There's a strong thread of practicality in Pidgeon's pitch, something she sees as underpinning what drew her to join the Lib Dems in the first place.
He added, "There's got to be a very strong element of practicality, not so much because of use and abuse, but because the staff changes so fast".
Other characteristics of American life alienated the Romantics: the distaste for tragedy (a moral corrective to illusions of invincibility); the strong preference for practicality; the severance from history; and, above all, what the Germans called bodenlosigkeit, a willed rootlessness, embodied in the flimsy frame construction of American houses.
Tech companies have a different culture and are mainly driven by their passion and entrepreneurial spirit, with a strong sense for practicality when it comes to rules, processes, methodologies, segmentation and hierarchy in order to achieve results.
Their style, which Mr. Gold calls "soft modern," is strong on comfort and practicality.
Because these standards have strong pertinence and better practicality, they have been promoted in many countries and been adopted by the IEC Committee as an international standard.
The more students who follow the steps of the design process, the stronger their creativity and practicality will become.
Indeed, both Mr. Silberstein and Ms. Lopatin conceded that if missiles were to land in Jerusalem, they too might trade their strong ideology for war-time practicality.
Speaking with the Luo, Gao and Zhou brothers reveals that there are decidedly unromantic practicalities and very strong family ties rather than ideologies driving them to work together.
Obviously, practicality is not a strong point.
