Word: pragmatist
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Dole might take some comfort from the fact that this whole fight is making his party uncomfortable. The more threatening Forbes seems, particularly to devout pro-lifers, the more likely they will be to choose a pragmatist like Dole over a purist like Buchanan. Likewise, the more ground Buchanan gains with his anti-NAFTA, anti-Big Business salvos, the more willing traditional G.O.P. allies will be to send Dole their cash and their votes. And because he is being besieged from right and left, Dole may no longer have to blow away the competition to triumph in the devilish expectations...
Chirac: First of all, let me say that I am not an ideologue, I am a pragmatist. What is the single currency? It is simply the achievement of stable exchange rates. France has always stressed the necessity of stable rates. Behind all the passion and polemics, the single currency is simply the return to fixed exchange rates, which is a necessity in our eyes. In no way does this threaten France's sovereignty...
...former Assistant Secretary of hud and lesbian activist who is hoping to tap into the city's sizable gay vote. The result is the most closely contested mayoral race in the nation. When voters go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 7, they must choose among a low-key pragmatist like Jordan, a well-connected professional pol like Brown and a seasoned social activist like Achtenberg. "San Francisco was one of the first cities in the nation to test whether people who aren't professional politicians can run governments as well as or better than politicians who have been...
...obvious as soon as Israel and the P.L.O. announced the Oslo agreement that the main test for Arafat would be to transform himself from symbol-agitator-roving propagandist to ruler-conciliator-at-home pragmatist. A year after his return to his homeland, he is still struggling with the challenge. His brand of leadership remains better suited to an activist on the run than an administrator on the job. His strength is political theater, not practical policy...
...definitely believe in autonomy, but maybeI'm more of a pragmatist," he says. "We're atHarvard University. Are we really going to have anautonomous Black community when we receive moneyfrom the Undergraduate Council...