Sentences with phrase «shrewd political»

For example, the choreographed video A Behavioral Statement (or an Unconscious Protest)(2013), exhibited in the Japanese Pavilion of the 55th Venice Biennale, posits the daily routine of an emergency drill as a shrewd political statement.

DeVos is a shrewd political operative, more so than our typical political appointee.

But once they win the election, despite his extensive legislative experience and shrewd political instincts, Johnson finds himself sidelined in the role of vice president.

He eschews publicity, rarely gives interviews, and until now has always been regarded as a shrewd political operator.

With his bold suits of gold pinstripes in the Senate long dominated by white men in dark blue, the Latino had a charismatic manner in English and Spanish with all lawmakers, and possessed a shrewd political sense.

But it's also a shrewd political move from a master tactician who recognized this race remains too close to call.

Parris picked up the award last year with judges saying he «displayed a level of shrewd political observation and analysis that stood out from the pack».

«A shrewd political biography and a sensitive portrait of one of our most enigmatic heroes.»

With Bruno gone, Cuomo's primary nemesis — the immovable object to his irresistible force — is surely going to be the speaker of the State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, a shrewd political tactician who wields enormous power inside the statehouse.

Cuomo knows how Albany works, and no one doubts he's a shrewd political tactician himself.

In her new memoir, former Planned Parenthood chief Cecile Richards says Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were, during the 2016 transition, so eager to be recognized as shrewd political dealmakers that they made an offer that felt like a «bribe» — an increase in federal funding for her organization in exchange for its agreement to stop providing abortions.

But it is doubtful whether Africa's oldest nation will be as successful in achieving them without Meles Zenawi and his outstanding intelligence, shrewd political skills and uncanny ability to navigate different worlds without much difficulty.

Patient argument and shrewd political maneuvering paid off, although the cost was heavy.

After the election of 1997, Chrétien named him deputy prime minister in recognition of his long service, shrewd political sense and low - key parliamentary skills.

In that case Cameron made possibly the shrewdest political move of his entire career and, if rumours are to be believed, scared Gordon Brown out of calling an Autumn election.

Not exact matches

Political parties are showing essentially no interest in the merits of a policy proposal beyond its potential as an element of some shrewd communications strategy.

Just as our peoples, at a certain moment of their history, were mature enough to say «no» to all forms of political colonization, so too in our families we need to be very wise, very shrewd, very strong, in order to say «no» to all attempts at an ideological colonization of our families.

A shrewd and patriotic man, Carroll supported the religious revolution as fervently as he did the political one.

And when this limit, which is God's honor, is reached by man, there is a twofold temptation, either on the one side to pass the limit, to take up God's cause, to try to avenge God's honor oneself, to use political means in the service of the living God in order to do this, or on the other side to remain within the limit but to continue political action as though it did not exist, in other words, to separate the two kingdoms, to argue that while God's honor is there at the limit of politics, and I can do nothing about it, nevertheless in my own sphere I can still act like a shrewd and effective man, pursuing politics to save what can be saved by human means.

Both men were smart operators, shrewd tacticians who reveled in their political status if not the philosophy and nitty - gritty of politics.

Channel 4 News political editor Gary Gibbon said: «Shrewd, witty, bravura de-bunking.

Instead, political parties are forced to play a longer game while shrewd politicians begin to stock up on integrity for the inevitable moments when their judgement goes astray.

This is one of those rare political memoirs, self - deprecating and amusing, which are very readable, revealing much about the author's private and public lives and offering shrewd observations about opposition politics and the pressures of ministerial life.

But both Boulton and Jones are experienced political journalists and make shrewd observations about both personalities and events.

Her political commentary is shrewd — her portrait of Hillary Clinton, in 2016, especially arresting.

Shrewd candidates will scrutinize the hundreds of numbers set forth on pages 13 to 26 to extract the political truths buried within.

Rather than a devastatingly beautiful femme fatale, Cleopatra, according to Schiff, was a shrewd power broker who knew how to use her manifold gifts — wealth, power, and intelligence — to negotiate advantageous political deals and military alliances.

While Coyne is primarily a political writer and this piece is in part a political one, Coyne has always been a shrewd observer of the investing scene.

Connecting past and present, the personal and the political, «Social Fabric» triggers involuntary associations about identity, memory, the self and autonomy, constituting a shrewd and timely commentary on the fluid and uncertain context of Hong Kong today.

Wayne Barker is a shrewd critic of the times, recognised for making incisive and astute social and political commentaries.

Ambitious, intelligent and shrewd, Richard Scrushy and Don Siegelman rose from humble beginnings to create corporate and political empires.