Sentences with phrase «pragmatic when»

Recently retired Maryland Republican Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, PhD is a good example of being pragmatic when it comes to dealing with fossil fuel issues — http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/11/07/2862781/tea-party-gore/ reports:

And he was both thoughtful and pragmatic when I asked him about the necessity of casting a white actor in a lead role in order to get his film funded.

While he's awaiting final word on Cuomo's attendance, Ortiz was pragmatic when I asked if he agrees with his colleagues that the governor is lagging in the urban agenda department, noting that the administration had been sidetracked by the need to respond to unexpected events — like the back - to - back tropical storms that caused unprecedented flooding upstate and the rejection of the first PEF contract.

Lerner was in the first camp, but she was pragmatic when I asked whether she believes the governor indeed intends to push hard for campaign finance reform — something he hasn't shown any sign of doing yet.

He's a moderate from a blue state that is home to a massive immigrant population who needs to be pragmatic when it comes to certain issues.

Maybe to be PRAGMATIC when he needs to.

Still, Nightingale is pragmatic when talking about his team's NorCal chances.

Not exact matches

«He always said through the (global economic) crisis when he was running up very substantial deficits, which would not be his preferred approach, «I'm not an ideologue, I'm a pragmatic person,»» Pothier said in an interview.

«When I decided to start a business with my current business partner, it was a pragmatic calculation about what value each of us brought to the table,» explains Cole Zucker, co-founder and CEO of Green Creative.

Pat's pragmatic optimism inspires me, too: when men «get it» and become an ally of feminist women, they can become the most powerful champions for women and evangelists of equitable practices.

After devastating famine in the late 1950s followed by social upheavals of the Cultural Revolution in the»60s and»70s, China turned to a more pragmatic approach to economic development when Deng Xiaoping ascended to power at the end of that period.

The choices Google made with the design of Pixel Buds speak to Google's emerging values when it comes to its hardware products: be pragmatic and lean on Google's core technologies whenever possible.

When disaster struck the world economy, our Government's decisive and pragmatic leadership navigated Canada through the worst global recession in a generation.

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.

When banks and startups better understand the culture and pragmatic concerns of the other, we'll see a higher percentage of courtships result in real collaboration, bringing products and services to market that will ultimately result in better user experiences for bank customers.

«But, when it comes time to govern, [presidents] frequently implement much more pragmatic policies that attempt to level the playing field rather than rewrite history.»

While this strategy works just fine for large publishers that already have established brands and get thousands of shares on any new article they publish (such as Mashable or TechCrunch), a more pragmatic approach is needed for just about every other business.It's true that getting quality inbound links starts with great content on your client's website, but the missing link is getting journalists, contributors, authors, and editors at quality publications to become aware of that content so that they can link to it when writing relevant stories / articles.

It is instead a set of well - meaning sentiments that are sufficiently vague to allow for pragmatic adjustment when necessary.

When pragmatic Christians accept this they will become less smug when dealing with Judaism and IsWhen pragmatic Christians accept this they will become less smug when dealing with Judaism and Iswhen dealing with Judaism and Islam.

12So far as I can see, phenomenological, linguistic, and pragmatic appeals to experience can only be at odds with each other when they are misunderstood.

That's what I meant when I said his argument there is pragmatic rather than metaphysical.

However, when conservationists try to oppose polluters and developers solely with pragmatic arguments about the value to human welfare of, for example, gene pools in rain forests, they have been maneuvered into fighting on the same ground as their opponents.

Even when Wendy's actions put his own life in danger, Marty is selfless, and even forgiving in the pragmatic sense (he still needs her help to prevent the mob from carrying out a hit).

A very thought - provoking post and many of the feelings you have experienced are familiar to people of conscience, whether religious or other, but a pragmatic way of seeing the other side of the coin is that when you abandon the need to make money, (even just enough to live on), you by default, pass the responsibility for your survival to others.

Pragmatic and resilient, you never, ever, ever give up... even when the odds are stacked against you.

You can still be a loser when you're pragmatic and rational.

Might get thumbed down for this but when are we going to become pragmatic?

While every Arsenal fan will be urging the players to give absolutely everything for a victory over table topping Leicester City tomorrow, our manager is often a bit more pragmatic than that and whereas we used to sometimes get caught out when throwing players forward, Arsene Wenger will now sometimes make sure of the point rather than risking all for the win.

I see you're still spouting your usual drivel such as «be pragmatic» (whatever that means in the context of football) and «play at a low tempo» (what — like Liverpool did against us when they beat us 4 — 0?

Wenger might be smart (so he says) and a believer, but he is far from being pragmatic and crucial when necessary.

Just a few are; the inability to handle the pressure of expectation, complacency, bottling it in the big games, Wenger's apparent reluctance to compete and spend the club's money in the transfer market and his insistence on playing a certain style of attractive football when a more pragmatic approach may serve us better.

Wenger is brilliant with playing the most beautiful football, great at developing players and actually quite good with tactics when he does bother to be pragmatic.

I think the alteration to the Gunners way of playing from tiki - tata to a pragmatic way of playing like Real Madrid are playing happened when we lost the BPL game at home to the Red Devils of Man Utd FC.

Basic pragmatic thought and why other teams» key players get wrapped up in cotton wool when they're looking a bit prone.

Let be pragmatic — This is team was good to win the league this year, not because it doesn't have weaknesses but its because our usual direct rivals are struggling and we should have taken advantage like they did when we were struggling to pay the stadium.

But he also knows when to get a pragmatic approach and he's been (yes, slowly but now very firmly) adapting to the new tactical and managerial tendencies.

Instead, they were pragmatic, pounced when they got their opportunities, and possessed teams to death as soon as they went ahead.

We need a more pragmatic approach to the games with strong opponents (basically 2/3 of the EPL) when we play at home.

Tell me about it, sometimes I wish we'd be a bit more pragmatic, realize when we're against it and escape with a point IF we can't get 3.

But there is another, more pragmatic reason Paul yearns to keep running mates close: He is a demanding leader, and when you drop the hammer, it helps to also bring the glue.

The club's transfer business has been presented to us as a pragmatic purchase of proven Premier League performers (but then so were Ayew, Fonte and Snodgrass) when in fact it is no more than a short term survival strategy.

Nottingham Forest fans knew they were getting a pragmatic manager when Aitor Karanka replaced Mark Warburton at the City Ground at the turn of the year.

Both are functional and pragmatic teams who are very difficult to score on when they meet similar opposition.

Retiring Rep. Chris Gibson has made a point during his tenure in the House to try to appeal to a wide range of constituents by adopting a pragmatic approach in D.C. — even when his won conference has leaned steadily to the right.

Cuomo also reflected on the death of his father on the first day of 2015, when he was sworn in for a second term as governor and what it means to be a «pragmatic progressive» in elected office.

When Observer asked if the mayor or the governor holds more responsibility, Johnson insisted he is focused on «being pragmatic.»

Cuomo is nothing if not pragmatic, especially when it comes to national politics.

But to an audience this week at Sag Harbor on Long Island, Cuomo was unapologetic when it came to how he framed himself as a «pragmatic progressive» — saying it was a philosophy his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, endorsed.

«He called himself when he was asked that question, a pragmatic progressive,» Cuomo said of his father, according to a source in the room.

«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.