The first big practical battle here is over freedom of information.
Most of the meetings focused less on a practical battle plan than on the basics of legislation and were more of a bonding session for like-minded newcomers who had largely heard of one another only during the campaign.
If they want to get serious about doing away with job-killing government regulations, Congressional Republicans need to get practical about the battles they choose.
As a practical matter, the battle took place on two very different fronts.
To the Editor: In "Airlines and U.S. in a Bag Battle" (Practical Traveler, Dec. 14), Susan Stellin rightly decries the high price of shipping baggage in the United States.
Dr. David Baltimore, chairman of the AIDS Vaccine Research Committee of the National Institutes of Health, an advisory committee on vaccine science and strategy, said the results raised hope of a practical way to battle the AIDS epidemic without the high cost and debilitating side effects of today's drugs.
As if that weren't enough, investors also have to battle practical and emotional problems that get in the way of their success.
Above, watch Rachel Kyte, the World Bank Group's special envoy for climate change, and Larry Brilliant, chairman of the Skoll Global Threats Fund, give their thoughts on practical steps to battle climate change, and how people can get involved.
Chemical weapons 'are very useful for killing large numbers of civilians indiscriminately,' Fisher says, but, he points out, 'they're actually much less practical for winning conventional battles.' He continues, 'A chemical war, then, is not just a war that kills more people; it's a qualitatively different kind of war.
The French New Wave came into being when several young critics on the influential magazine Cahiers du Cinéma decided to take practical action in their battle against the more traditional films made by an earlier generation, which they dubbed the Cinéma du Papa.
