The decision to vote by colony was made on practical grounds—neither wealth nor population could be satisfactorily ascertained but it had important consequences.
The most staggering statistic perhaps was that 21% felt playing the lottery was the "Most practical path to wealth".
This view of the world, largely anathema to the Western mind, provides a practical wisdom: that wealth should be stored in assets that have been proven to fulfill that function over time.
This week, some of the practical details of how wealth is to be shared were unveiled.
Germany had a federal property tax, until judges ruled it unconstitutional in 1995.That ruling concerned the practical problems with taxing "wealth": who assesses it, and how?
The excellent guide Using Films in School: A Practical Guide offers a wealth of suggestions for putting subjects in context in this way.
In addition to the philosophical content, "Minimalist Parenting" offers a wealth of practical suggestions on how to achieve (or approach, anyway) this state of enlightened parenting.
An outspoken professor at the French National Agronomy Institute (1933 74), the Paris Institute of Political Studies (1946 66), and the Institute for Economic and Social Development (1958 74), Dumont advocated traditional farming methods, international redistribution of wealth, and practical, small-scale aid to farming communities in less-developed countries.
Organic gardeners will find a wealth of practical tips at Audley End in Essex (english-heritage.org.uk/audleyend) and the Go Organic garden at Ryton, near Coventry (gardenorganic.org.uk).uk
Despite the wealth of practical details and humanistic sentiments with which his films are filled, Rohmer was a symbolic abstractionist, maybe the closest thing to an abstract artist working in the international cinema at the time.
Dr. Hilary Tindle, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and respected researcher, manages deftly to weave the emerging scientific evidence linking outlook to outcome with a wealth of practical suggestions and individual stories.
