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hard-ˈhead·ed ADJ

hard-headed

hard-headed

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Sure, there are a plenty of situations which are morally murky where realpolitik and hard-headed pragmatism are the right play. www.telegraph.co.uk

He is a hard-headed fellow who is bossy at both office and home. en.wikipedia.org

Instead of being a spontaneous uprising of the mutinous masses, the strike was politically motivated and was driven by a hard-headed agenda to win concessions. en.wikipedia.org

His years of practical experience give him a foundation of hard-headed realism on which he bases much of his more idealistic beliefs. en.wikipedia.org

But this did not prevent the two hard-headed ex-friends from having an acrimonious quarrel. en.wikipedia.org

The performance really cries out for a hard-headed director. en.wikipedia.org

Of course this hard-headed and self-interested solution of withdrawal would not satisfy the jihadists. en.wikipedia.org

The ones that aren't so smart and stay hard-headed are the ones who never really achieve everything they're capable of achieving. www.espn.com.au

In her dotage now, she was even less likely to be hard-headed about history. en.wikipedia.org

But in this case there seems to be some more hard-headed realism.... edmontonjournal.com

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