Sentence examples for pragmatism ability from inspiring English sources

In his book "Hail to the Chief: The Making and Unmaking of American Presidents" (Hyperion, 1996), the historian Robert Dallek lists vision as a sine qua non of presidential greatness, along with "pragmatism, ability to achieve consensus, charisma and trustworthiness".

To make judgments about external criticism, the evaluator assesses the complexity (number of concepts/variables, from parsimonious to complex), discrimination (uniqueness), reality convergence (relevant assumptions), pragmatism (ability to use in the real world), scope (narrow to broad use for practice), significance (impact of theory), and utility (ability to produce hypotheses).

But then, her kid gets sick, and everything changes: her pragmatism, her ability to be non-emotional about it.

Ms.Huffington talks about his pragmatism and ability to change not his position but the public's mind (air controllers).

In a region awash with trouble, it is an island of stability - its people renowned for pragmatism, cohesiveness and their ability to ignore their rulers' whims.

She was often hampered by her own ideals, her lack of pragmatism constantly inhibited her ability to make good decisions, had a quick temper with anything she perceived unfair, and she did not understand anything about the darker hues of human nature.

For Shilling 75, it is the ability of pragmatism to maintain a view of the internal and external environment that is distinctive.

But these days Mr Eichel, now 57, talks a lot more about stimulating investment and creating jobs.People who know him say his greatest (if not only) political gift is an ability to mix pragmatism with a mastery of detail.

"For his demonstrated abilities and the economic pragmatism at his core, The Tribune endorses former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts as the Republicans' best, most responsible choice in Tuesday's Illinois primary," the editorial read.

If what binds these poems to the world is a kind of unlovely pragmatism, their magic derives from Dugan's ability to foreground the small, immediate detail, while lifting our eyes to something just beyond it.

McConaughey captures the sense of an attorney whose idealism has been replaced by laser-guided pragmatism - but who mourns the loss of his own ability to believe in a client's innocence.