Sentences with phrase «shrewd businessmen»

Ultimately, the Beatles and John Locke got where they did not just by being great artists, but by being shrewd businessmen as well.
Among gifted directors who are also shrewd businessmen, Steven Spielberg outranks them all.
It was staggering to think that seemingly shrewd businessmen would reward failure with a 5 year contract, perhaps despite their investment they have a 5 year plan to completely dismantle the academy and instead just buy proven players as some other clubs are doing?
A shrewd businessman who knew how to capitalize on his country's love...
Musial was also a shrewd businessman who had more success after his playing career than most of his contemporaries.
He is a shrewd businessman and saw that we were in a healthy financial position with a good chance of reaching the promised land and in the process making him even richer than he already is if we could manage to stay there.
When it comes to commercial development, Mills at times comes off looking paranoid and at other times like a shrewd businessman.
Jason Bateman also turns up as a shrewd businessman akin to Bill Murray's ruthless TV executive in Scrooged.
Turns out Bert is not so much a friend but a shrewd businessman exploiting their creation with a maneuver that will bankrupt Nick, Kurt, and Dale before their business can even get off the ground.
But when a shrewd businessman, Bob O'Malley, propositions him to bring River City Medical Center in New Orleans into a black market organ trade, he's hesitant.
«Growing up, I had heard stories that he was a very shrewd businessman.
Robert Garriott, as shrewd a businessman as any in his industry, knew that staking his company's entire future on a single game every two years was at best a risky way to run things.

Not exact matches

A shrewd and opportunistic Scottish immigrant, he launched a series of successful steel, wool and dry goods businesses and ran the Bank of Montreal before leading the syndicate of businessmen who formed the Canadian Pacific Railway Corp..
He was the spokesman for the shrewd Yankee businessman.
He is a shrewd, practical businessman named George Weiss who would like to win the pennant but won't be too disturbed if his team loses this year
Just not far from the ancient city of Lviv there is a hotel recreation complex Navariya Nova situated, the shrewd choice both for businessmen and tourists.
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