race - against - the - clock thriller.

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She was described as pragmatic in her approach to problem - solving and involved her staff in most decisions.

A study released yesterday by Mathematica Policy Research (and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education) titled «Teachers with High «Value Added» Can Boost Test Scores in Low - Performing Schools» implies that, yet again, value - added estimates are the key statistical indicators we as a nation should be using, above all else, to make pragmatic and policy decisions about America's public school teachers.

Thus, PTK would integrate theory - based researcher knowledge with grounded - experience teacher knowledge to produce pragmatic, field - tested suggestions to guide practice decisions (Hiebert et al., 2002; Saye, Kohlmeier, Brush, Mitchell, & Farmer, 2009).

For the Obama education team, then, there are pragmatic and political considerations involved in its decision.

The decision to purchase a minivan is a pragmatic one.

Some authors are brilliant marketing strategists who know everything about publishing and make smart, purely pragmatic, decisions.

For some reason, when we reach home, we go from pragmatic individuals who can easily make objective, fact - based decisions for a company, to people who are emotional about their credit card debt and student loans.

Other great posts included the question of whether you would prefer $ 1 million or $ 5000 per month for your retirement, and the pragmatic warning about making financial decisions on your smartphone.