Therefore, a starting point for any discussion of community care must be a realistic appraisal of informal systems.

Often it is a realistic appraisal of the situation, not fear, that makes people cut back on their spending.

Under a more realistic appraisal of costs, they say, reimbursement rates would be much higher.

No matter what the problem she brought a touch of humor and a realistic appraisal to all situations.

He called for "a realistic appraisal of what needs to be prohibited."

Not all go home satisfied, but most gain a more realistic and positive appraisal of our country than they could get from home.

"It will probably force them to make a more realistic appraisal of their financial situation, and spend less on discretionary items."

The tradeoff for an office building is not called for by any realistic appraisal of the church's financial future.

But it also reflects a more realistic appraisal of ideas that once looked so promising.

Certainly he'd given realistic appraisals, but always with the underlying current of optimism that the storm could be weathered.