This is the flexible,
pragmatic response of a man who realizes that he writes for an ideal world but has to work in the real one.
Not exact matches
Whether drawing on civic liberalism, popular evangelicalism or simply
pragmatic and ad hoc collections
of cultural and programmatic elements, their
response is the pattern many pundits have come to expect.
Christian nonviolence is neither a political theory nor a
pragmatic strategy to rid the world
of violence; it is simply what many Christians have found to be a faithful
response to the path
of Jesus.
The country's innovative digital governance was not the result
of a carefully crafted master plan, it was a
pragmatic and cost - efficient
response to budget limitations.
In his
response, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi lauded the NAF leadership for its
pragmatic efforts at ensuring that the whole
of the country is safe for all Nigerians.
In
response to a question about the likelihood
of Congressional support for proposed budget increases for DOE science initiatives, Moniz offered remarks that were both
pragmatic and optimistic: While noting that current spending caps might make a 20 % increase in clean - energy R&D unlikely, he said that there have been encouraging signs
of greater bipartisan support for such research, and an appreciation for the DOE's strategy to work with private investors as well as international collaborators.
One
pragmatic response is to postpone decommissioning, perhaps for decades, on the basis that radioactive decay will eventually reduce the scale
of the task.
On aggregate, drilling rig companies appear to have a
pragmatic highly sensitive
response to the relative value
of drilling for natural gas versus oil.
Describing the Commission's decision as a «nullity» was a
pragmatic response, based on principles drawn from previous decided cases, to a threat to the separation
of powers and rule
of law posed by the ouster clause.
Consequently, as we enter the Bribery Act enforcement era with expanded corporate criminal liability and a new corporate offence
of failing to prevent bribery, the trend to civil recovery is likely to be short lived and viewed as a
pragmatic «stop gap»
response to apparent deficiencies in the criminal justice architecture rather than as a long term enforcement trend in settling overseas corruption cases involving companies.
Although the administration was quick to condemn the act as «cowardly» in a faculty wide email, it was unclear what
pragmatic steps can be (or have been) taken as a
response (In an interview with CBC, Christien Levien, President
of University
of Ottawa's Black Law Students Association, said that he hoped the university would follow up on his recommendations, but to date it is unclear whether the administration will be implementing them).
Another client praises «very
pragmatic and legally sound» Raymond Low, a leading lawyer, for his «fast
response and a good understanding
of operational issues».
We identify challenges in due diligence, evaluate and construct
pragmatic responses and plans to keep deals on track and execute on such plans to eliminate or mitigate risk to preserve expected operational and financial performance
of the client or target companies.
The
responses confirmed that the DPA model is a sensible and
pragmatic means
of identifying and penalising more corporate offenders.
«It is argued that a guilty plea in those circumstances is not a meaningful acceptance
of responsibility but a
pragmatic response to the Kafkaesque situation they were in,» he says.
Reliability and validity in inpatient and outpatient populations have been demonstrated, with high test - retest reliability and moderate to high correlations with discharge diagnoses.34 - 38 The Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes was used because its psychometric properties mimic those
of other structured interviews while offering
pragmatic advantages, including shorter administration time, a detailed training manual, ease
of administration, and a concise
response booklet.39 These instruments were administered at baseline to document lifetime and current presence or absence
of psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses.