Since completely unplugging isn't always an option, I compromise by setting aside one time a day that I check and respond to emails.
"But he also believes in getting things done, which requires legislative compromise sometimes and putting aside some goals to address more urgent goals," Charles Black, one of Mr. McCain's senior advisers, said Sunday in a telephone interview from Mr. McCain's Arizona ranch.
In this polarized political town, we mouth the words "compromise," but rarely put aside differences to make it happen.
Casa Adela is a holdout from the days when the East Village was Puerto Rican Loisaida, and it has made few compromises to the changing environment, aside from dumping some foam on its cafe con leche and calling it cappuccino.
I am asking you to compromise, to put our differences aside".
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on Thursday that he would authorize the unrestricted commercial cultivation of genetically modified alfalfa, setting aside a controversial compromise that had generated stiff opposition.
The NUJ's general secretary, Jeremy Dear, argues that "Murdoch's profit-at-all-costs philosophy forces too many journalists to cut corners, compromise professional standards and set aside ethical conduct", a journalistic model that "is not in the public interest".
Despite his feud with Robert G. Torricelli during his previous 18-year term in the Senate, Mr. Lautenberg had another reputation: the picture of compromise, a pragmatist who set aside ideology and cut deals with Republicans in order to advance major pieces of legislation, from banning smoking on commercial airlines to pressuring states into raising the drinking age to 21.
In the glow of nostalgia, even ideologues and scoundrels come to resemble civic-minded statesmen who put aside partisanship to broker compromises.
This is the first chance to see this justly lauded original staging in Chicago and, aside from some scenic compromises when the hero heads down into the London Underground, this new touring Equity company is offering the full monty.
