Alec MacGillis: Another good practical-minded point.    From Wordnik.com.  [Outlook: Breaking up Washington] Reference

"Or else he just died," put in practical-minded Irene.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference

The tourist, here, is the practical-minded English John.    From Wordnik.com.  [Selection from Mounseer Nongtongpaw] Reference

Or maybe he considers them "practical-minded" countries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mexican Etiquette and Ethics by Boye Lafayette de Mente] Reference

The practical-minded Comanche were going into the horse business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homeland Security-Part 6] Reference

Perhaps folks are being a little too practical-minded on this one.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Disprove Evolution? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

We are a strong, patriotic, practical-minded, and resilient people.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Obama Diaries] Reference

Remarkably practical-minded of the mensch to think of such an angle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hand of Chaos]

And culturally the Russians are like the Americans; they are practical-minded.    From Wordnik.com.  ['I Think There's Real Hope For Russia'] Reference

Miller Bull, the fortunate and practical-minded owner of such vast water-privileges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference

The sisters, a practical-minded community, behaved with great good sense and discretion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Women: George Sand] Reference

I could make a snide comment, or I could try to be practical-minded about it, but ... no.    From Wordnik.com.  [suri, the SecSer guys, and the bucket o' water] Reference

It takes a special kind of person, a very practical-minded person, to say, hey, who cares.    From Wordnik.com.  [Questions for Mary Roach, author of Stiff] Reference

I thought, again, he was very practical-minded and doesn't have the jargon of the Washington responses.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2007] Reference

It is no accident that the more practical-minded Transocean drilling people disagreed with what BP was doing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama’s oil spill response should come as no surprise] Reference

Things are going fairly smoothly - except for the women chosen, of course - until practical-minded Princess Andromeda is picked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference

The cops leave us with a huge mess and my father-in-law, a practical-minded man, advises us all to focus on the problems at hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [If you were getting married, would you want a wedding?] Reference

Confounding shopworn ideological labels, unlikely duos are assembling-issue by issue-a new, practical-minded agenda for the '90s.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's A Pair Of Paradigms? The Newest Odd Coupl] Reference

These practical-minded types were the last to believe in supernatural beings, but they were the most likely to discover the reality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Primal Instincts] Reference

To Gore, however, there is no more debate -- just an opportunity for fact-driven, practical-minded individuals to mobilize around the cause.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Goracle -- Al Gore, the Internet and the Future of American Politics] Reference

For practical-minded young adults -- especially those thinking of going into business, teaching or nursing, for example -- a diploma is indispensable.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fat Envelope, Please] Reference

Doubtless the best way for the poet to deal with the perennial complaints of the practical-minded, is simply to state brazenly, as did Oscar Wilde, "All art is quite useless.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference

They are practical-minded experimenters and problem solvers.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Day In the Life] Reference

She's a serious young person; very practical-minded, I should say.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Hoosier Chronicle] Reference

"Then why can't you marry me?" the practical-minded man had asked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Never-Fail Blake] Reference

The practical-minded Ann Held came to the most natural conclusion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Police at the Funeral]

Mrs. Caroline E. Merrick, a good and practical-minded friend of the cause of woman.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)] Reference

"Did you ever see clearer footprints?" exclaimed the more practical-minded Galloway.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shrieking Pit] Reference

This practical-minded girl disliked the introducing of side-issues into the conversation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Men and a Maid] Reference

Obama's goal of reducing the need for abortion "has been embraced by some practical-minded pro-lifers," but.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

"In those circumstances," said John, "practical-minded people, I should think, would get rid of the place.".    From Wordnik.com.  [My Friend Prospero] Reference

Panting with exertion, he glared down at the prostrate form, but Brett, being practical-minded, knelt by the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective] Reference

It was more suggestion than script, explaining "the elaborate but practical-minded flattery" going on in the scenes.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Utilitarian and practical-minded Rotterdam is Holland's factory, and Feyenoord endorse work ethic and blue-collar camaraderie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

It was plain enough that love had nothing to do with the matter, and Mr. Tom did not wish to act the part of a practical-minded Cupid.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Captain's Toll-Gate] Reference