Word: impracticall
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He placed his mind, like his house, on a lofty height, whence he might contemplate the whole universe," an admiring French aristocrat wrote of Thomas Jefferson. Today, Monticello is a restored testament to Jefferson's exacting vision. But in 1768 that lofty height outside Charlottesville, Va., was a wildly impractical...
The Socialist Alternative, with a more aggressive approach to activism, filled their shoes, taking positions that even PSLM at their most radical might have considered impractical. With a new driver at the wheel this year, labor activism at Harvard took on an entirely unfamiliar face.
For all the worries over global warming, there's one quick, though impractical, way to turn down the heat: ground all the jets. That's one conclusion to be drawn from a new NASA study linking the world's rising temperatures to the proliferation of wispy cirrus clouds that can...
“I think any restriction would not only be impractical, it would be counter-productive,” says former Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh, who was primarily responsible for assembling the Act in its final form.
Joe Klein criticized Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's National Security Adviser, for being impractical in her strategic approach to world issues [April 19]. But Klein is misguided. An impractical thinker looks at the bigger picture, including the larger results of actions. I would take an impractical, big dreamer over someone...