| 单词 | pragmatic |
| 例句 | Farmer called it a show of “pragmatic solidarity.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He had to make an effort to recover his usual state of mind, which was realistic and pragmatic. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, androids equipped with the new Nexus-6 brain unit had from a sort of rough, pragmatic, no-nonsense standpoint evolved beyond a major—but inferior—segment of mankind. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The practical, pragmatic part of our upbringing wouldn’t allow me to put much stock in the gentle, well-intentioned platitudes people would heap on us a few days later at the funeral. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I made good money at Sidley but was pragmatic enough to take a bird in the hand when it came to housing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Trade may seem a very pragmatic activity, one that needs no fictive basis. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Powell, in his pragmatic way, wanted what I wanted: A fair shot. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Bobby’s pragmatic philosophy was similar to the old Arabic saying “Trust in Allah but tie up your camel.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The architecture had a spareness and an economy of line that were pragmatic to the point of absurdity. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The message suited Farmer temperamentally, because for all his scholarly understanding of developing nations’ problems, his strongest impulses were pragmatic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The fair taught men and women steeped only in the necessary to see that cities did not have to be dark, soiled, and unsafe bastions of the strictly pragmatic. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Although colorblind approaches to addressing the problems of poor people of color often seem pragmatic in the short run, in the long run they are counterproductive. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Whatever this place is, it has not needed to be as pragmatic as our city. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z What can you do? a pragmatic voice asks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z That pragmatic majority, the West Computers knew, were the ones who had the power to break down the barriers that existed at Langley. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She had to explain the scientific method she had used in order to overcome the senator’s pragmatic resistance. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She said this in a pragmatic, almost indifferent, tone, and Mariam understood that this was a woman far past outrage. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Where it comes to the more specific question of living witnesses, Aristotle is as ever pragmatic. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z It was simply that Shaker Heights, despite its idealism, was a pragmatic place, and she did not know how to be anything else. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z While it makes perfect sense to me, this pragmatic view of religion escapes the Reverend utterly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Advice, when she offered it, tended to be of the hard-boiled and pragmatic variety. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A part of me wants to remove her as a friend, but the pragmatic side reminds me that then I’d never get to see what else she puts up. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She was a practical, worldly, diffident woman, and her modem, pragmatic character was a serious obstacle to telepathy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I still don’t understand why you don’t just go to her family?” asks Kim, pragmatic as ever. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Just because a man’s eccentric doesn’t mean he can’t also be pragmatic. Crispin Glover: ‘When you raise questions people say, ‘You’re crazy’’ 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z For good reason; women are crying out for men to be more empathetic, and to be more vulnerable for very good, pragmatic reasons: first and foremost, their own safety. Michael Ian Black: Trump's "anachronistic sense of masculinity . . . is literally killing people" 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z To a certain extent, of course, it doesn’t matter if the jacket is flattering, or pragmatic. Is the Yeezy Gap Jacket Really Any Good? 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z It's a versatile brand that essentially appeals to the pragmatic chef, art curator or Instagram influencer. Gen Z, Le Creuset, and "aesthetic adulthood": Why young people are investing in this pricey cookware 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z In Ms. Kristeva’s interpretation, Teresa isn’t “the patron saint of hysteria,” as Freud’s mentor Josef Breuer called her, but the patron saint of passionate pragmatics. ‘Teresa, My Love,’ Julia Kristeva’s Latest Novel 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z No one graduates these days without a seminar on preparing to operate and advance a career in pragmatic, properly professional ways. Art Review: Learning About the Marketplace and Entering It 2011-08-11T21:32:30Z He began with Bach’s arrangement for keyboard of Alessandro Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in D minor; this was Bach’s pragmatic way of getting to know the latest currents in Italian music from the inside. Review: Young Concert Artists Is Back, With a Superb Pianist 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z We are losing the reassuring voices of our pragmatic mothers saying, You don’t have to do this. Perspective | The abortions we didn’t have 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Taliaferro, an author of five previous books, does a good job defending his subject on this count, noting how Grinnell’s attitude evolved from the romantic to the pragmatic. The Forgotten Man Responsible for Our Most Iconic National Parks 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z It’s a pragmatic answer and one that cuts to the core of her personality. From Sex and the City to Divorce – the television remaking of Sarah Jessica Parker 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z “The Souls of Black Folk,” like much of DuBois’s work, is infused with the kind of pragmatic realism embedded in “The Talk.” A fear not shared by all Americans: The privilege of knowing you’ll never be a police brutality victim 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z My colleagues, being intelligent and agreeable, if pragmatic, rather agreed. William Blake brought me face to face with my literary fundamentalism 2012-11-06T12:09:21Z “She’s funny, smart and pragmatic but also dominates every scene she’s in. It’s emboldening for me as a woman to play someone with so much confidence and such intellect.” In ‘Super Pumped,’ the Uber Founder Disrupts His Own Rise 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The saying perfectly encapsulates what I observed to be her creative, pragmatic, cheerfully indomitable spirit. Perspective | Producer Marcia Nasatir knew her own worth. Too bad Hollywood didn’t. 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z What gets you leaning in is Wertenbaker’s whirlpool of verbiage, the lofty defining of terms and the pragmatic refining of practices. Review | ‘Jefferson’s Garden’ blooms with contradictions at Ford’s 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Helvetica is simple in shape with no decorative details; like New Yorkers it is tough, blunt and pragmatic. Design: New York Subway's Long Dance With a Typeface 2011-04-03T15:00:06Z In fact, I recently read an article about prisons withholding feminine hygiene products as a means of repressing self-esteem in inmates, shrouded in a pragmatic budget watch. “The most ludicrous scenes of ‘Orange is the New Black’ are the most realistic”: My time in federal prison 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z In March, the pragmatic doctor purchased a bulk order of various narcotics and poisons, mainly strychnine, from a New York drug dealer, then booked a first-class passage back to London. Review | A true-crime columnist turns his attention to Victorian-era serial killer Thomas Neill Cream 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The pragmatic reasons for spring cleaning no longer exist. The Clean Queen Talks Quarantine 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z It also has a 50 miles-per-hour speed limit, so at Tupelo, Miss., I opted for the more pragmatic highway to New Orleans. As Seen on TV: A Road Trip Tracks the Shows of the South 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z This is a pragmatic recounting of a nigh-impossible mission: first, to find the trapped boys, and harder still, to swim them out. ‘Thirteen Lives’ Review: Dramatizing the Near Impossible 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Labour stopped being Labour, so I became a pragmatic voter for the SNP. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z This old-fashioned virtue became his hallmark, an endearing practice and a pragmatic one as he fostered warm connections with world leaders, potential allies and even his opponents. Perspective | How George H.W. Bush used handwritten thank-you notes to build bridges 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z In truth, being pragmatic has become a synonym for being a wuss. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z The items are mostly pragmatic: a bigger boat and a more effective communications package, among other things. Unlucky or deluded? One man’s attempt to swim the Atlantic 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Here we see pragmatic, baffled Judith – crisply performed by Kristin Hutchinson – packing to leave Hitler's prewar Germany. The Jewish Wife 2010-07-30T21:01:00Z This was less a bold venture in genre-blending than a pragmatic attempt to make “Semele” suitable to both the opera house and concert hall. Review: Handel’s ‘Semele’ Comes With Sumo Wrestlers at BAM 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z “The divination wasn’t airy-fairy; the clouds didn’t open. As much as I’m spiritual, I’m very pragmatic too. He just gave me very clear advice, clear messages. I said, ‘I think I’ve found my tradition.’ For Two Los Angeles Artists, the Spiritual Is Political 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z “Help Me!” reads like a novel, with full-color recurring characters, including love interests, an increasingly exasperated roommate and Power’s pragmatic, farm-raised mom always ready with a one-liner. Review | Is there such a thing as too much self-care? One woman found out. 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z But he would like you know that he’s good in a crisis, that’s he a “pragmatic problem-solver,” that he can bedevil Trump while consolidating support to defeat him. Did Mike Bloomberg waste $500 million running for president? We’re about to find out. 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The ostensibly spiritual King approached Bobby Kennedy with a hardheadedness that the pragmatic Kennedy would have admired. Book excerpt: The untold story of MLK and RFK 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Some of these rule-enforcers are harshly pragmatic, like the former penitentiary worker now employed as a “student concerns specialist” in a Charleston high school. Review: Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘Notes From the Field’ Delivers Voices of Despair and Hope 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Balanchine was ever pragmatic in how best to accomplish beauty. Twyla Tharp’s Rehearsal: Here and Now Forever 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z For now, he’s pragmatic about his own ability to land every punch line, offering only that he is an “okay joke writer, an okay performer.” After quitting his day job, comic has a new role: Building a comedy scene 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z But that pragmatic tolerance of the threats they face can’t work for Vivek, who finds remaining in the bubble of silence and invisibility intolerable. Review | Like ‘Freshwater,’ Akwaeke Emezi’s new novel, ‘The Death of Vivek Oji’ explores lives outside society’s expectations 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z In the context of my life at the time, moving to Juárez was fairly pragmatic. A better border is possible 2012-05-26T22:00:00Z Abel is a native Colombian who, for reasons as much pragmatic as moral, seeks to avoid violence, though he's not above his share of white-collar peccadilloes. Oscar Isaac set to simmer in 'A Most Violent Year' 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The first half of the movie largely centers on the life that Raphaël makes with Juliette as she grows from a curly-head moppet into a bold young adult who’s at once dreamy and pragmatic. ‘Scarlet’ Review: A Father and Daughter Endure 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Marisa was livid about the doctor's lack of tact, and repeated her rather pragmatic question, 'Why on earth would she tell you that now? The Survivor by S?nia Hern?ndez, translated by Samantha Schnee 2011-04-01T11:27:00Z I’m pragmatic and impatient and she’s good at cultivating and nurturing the artisans. | Making His Own Bed 2010-05-05T19:34:00Z The results are often pragmatic, such as the safety glasses twisted out of a wire and some cellophane, but that's not to say they lack skill or pride. Home-Made Europe: the DIY geniuses shaking up design 2012-05-30T16:14:18Z Lucid, pragmatic and buttressed by a parade of supporting facts, statistics and observations, Dionne's prescriptions would hold up well in a debate. How the Republicans wound up with Trump: E.J. Dionne explains in 'Why the Right Went Wrong' 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The group's leader, James, arguably the most pragmatic character, seemed a lot like Cameron to me, but Wade says she didn't have individuals in mind when she was writing. Laura Wade: return of the thugs 2012-05-16T17:30:01Z I’ve changed since I was a teenager: softened, become more pragmatic. Is my autism a superpower? 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Many more pragmatic voices in law enforcement see all this military-grade gear as “worst case scenario” weapons. The road to Ferguson: This 1980 bank robbery changed how American police are armed 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z The two dancers, as they echo and repeat and refine each other's moves, develop a relationship that becomes cheerful, wry and sweetly pragmatic. Richard Alston Dance Company 2010-06-17T20:30:00Z And Provence was not just a region but also a state of mind – indulgent, fantastical, credulous – and this element fed into those harsh and pragmatic owners up in the north. Ford Madox Ford's affair with Provence 2010-08-20T23:00:00Z His pragmatic replacement, Mies, transformed Bauhaus in its latter years into a full-fledged school of architecture. On the Bauhaus Trail in Germany 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z One is remedial and pragmatic, the province of engineers and bureaucrats. Can the Chicago River be saved? 2013-02-24T15:00:00Z This approach comes from a mindset that I call pragmatic idealism. Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z It's a heartfelt yet poised defense of the U.N., a respectful consideration of opposing arguments, and a charting of a pragmatic course — straight down the middle of the ideological road. Unraveling my family's Cold War mystery 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z He’s not “selling out” if he is a little more pragmatic in a longer the time horizon of executing the plan. Ron Paul's Plan for Medicare Reform: Legalize Pot 2012-01-26T20:33:59Z But what gifted youth need is guidance from the gifted who figured out how to be graciously protean, pragmatic flourishers. Gifted and Talented and Complicated 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Still, beyond the religious themes in much of his work, Mr. Sellier saw himself as a pragmatic businessman. Charles Sellier Jr., Creator of ?Grizzly Adams,? Dies at 67 2011-02-04T05:35:12Z She also thinks we’ve reached a more pragmatic moment in fitness culture. Curves and Kardashians: The fitness world’s evolving obsession with perfect glutes 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z If orchestras offer an exalted answer, the military offers a pragmatic, functional one. Military bands offer musicians great jobs, similar challenges to orchestras On a more pragmatic level, the way these profound cultural differences get filtered into strident political disagreement is precisely the problem. Hey, liberals: You haven’t won the culture war 2012-11-10T20:00:00Z He is pragmatic and hard working, a thinker and a planner. Perspective | How Springsteen and soy sauce brought this couple together 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z That’s valid, but you don’t seem to want this career anyway, so the retraining-while-making-wages-at-whatever sounds like a pragmatic answer to that. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: After many relocations for work, feeling moved to quit to be with friends 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Treiman, 18, a student at Crossroads school in Santa Monica who was recently accepted to Yale, is pragmatic about the experience. What's it like to hear the L.A. Phil play your music in Disney Hall? Ask these composers, ages 16 to 18 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Anonymous: Put that way, I agree; but I didn’t see it as a philosophical issue, I saw it as pragmatic. Carolyn Hax: What’s wrong with a bit of bed-sharing with a 4-year-old? 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Why does a cult attach precisely to the least cultish, most pragmatic of English writers? What Matters in Jane Austen? by John Mullan – review 2012-06-15T21:55:14Z Romney’s book is, like his candidacy to date, careful and pragmatic. On Health Care, Mitt Romney's Pragmatic Plan Plays it Safe 2011-09-07T12:23:34Z “It took me a long time to separate identity from biology. I’m just using my hardware to do a thing. It’s pragmatic.” The dad who gave birth: ‘Being pregnant doesn't change me being a trans man’ 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z “He’s pragmatic and calculating, while others are tilting at windmills.” ‘The Last of the Unjust,’ About a Jewish Camp Official 2014-01-24T19:52:42Z At first they feel themselves preyed upon but, once again, power shifts along with the surfacing of desire, and they find a shockingly pragmatic solution to their various wants. Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy | Book review 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z On one side is the pragmatic case that says the very rich exist and therefore it's best to encourage them to give to charity. Vivien Duffield: The women who thinks it's better to give 2011-03-27T00:06:25Z But I think the children of actors share a certain pragmatic approach. Toby Jones: dial H for Hitchcock 2012-12-09T18:59:01Z As her experiment evolves, Ms. Zizka must balance artistic daring with pragmatic considerations that American nonprofit institutions inevitably face. A Philadelphia Theater Heading, and Sweating, in a New Direction 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Are we about to see a pragmatic unification of two historic antagonists to rival the Soviet-Nazi pact for its rhetoric-defying implausibility? Rewind TV: Homeland; Wonderland: I Was Once a Beauty Queen – review 2012-10-13T23:06:22Z This generous, pragmatic spirit is what makes “Balancing Acts” not just a colorful theatrical memoir but a rousing statement of theatrical faith. Review | One of theater’s most accomplished directors reveals a life among the stars 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Having a job freed me somewhat from my mother’s poverty, but I never viewed it as anything more than a pragmatic necessity. In praise of idle hands: Underemployed and unashamed in America 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Local reactions to Aviva’s sponsorship have also been “definitely negative,” he added, even though pragmatic attitudes to private investment have been “a big part of Manchester’s story” since the 1980s. A New British Arts Venue Tracks Its City’s Changes 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Many authors, including Ernest Hemingway, were therefore forced to tone down their novels' language and content, on pragmatic rather than moral grounds. Censored gay sex in From Here to Eternity restored for new edition 2011-04-05T15:20:59Z Instead of piety, she offers a pragmatic, borderline cynical view of how faith operates. ‘White Noise’ Review: Toxic Events, Airborne and Domestic 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z She's pragmatic, cool, a woman of few words and subtle expressiveness that speaks volumes. How Cinemax's "Jett" does nudity — and plenty of it — right 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z It's all part of the show's pragmatic treatment of life on the rez for its young characters and their elders. Prepare for a lovely last "Reservation Dogs" ride, circling back to where its cinematic trip began 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z In our modern world, the most complex questions require a meaningful mix of an idealistic vision with a pragmatic approach. Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z From the outset, "The Great" lets us know that this is not a romantic comedy, but it may be a pragmatic one regarding the nature of love, and more realistically, pleasure. "The Great" is the cheeky post-enlightment balm we've been waiting for 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z But few accounts preserve the gleeful idealism of the “head,” or consider the turn from psychedelic exploration to the amorphous hierarchies of the Silicon Valley workplace as a form of pragmatic surrender. The Lingering Legacy of Psychedelia 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Feldmann said it was an entirely pragmatic decision: “it’s easier because they only will need one pin.” Artist?s Guggenheim Show: 100,000 $1 Bills on the Wall 2011-04-28T13:43:46Z Small wonder that so many people take a pragmatic – rather than a moral-based – approach and choose to simply “do what they’ve got to do”. I’m in a long-distance relationship – will porn stop me being unfaithful? 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z He comes up with a pragmatic solution: the installation of an elderly war hero, the Marshal, as a puppet leader. The Moment of Truth – review 2013-07-01T17:08:20Z The dream, then—the workable, pragmatic dream of a man troubled by lived reality—is a regulated hunting industry in which operators steward the land while catering to a Western taste for blood. What We Mourned When We Mourned Cecil 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z “My sister is very pragmatic,” said Megan Gibes of her younger sibling. Writing Their Own Stories, Together 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z For all sorts of pragmatic reasons, Hatch can't afford to make a mistake in the cutting. Victor Spinetti obituary letter 2012-06-22T15:25:13Z Her prose easily floats between humor and pain, and her pragmatic but gentle approach to complicated topics sets her apart from some of her more dogmatic peers. New & Noteworthy, From Obamacare to Women in Television 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z "He's a very pragmatic person. "I'm curious myself. What happens after you die? TNT's 'Proof' examines the mysteries 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z On a more pragmatic level, Klimt had a considerable investment in his few portraits because he depended on their subjects for his income. Klimt’s Women, Real and on Canvas 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z The supple brushwork, careful spacing and fine paper, meanwhile, remind us that even a casual, pragmatic missive took some effort. Art Review: ‘Brush Writing in the Arts of Japan’ Shows Detailed Efforts 2013-08-29T22:03:18Z The reasoning behind Conway is simply pragmatic: there’s been high turnover in Trump’s campaign manager position. Irish bookie puts odds on Trump’s administration, inauguration and impeachment 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Home-schooling is just one of many possible options in that transition, but it can be helpful to some families in an entirely pragmatic way. Home-schooling: You’re doing it too! 2013-09-14T18:00:00Z What I see are careers to be proud of, a business to run, pragmatic use of your talents and values, and the entirety of the moral high ground. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: ‘Working with your hands’ is bad? Let’s see how they think on their feet. 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z He helped unite the disparate factions of conservatism and harnessed the movement to the pragmatic service of the Republican Party, which eventually paid off with Ronald Reagan's winning the presidency in 1980. William F. Buckley Jr., Norman Mailer: An odd-couple relationship 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z While ending formal travel segregation was an undeniable achievement, the methods and motives for doing so were often more pragmatic than pure. ‘Traveling Black,’ a Look at the Civil Rights Movement in Motion 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z When Mr. Watson, the most veteran of the three, joined Mr. Reid for a duo version of “These Foolish Things,” the rapport was lovely but pragmatic, an allegiance. Music Review: A Veteran Sideman Takes the Lead 2011-08-03T22:14:09Z She harnessed her wild imagination to her marvelously pragmatic intelligence. The Practical Magic of Joan Aiken, the Greatest Children’s Writer You’ve Likely Never Read 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Considering Nikias’ masterful success as a fundraiser, it would be hard to find fault with that message in purely pragmatic terms. Disneyland meets Hogwarts at $700-million USC Village 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z It’s a curious, symbiotic relationship: Cosmopolitan restaurateurs and pragmatic, tradition-bound Amish farmers occupy opposite ends of the lifestyle spectrum. How a small Amish farm co-op came to supply D.C.’s top restaurants 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z But for Sia, masking is both an artistic statement and a pragmatic decision. Sia doesn’t want to be famous: Considering how we treat women like Margot Robbie and Renée Zellweger, who can blame her? 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z It was a homecoming as pragmatic as it was symbolic. New Energy at Versace, Ralph Lauren and Emporio Armani 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Here, unlike on the runways, they were a pragmatic as well as a stylistic choice. Red Carpet Trend at the 2015 Emmys? Trying to Stay Cool 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z “I really, really, really hate being so pragmatic, but I also just want to win this time.” Seeing fatal flaws in every Democratic candidate for president? You’ve got Pundititis. 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z In calmer moments she can be pragmatic and stoic, and even laugh at herself – but before long she'll be worrying again. James Kelman 2012-07-29T19:00:01Z So as he approached his project for City Ballet in November, his first ballet for a large company, he came at it in a different, perhaps more pragmatic, state of mind. At City Ballet, Jamar Roberts and Dancers Find a Common Language 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Perret saw the beauty and potential of this pragmatic, “man-made stone” as he called it. ‘Once visitors arrive, it’s easy to seduce them’: Le Havre celebrates its 500th year 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z “One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves” — it was just this sort of pragmatic thought that has made him so important across the centuries. In Tuscany, Following the Rise and Fall of Machiavelli 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Such pragmatic and aesthetic shifts between the two cultures are at the heart of the show. Deep rising 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Particularly odd, given the impossibility of his goal, are the lengths to which Yglesias goes to be “pragmatic” about achieving it. Matthew Yglesias Thinks There Should Be ‘One Billion Americans’ 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Each work is roughly 40 minutes, which made for a pragmatic double bill and a fresh holiday-season offering. Two-Course Feast of Stage and Song 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Avery, meanwhile, is firmly pragmatic, refusing to see having a career and a family as a zero-sum game. Google maps, free milk: play looks at women having it all 2014-01-29T13:37:31Z A meeting with Jens Moller, the pragmatic, good-natured Danish homicide chief who led the investigation into Ms. Wall’s killing, persuaded him to focus the show on someone who was simply good at his job. Seeking the Humanity in the Story of Kim Wall’s Murder 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Instead, she simply has focused on creating gorgeous clothes for ambitious women who wanted panache in a pragmatic wardrobe. Fashion will survive. But many of the designers at the heart of the industry might not. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Bart Lazar, who specializes in copyright law, said the Warhol decision seemed to prioritize more pragmatic concerns about market competitiveness between an art work and the underlying photograph. After the Warhol Decision, Another Major Copyright Case Looms 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z There’s that modesty again, reflexive but also pragmatic. John Kander’s Major Chord, Undiminished 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Despite the changes, Fury remained grizzled, tough, pragmatic and cool. Nick Fury’s journey from World War II hero, to ’60s spy, to black movie star 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The pragmatic need to appeal to modern audiences, who expect to be surrounded by technology, is one engine of change. The Met and Other Museums Adapt to the Digital Age 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The responses, from a range of cultural institutions, showcased a sector that is taking pragmatic and imaginative steps to cope with testing circumstances. To survive funding cuts, the arts must build on collective know-how 2011-01-27T14:13:01Z My dad is very pragmatic: The world isn't going to change, so you have to have full 100,000 percent accountability for what you do. Hasan Minhaj on the joy of making “Patriot Act” and keeping the political personal 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z We’re even compatible on a pragmatic level – you use the American dollar, which made it so easy to be together. Dear Ecuador: It's Not You, It's Me 2010-07-23T15:20:00Z This was also a matter of publishing pragmatics—who, after “Bunny Modern,” was going to sign on the dotted line for a thousand Bowman pages? David Bowman and the Furry-Girl School of American Fiction 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z There is nothing pragmatic or principled about undermining America’s reputation as a champion of the rule of law and a supposed model for the world to follow. