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hard-headed ADJ

hard-headed

расчётливый

hard-headed

практи́чный

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We recommend a policy approach that is hard-headed but not hard-hearted. www.abc.net.au

On one level, it was a relationship born out of hard-headed self-interest on both sides. www.dailymail.co.uk

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

This is the same hard-headed approach that worked so well for our elite sportsmen and women. www.bbc.co.uk

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

And just because sectarian organisations champion certain political positions or orientations as shibboleths should not discourage us from taking hard-headed stands when it is necessary. links.org.au

He was nicknamed the man of feeling, but he was in reality a hard-headed man of affairs with a kindly heart. en.wikipedia.org

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

Their input has come to be on hard-headed policy questions, rather than values. 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

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