So far in this young campaign, the issues that Gore loves - from his "practical idealism" to his "electronic-privacy bill of rights" - have lacked a certain electricity.

Though de Klerk has talked of including blacks at all levels of South African politics, his practical idealism here sounds more idealistic than practical.

I look upon it as the greatest triumph of practical idealism that this century has yet seen.

The address may have been an example of what Mr. Zelikow, in two speeches last year, called "practical idealism."

His practical, rather than religious, idealism caused Zionists to envision a political and territorial solution that eventually led to Israel.

Deprived of their weekly Altruoid injections, the mutants soon lost their talent for practical idealism, and their political careers sputtered out.

Critics have questioned whether practical idealism is merely a slogan with no substantive policy implications.

Meir's practical idealism can be seen in efforts as diverse as the beautification of kibbutzim and her strong advocacy of unemployment benefits.

Secondary education seeks to develop the judgment, intellect, and practical idealism; the adolescent should meet truth.

Positive and normative economics are often synthesized in the style of practical idealism.