shrewd

He seems to have been a very shrewd judge of how far he could push the top brass, the bureaucracy, the courts and Congress.

He took command of the Velvet revolution, transformed from shy intellectual into shrewd political tactician.

She was shrewd and diligent, so business kept coming in, and pretty soon she realized that she needed an in-house counsel.

He was shrewd after his kind, and yet there was enough decency in the man to stop him from making any effectual protest.

Such a speech made sense politically, too: it was shrewd to emphasise just how dreadful a mess he is inheriting from his predecessor.

Louis surveyed me with his shrewd gray eyes and shook his head portentously.

pretty close to It was a shrewd assessment and probably pretty close to the truth . . .

So it's just as easy to say Google will regret buying Motorola as it is to say it will look back on the deal as a shrewd move.

Bad lots, both of us. . . selfish and shrewd, but a able to look things in the eyes and call them by their right names.

Even those shrewd enough to stick their money in a savings account have had to worry about the safety of the banks.

On the contrary, they found a shrewd formula to accommodate one another.

Everybody said he was a very shrewd doctor indeed, and knew perfectly what people's constitutions were.

Selfish and shrewd. But able to look things in the eyes and call them by their right names.

It turned out to be a shrewd move, and by endowment standards, which rarely stray from predetermined asset allocations, a bold one.

Susan was a manager in an obstetrics gynecological ward in a private hospital . She was a shrewd and.

The big shareholder said it would be a 'very shrewd move' for News Corp. to elevate chief operating officer Chase Carey to the CEO role.

An elderly woman of about fifty-five, with a plump face and shrewd eyes, came out to greet her.

He was a shrewd and wealthy businessman, but most people in the town hardly knew anything about this side of his life.

She shifted restlessly in her chair, and caught Stephen observing her with a shrewd eye.

Does this seem to argue a too shrewd, calm and sensible attitude on the part of the ordinary newspaper reader?

"He was very smart and shrewd . If the empire had not fallen there is a high chance he would have become powerful, " Jia added.

Mrs. Mooney, who was a shrewd judge, knew that the young men were only passing the time away: none of them meant business.

But according to Dr Dean, the shrewd females have worked out a way of dealing with this tactic as well.

Jack was so shrewd that he got a very high position soon after the beginning of his political career.

Zanders was a little man, dark, with a short stubby mustache, and a shrewd though not highly intelligent eye.

Many economists agree that shrewd state management can be better than market forces in getting a developing nation on its feet.

None of this proves that Mr Shilling, who has made some shrewd market calls in the past, will be proved wrong in the long run.

This is also shrewd: the poor do not care about his achievements as a diplomat and globaliser, which scarcely impinge on their lives.

My friends, let me help you as a shrewd businessman to analyze the relationship between the three ones of man, home and career.

"No shrewd user" of a biological weapon "is going to give you that opportunity, " he warned.

Cao foam wants to be an assassin, in the end is but a third-rate WuSheng actor, and guanzhong is a worthy shrewd director.

The Prime Minister proved himself to be a shrewd judge of British national feeling.

Never the less, the Special One was shrewd enough to exploit the situation in his match preparation with his players.

The Panaceas have been extraordinarily fortunate in their biographer. Jane Shaw is an insightful, shrewd and humorous writer.

Although he had no formal education, he is one of the shrewd businessmen in the steel company.

He replied, 'That's a shrewd suggestion, Paul, and I entirely agree with it.

He would have tried to woo her back each election cycle, but Diana was shrewd when it came to the conducting of feuds.

They were shrewd enough to realize that complete dependability was essential to their business.

They had no knowledge of the past of mankind at all; at best they had a few shrewd guesses.

Mark is a very shrewd and able man, and if you want a competent administrator I expect he's as good as they come.

How shrewd and deep must be that mind that would foresee and forestall all the accidents and chances of life.

The shrewd scholar always waits until the parade is passing his door and then steps bravely out in front of the band.

Nicky Oppenheimer is said to be furiously jetting around looking for shrewd places to inject his cash.

As one shrewd Washingtonian told me, Mr Obama stopped behaving like a prime minister and acted instead like a president.

Regulatory activities have snowballed partly because "it is a shrewd business model" , says Charles Monteith of White & Case in London.

The shrewd Hutt kept Barada forever in his debt by paying him a pittance yet charging him room and board.

There was once a shrewd necromancer who told a king that he had discovered a way to make gold out of sand.