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z In contrast, Law’s Henry is a highly pragmatic soul, who uses his royal stature and high-voltage charm to ingratiate. 3 celebrities portray Shakespeare’s uncommon men 2014-02-03T06:51:22Z But he said the company was simply being pragmatic. The Film ‘Merci Patron!’ Emerges as a Rallying Cry in France 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z She’s fearsome but pragmatic: As the show has emphasized, perhaps too vigorously, the Gerhardt crime family is a ma-and-pa operation and Kansas City is the big box store coming to town. ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Episode 4: Winter Is Coming 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Take the current Republican governor, Charlie Baker: a centrist, pragmatic manager type, known for working just as well with Democrats as with his own party. How is Trump winning over Massachusetts Republicans? He speaks their language. 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The most recent obsession just prior to the egg project was duct tape wallets, a perfect storm of pretty and pragmatic that lasted for a good few years. The craft that consumed me 2012-08-10T14:59:00Z On the devil’s odds, Irons is both sanguine and pragmatic. White whiskers and wonky hips: A retirement home for Tasmanian devils 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Keyes used to be outraged by the way her novels were lumped in with chick lit; these days, she feels much more pragmatic about it. Marian Keyes: a life in books 2012-12-14T22:55:02Z For much of the 20th century, however, woodcuts, linocuts, lithographs, silk-screens and other forms of mechanical reproduction were popular, pragmatic vehicles for socially contrary attitudes. The Week Ahead: Mar. 27 ? April 2 2011-03-25T14:27:11Z Sankaram’s doctoral interest in semiotics and pragmatics influences her compositional practices. Her opera helps a Pakistani rape survivor find a louder voice 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Is it the coolly pragmatic accidental president who once discussed joining NATO? Cluster bomb 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z When the pragmatic American Otis family move in they refuse to be unnerved by the ghost and, as in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice, only the young daughter comes to understand him. Cannes 2012 diary: Cate Blanchett to star in lesbian drama Carol 2012-05-18T14:35:44Z After de Botton, it is a relief to read someone less pedantic and more pragmatic, but Perry’s reluctance to take a position on anything other than breathing and journaling makes her book utterly useless. Self-help hits rock Botton 2013-05-13T19:58:00Z It was a pragmatic optimism that Baron had also shown in his earlier roles overseeing newsrooms whose flush days were past. Marty Baron, Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump and the eight years that reshaped The Washington Post — and journalism 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z But, on the whole, I think we should take a pragmatic line on the subject of intervals. Theatre intervals: is it curtains? 2011-03-01T16:45:47Z Stoicism is a school of philosophy which was founded in Athens in the early 3rd century and then progressed to Rome, where it became a pragmatic way of addressing life’s problems. How would the Stoics cope today? | Ryan Holiday 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Much happened in these years, and the pragmatic Lincoln adapted with changing times. Walt Whitman, Parenting Books and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z She adds that the site “stands ready and willing to do more,” especially “in cooperation with government, nongovernmental, public, private and all other interest groups sincerely dedicated to pragmatic approaches to addressing this scourge.” Backpage sues Washington state 2012-06-05T11:00:00Z It’s difficult to recapture the magic not just for lofty hypothetical reasons, but for boring, pragmatic ones, too. David Lynch Departure From Twin Peaks Shows Why Most Revivals Are Bad Ideas 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z We all seem to be fairly pragmatic actors. Of Booze, Brutal Honesty and Family: ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Philosophers think about these questions systematically, but to the extent that the rest of us tackle them, it’s generally in a scattershot, pragmatic, how-is-this-relevant-to-me-right-now way. ArtsBeat: Reviewer Spotlight: Kathryn Schulz and the Rightness of Wrongness 2011-03-25T16:23:32Z I’m more creative than pragmatic — not that you can’t be creative and pragmatic. Matt Dillon on playing Lars von Trier’s psychopath in controversial “The House That Jack Buil... 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z His is instead a pragmatic idealism, influenced by his grandmother. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z A poignant and pragmatic conclusion, but a domestic one, a private remedy to a public problem. The Unsaid: The Silence of Virginia Woolf 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Coles said, “The fashion industry is very pragmatic, and if de Blasio is pacing through Gracie Mansion, then they’ll be wanting to figure out how to involve him in their world.” Bill de Blasio: The Fashion World Warily Eyes a New Mayor After 12 Years With Michael R. Bloomberg 2014-02-06T00:33:42Z In some recitals, starting with the first four pieces from Book Two of Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues might suggest a pragmatic decision to settle the audience and get the fingers working. Till Fellner – review 2013-06-26T16:59:42Z Even the most pragmatic and logistical of exchanges tend to have a gravity about them due in no small part to their near obsolescence of form. What Do Letters Reveal About the Creative Mind? 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z People like to believe they don’t tell big lies because it’s morally wrong; the more pragmatic deterrent is fear of consequences. What made George Santos lie so much? Experts weigh in on his deception. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z No wonder radio was quick to embrace the band: It proposed something like a pragmatic dream of rock as a renewable and ever-popular tradition. Scott Weiland, a Symbolic Voice of the Shifting ’90s Rock Scene 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Ever a pragmatic thinker, Hiddleston's father, James, had trouble understanding his son's acting ambitions. 8 surprising facts about Tom Hiddleston 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z It’s hard to fill arenas by appealing to voters’ pragmatic side. Meet the Clinton staffer who has devoted his life to her cause. Will it be worth it? 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z When I realized I was in my early 40s and still not comfortable with how I sounded, the pragmatic part of me said, “Well, I’ll go get help.” David Thorpe asks provocative questions in ‘Do I Sound Gay?’ 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z But her relentlessly pragmatic approach to politics is the polar opposite of, say, the Bernie Sanders approach. Nancy Pelosi’s Brilliant Career 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Her sadness and anxiety do not obscure more pragmatic needs: “I’m on the wrong side of 60, not dead,” Kay says. Review: Motherhood Masters Dysfunction in ‘Little Gem’ 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z More pragmatic, robust sexual education is sorely needed. Bedroom confidential: what sex therapists hear from the couch 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The moments when that pragmatic, fearful carapace cracks are among the book's most moving.None is more so than the account of the abortion Galloway had while at school. A life in books: Janice Galloway 2011-08-05T21:55:05Z These aren't just pragmatic concerns: they lie at the root of how to make a theatre relevant to the community it serves. In at the deep end: the Young Vic's theatre boot camp 2011-01-10T21:31:01Z He was globe-bestriding but also self-effacing, erudite but also pragmatic, cosmopolitan but also nationalistic, solemn at one moment and droll the next. John Train, Paris Review Co-Founder and Cold War Operative, Dies at 94 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Edwin Thomas makes Irwin seem pragmatic rather than shallow: it is his astute cramming technique that wins the boys' places as much as it is Hector's avuncular humanism. The History Boys – review 2013-05-23T17:23:59Z His father was an engineer, and at his pragmatic insistence young Kurt studied to become an electrician. Kurt Masur Dies at 88; Conductor Transformed New York Philharmonic 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Even when a pragmatic Farrell tries to debunk the clan’s superstitions, he can’t help sounding ridiculous: “Them old powers be fool-headed talk!” Review: ‘Outsiders,’ the Latest Iteration of the American Family as Criminal Enterprise 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Such philosophical questions took on a pragmatic import for millions of people in the 1960s when mind-expanding drugs became widely available. Art Review: Picturing a Mind-Blowing World Made of Drugs 2010-10-07T21:19:00Z In fact, after a point, all moral or pragmatic justifications for killing, even in a state of war, are cold comfort. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6, Episode 13: Carol the Killer 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z For some people, marrying kindness and generosity at pronounced pragmatic cost would be an easy “yes,” and for others it would be a painful but necessary “no.” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend has a heart of gold, but how practical is a heart of gold? 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Given his unlikely political trajectory, Harlan faced a predictable charge of opportunism — that he had merely sensed which way the political winds were blowing after the Civil War and calibrated his pragmatic self accordingly. A Supreme Court Justice Who Moved From Defending Slavery to Championing Civil Rights 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Although Cavallari was reluctant to go back to reality TV, she was pragmatic enough to know that the paycheck and exposure could propel her into the next phase of her career. Kristin Cavallari is back on reality TV. This time, she’s done being your villain. 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z It was democratic, pragmatic and mobile, as well as misguided, preposterous and hopelessly optimistic: America, sealed in a can. Possessed: One Designer?s Love: Vintage Trailers 2011-02-25T17:39:51Z There were other, less pragmatic, connections Grafton might have made between the timing of her father's death and the publication of her first detective novel. Sue Grafton: 'My childhood ended when I was five' 2013-03-18T09:00:06Z He is both more pragmatic and more intellectual than most people in the film world, which makes him an unusual and challenging interview subject. "Inside Job": Global finance as a criminal conspiracy 2010-10-08T00:30:00Z How many swing voters are really worried about him, at this point, as being too pragmatic? Jeb’s absurd #Bootgate grab: This cutesy dancing Marco Rubio ad reveals a campaign desperately out of touch 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z At the same time, Mr. Edsall plays down growing calls for bipartisanship and pragmatic problem solving from both individuals and groups like No Labels, Third Way and Americans Elect. Books of The Times: Thomas Byrne Edsall?s ?Age of Austerity? Interprets Politics 2012-03-05T22:35:39Z One of the most pragmatic applications of astronomical knowledge was its ability to guide cycles of planting and harvesting. Stop believing this myth: No, Native Americans are not “anti-science” 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z At once hopeful and pragmatic, their love has been sparked by sex; which will outlive the other remains to be seen. Review: ‘Paris 05:59 Théo & Hugo’ Finds Two Men Out to Get Lucky 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z It started as a purely pragmatic thing, an analysis of what were the constraints, what were the available resources. Pritzker winner Alejandro Aravena on Pinochet, postmodernism and building a house for $7,500 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z He was a canny, shrewd and pragmatic businessman, though he could barely read or write. An Unusual Gangster: Doug J. Swanson Talks About Benny Binion 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Of course, he was bitter with Mao, but he was a pragmatic guy. ArtsBeat Blog: Revisiting Deng Xiaoping: A Word With Ezra F. Vogel 2011-10-21T10:00:12Z It’s possible that Bartlett has learned that pragmatic titles are sometimes more beneficial to provocative ones. The Studio Theatre play that can’t be named — and it’s not ‘Macbeth’ They produced a kind of pragmatic transcendentalism as their creations involved visitors in heightened experiences of nature and perceptual consciousness. Zhang Huan and Virginia Overton Contrast at Storm King 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z It was pragmatic, but I also knew that if we brought somebody else in, I’d hover over them and say, “You’re not doing that right.” The Superbly Original, Gloriously Weird B-52’s Say Farewell to the Road 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z In Scandinavia, vivid slice-of-life scenes show off the epic nature of the land and the psyche of a pragmatic people. European art comes alive when you learn the story behind it 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Darla is pragmatic, but she also desperately wants to connect to her sister without all that history that's there and some of it's not pleasant and not good. "I'm not tough": Jennifer Jason Leigh on her career playing challenging roles nothing like herself 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Thomas writes, “O’Connor believed, not wrongly, that Alito’s vote would undermine her pragmatic compromises on abortion, affirmative action, freedom of religion and other important issues.” An Intimate Portrait of Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z "It's sort of pragmatic," she says with a big laugh. Expect props, leaps when dancer/choreographer Molissa Fenley goes solo 2010-12-09T20:42:00Z Here is cosmopolitanism showing its sunniest face to the world: mild, pragmatic and touchingly convinced that it is doing its best by everyone. 1913: The World Before the Great War by Charles Emmerson – review 2013-05-08T10:30:01Z However, he noted that his pragmatic side eventually took a backseat. Paul McCartney's "Tug of War" at 40: A self-aware solace written in the wake of John Lennon's death 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Last year she provided solid support as an ambitious but pragmatic politician in David Simon’s TV series Show Me a Hero. Winona Ryder: from teen rebel to screen mum 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z As is often the way of such works, love interferes with more pragmatic concerns. London Theater Journal: Getting Giddy 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Either way, “2 & 3 Part Inventions,” performed on Friday night in an all-Robbins program at New York City Ballet, is at once pellucid and pragmatic, sweet yet somehow sturdy. Dance Review: At New York City Ballet, a Fresh Look for Robbins 2010-05-09T22:30:00Z Kennedy, on the other hand, is considered one of the most accomplished senators ever to serve — a liberal partisan, but also a pragmatic dealmaker. Ted Kennedy’s bricks-and-mortar legacy taking shape Mohi’s idea to bring attention to the language via contemporary music was pragmatic: More than half of the Maori population, which make up nearly 17 percent of the total population, is under 30 years old. Bringing Attention to the Maori Language, One Song at a Time 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z “Am glad that following a balanced approach we resolved the task at hand in a pragmatic and positive manner.” India's censors clear Bollywood movie, objectors say protests to conti 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z The rationale was pragmatic: to secure the line of inheritance that kept property in male hands. The Friday Night Gab Sessions That Fueled 18th-Century British Culture 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z He takes a pragmatic approach to being in control of a $20 million movie. Sightseers: Not-so-happy campers 2012-11-28T08:24:19Z He has told friends the pragmatic truth is that newspapers need to be cut to be saved. Heath Freeman is the hedge fund guy who says he wants to save local news. Somehow, no one’s buying it. 