Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory.
1Former council leader Jeff Jones said it was about hard-nosed business decisions.
2It was the most curious response, the hard-nosed local fight writers reckoned.
3Tamsin MacReady is the latest in a long line of hard-nosed optimists.
4Others complain the company is too hard-nosed when it comes to negotiating.
5He is strong and he's hard-nosed and he's going to keep going.
6Burke tried to stay detached, but the hard-nosed attitude didn't come naturally.
7And it's the kind of hard-nosed investigative journalism you read us for.
8These calculations assume there is a narrow, hard-nosed rationale to fining banks.
9A hard-nosed, principled lawyer is just the kind of leader Fannie needs.
10It's a proving ground for placing gear, and it breeds hard-nosed tradsters.
11After that time the German military police-the rough, hard-nosed bastards-roamed the streets.
12His death failed to soften the hard-nosed attitude of the other commissioners.
13Now I understood why the White Council was so hard-nosed with vampires.
14The debate over proxy access has a long history and two hard-nosed sides.
15Recent research suggests that a new generation of hard-nosed, cost-conscious shoppers is born.
16Business leaders say banks are being too hard-nosed about business lending.