Sentences with phrase «pragmatism about»

Most international routes go through Germany so there is probably a measure of pragmatism about it, but there's no denying it's still a marvel of route planning efficiency even far beyond the country's borders.

In nominating Duncan, Obama said, «We share a deep pragmatism about how to go about this.

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Earlier, we looked at pragmatism about technology in designing high - end mobility solutions for training.

Stringer was originally campaigning for a mayoral run this year but switched to the comptroller race out of a sense of pragmatism about his chances.

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While critics might lambaste this as wishy - washiness, it is perhaps one of the best and most unique things about Canada — a pragmatism that ultimately trumps single - mindedness.

But the difference may be about pragmatism, not priorities.

It is important, to pick up the point he made about pragmatism, that we adopt a practical, pragmatic approach to the future, ensuring that we have the relationship we want with the European Union that will be good for the United Kingdom, but also good for the EU27.

He began rather conventionally, writing a dissertation on pragmatism at the University of Virginia and writing about American political thought (an early article was on the theme of demagogy in the Federalist Papers).

One of the difficulties in much that has been written or said about human sexuality is that it has been altogether too much based upon what Mr. Woollard calls a «secular kind of pragmatism.»

It has differentiated itself from grand macrotheoretical formulations concerned with value orientations, the comparison of whole civilizations, or global assertions about dominant themes in modernity such as universalism, pragmatism, and the like.

And when I saw his cameo performance on Sunday I sadly didn't feel the same pang of sadness that I did the week before and sadly, the week before that because the more and more I start to think about the reality of the situation, the more that pragmatism kicks in for my mind.

I'm more concerned about the volume of water in the glass and if it would suffice to quench my thirst... Perhaps this deep rooted cynical pragmatism comes with being an engineer in an industry that is more of a sausage fest than the average meat packing plant?

For the Tories though it wasn't just about principle it was also a matter of pragmatism.

So finally, even if in his Einsteinian pragmatism God could only be accurately described as the Old One, surely there was a faith in that image, perhaps an agnostic's faith, that made it presumptuous for any human being to come to any conclusion about the goodness or incomprehensible amorality of God's universe or the souls it contained until we at least learned the laws that governed it.

It is, though, a passive display: while some computer enthusiasts wax lyrical about building virtual reality, Disney builds parallel reality with the pragmatism of an engineer.

Just as we're about to gun the engines or blast off on a daring plan, the buzzkill of pragmatism could pull us down to earth.

Can't quite agree with your characterization of Lincoln - or Obama for that matter - as being impatient or divisive (unless I'm misreading you on that point); in both cases, I think they did about the best they could with recalcitrant opposition (obviously more severe in Lincoln's case) and that they correctly read their respective times in pushing certain policies through (and both were, in large part a mixture of idealism and pragmatism - too pragmatic for a lot of other idealists).

Johnny's queer but, refreshingly, «God's Own Country» is not the coming - out narrative one might expect; he's not in denial about his sexuality, nor are his elders, who demand of Johnny a life that impedes his self - expression out of pragmatism, not prejudice.

However, coming from a commercial background, I'm equally passionate about emphasising real world pragmatism.

Clearly, at least some people have been concerned about the pragmatism of public pensions for decades before our current crisis.

It begs the question: Is this really about school reform, or is it about somebody's philosophical or ideological stance, that they're just so, you know, didactic... that they're going to push this program without any flexibility whatsoever, without any pragmatism, without any common sense?

From a hidden letter, 17 - year - old Lucy Scarborough learns «all sorts of melodramatic, ridiculous, but true things» about the circumstances surrounding her rape on prom night, her subsequent pregnancy, and why therapy and her signature pragmatism won't be much help against an ancient fairy's curse.

«As we talk to our friends and industry colleagues about «doing something indie» with us, there's a shared pragmatism informed by years in the industry that melds with the lingering youthful enthusiasm that got us into games to begin with,» Vanaman writes.

There is perversity as well as pragmatism in the ways Deacon goes about making things.

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.

If we don't want to deal with problems in Peirce's philosophy of science, simply talking about naturalism and pragmatism might be of help.

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.

But, bottom line, I know a few more things about pragmatism, efficiency, and building for the long term.

DK and Cohn talk beguilingly about HK pragmatism (as a preferred alternative to LTP) and that was my take on OT pragmatism (also referred to pejoratively by some as «you can't always get the toothpaste back in the tube»).

I am really appreciates your efforts which you put in this blog about A Climate pragmatism project and the massive expansion of energy systems.

As such, Climate Pragmatism offers a framework for renewed American leadership on climate change that's effectiveness, paradoxically, does not depend on any agreement about climate science or the risks posed by uncontrolled greenhouse gases.

Truly passionate about all things tech, Nina combines in - depth knowledge of telecoms regulation with commercial pragmatism, and her sheer energy and enthusiasm for working with fast - paced, high - tech multinational clients.

But I'm also a pragmatist — and pragmatism is what the HOPE Awards are all about.