1. Inaugural speeches by many new leaders showed their rational side as well as their personalities, with most of them pledging to be clean and honest.
2. Fears about immigration are the most powerful political issue in the country today, whether those fears are rational or not.
3. All company decisions take full account of impacts on the environment and rational utilization of resources by making use of the most efficient technologies.
4. The most urgent task for the authorities at that time will be to supervise and optimize the allocation of financial resources through rational measures.