Word: pragmatist
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...call from Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign propelled the economist into the political arena. As the candidate's director of domestic-policy research, Greenspan showed he could adapt and, when necessary, subordinate his own economic opinions to the realities of politics. He proved, in short, to be a pragmatist...
Baker's appointment was the most encouraging sign in months that Reagan is still capable of saving his Administration from the Iranscam quagmire. The retired Senate majority leader was hailed as a principled pragmatist who is also a respected public figure. "It was a first-rate appointment that provides the White House with instant credibility," said Kenneth Duberstein, a prominent lobbyist and Reagan's former legislative liaison. As congressional hearings on the Iran-contra affair get under way this spring, the Administration might also benefit from the respect Baker commands among his former colleagues on Capitol Hill. Said Senator Alan...
...three, Rafsanjani is the most flexible toward the West, a negotiator and pragmatist in a government of purists. He has initiated discreet diplomatic openings to the West, and is believed to have championed the negotiations with both France and the U.S. for the release of the remaining hostages in Lebanon. He is thought to have tried to reduce Iran's financial support of fanatical terrorism abroad. Some U.S. officials believe that he has argued for an end to the human-wave assaults against Iraq in order to ease public resentment over the war's harrowing cost in lives. Others, however...
...possible, or so Administration optimists devoutly hope, that the crisis may actually prove helpful. The investigations, along with the need to deal with a Democratic Congress, just might bring out the pragmatist in a chastened President, causing him to listen to more moderate advisers and tilt toward compromises. But if he is to act rather than react, the President badly needs to put forward some bold new proposals. After six years in office, however, his Administration is showing telltale signs of creative burnout. Its early initiatives -- cutting taxes, pressing deregulation and launching an expensive U.S. military buildup, for example -- have...
Here's Emo the Pragmatist, the one who has "a plan to get Hasenfus out of Nicaragua--trade Daniloff for him." In March, this Renaissance man of comedy can be seen in "HBO On Location," and in April he will be releasing a new album on Epic Records and appearing in the film remake of Journey to the Center of the Earth...