Pragmatic

Pragmatic is good, but so often pragmatism is judged relative to the individual rather than the group that individual represents. joe from Lowell Says:

Matthew Yglesias » Coakley 2010

'Pragmatic'-not' idealistic'-is their favorite adjective when they are called upon to justify their 'stance,' as they call it, not 'stand.'

BusinessWeek.com -- 2009

And according to A Year of Reading, the smartest rant on the Lucky Scrotum comes via a site called Pragmatic Chaos.

Scrotastic! fusenumber8 2007

Charles VI. obtained the consent of the other Powers to a decree of the Empire, called the Pragmatic Sanction, by which his daughter (he had no son) was made the heir to his hereditary dominions, to the exclusion of the male heirs of the House of Austria.

A Parallel History of France and England; Consisting of Outlines and Dates 1871

These confident hopes were rudely disturbed by the marriage of the King with his cousin Maria Christina of Naples, followed by an edict, known as the Pragmatic Sanction, repealing the Salic Law which had been introduced with the first Bourbon, and restoring the ancient

A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868

"Pragmatic" also spiked during the midterms, and backlash over health-care reform — among other of the president's domestic initiatives — pushed "socialism" into the top 10.

Our 'Pragmatic,' 'Ebullient' Year of 'Austerity' Andrew Flynn 2010

"Pragmatic" in Obama's case seems to be his propensity for getting rid of old baggage.

Finally, a post about ACORN. Ann Althouse 2008

Mr. Turton, you seem to be using "Pragmatic" in different ways, and interpreting it the most negative way possible in all instances.

Minding Your P-s and Q-s at Brookings Michael Turton 2008

Ford, Bill Kristol, Brooks, NR, all the usual "Pragmatic" Republicans begged him to run as VP or President in 2000 and 1996.

"He is a transformational figure, he is a new generation coming onto the world stage, onto the American stage" -- Colin Powell endorses Obama. Ann Althouse 2008

'Patrician,' had Italy ceded to him by a 'Pragmatic' sanction, and Zeno placed on his head the sacrum velamen, a square of purple, signifying in

Roman and the Teuton Charles Kingsley 1847