The Honourable Harold was nobody's fool and had a reputation as a shrewd, successful businessman.

There were so many petty clerks in the factory that even he, shrewd as he was, could not be expected to remember them all individually.

It is known to all that she is a shrewd and obstinate girl.

She was shrewd enough to guess who was responsible.

She scrupulously abide by the feudal woman, and shrewd is quite deep, can auto, others very tactful, above, below the love.

the big , kindly , and shrewd eyes of tush in were fixed upon him with sympathy and commiseration.

You guys have got a great system set up here. Each of the gods plugs the other ones so you can share audiences. Very shrewd.

For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.

Mrs. Li is really a shrewd lady. She can cook one jin of ribs into various dishes and feed the whole family with meat for a couple of days.

Salesman: Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Not many buyers are shrewd enough to test drive a car with the top off in the dead of winter.

Narrator: eph gus sir boss was a shrewd woman, but to person to matter always require very strict, it makes him feel very uncomfortable.

All of this, of course, will have the side effect of enriching Apple; Apple's shrewd that way.

From colorful tall tales to clever barbs aimed at political opponents, Lincoln clothed a shrewd wit in a homespun, backwoods vernacular.

"A woman of shrewd intellect and masculine character" (Leslie Stephen).

Curt was a shrewd lawyer with a talent for uncovering paper trail of fraud.

He was a shrewd lawyer with a talent for uncovering paper trail of fraud.

His skill in negotiating earned him a reputation as a shrewd tactician.

In a moment of shrewd business, perhaps, Mr. Zherka and the club decided to introduce a premium product: the $1, 000 lap dance package.

The Wall Street Journal takes a shrewd route to a similar destination.

It's inexplicable why he should have fallen love with such a shrewd and insolent woman.

A: My boss is such a shrewd businessman everyone admires him.

Thismandate was said to be taken when rulers became unworthy of their position and provided a shrewd justification for Zhou rule.

All the shrewd financial and marketing techniques in the world are no substitute for an army of satisfied customers.

In a shrewd hedging of bets, Microsoft is also working on a distributed OS, a research endeavor dubbed Project Millennium.

Her unthreatening exterior belied a sharp intelligence and a shrewd wit.

Designers from France back from studying abroad, shrewd judgement, the unique perspective of international follow-up clothing trend.

The shrewd politician adapts his speech to suit the interests of his audience.

The Treasury is playing a shrewd game, hinting it is going to revise its plans, but changing little.

he was shrewd and clever in many little things , and capable of creating a good impression.

Instantly the portly lady's face became exceedingly sober and shrewd. She turned about and fixed on Carrie a very searching eye.

Shrewd salesmanship encouraged investors to hand their money over to this team of titans.

The Byzantines lasted for many centuries beyond their material capability, through shrewd diplomacy and deception rather than by force.

The shrewd and tenacious goblins are the Horde's newest playable race with the Cataclysm expansion.

It was both a wise and a shrewd move, but I was going to miss Yeltsin.

Whether one described it as enlightened self-interest or shrewd crassness, the old American talent for making a buck was alive and well.

That is probably a shrewd legal strategy, but it is unlikely to help Mr Murdoch much in the court of British public opinion.

Hollywood has been famously left-leaning for decades, even as it teemed with shrewd business operators.

He might not have the best physical tools out there, but he's shrewd, brassy guy.

Socrates' conversations as reported by Plato were full of a shrewd humor.

Mr McConnell, the Senate minority leader, is probably the closest thing the party has to a strategic co-ordinator, and he is a shrewd one.

They determine the political course of their respective regions through shrewd negotiation.

A politician has to be shrewd when it comes to expressing an opinion on a controversial issue.

Mammy emerged from the hall, a huge old woman with the small, shrewd eyes of an elephant.

Rivera presented no proof; the lack of evidence was seen as proof of how well organized and shrewd the Satanic conspiracy really was.

They're cunning and competitive programmers with shrewd business sense, questionable social skills (about the same age) and tenacious drive.

Her face was alert and lively, with a sharp chin and shrewd little eyes.

He is intelligent and he looks like he is a shrewd street-player because he creates something always in unexpected situations.

Capuchin monkeys are famously shrewd and resourceful primates, the New World equivalent of chimpanzees.

But Mr Kim, for all his megalomania and paranoia, is a shrewd tactician.

The sudden timing of Beijing's decision surprised some fund managers, but they agreed it was shrewd.

