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• a  concerned with actual use or practice
  he is a very practical person
  the idea had no practical application
  a practical knowledge of Japanese
  woodworking is a practical art
• s  guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
  completely practical in his approach to business
• s  being actually such in almost every respect
  a practical failure
• s  having or put to a practical purpose or use
  practical mathematics
  practical applications of calculus

• Having less to do than other men, most Kings Crown Princes are practical jokers.
• By his own definition Bernard Mannes Baruch is a "practical economist.
• In 1990 Angle, Greiner and Brooks founded iRobot hoping to build practical, affordable robots for everyday life.

• hardheaded
• hard-nosed
• pragmatic
• virtual

• impractical

News & Articles

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• Creative Success Alliance Announces Training Opportunity for Safe & Profitable Multi-Unit Real Estate Investing
  Creative Success Alliance will provide expert training and practical, hands-on information for novice and veteran real estate investors interested launching their profits higher through multi-unit investments. (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10817141.htm
  June 13, 2013 - PRWeb
• Nursing student from Yardley receives $1,000 in recognition for caring for others
  Rachel Percy, left, of Yardley, a practical nursing student at Bucks County Community College, is congratulated by Pickering Manor Executive Director/Administrator Michelle Knobloch, right, for receiving the sixth annual Pickering Manor Licensed Practical Nursing Scholarship. Pictured behind them is a portrait of H. Russell Pickering, who bequeathed his residence and a sum of money to create ...
  June 12, 2013 - Yardley News
• Zero Rolls Out a Rugged Electric Motorcycle for Special Ops
  Electric motorcycles just went from practical to tactical with the Zero MMX, the first all-electric bike developed specifically for the U.S. Special Operation Forces.
  June 12, 2013 - Wired News

Quotes

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• Mitch McConnell in 조선일보(영문판)
  We all know that contracts are valid in this country, but they need to be looked at,said Mitch McConnell. "Did they enter into these contracts knowing full well that, as a practical matter, the taxpayers of the United States were going to...
• Michael Bloomberg in Daily Telegraph
  If a candidate takes an independent, nonpartisan approach - and embraces practical solutions that challenge party orthodoxy - I'll join others in helping that candidate win the White House,Mr Bloomberg said.
• Barack Obama in Washington Post
  Obama said "as a practical matter, it would be very difficult to execute" a division of the city. "And I think that it is smart for us to -- to work through a system in which everybody has access to the extraordinary religious sites in Old...