But the plan, backed by Chancellor Angela Merkel and opposition parties alike, is running into problems in execution that are forcing Germans to come face to face with the costs and complexities of sticking to their principles.
As for the food on the plate, on two visits I found ample examples of good thinking, good meats and great vegetables, but many dishes were marred by imperfections in execution that could be easily corrected.
The prolific and long-lived Tamayo (1899-1991) iseenen, rather disappointingly, in his beginnings as a printmaker, with stark black-and-white woodcuts, wood engravings and linocuts, deliberately crude in execution, that reflect his own Zapotepec heritage.
From an inspirational notion, however flawed in execution, that has buttressed the global spread of liberty, American exceptionalism has morphed into the fortress of those who see themselves threatened by "one-worlders" (read Barack Obama) and who believe it's more important to know how to dress moose than find Mumbai.
It certainly didn't help matters when the company, in its earnings conference call, admitted an uncharacteristic glitch in execution that kept $500,000 worth of software from shipping during the first quarter.
Not in execution, that is, but in initial purchase.
Even Rodionenko, Mustafina's coach, has admitted that her former star gymnast "doesn't show the class in execution that we saw two years ago".
It is, however, the bear's ever-practical approach – if sometimes impractical in execution – that usually keeps their spirits, if not their vessel, afloat.
He preferred retaining the toolmarks in his sculptures rather than polishing them out, choosing to suggest a sense of freshness in execution that accorded with his concern for a characteristic pose and for the effect of a direct and vivid glance.