Less likely to win is the pugnaciously shrewd Ed Balls (pictured right), who worked with the younger Miliband in Mr Brown's entourage.

In 2004, many thought the cycle of success was ending, but Moggi was a shrewd man. He always had an ace up his sleeve.

" Between ourselves, my good fellow, " the shrewd old mentor of those days would say.

However, he realized the air of empty-headed heartiness might also mask a shrewd mind.

Allowing them to tap the credit line may be a shrewd precautionary measure.

To appreciate the shrewd son, Mr. Nathan ordered an ice cream on the side.

Enterprise, skills, and connectivity are years behind neighbouring Kenya. But Mr Meles is shrewd.

The anti- Roosevelt managers maneuvered desperately , but Farley played a shrewd game .

Today, bold moves and shrewd negotiations have made the carmaker not just viable, but profitable.

People who can afford to hire shrewd lawyers and accountants often find legal loopholes enabling them to es-cape most federal taxes .

These eagles are the best air hunters on the planet with shrewd tactics5 and keen eyesight.

To do that, they will need a mix of impressive devices, shrewd pricing and aggressive marketing, analysts say.

I found him tough, smart, shrewd, very unsentimental , very pragmatic.

"What really shrewd traders were doing was trading with stop-losses and then moving them up, " says Morris of City Index.

The shrewd investor can drink free by selling off a case here and there to finance current purchases.

He's an artist, a scientist and a shrewd businessman .

Was this a shrewd sop to nativists before Mr Obama pushes for a more welcoming immigration law?

The office will be headed by Pieter Feith, a shrewd Dutch diplomat.

He is probably shrewd enough to realize this; most opinion polls indicate he should go.

He was just shrewd and calculating and heartless.

ex: The shrewd fund manager is renowned for his accurate forecasts.

Mr Mugabe is also a shrewd performer, switching from Shona to English to send different messages to different audiences.

Fact had shown that I was not as stupid as the rumor said, but shrewd-brained.

One shrewd thing he did, which indicated the foresight and subtlety of the man.

manipulation Shrewd or devious management, especially for one's own advantage.

His latest shrewd BA, Boeing , CBOE , Chicago Board of Options Exchange(lot of action out there), and HSY, Hershey.

The shrewd politician adapts his speech to suit the interests of the audience.

the question was a quick , shrewd parry.

Capra looked at her with shrewd eyes.

The impression, and my mother is a obstinate, but shrewd, although she is a woman.

Yet in many respects it was a shrewd move.

Have we merely carried our animal need for shrewd perceptions to an absurd extreme?

Shrewd speculation as a stick, it always stirred pot gruel in a timely manner in order to avoid Jiaohu.

Shrewd foreigners traveling the world after, the final choice of Qingdao, Qingdao, illustrates the charm and appeal!

Streetwise economics is shrewd market economics.

This could be a very shrewd buy indeed.

Acosta's thinking was in fact a shrewd response to the economic phenomenon called "oil curse" .

People who can afford to hire shrewd lawyers often find legal loopholes enabling them to escape most taxes.

A nobility of soldiers cannot keep down a commonalty of shrewd scientific persons.

I will bee a shrewd, at least not let a person cheated still giggle.

Have an adage, again muddleheaded woman also is astute on marriage, again shrewd man also is muddleheaded on marriage.

She made a tidy profit with some shrewd investments on the Stock Exchange.

Never introduce me to the people you're with. When you refer to them later, my shrewd deductions will identify them.

Lastly, not impossibly, the shrewd and technocratic Mr Mbeki might stay.

exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage.

yale shot him a quick , shrewd glance.

Qataris generally describe him as shrewd.

And Jim Rogers, a famously shrewd investor, asks why anyone would buy dollars.

The shrewd shipper's remark shed light on why he shrank and shifted duties onto others.

Jon Bon Jovi = Childhood friend, shrewd businessman, great songwriter.

Bachchan is beautiful, talented and also shrewd in business.

He was shrewd in his personal assessments.

As shrewd business people know, one man's mistake is another's opportunity.

In some ways, Mr Webb would be a shrewd choice.

No wonder the shrewd Jewish people say it is easiest to make money from women and children!

Bridget has a shrewd idea of what will sell .

Mr. Whitelaw is rather shrewd, but his shrewdness is more about people than about issues.

We earned a reputation as a shrewd and honest fund and we knew all the right people in all the right places.