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z “But it is a hell where pragmatic thoughtfulness reigns and functional architecture is sustenance.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Prices begin at $12,000 for merely one try at a “live birth,” in the unnervingly pragmatic parlance of doctors. Hopeful Would-Be Parents Shop Jobs for I.V.F. Coverage 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z When you have been married for 17 years, you get a little more pragmatic. "This is a dead wife movie" that isn't maudlin says "The Secret Art of Human Flight" filmmaker 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z And as you might expect from professional ethicists, the book is at its most impressive when considering the moral, social and pragmatic issues concerned with scientific development, rather than the details of the development itself. Love as a drug: can romance be medically prescribed? 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z For historical reasons Britain, unlike others, sees EU membership as a pragmatic not an emotional matter. In or out? 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The title cobbler is taciturn and pragmatic in a way that’s magical; the sneaky thief is as persistent as Wile E. Coyote. Review: A Rough Cut of ‘The Thief and the Cobbler’ Makes It to MoMA 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z “He’s got a pretty pragmatic view of” criminal justice reform and “defund the police,” says Texas Southern University professor Howard Henderson, an expert on culturally responsive criminal justice research. The boring journey of Matt Yglesias 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z She is a pragmatic, time-pressed mother of three and a full-time executive at a label manufacturing firm who doesn’t want to cram more stuff into her closet. Rent the Runway means you can always wear something new. Should you have to? 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Perhaps less obviously pragmatic is undergoing that experience under the observation of a movie crew. ‘Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth’ Review: When He’s Expecting 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z His prose seems to reflect his preferred mode of politics: earnest, respectful and pragmatic. In ‘The People vs. Democracy,’ Trump Is Just One Populist Among Many 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Coalitions can work if they are pragmatic and limited in scope. "Blacks and Jews" authors: "Whoopi is not the enemy" but "it may be too late" for America anyway 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z He is, comparatively, pragmatic — attuned to his own limitations, mindful of the shifting pecking orders in hip-hop and fashion, interested in coexistence rather than conflict. Into the Wild With Kanye West 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Some shrewd, pragmatic packing also helped make the trip manageable. Rejected: One man’s endless search for a media internship 2014-04-28T00:00:00Z The most pragmatic scenario, with a good impact, is one winner in each regional market.” Will Buying Health Insurance Across State Lines Reduce Costs? 2012-05-11T15:52:21Z Yet McKissick’s preferred solution was as pragmatic as it was revolutionary: Blacks needed a city they could call their own, one that would allow them to control local social services and economic institutions. The Black American City That Almost Came to Be 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z That was the time, they think, when his impulsive, impractical younger self began giving way to a much more pragmatic visionary, better equipped to lead. Review: ‘Becoming Steve Jobs’ Focuses on Another Apple Era 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z For all of Barack Obama's accomplishments, his wife is equally formidable – and possibly more pragmatic. 'The Obamas' a portrait of their life in D.C. 2012-01-09T15:37:00Z Ms. Simpson’s protagonist is strategic in getting and keeping work, counts every penny she sends back home to her children, and has a pragmatic relationship with her employers. Cornering the Market on Nanny Novels 2010-07-13T22:34:00Z In the past almost everything such houses created had pragmatic design roots in infantry or cavalry uniforms. American Chic on the Runways of Paris 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Their pragmatic impulses also pushed them to open their infirmary in Manhattan and, later, the accompanying women’s medical college. Two Sisters Who Changed the Medical Profession 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Maybe I was being too pragmatic about issues that are loaded with guilt, resentment and fear. What Sleeping With Married Men Taught Me About Infidelity 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z And, even then, is there a pragmatic argument to be made against giving another big prize to a pop-culture colossus at a time when so many worthy writers struggle in obscurity? Bob Dylan as Richard Wagner 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Such a pragmatic approach underlines the project's urgency, while the half-old, half-new composition feels somehow apt: the shape, one hopes, of things to come. Haiti: rocked to its foundations 2011-01-11T21:31:00Z If you've ever tried dating your ex after you both forgot how awful the other one was, this film is the ultimate in pragmatic reminders not to do that. Five movies to cure you of Valentine's Day 2011-02-14T21:37:00Z Respond to your manager’s complaints with noncommittal sympathy and a pragmatic offer: “I’m sorry to hear that. Shall I reach out and see if I can get a more prompt response?” Work Advice: How to stay out of a company war caused by an in-house love triangle 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z If you are going to negotiate with your doctors, let it be pragmatic and in everyone’s interests. How to have a great conversation with someone who is going to die 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z We are supposed to be a pragmatic people. Book Talk: Thomas Frank on the Great Recession 2012-01-03T16:29:46Z But I am also hoping for pragmatic and class-inclusive advice books for women. When leaning in isn’t enough: What I’ve learned at work as a woman of color 2014-02-19T15:44:00Z He had no illusion about Kennedy’s instincts, which were viewed initially by the skeptical civil rights community as authoritarian, pragmatic, and not especially sympathetic. Book excerpt: The untold story of MLK and RFK 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Shareen Mitchell began her retail career in Los Angeles, with both a robust eye for hipsterism and a pragmatic sense of thrift. Critical Shopper: Adopting a Look, No Boys Allowed 2011-02-16T19:14:51Z There is also a drolly comic side to the story, chiefly evident in the narrator’s exchanges with his sister, Emma, who represents a modern, pragmatic point of view. Remembering a Lover Who Never Revealed Her True Nature 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z But Ms. Snook sustains the brisk, pragmatic air of a hockey team captain, and what should be a folie a deux becomes madness for one. The Anger on London’s Stages Is Palpable, and Thrilling 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Mostly the play is about pragmatic survival and my only complaint is that Graham gives the impression that dodgy parliamentary arithmetic virtually crippled the business of government. This House – review 2012-10-09T22:01:01Z Let's fight the pragmatic fight and pick our battles. Interns need a fairer deal 2012-07-09T14:19:00Z He wrote and spoke with a plain, Audenesque authority that was both pragmatic and wise. Remembering John Berger: The English art critic helped bring ideas to TV 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The decision to revamp was a pragmatic one. Bites : Restaurant Report: La Barrique in Rome 2012-09-21T17:27:03Z With their grates for doors, they recall the helmets of those other pragmatic heroes, Don Quixote and Ned Kelly. Welcome to Sarajevo's designs for survival 2011-03-02T14:40:00Z A similar fate awaits Sturridge: The actor simply isn't given enough time to stir the kind of passion that would sweep the pragmatic Bathsheba off her feet. 'Far from the Madding Crowd' a bare-bones stab at love, desire 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z It’s possible to do all of that, but it probably won’t stay that way for very long unless you’re more pragmatic and focused on making small, incremental changes and building good habits. Perspective | Confession from an organizer: My home isn’t picture-perfect 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Sam Roth, our heroine, is much like many of my female protagonists: self-deprecating and pragmatic. We sent the wrong bachelor on this date. Was he Mr. Right after all? 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Based on his mailbag, Savage says there has been “cross-pollination between gay and straight lands” over the past 30 years, resulting in a more pragmatic, user-friendly approach to sex. Bedroom confidential: what sex therapists hear from the couch 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z “We do absolutely advocate for these less-cruel methods to be used as long as animals are being raised for food; we are pragmatic,” she says. Can slaughterhouses be humane? 2013-04-22T02:00:00Z Jamison, 68, as is her down-to-earth wont, is more pragmatic. At the crossroads of dance 2011-05-18T18:31:00Z He described Clinton's brand of politics as "pragmatic." Obama mixes talk of 'mean tweets,' politics on Jimmy Kimmel 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Drop the ideology, and let's get pragmatic and keep the money at home. Alt.Fuel.Car 2011-06-08T22:00:00Z There is something endearingly pragmatic about her work and her method, as if to say: The way one deals with exclusion is to open the doors and let people in. Review | An artist who summons black faces and bodies at ease in the world 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Still, the book ends less than affirmatively, with a conversation between a pragmatic Singapore politician and a censored female playwright. 'Imagining Gay Paradise': The history of gays in Southeast Asia 2012-06-21T20:18:03Z Could a book critic ever be so pragmatic? The Wildly Funny Samantha Irby Is Back, Not a Moment Too Soon 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z But there's nothing pragmatic or sensible about Lye's delirious imagery, some of which is as crazily inspired as Disney's Fantasia, which appeared four years later. MoveTube: there's a pot of gold at the end of this Rainbow Dance 2012-11-30T09:54:00Z The decision was pragmatic, in part; the concerto exists in a version for piano quintet, which means it can easily been performed in smaller theaters on tour. Does Mozart Defy the Limits of Dance? Mark Morris Begs to Differ. 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z For such a goofy character that he’s known for playing on TV, he’s a very realistic, pragmatic guy.” Out of Character, in the Director?s Chair 2011-03-25T18:45:10Z Knowledge of the murder, a secret that circulates haphazardly through the family, inspires responses both outraged and pragmatic, and the perpetrators of the killing remain crucial and, in some ways, sympathetic characters. At Film Comment Selects, Period Pieces Lead the Way 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z And feed this logic to your pragmatic side. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mom is an emotional Superfund site. Who needs to live close to that? 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Its mood is skeptical, defensive, pragmatic, and it is rooted in sometimes inexplicable love of country, or tradition. Andrew Sullivan on the War Within Conservatism and Why It Matters to All of Us 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z He writes of the fear of being isolated, the fear that his pragmatic, nonideological approach might be “insufficient” for effective governance, and his fear of Prime Minister’s Questions, a ritual grilling by members of Parliament. Books of The Times: At the Center of the Storm, but Still a Mystery 2010-09-01T20:10:00Z Rather, Mrs. Clinton displays a pragmatic, case-by-case modus operandi. Hillary Clinton’s Book ‘Hard Choices’ Portrays a Tested Policy Wonk 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z The reason behind the festival's unusual structure is a pragmatic one. The Palfest book festival puts Palestinian writers on the map 2010-05-11T10:56:00Z Theirs is a mature relationship, says Michael: “It’s understanding our boundaries, but respecting our individuality ... And being pragmatic about things, that we are who we are.” How we stay together: 'There’s that love and tenderness and affection no matter what' 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z It’s information, however raw, and therefore beautiful in a pragmatic kind of way. Carolyn Hax: What the wandering eyes say about relationship readiness 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z It makes the film very dramatic, because you seem like such a plainspoken and pragmatic person in a realm of spin and empty words. Male grooming: The movie 2012-05-18T23:15:00Z These cuts are presented as the hacking away of Labour excess, the pragmatic cure for the last lot's fiscal foolery. Coalition's cuts are final betrayal of Stonehenge 2010-06-18T15:54:00Z Claiming to be pragmatic rather than racist, white strategists within the party defend these moves as necessary steps in improving the GOP’s standing in the South. A timeline of racism in Charlottesville, from 1607 through 2017’s Unite the Right rally aftermath 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z The Hound did manage to fire off one last bit of pragmatic nihilism — “Safety? Where’s that?” — he shouted at Brienne, minutes before she showed him that it’s definitely not mountain ledges. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Season 4 Finale 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Chatrian, a veteran critic, mourns mingling with audiences and hearing the buzz in lobbies, but he’s pragmatic about the changes afoot. Red Carpet or Not, Film Festivals Roll On 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z A pragmatic approach to planning is one of several factors that have combined to change Washington’s fortunes, in Mr Quin’s view. A tour of a changing capital 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Above all, it is pragmatic, its idealism tempered not by timidity or cupidity or corporate fealty but by a respect for its own limits. A Battle for the ‘Soul of America’? It’s as Old as America, One Historian Notes 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z There would be sacrifices and hardship and even pragmatic fibs along the way -- the good lie of the title -- but also, she hoped, redemption. 