| He brought a wealth of experience and hardheaded pragmatism to a problem bedevilled by fond hopes, misperceptions and sheer ignorance. |
| We need very hardheaded idealists who can look into the worse and best of humanity and can create and implement strategies of success. |
| Brasiliaout of irony for the beautiful capital of the country that was beingconstructed and Teimosa which means hardheaded. |
| In today's hardheaded, practical world, do such questions as dialogue and exchange between civilizations still make relevant sense? |
| Each manifesto is dressed up as its opposite – hardheaded Labour versus caring Conservatives. |
| A petite woman dressed in pearls and a well-tailored suit, she comes across as shrewd and hardheaded but not unsympathetic to her subjects. |