A shrewd housewife should be good at planning the family budget.

Meanwhile Ms Taylor-Thompson is playing a shrewd hand.

If you're a shrewd investor (or if you have good advisers) you can certainly earn big returns by investing in other people's businesses.

To put it in another way: he is very shrewd.

You made a shrewd investment there.

The shrewd old man for instance gold much, or the pretty and dazzling beautiful sceneries beauty, etc.

He was too shrewd to believe that it must exist.

With over 40m dalits in UP alone, Mayawati's political strategy has looked shrewd.

As one shrewd observer reminded me, it has had 10 prime ministers during the past 15 years.

The shrewd vendors charm tourists with their good English and unusual goods.

As a shrewd politician he knows how to manipulate public opinion.

He is famous for being a very shrewd criminal lawyer.

Mormont's raven watched with shrewd black eyes, then fluttered to the window.

Hast a shrewd tongue in thy mouth, go to! I will forgive you for that merry word.

Todd: Cos we're shrewd, we see how things work, cos we don't want to die for these pieces of shit.

Williams have changed from Michelin to Bridgestone tyres for 2006 - a questionable decision, or a shrewd investment for the future?

Her brother is a shrewd businessman.

Good. You're a shrewd boy. Anyway I set my heart at rest now.

In truth it is a shrewd, if shameless, ploy by a power couple who know that the value of their brand is tanking.

Abraham Lincoln's cabinet appointments were not only shrewd, but almost a who's who among 1860 presidential hopefuls.

It is the classic fairy tale of thrift and shrewd - almost.

Yet Yota has made some shrewd choices, too.

In fact the plan looks both shrewd and responsible.

He is a shrewd lawyer who knows all the tricks.

John, quite alone in the field of aesthetics, remained shrewd.

He is shrewd as well as his father in business.

As a businessman he was too shrewd to accept the first offer.

He whanged his son a shrewd one yesterday.

He was tall and heavy and shrewd and cold.

It is more about shrewd buying now in taking a gamble than in discovering somebody.

Everybody knows about his bad temper. On the other hand, they also know of his shrewd judgment.

The world's brute ox-heel wrong, and shrewd hand-harm.

Enchanted in your air benign and shrewd.

Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

He was too shrewd a businessman to accept the first offer. He is too experienced a conductor to mind what the critics say.

Shrewd betting based on the rapid calculation of odds?

He's a shrewd reader of human nature.

He was too shrewd a businessman to accept the first offer . .

He looks shrewd and gloomy. I'm still glad he has a long hair.

It is also, of course, a shrewd piece of business by someone who knows how to play a market.

He is too shrewd to trust in bussiness matters.

BP's timing is shrewd.

She is also a shrewd business tycoon, a modern woman of all-around talent.

On the other hand, they also know of his shrewd judgment.

On the other hand I think it would be extremely shrewd for McCain to select a black running mate.

However shrewd a businessman is, it is impossible that he has never lost money.

Ten years ago, when The Economist lamented Japan's amazing ability to disappoint, one shrewd parliamentarian wrote in to challenge that.

He was Rudolph's best friend on the campus, an energetic, overt boy, cynical and shrewd behind a lazy Oklahoma drawl.

not a picture is not being evaluation, no one is talking of others. his silence, someone will blame if "shrewd too deep" ;

As a politician, Mr Smith was both ambitious and tactically shrewd, qualities that brought him to the prime ministership in 1964;

"The people of Shanghai have been thought to be " shrewd and stingy ", " cautious and timid ", " polite But indifferent

"From the . . . testimony emerges a man by turns devious and honest, vulgar and gallant, scatterbrained and shrewd" (Life)

shrewd Ingenious implies originality and inventiveness:

Singaporean President Applauds Volunteer for Shrewd Service

Shrewd emphasizes mental astuteness and practical understanding:

BHP Billiton's remarkable growth has been driven by luck, shrewd dealmaking and, above all, China's demand for steel

Humorous or sarcastic in a shrewd, impersonal way:

Lean operations, shrewd tax planning and tight control

Think deeply and plan carefully; thoughtful and shrewd

On the contrary, it is shrewd and cunning, versatile and ingenious in the games of deception,

She is talented, visionary, daring to say, with the shrewd talent;

Second workplace too shrewd man again to tremble

his grey eye, shrewd as a chicken hawk's;

shrewd thespians . now , here ' s the plan

Canny and shrewd in dealings with others

A shrewd thrust at an author