'The Good Lie's' improbable Hollywood journey 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z More distinctive performances are given by Gary Cole as the hotel’s pragmatic owner, and by Norbert Leo Butz as a preening, theatrical surgeon. Review: ‘Mercy Street,’ a Civil War Hospital Drama on PBS 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Friends often say they are yin and yang in terms of skills and behavior — David is methodical, diplomatic and pragmatic, while J.C. is creative, mirthful and charming. On Love: David Soo and Jerold Callam 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z And so, Abe made a pragmatic choice to trade principle for access. Unraveling my family's Cold War mystery 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z His study of city walking is marked by such analytics as the “walkability index” and “aggregation effects” — pragmatic rubrics perhaps, but also undifferentiated, homogenizing, suggesting that all cities are, or should be, walked the same. How Walking Changes Us 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z There were straightforward runway shows, like that from Frederick Anderson, streamed from empty studios and Maria Cornejo’s pragmatic wizardry shown against the bricks and stones of the city. Perspective | Designers made New York fashion week happen. Sort of. 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z “Our rules against beards and long hair are contemporary and pragmatic,” Dallin H. Oaks said in a 1971 address to students, when he was the president of Brigham Young University. Beard Crusader 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z While Prince William dithers, his steely and pragmatic wife, Kate, orchestrates a palace coup to save the monarchy and prevent Britain from sliding into civil war. A British Play Imagines Charles (Finally) in Charge 2014-04-14T17:30:49Z In the moral logic of the tale, pragmatic considerations cannot be ignored, but empathy for the suffering takes precedence. Masters of Illustration Bring Breathtaking Art to These Seafaring Stories 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z It’s a rallying cry of the embattled middle, an appeal to moderation, a motto of pragmatic whataboutism. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z It is a tender scene that suggests an affectionate relationship rather than a purely pragmatic one. The ancient art of burying your dog 2014-04-06T14:00:00Z The book treads a careful line of pragmatic optimism, not shying away from the problems while showing how we can work toward a healthier world. Two Children’s Books Offer Hope for the Environment 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z His temperament was both more austere and more drawn to plain, pragmatic craftsmanship. Can a Papermaker Help to Save Civilization? 2012-02-17T21:39:00Z All the “Black Panther” costumes were exotic, yet pragmatic and believable for the world they were in. Anonymous Oscar ballot: Publicist gives "Roma" 7, "Vice" 3, "Can You Ever Forgive Me" 2 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Greene, however, is pragmatic about the less positive reviews. Working 9 to 5 2011-07-30T23:04:05Z So the pragmatic answer is to remind yourself what guests actually need, baseline, and aim only for that. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: After discovering affairs, scorched earth isn’t a level playing field 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z A pragmatic and bold realist, Osborne is, in essence, trying to balance the books in regard to the cost of the physical presence, in Britain, of each individual citizen. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the coalition plays silly burgers 2013-06-29T23:06:38Z As Primus struggles to install basic amenities and secure approval from the government, a few quirky and pragmatic asylum seekers chip away at his cynicism. The Awkward Attempt to Find Comedy in the Refugee Crisis 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Until this time, Claire has been a very stoic, pragmatic character, very able, driven to get things done, strong in the face of adversity, determined in her focus. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 7: Of Love and Sacrifice 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Still, he's more pragmatic than sentimental about the show's conclusion. Aaron Sorkin signs off from TV ... maybe 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z The first season of “Better Things” is full of such comic insight into the crueler sides of mother-daughter dynamics, and pragmatic about the challenges of raising children on one’s own. “Better Things,” Pamela Adlon’s Unlikely Ode to Single Motherhood 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Most libel cases get settled for pragmatic reasons. Hollywood comes to the high court for Johnny Depp face-off 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z In no case is the American dream entirely extinguished, but it's horrible to listen to children being so grimly pragmatic about their prospects. TV highlights 06/03/2013 2013-03-06T07:00:07Z You’re inviting him to join you in replacing unhealthy defaults with a conscious, pragmatic plan for shared ownership of your household, child care and each other’s well-being. Hubby feels left out, but won’t work his way back in 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Many were pragmatic in their approach to parenting in an age of iPads, gaming and constant connectivity that, as one parent puts it, “is not going to end”. 'My son overcame his anxiety': parents on how screentime isn't all bad 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z It was for Rogers not a matter of artistic vision but of pragmatic necessity. Art Review: ‘John Rogers: American Stories’ at New-York Historical Society 2012-11-08T22:14:24Z Part of this generation’s work involved shaping a view of Buddhism that was science friendly, pragmatic, and nonmystical. Meditation for Strivers 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Leonard called them “my guys” and delighted in their affable amorality and pragmatic professionalism. Elmore Leonard, Who Refined the Crime Thriller, Dies at 87 2013-08-20T14:28:20Z She’s always been warm and confiding but, sometimes, remote and pragmatic to a fault; now, she seems more open and reflective. There are many Gloria Steinems in ‘The Glorias.’ One of them was my boss. 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z That pragmatic understanding is, after all, what got Obama elected. Tony Kushner: 'It's a crazy time' 2010-08-31T20:30:00Z It isn’t an aspirational luxury label; it’s a stylishly pragmatic one for professional women with a fair amount of disposable income. Perspective | Inside the virtual fashion party scene, where supermodels may materialize and your clothes don’t matter 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z But Ms. Staunton, who received an Oscar nomination for playing the backroom abortionist in "Vera Drake," is a scarily credible Mrs. Lovett - earthy, pragmatic and hungry, even if her singing sometimes veers into squawking. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Body Counts 2012-06-20T18:28:52Z Ms. Claes, however, paints a more pragmatic picture: “We all believe in the strength of Belgian creativity but we need to fight to keep our place in the global fashion scene.” Belgian Designers Find Patron in Shipping Magnate 2014-03-12T03:07:52Z He said acting aesthetically on something which has pragmatic use is "quite an interesting twist". AK-47 rifles to be 'refashioned' 2012-07-12T16:00:38Z Mr. Gelb described the practice as a pragmatic necessity at a time when the Met is doing more broadcasts than ever. Wearing a Wire at the Opera, Secretly, of Course 2013-06-28T19:47:55Z On balance, Machiavelli was a pragmatic tutor interested in promoting the unity, stability and integrity of nation states, chiefly his own Italy, in a Europe that lacked cohesive civics and reliable international treaties. Review | Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’ is looking pretty good in the Trump era 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Sevigny plays Bonnie, one of the jockeys – a tough, weather-beaten figure full of hidden damage and pragmatic charm. Chloë Sevigny: ‘I hope my family aren’t going to read this’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Rather, his first action was a highly pragmatic one: He called his congresswoman. Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z Her understanding of the public value of sweetness is dedicated and pragmatic: for years, she would paint canvases in her spare time and give them to radio-station managers as gifts. The Book on Taylor Swift 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Although not an accomplished chef, Ms. Hamilton was a devotee of French cooking, and she brought a pragmatic, clear-eyed approach to culinary instruction. Dorothy Cann Hamilton, who opened a French cooking school in Manhattan, dies at 67 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z But most of the projects aim without ambivalence for pragmatic, real-world results. Art Review: ?Living as Form? at Essex Street Market - Review 2011-09-29T22:41:46Z This exhibition is one, practical, pragmatic answer to the question. Review | They’re women, they’re black and they don’t make art about that 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z “The most pragmatic thing we need to figure out right now is safety protocol,” said David Chang, the restaurateur and media star. Safe Dining? Hard to Imagine, but Many Restaurants Are Trying 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z In England, welcoming the Reformation was initially more of a pragmatic than a spiritual choice. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z Since joining Team Trump, Carson has acknowledged that the mogul wasn’t his top choice and that supporting him was merely “pragmatic.” Is Ben Carson the worst or the best surrogate of all time? Yes. 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z The pragmatic, handy Andrew loves it there, but the intellectual Robert, O’Neill’s alter ego, is filled with wanderlust, longing to escape to that magical world beyond the you-know-what. Theater Review: O?Neill?s ?Beyond the Horizon? at Irish Repertory Theater 2012-02-27T03:01:00Z These questions are pragmatic, but profound—and they have been joined by new ones, such as, should libraries phase out physical books and move their holdings online? Weeding the Worst Library Books 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z This pragmatic European turn is dramatized by the conversion of the influential French statesman Jean Monnet. Why American Pragmatists Saved Postwar Europe 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Obama is by nature rational and pragmatic, and two terms of the Presidency have made him all the more so. “WTF” with Barack Obama 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Bob Culp was threatened verbally and by mail for being my co-star and friend, and he stayed pragmatic and true and never struck back. A Q&A with Bill Cosby, all-American dad 2010-06-16T23:28:00Z Her compact volume was accessible and pragmatic, featuring more than a hundred and fifty recipes from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh which she’d encountered throughout her life. What the Rushdies Ate 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z I think that what we have maintained, no matter how deep into it she gets, is that she still has a very pragmatic reaction to new, weird information. ArtsBeat: Bloody Bloody Anna Paquin: An Interview With the 'True Blood' Star 2011-06-16T18:58:32Z Growing up, she was always drawn to books, but opted for a more pragmatic path in college, majoring in economics at Yale. 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z You have to be pragmatic to succeed in this industry. Hugh Bonneville: ‘I’m raging against the dying of the light by buying a convertible’ 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Farrell's approach is perhaps more pragmatic, contextual and grounded in history – aptly reflected in the makeup of his advisory panel. Designs for life 2013-03-25T18:10:25Z The pragmatic Donaldo, whose father was a preacher, at first dismisses his excuses as so much cant. Theater Review: ‘Storefront Church,’ by John Patrick Shanley 2012-06-12T02:00:13Z These are some of the morals of VanderMeer’s fable, though the most valuable lesson might be a pragmatic one written for our current moment. Review | In Jeff VanderMeer’s ‘Dead Astronauts,’ time travelers try to rescue a ruined world 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “Am glad that following a balanced approach we resolved the task at hand in a pragmatic and positive manner.” India's censors clear Bollywood movie, objectors say protests to conti 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z The “just stream it” solution is pragmatic as far as eyeballs are concerned. Perspective | What is a movie? With theaters shuttering, the question gets real. 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z “Maybe during sex is not the best time to ask if you want to move in together. That might not necessarily be a turn-on in bed. It’s pragmatic dirty talk.” Awkward Sex, Onscreen and Off 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z The more pragmatic answer is that while having one zero-gravity dream is a nifty tricky, having three is kind of boring. Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z In this spirit, we actually have more in common with the activism of the early ’60s, which showed us that pragmatic idealism can work. Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z But you say the state’s electorate has “remained much the same as ever: pragmatic, fiscally conservative, socially moderate, and slightly disengaged.” ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Erica Grieder on What America Can Learn From Texas 2013-05-01T14:00:56Z “Marian Horosko was compellingly sensible and humane in her writing on dance, glamorous yet pragmatic, with an encyclopedic passion for the art,” Jennifer Dunning, a former dance critic for The Times, wrote in an email. Marian Horosko, Dancer and Advocate for the Art, Dies at 92 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z For all the relaxed atmosphere at Nellcôte, it was, however, pragmatic business practice that had taken the Stones to the south of France. The Rolling Stones at Villa Nellc?te 2010-05-14T23:36:00Z Morrison's friend Warren Ellis, another excellent comics writer, points out that Morrison's occultism is actually very pragmatic. Grant Morrison, The Invisibles and the comics that put novels in the shade 2010-12-19T22:30:01Z Rubinstein’s Charlemagne himself is not a warmonger, but a pragmatic leader who rolls his eyes at Pippin’s wanderlust. John Rubinstein, the original Pippin, having ‘great fun’ as Charlemagne in revival 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z But only if politicians are more pragmatic, less driven by dogma. Let's cut the arts budget 2010-07-25T18:00:00Z But she is eminently pragmatic, and whatever frustrations she might harbor are left at the studio door. Sculpting With Bodies at American Ballet Theater 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z As a European, I can testify that in other cultures, the betrayal is no less painful, but the response is more philosophical and pragmatic. “Grief sedated by orgasm, orgasm heightened by grief”: Beyoncé, “Lemonade” and the new reality of infidelity 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z While Ms. Bush rarely gives interviews — she learned, early in a self-guided career, to maintain her privacy — she comes across as far more pragmatic than otherworldly, an artistic problem-solver. Kate Bush Is Running Up That Concert Stage for a Giant Live Album 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Today’s civic developers could learn a lot from these images; as pragmatic as they are idyllic, they advertise the waterfront as a year-round resource. Art Review: ?Rembrandt?s World,? at the Morgan Library & Museum - Review 2012-01-19T22:43:55Z But because frustration and satisfaction do not only or always have a logical, a causal, a pragmatic relationship with one another. Adam Phillips on the happiness myth 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z The simple truth is pragmatic: the story didn’t work with that scene anywhere else. Garth Greenwell on Vacations 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Lou Reed had a mordant wit and a pragmatic understanding of his own legacy. Rock ’n’ Roll, Between the Covers 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z For Shields, the fact that characters are made up is problematic on both pragmatic and moral grounds. An Answer to the Novel’s Detractors 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Its pragmatic, good-humored utopianism struck a resounding chord. Art Review: Empowering People of Spaceship Earth 2011-05-19T21:01:40Z Mr. Hockney said there was a pragmatic reason why, late in life, he learned to work with new technologies. David Hockney Loves Van Gogh. This Exhibition Shows Why. 