Word: realism
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Their methods represent a tradeoff between "absolute experimental control and the realism and benefits of studying what people really do cognitively," Pillemer says...
...chunky, cigar-chomping Hinton has been in El Salvador for two years. His unusual blend of realism, toughness, charm and candor earned him wide respect among the Salvadorans, and he seemed to be carrying out Washington's policy with great skill. He irked the White House recently by publicly scolding the Salvadoran government on its lax prosecution of human rights abuses, but did so at Enders' urging...
...CORPORATION with Derek Bok as president will never sell the University's holdings in companies doing business in South Africa. It is unlikely ever to sell ever, its shares in one such firm for avowed "ethical purposes. That's not undue pessimism or a self-fulfilling prophecy it's realism. And if there were ever any doubts about the inflexible attitude of the governing body on this subject they have been dispelled this spring...
HARVARD CAN BE SAID to be the birthplace of practicality. It was here, around the turn of the century, that William James developed the philosophy of Pragmatism and began an ethos of realism which is still alive and well at Harvard in 1983. In a place where being called "idealists" carries the implication "naive". it may at first seem odd that a group of students should protest Harvard's ties to South Africa by means of a fast...
...already slim chances of survival last February when he abruptly removed the doctor from the speaker's list at the Palestine National Council meeting in Algiers and then ejected him from the session entirely. Arafat made it clear to every delegate present that Sartawi's brand of diplomatic realism would never be welcome. The charter ideology of the PLO, after all, remains committed to the annihilation of the Jewish nation...