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The Wisconsin Idea, as it became known, was a pragmatic philosophy, wary of revolution but also deeply suspicious of laissez-faire capitalism. How Conservatives Bet Big on Wisconsin and Won 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z But the semantic simplification that he undertakes is not a merely theoretical question — rather, it has immense pragmatic consequences for the struggle towards a better world. Karl Marx and the semantics of a “post-work left” 2013-03-02T15:00:00Z Her decision to cancel Coil after this year was also pragmatic, she said, allowing her to develop more year-round and daytime programming. Unveiling Performance Space New York 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z If it hadn’t been for increasing opposition, he continues, “a more benign and pragmatic Johnson might have emerged.” When Frederick Douglass Met Andrew Johnson 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z “We think about comfort because we are pragmatic, but I think that people sacrificed the joy of expression and the joy of feeling confident,” the designer said. Michael Kors toasts New York nightlife in latest collection 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Building on the work of Willard Van Orman Quine and Nelson Goodman, Professor White conceived of pragmatic analysis as an all-embracing venture incorporating ethics, politics and the social sciences. Morton White, Philosopher of Holistic Pragmatism, Dies at 99 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Jazz fans with a knowledge of the period will cluck at the pragmatic tweaks of history in Dancing On The Edge. Dancing on the Edge: what was life really like for black jazz bands in 1930s Britain? 2013-02-04T17:46:28Z This issue of editions often stirs up competing scholarly and pragmatic imperatives at opera houses. Whose Version of Rossini? Scholar Disagrees With the Met 2011-04-08T19:41:26Z A more positive and pragmatic idea of iconic men might be those whom we admire for their exceptional work, without either expecting them to be superhuman or ossifying them as a symbol. | Talented Men 2013-09-14T01:00:02Z Instead, you made a pragmatic call about the best way to deal with his ex-wife. I Tried to Befriend My Husband’s Ex. So What? 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z I liked Millay’s pragmatic approach because it somehow justified why I preferred books to boyfriends, and removed unnecessary pressure in relationships. The science of “Steggy”: ’Shipping TV characters scratches these two biological itches 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z “Returning the land strikes me as downright pragmatic,” Harris writes. Can One City Be a Microcosm of Everything That’s Wrong? 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The utilitarian décor is in keeping with Bourgeois’s pragmatic nature. A Look Inside Louise Bourgeois’s Home, Just How She Left It 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Originally known as Hermanuspietersfontein but thankfully abbreviated to its current form courtesy of a pragmatic postmaster, Hermanus was founded as a fishing village in the early 19th century. In South Africa, Whale Watching Is a Waiting Game (With Penguins) 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Scott spoke to the Guardian at the time of release, wearing his trademark pink cap, as perky and pragmatic as you can get. Tony Scott: a career in clips 2012-08-20T11:31:18Z My other, more pragmatic response was that, while I couldn't predict the future, I was absolutely certain my current situation was unsustainable. The gift of a lifetime: how trans 'top surgery' changed my life 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Cox preferred to draw more pragmatic lessons from her “Scream” experience and the shifting identities of the people who have donned its telltale mask in each installment. They Screamed, We Screamed. Now They’re in ‘Scream’ Again. 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Dotto said his task is to decide what cuts were made at Verdi’s behest and which “were imposed instead for completely pragmatic reasons?” Verdi’s ‘Don Carlos’ arrives at Met Opera in original French 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z This is a wise and pragmatic bit of advice, even if it slightly sidesteps the importance of doubt, the skeptical, questioning mental bent instilled by reading as widely as possible. Review | What ‘Henry Huggins’ and ‘Lolita’ can teach us about extremism — and civil discourse 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z This was a pragmatic move, an effort to insulate the church from outside interference and to prepare the path for Utah’s statehood. How the Women of the Mormon Church Came to Embrace Polygamy 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Lim spent the days wrestling with questions both pragmatic — whether she’d evacuate from her home — and profound — what is a museum without a building? In an age of worsening fires and floods, museums are reinventing themselves — and their mechanical rooms 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z This keyboard duet set maintains his unswerving focus on music that matters to him, regardless of pragmatic considerations. John Law/Mark Pringle: This Is ? review 2011-08-11T21:14:00Z His attraction to EA made a certain amount of sense to the Washington version of Sean: It was a theory of goodness that was pragmatic. The Washington gambler 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Lueger was a slippery, pragmatic, un-Hitler-like politician; the so-called liberals, for their part, undermined democracy by opposing an expansion of the vote. The Schorske Century 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z At its core the Marshall Plan was a pragmatic approach to a tough problem. Why American Pragmatists Saved Postwar Europe 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The film moves deftly between pragmatic and larger political critiques, arguing that it’s not just that the tech is faulty; even if it were perfect, it would infringe dangerously on people’s liberties. ‘Coded Bias’ Review: When the Bots Are Racist 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z This isn’t just a pragmatic concession to the natural decline of a copper plate — it also produces entirely new narratives, new moods and new ideas, all as exciting and compelling as the original one. Review | The Rijksmuseum displayed ‘all the Rembrandts,’ and crowds went crazy 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z "I always had a very pragmatic understanding of what a hit was, which is that my friends liked my song, or it was on Radio 1," he said, referring to the BBC channel. Music producer Mark Ronson scores his own hit with 'Uptown Funk' 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Presumably it would involve swapped bodies, carefully concealed clues and two or three other twists of outlandish improbability – although a more pragmatic reason may be Renwick's habit of agonising over the plot. Jonathan Creek returns – but what is the detective's appeal? 2013-03-27T15:42:41Z He was an industrious and pragmatic man whose family business combined kitchen and bathroom renovations with sales of appliances and cabinets. A Father’s Love, Whether He Says Too Much or Not Enough 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Edgar will find an ally in Brother Aldred, a monk whose intellectual ambitions find their counterpart in Edgar’s more pragmatic goals. Review | Ken Follett’s ‘Pillars of the Earth’ prequel is just as transporting — and lengthy — as his famous epic 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z With few alternative means of generating income, the crew members are pragmatic about the hazards of an operation held together with spit and string, and our explosives specialist isn’t stressed. Movie Review: ‘Price of Gold’ Follows Mongolian Prospectors 2013-09-15T22:11:28Z My father belongs to a Welsh generation born between the wars, for whom self-betterment in England was a pragmatic article of faith. My quest to be more Welsh 2011-07-29T23:07:29Z Senate in Oregon because she was ‘pragmatic’ for not opposing it. Ben Carson’s critics weigh in — at Ben Carson’s invitation Maybe women designers are more pragmatic about covering and revealing legs. Special Report: Fashion: Taking the Long View 2010-10-04T18:40:00Z A more pragmatic solution for skeptics is to administer Nabokov in modest doses, a page or two at a time, before working up to full chapters. The Essential Vladimir Nabokov 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z But along with the curiosity comes a pragmatic side, a commitment to seeing those visions through. A Behind-the-Scenes Eminence Shapes a Festival’s Future 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z “That’s why I made it very clear that this is a pragmatic choice,” he said: Trump, he thinks, is the Republican who has a chance of winning. Is Ben Carson the worst or the best surrogate of all time? Yes. 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z But she’s also pragmatic, exacting and candid, qualities that Mr. Cantor, who is also one of the film’s producers, captures. Dance? Easy. The Ballerina Tiler Peck Leaves Her Comfort Zone. 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z What keeps this 54-minute film consistently engaging is Sandy herself, wary, pragmatic and, much to Ms. Lum’s good fortune, an absolute natural in front of the camera. Television Review: ‘Seeking Asian Female’ on PBS Shows an Internet-Order Bride 2013-05-05T21:53:16Z If your wife responds to that by saying, “You don’t trust me to do anything right,” then respond to her with validation, compassion and a pragmatic alternate viewpoint. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Couple squabbling over food need to know the cart is half-full 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z In real life, conversations can be purely pragmatic, or solipsistic; sometimes they're nothing more than an antidote to silence, sounds to fill the quiet margins of our social lives. The unreal art of realistic dialogue 2010-03-18T10:54:00Z Her clothes are approachable and oftentimes even pragmatic. Perspective | Dior was part of the patriarchy. Then she changed everything. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z If the world of this show is to be saved, pairing him with Gurira’s pragmatic, caring samurai isn’t a terrible way to go. Smart Watch: “The Walking Dead” axes Rick Grimes, as TV cancels Difficult Men 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z But his reasons for doing so range from the conceptual to the pragmatic, none completely satisfying. James Murphy Wants to Justify LCD Soundsystem’s Existence (Again) 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Thomas Mikal Ford, an actor known for his portrayal of the pragmatic yet charming character Tommy in the 1990s television sitcom “Martin,” died on Wednesday. Thomas Mikal Ford, Known for His Role in ’90s Sitcom ‘Martin,’ Dies at 52 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z But as pragmatic idealists, Millennials realize activism can take many forms. Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z The division of this five-act opera into two parts was a pragmatic move foisted upon the work by companies that found it unwieldy. Music Review | Mariinsky Theater Orchestra: At Carnegie, Gergiev Fosters Teamwork for Berlioz ?Troyens? 2010-03-12T00:22:00Z It is, in pragmatic terms, about knowing what is possible. Adam Phillips on the happiness myth 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z Though she and Albert share this, his retreat is pragmatic and unlike Bening’s character, rage free. Albert Nobbs: Glenn Close's Quiet Man 2012-01-26T16:27:54Z But Mr. Meyer’s solution to this problem is more pragmatic than romantic. Serendipity Is No Algorithm on College Dating Site 2011-02-25T20:04:10Z Instead, “7 Days” takes a warm, witty look at the kinds of companionship that can emerge even — or especially — in the most unromantic, pragmatic of circumstances. ‘7 Days’ Review: Mothers’ Matchmaking Goes Awry 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z So he moved to Los Angeles, the pragmatic choice. Jamie Bell: From Billy Elliot to Tintin 2011-03-13T00:03:06Z By contrast, many of today’s food writers are neither snobs nor sybarites but a new class of literary lifestyle expert: pragmatic home-cooking entrepreneurs who can help us get dinner on the table now. “Dinner: A Love Story” 2012-07-26T16:25:00Z We like to joke in our family that of all of us, she is the most pragmatic.” Up Close: Tatiana Von Furstenberg on Her Film ?Tanner Hall? 2011-09-15T00:09:57Z “The goal was to create something pragmatic, but also very accessible,” Ms. Mayer said. Disaster Prep Kits Get a Makeover 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z You’re clearly all bunched up about this, and so the pragmatic move for her was drop it already, years ago . Carolyn Hax: To love and to cherish each other’s entree 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The impeachers may have been trying to be pragmatic, but playing it safe didn’t work; Johnson prevailed by a single vote. When Frederick Douglass Met Andrew Johnson 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z “There is no overt or confrontational agenda, but rather these artists are making comments that are of their time in a particularly pragmatic way.” Inside Art: ?The Ungovernables? at New Museum; a Manet to the Getty 2011-12-01T23:20:13Z Americans have become, Edmundson says, wholly pragmatic and small-minded, always on the lookout for the main chance and conditioned to be greedy for the gaudy trash supplied by our consumerist overlords. ‘Self and Soul’: Mark Edmundson’s biting critique of modern complacency 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The poem's variable refrain gives it a pragmatic, down-to-earth twist: "A fire shared is a fire cheaper." Poem of the week: A Fire Shared by Peter Didsbury 2010-06-28T11:43:00Z But her husband, Patrick, standing alongside her, was pragmatic: "I don't think anything would happen in Bismarck." Despite a few jitters, Batman fans pack theaters 2012-07-23T09:16:04Z It all underlines the distrust of anyone who makes deeply pragmatic choices about their musical direction, which makes Ben "Plan B" Drew's recent ascent into the top 10 a surprise. Plan B: The Defamation of Strickland Banks 2010-04-08T14:27:00Z The Wilcoxes are generally insensitive, but Margaret, capable of being both pragmatic and emotional, is inclined to see the good in them. Watch “Howards End”—Then Read It 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The Egyptians, it seems, were nothing if not pragmatic. Art Review | 'To Live Forever': Egyptian Funerary Art and Artifacts at the Brooklyn Museum 2010-03-11T22:00:00Z In a pragmatic vein, Bush wrote to his personal secretary, Patty Presock, soon after taking office about his burial instructions. Perspective | How George H.W. Bush used handwritten thank-you notes to build bridges 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Some tutorials are winning combinations of the pragmatic and the esoteric. The Real Burning Man 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z But somehow, since she became pregnant, she's more pragmatic and able to look directly at the truth, maybe for the first time in her life. "United States of Tara" finds its identity 2010-06-02T18:20:00Z And later still, thanks to his collaboration with a saner and more pragmatic friend, a love of coding leads to Eric’s unlikely business success and windfall. Books of The Times: ‘The Unknowns’ Is Gabriel Roth’s Debut Novel 2013-07-10T20:23:36Z But on a pragmatic scale, there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to catch up on a listening backlog or keep up with the number of new bands out there. Beyoncé, Radiohead and FOMO: How sustainable is the era of the “insta-release?” 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z His book is intensely pragmatic, relentlessly anecdotal — and that’s why I loved it. Book Review Podcast: Teaching Kids About Money 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Ms. Nair’s decision to pump up Mr. Hamid’s story with genre elements partly registers as a pragmatic commercial decision, as a way to package and sell ideas about American power and subaltern identities. Movie Review: ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist,’ Directed by Mira Nair 2013-04-25T23:17:37Z The sculpture, reminiscent of a Joseph Cornell box from which the color has been drained, is a vision at once Utopian and pragmatic. 'Junk Dada' assembles Noah Purifoy's overlooked, pivotal works 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z This is a woman who has lived with nonstop admiration and a lot of sycophancy, but at the same time is a very straightforward, pragmatic, down to earth person, I suspect. Helen Mirren talks royalty and 'Doctor Who' 2013-06-10T13:19:18Z Both say that while their partnership has important elements such as laughter and tenderness, it was also somewhat of a pragmatic decision. Finding Common Ground in the South, San Francisco and South India 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z “I thought I was being pragmatic,” he says now. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z The Ottomans were pragmatic rather than zealous in the handling of their Christian subjects. Coasts and coalitions 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Speaking of her outlook on life, Mr. Gabler quotes — with a straight face — this: “I’m a pretty pragmatic person, grounded in reality. I’m an earth sign, Taurus.” Review: How Streisand Became a Symbol, by Neal Gabler 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z That combination of aesthetic observation and pragmatic description characterizes this duo’s interest in examining the body in performance. Dance Listings for May 20-26 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z A writer friend offered pragmatic advice: “Make something that’s small in scale but that has a great role for an actor.” Fledgling Filmmaker Casts Against Type 2011-05-06T20:53:01Z "On a very pragmatic level - I'm signing a lot of photographs of Thorin. Everywhere." 'It's a full-body experience' 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Anna, a gangster’s daughter, takes a more traditional approach, which can make her appear to be the tougher and more pragmatic half of the couple. 'A Most Violent Year,’ With Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Power, best known as one of President Obama’s ambassadors to the United Nations, traces the evolution of her views from her years as a journalist and activist to a more pragmatic policymaker. 17 New Books to Watch For in September 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z "Martin was the best possible collaborator: eager, educated, versatile, savvy, pragmatic, imaginative," Morris said. Tony-winning costume designer Pakledinaz dies 2012-07-09T15:24:08Z The daily, pragmatic hurdles police must clear ultimately stifle their attempt to help families and communities victimized by gun violence. 'Ghettoside' focuses on one L.A. murder to make case for more policing 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z One looked toward the future in ways meant to be revolutionary but pragmatic. Michelle Obama and fashion designers show students the grit behind the glamour But she has relaxed into her own style, and she often exudes a pragmatic calm, digging in with her rhythm team. Review: Melissa Aldana Makes a Focused Statement in ‘Back Home’ 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z She takes a wide-lens, Olympian view, often empathizing with both sides of an issue — her arguments can thus be difficult to pinpoint — but she is ultimately pragmatic. From Justin Bieber to Martin Buber, Zadie Smith’s Essays Showcase Her Exuberance and Range 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z He reworked Vivaldi's violin concertos for keyboard and orchestra; he also recast his own music to suit pragmatic ends, so what was once a lute suite ended up the next week rewritten for solo cello. Bach in business 2010-07-29T20:45:00Z But what stuck with you about Saturday was less academic: something direct and pragmatic. 30 Years Later, Three Bands From New York’s Downtown Scene Unite for One Night 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z It’s a moving moment that derives its poignancy from the pragmatic negotiations that mask the passions of the characters. Critic’s Notebook: InsightALT, a Festival of Operas in Progress 2013-05-31T21:38:00Z Yet Panza’s pragmatic spirit was present nevertheless, suffusing the rest of the production. Review: ‘Don Quixote’ Ballet Unites Lovers, Dryads and Toreadors 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z "I'm quite optimistic because, despite the conservative approach, Swiss people are very pragmatic," Scarpaleggia said. Swiss firms set goals to get more women into top roles 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z And England’s heritage of pragmatic liberalism after Cromwell ultimately led to flourishing Jewish communities. Museum Review: Where the Jewish Star Meets the Union Jack 2010-03-16T22:18:00Z It’s such a clean articulation of pragmatic humanism and a strong case for taking a stand against nihilism with no concern for outcome. ABC's "30 Hours" Donald Trump special was a ratings bust — but in history's long view, it will count 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Your work is center left and very pragmatic. "The Boys" comics artist Darick Robertson on Amazon's adaptation, politics and "The Punisher" 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z According to Mr. Campany’s book, Léger’s “hard-won intelligence and complete lack of pretense appealed to the young Klein, who has maintained a pragmatic ethos.” After a Storied Career, a Nonagenarian Photographer Returns to New York 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Some might feel that the book teeters on a romanticized view of the relationship between humans and backyard hens, but in conversation, Danovich is pragmatic about the role of her work. “Under the Henfluence” urges us to see hens as complex beings 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z “It’s not what you wish it could be. But of course we have to strive for what could be, but also live with what exists, and what is, and be pragmatic.” Natalie Portman on Israel, Hollywood sexism and ‘being the boss’ 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z What Lesser adds to the Kahn narrative isn’t simply a pragmatic understanding of his personal life. Louis Kahn: Extraordinary architect, complex family man 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z From the beginning of the affair, he was trapped by ethical and moral considerations as well as pragmatic ones, since he was never likely to leave his affluent wife for a penniless Russian Jewish refugee. Knightley and Fassbender steam up "Dangerous Method" 2011-09-09T22:10:00Z Apart from any theory, the events of the story leave a vivid impression of the opportunistic mythmaking, sectarian conflict and pragmatic greed at the heart of these religious systems. From City to Jungle, a New Novel Summons the Politics and History of Two Islands 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z Public policy, Rice argues, is pragmatic, and sometimes a little dark: “We did fail, we will fail. Our aim must be to minimize the frequency and the price of failure.” Susan Rice Recounts Making Policy at the Highest Levels 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The pragmatic Stewart seemed to acquiesce, but not before jumping on the 6-foot-1 wrestler’s back and putting him into a headlock. Why on earth is Jon Stewart “feuding” with a professional wrestler? 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Here’s to Tom Cruise, action star extraordinaire and pragmatic, thoughtful gift giver. Tom Cruise Sends Dakota Fanning a Birthday Gift Every Year 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z It’s all pragmatic, pandering to the undervalued Christian hip-hop fan base and releasing a street rapper whose temper makes her a liability, but it’s not very intuitive. ‘Empire’ Season 2, Episode 6: ‘A High Hope for a Low Heaven’ 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z It’s like Strauss, except that Strauss was more pragmatic and conscious of practical realities.” Schreker's Operas Begin to Be Heard 2010-04-13T10:00:00Z Before you focus too much on my hedonics—no worries there, I assure you—it’s more pertinent to recall the pragmatic, less hedonistic, side of sex: Sex produces offspring. Sex’s feel-good evolution: Charles Darwin’s erotic shocker 2014-03-09T20:00:00Z Swank brings a kind of hardness to Mary Bee that shores up the pragmatic plainswoman's inherent strength. Harsh land and raw, maddening emotion test 'The Homesman' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Many demands seem to be rooted in the more pragmatic world of career management and self-preservation. Jason Statham and The Rock 'refuse to lose fights against one another' 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z I kept the Hillary sticker on my car and told anyone who asked about her superior healthcare plan — with its utterly pragmatic individual mandate — and her workhorse Senate record. Young Democrats in love 2012-11-02T23:30:00Z “We chose the pragmatic approach, which was to define the budget according to availability of a piece.” A Rare Gathering of Cartier's Best 2012-12-06T16:30:20Z Obituaries for the Newseum as a Washington cultural behemoth must include purely pragmatic considerations. Perspective | Born in the age of high hopes, the Newseum dies in the days of fake news 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Partly they provide additional context to illuminate the flag piece, and partly they serve the pragmatic need to fill available gallery space. William Pope.L sets the U.S. flag waving at the MOCA/Geffen 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Their goals in organizing the workshop were both idealistic and pragmatic. Honoring Latinx Art, Personal and Political 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z “In New York it feels like people put you in this traditional American camp, making pragmatic, straightforward clothes, or you’re underground,” Mr. Rogers said. Willie Norris Has Some Words For Us 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Informal but rigorous, and pragmatic to the core, experience with veterans like these was seen as an essential path to success. Pop: Jazz and Its Changing Apprenticeship Systems 2012-07-20T17:21:28Z While pragmatic in bent, the documentary repeatedly underlines the toxic manner in which this country treats many who have sacrificed body and mind in service to others. ‘No Responders Left Behind’ Review: Heroes Need Heroes Too 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Her cheery reports from the dating front lines veer from romantic to pragmatic in the length of a sigh. In ‘2 Dope Queens’ a Duo Muses Over Life, and Stanley Tucci 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z A pragmatic St. Augustine has no problem with war — if it is a last resort to save civilization, without which there can be neither calm nor organized religion. When to Wage War, and How to Win: A Guide 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z My work discusses the nature of the problem, why people get sucked in, how they get out and what pragmatic things can be done to help individuals escape the conspiracy theory rabbit hole. How to pull a friend out of the conspiracy theory rabbit hole 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z The pot the ideologically blinkered Soviets couldn’t figure out how to stir is now being roiled by their pragmatic successors. How Generations of Russians Have Tried to Influence American Elections 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Her investigation takes twists, turns and detours past all the genre’s signposts while pragmatic characters offer more plausible explanations for the gruesome events. Review | Stephen Graham Jones’s ‘My Heart Is a Chainsaw’ will delight horror movie fans 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Martindale captures the pragmatic fatigue that surely beset Abzug , a three-term congresswoman familiar with the workings of political machinery and bleakly realistic about the movement's chances to enact real shifts in government and society. In "Mrs. America," Cate Blanchett shines as a frigid firebrand who challenges the feminist movement 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z And we get to work with our crew and try different stuff and we’re very pragmatic about what it is we’re making and what the expectations are. Tim and Eric reflect on their dark comedy: ‘Life is a real nightmare’ 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z She shows her clothes in a small setting, to about 70 journalists and retailers, who are fed lunch, because she is pragmatic about how they would be perceived in a big, bland space. Fashion Review: Take One Last Look 2010-09-18T02:18:00Z There was a very pragmatic, very hard-headed, very unsentimental search for a bride, and the person they hit on, the sole candidate more or less, was this girl, Diana Spencer. Why the monarchy needed Diana: "She had to be a front-rank aristocrat, and she had to be a virgin" 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Simmons’s crafty, quiet portrayal of the two spies named Howard Silk, one lethal and pragmatic, the other soulful and pacific. On ‘Counterpart’ and ‘Berlin Station,’ Spies to Keep You Company in the Cold 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z In the early 1990s, Booker earned an M.F.A. at City College — a pragmatic decision, as she figured she needed a degree to teach and survive as an artist. For Chakaia Booker, Whose Medium Is Tires, the Art Is in the Journey 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z When she will next be able to see her family in person is a concern – but as ever, Ekland takes a pragmatic view. Britt Ekland: 'I was put through emotional and psychological warfare' 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z This may sound like the plot summary of a boringly pragmatic morality tale, but all of the action just described takes place in the first thirty pages. Eduardo Sacheri's 'Papers in the Wind' 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z My relationship with Santa Claus was always pragmatic. Is Santa Claus worth the heartbreak? 2013-12-22T21:00:00Z Other, more pragmatic critics simply argue that it takes up too much space on the dancefloor. No foot shuffling … and other weird bans dividing the house club scene 2013-01-31T11:55:49Z Darren is alive to the beauty and mystery of higher mathematics — a quality that attracts Lucy, who sees math and computer skills as tools for pragmatic ends. Despite able performances, ‘Agents of Azeroth’ needs a reboot 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The cloud of adjectives that has come to hover over the Republican candidate Mitt Romney in news reports is familiar by now: smooth, smart, slick; detached, disciplined, dogged; pragmatic, protean, phony; careful, cautious, calculating. Books of The Times: ?The Real Romney,? by Michael Kranish and Scott Helman ? Review 2012-01-16T20:12:57Z Mosse is pragmatic about their decision to pull the plug last May. How prize that used to be Orange was saved – and rebranded 2012-10-13T14:41:27Z These enclose a display of costumes suspended on hangers, at once pragmatic — a changing area in a theater without wings — and spooky, a sort of limbo populated by disembodied clothes. Review: In ‘Folds,’ Caught Between Laughter and Grief 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z He found, broadly, that “poorer people were pragmatic about their tastes, describing them as entertaining, useful and accessible.” People Who Like Celine Dion Are People, Too 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z I am hopeful that this will usher in a more pragmatic approach to paying for health care for with public dollars. Rationing Hospital Care May Be the Only Way to Keep Medicaid Intact 2011-10-24T21:59:19Z The fathers conjured up in these cartoons are a disconcertingly competitive and pragmatic bunch. Father's Day Cartoons from The New Yorker 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z In adult company, you might find yourself debating whether the film is a Christopher Hitchens-style atheist polemic or a more pragmatic, William Jamesian exploration of the varieties of religious experience. ‘Sausage Party’ Is an Animated Sex Comedy About Food ... and God 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z “Bill’s outlook on life was pragmatic, philosophical and so very patient,” he said, “and I owe him so much for his steadfast and creative contributions to the entire look of ‘Jaws.’” Bill Butler, Cinematographer Best Known for ‘Jaws,’ Dies at 101 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Her handshake is firm; her manner confident, pragmatic, and often blunt. Why are there so few women at the top in classical music? What’s being done about it in Seattle and elsewhere? 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Lucas Hall, left, and Rod Brogan play brothers, one intellectual and one pragmatic, who grew up on a New England farm in Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play “Beyond the Horizon.” Theater Review: O?Neill?s ?Beyond the Horizon? at Irish Repertory Theater 2012-02-27T03:01:00Z A pragmatic approach to a long-term relationship may be sensible, but only when that sense of compromise toward a greater goal is evenly distributed and shared rather than dictated by one partner. My boyfriend cheated on me but I want to move in | Mariella Frostrup 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Far from being scholarly or serious, in other words, the point of my visit was pragmatic, as a bed-tester. Bedtime Under Glass 2013-12-12T03:49:39Z Even in the domestic opening scene where we get to know longshoreman Eddie Carbone, his blossoming niece Catherine and pragmatic wife Beatrice, the director conveys a terrifying sense of volatility. A View from the Bridge - review 2011-01-17T21:30:00Z But, although Hurll held fond memories for the chart show, he was pragmatic about its fate in the first years of the 21st Century. BBC comedy producer Hurll dies 2012-09-20T11:46:56Z Now we need version 4.0, in which we must all be more pragmatic, more watchful, more engaged, less didactic, less blinkered, less wedded to theories that can't always work. Capitalism 4.0 by Anatole Kaletsky 2010-07-24T23:25:00Z His motive is not only artistic, to make each summer more distinctive, but also pragmatic. Music Review: Mozart, Strauss and Friends, an Austrian Seasonal Tradition 2012-08-01T21:53:15Z Her pragmatic brilliance built a coalition that contested the centre ground and bolted in parts of the working class. Britannia Unchained: Global Lessons for Growth and Prosperity – review 2012-09-27T07:00:03Z Mantel reversed the psychology of much scholarship by making Cromwell an essentially warmhearted, if ruthlessly pragmatic, man attempting to maintain control in a world populated by homicidal divas. TV Picks: David Letterman, 'Wolf Hall,' Amy Schumer 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Kate demonstrates one of the approaches that pragmatic idealism encourages: taking small but significant — and sustainable — actions. Criticisms abound that “big small actions” like Kate’s are nothing more than laziness or “activism lite.” Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z Armitage addresses these mechanical details matter-of-factly in his introduction—and he brings the same pragmatic approach to the question of whether or not the little girl of the poem ever existed. The Strange Power of a Medieval Poem About the Death of a Child 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Williams was pragmatic about taping his final scene. How Michael K. Williams Made Omar Little His Own on ‘The Wire’ 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Still, Mr. Bamps said he was more optimistic, describing Lebanon’s wealthy families and entrepreneurs as being probably the “most pragmatic in the Middle East.” Special Report: Yachting: Yacht Makers Sail Over Mideast's Troubled Waters 2011-03-23T07:30:47Z My interpreter was a student, a pragmatic child of communist China who had clearly never looked at a painting before. Hilary Spurling's top 10 unputdownable Chinese books 2010-05-11T10:30:00Z Fortunately, Ms. Wendell, 68, a consultant for more than two decades, was empathetic, calm and, above all, pragmatic. Feng Shui Lessons From a Design Master Who Has Your Back 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z What is often overlooked, though, amid the sculptural fireworks is his clear and pragmatic organisation of space and an unerring sense of proportion. A life in shapes 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Marriage in this case promises more than a financially secure future for Dolly and a pragmatic housekeeper for Mr. Vandergelder. Bette Midler and 'Hello, Dolly!': A match that makes for Broadway heaven 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Despite dating, and now being married to one of the richest men in the world, Ms. Chan is unlikely to amend her pragmatic sensibilities. Who Is Priscilla Chan? 2012-05-25T20:27:45Z Very personally, I like to think of myself as pretty pragmatic, somewhat level-headed. Author Gabriel Bump: "We might be moving towards worse racial issues" 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Especially germane to the political present is the way the Black Power concept, at its most militant and pragmatic, has expanded far beyond its source community and its originating period. In ‘Black Power!,’ Art’s Political Punch and Populist Reach 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Her list of 10 cultural must-haves includes high-minded yet pragmatic texts on spirituality, as well as tools for simple homemaking, healthy eating and everyday glamour. Suzanne Vega Is Tidying Her Home and Tending Her Soul (in Sensible Jackets) 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z But I suspect this is less a methodological strategy than a pragmatic response to the paucity of sources on their subject – a problem they are not the first to negotiate. A Man in a Hurry – by Nick Harris, Helen Harris and Paul Marshall 2012-06-29T21:55:06Z President Obama has been “pragmatic” far too often on national security choices in his first three years in office. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Mr. Bembury is a storyteller through his designs, but he’s also very pragmatic. A Day in the Studio With Salehe Bembury 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Trying alternative solutions in a time of economic strife is not "patronising", it is pragmatic. Letters: Can philanthropy again come to the help of public libraries? 2011-01-31T00:05:06Z Ziegler shows that the movement turned to incrementalism strategically — settling for pragmatic stopgaps only in pursuit of a much broader goal. Abortion Politics, Money and the Reshaping of the G.O.P. 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Collective behavior is the consequence of a series of pragmatic accommodations. Is Globalization Drawing Us Together or Tearing Us Apart? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Still, if music and words are respected in most productions today, the reason is not just a principled devotion to the masters but also something more pragmatic. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z The humor is Rowling’s, as is the tightrope-with-an-umbrella execution of a formidably complicated plot and Rowling’s sturdy, pragmatic morality, where the high cost of doing the right thing is nevertheless worth paying. In the Latest Turn for Harry Potter and Company, Letting All the ‘What Ifs’ Out to Play 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z This is the most pragmatic of my three resolutions. Motherlode Blog: New Year's Resolutions to Parent By 2012-01-02T16:17:39Z And there’s nothing more pragmatic for a liberal challenger than to try to harness anti-Trump rage. Last stand of the Republican moderate 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z When we get angry, we have to be pragmatic, so I will be angry later, and this is really unhealthy to “schedule” emotions. "My grandmother went through this hell and I am playing it" 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z There is something so unfair about this and yet one realizes that the approach was probably the most pragmatic, the only way to win, much as pragmatic brings with it a foul smell. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The pragmatic approach to problem solving: I’ll discuss 3 methods here and certain things that you should keep in mind when solving problems. How Can I Improve My Ability to Solve Hard Problems? 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z He would grow friskier, more pragmatic and less self-dramatizing during the course of his long correspondence with Kerouac, but one thing never changed: Ginsberg’s insistence on keeping the friendship alive. Books of The Times: ?Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters? 2010-07-19T22:25:00Z But, like Reno, Romy is an alert witness to her circumstances, observant and pragmatic, girded with gallows humor and a softer quality that she might not like to cop to—sympathy. What We’re Reading This Summer 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Which we did, my more pragmatic brother and I, once Saturday’s lineup concluded on Sunday morning, after Jefferson Airplane played what Grace Slick called its “morning maniac music” set. Woodstock’s Contradictions, 50 Years Later 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z I had the equipment to make and sing my own songs without having to rely on other musicians, and I just felt like that was a pragmatic thing to do.” A Voice Where Romance and Dysfunction Meet 2011-04-29T18:00:32Z “Countries of Origin” is filled with these pleasures, the little “not-abouts” talented novelists enjoy among their more pragmatic aims. The Horrors of Immigration and the Pleasures of Food in a Debut Novel 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z “When it gets down to the brass tacks, people are pragmatic,” she said. Hollywood Celebrities Choose Sides in Presidential Race 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z And Joshua Conyers, with his strong baritone, and Ian McEuen, with a wiry tenor, made fine foils as a kindly, pragmatic music master and a hustling dancing master in Act I. Review | Early-career professionals bring flair to a tough Strauss score 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z This makes me wonder whether the pragmatic May was making a deliberate point with her dismal menu – perhaps, in fact, she was just trying to prepare her team for disappointment. Chicken lasagne and boiled potatoes? Theresa May's dismal menu 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z “I’ve had a number of books where I could not attain the intimacy that I needed,” Mr. Ritz said with a pragmatic air, “and it showed in the book.” David Ritz Opens Up About Aretha Franklin and Others 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z She added that the movie “moves deftly between pragmatic and larger political critiques, arguing that it’s not just that the tech is faulty; even if it were perfect, it would infringe dangerously on people’s liberties.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘Coded Bias’ and ‘Tina’ 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z She’s always self-aware and pragmatic; even her raps about love have a healthy dose of skepticism attached. The New Face of Rap: Young, Female and Ready to Blog 2012-05-30T10:45:30Z The policy had been formulated by Elizabeth’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, and it soon reached a breathtaking level of pragmatic realpolitik. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z The restaurant’s regional focus was a pragmatic decision. Bites: Restaurant Review: Sotto in Los Angeles 2012-04-06T19:37:00Z He typically saved the stirring rhetoric for the last few paragraphs of a chapter, in the form of mini St. Crispin's Day speeches, fanfare for his noble, pragmatic mission: Unraveling my family's Cold War mystery 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z She seems like the most level headed out of that bunch, pragmatic without dwelling on bs. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 9: Lessons to Be Learned 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z The pragmatic Darja, who at this point works two jobs — at a factory near the bus stop and cleaning one house — has already grown disillusioned about the promise of America. Review: ‘Ironbound’ Stars Marin Ireland as a Struggling Immigrant 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z A pity, because Niffenegger's epiphanies regarding love in the novel are both pragmatic and heartrending. The naked truth about "The Time Traveler's Wife" is that it would be a mess in any era 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z The decision to go to university was a pragmatic one made on the basis that too many actors become depressed, aimless or lost in the downtime between movies. Dakota Fanning: ‘There was an expectation – to fail, to succeed’ 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Reynolds, who died Wednesday, didn’t so much act as sell — she sold happiness, she sold pragmatic romance, she sold professional stardom. The Unsinkable Debbie Reynolds 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z For years, designers spun whimsical garments that tantalized the imagination but mostly didn’t sell; it was their more pragmatic styles that made the cash registers sing. Analysis | Fashion was broken even before the pandemic. A reboot could be just what it needs. 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z |
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