Sentences with phrase «shrewd use»

The last thing you want to do is to build something truly epic, only for someone to absolutely decimate it through some shrewd use of TNT...

Shrewd use by well - educated investors can greatly enhance a portfolio's returns.

Despite formidable opponents like the current President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten, and the current Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, not to mention legions of anti-reformers who prowl the fact - free corners of the internet, Moskowitz has succeeded through her shrewd use of the media, her high - powered network, and unrelenting drive inherited from her Holocaust - surviving ancestors.

The visual style — the orange - and - blue color scheme, the elegant «Scope compositions, the graceful tracking shots, and the shrewd use of shallow focus — has been reproduced almost perfectly from John Carpenter's original, yet the wit and intelligence are gone.

The strong supporting gallery - including Gillian Anderson and Martin Compston - feels underused, but Meier and her ace DoP Agnès Godard make shrewd use of the dramatic alpine locations.

Graham's success was built in part upon his remarkable endurance and his shrewd use of the latest communication techniques, most notably broadcast television.

Not exact matches

Shrewd design is allowing a hot productivity tool to spread quickly and silently — in fact, your company may already be using it

If true, it would demonstrate how shrewd the CJNG has gotten at using public disaffection with rival cartels to further its own influence and power.

over-promising and under - delivering is how shrewd venture investors take control of your company and intellectual property and realize a return on investment using their own strategies not yours.

And on a practical level, it offers wonderfully shrewd advice, for those who will but ponder it, on how to use the opposition's premises against the opposition's argument.

«Senses is normally the hearing (listening), seeing (reading), touching (feeling), tasting, smelling» See, I read that sura as praising farmers who were «sensible» enough to use shrewd means of irrigation.

Paradoxically, it was Buddhism that opened the door to Schumacher's return to Western religion, so his use of Buddhist concepts, besides being shrewd, is authentically based in his experience.

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.

Yes we have a shrewd and clever manager yes we have built a team that is now coming together and who were brought in using a wise and financially aware transfer policy BUT this is the first time since the game changed in this country that we are as close as we have ever been to being able to compete with the elite clubs without spending WHAT THEY SPEND this does not mean however that we don't need to spend at all!!!! Our season ticket prices are the highest in Europe yet we have not progressed in European competitions for five years!!!

Although in 2017/18 with his continued faith in Marcus Rashford, shrewd management of Anthony Martial and outstanding use of Jesse Lingard (young, in terms of top - flight experience)-- the Portuguese is proving them all wrong.

An article on the environmental impact of the production and disposal of millions of plastic and cloth diapers reveals the length to which corporations will go to ensure profit margins: couching advertisements in «scientific studies»; funding studies based on controversial methodologies; using unscientific statistical studies to cook the books on cost - benefit analyses of environmental damage; and employing shrewd, manipulative and effective public - relations strategies.

It is precisely Similac's shrewd offer of absolution for the «wrong» of using its own product that allows ads such as «I Accept You» and especially «The Mother» Hood» to hit so many nerves.

Of course, the third man behind Klein is LBJ, the «master of the Senate» — a shrewd politician who carefully used power and influence to get what he wanted.

Blue Labour, for its part, needs to be a little less «agitational» and a little more shrewd at using language which will appeal to Labour party members — it's broken into mainstream debate now, no need to overuse provocative language just to get noticed.

Their shrewdest move was switching to no - till farming, in which seeds are planted without using a plow to turn the soil.

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Read previous Innovation columns: Mobile malware develops a money bug, Reinventing urban wind power, Mastering the art of 3D film - making, A real live Grand Prix in your living room, Google may know your desires before you do, Shrewd search engines know what you want, The tech refresher Russia's spies needed, Smarter books aim to win back the kids, Microsoft's Kinect isn't just for games, 19th - century tech makes a smarter iPhone, Invisibility cloaks and how to use them, Methane capture gives more bang for the buck.

I'm an Chinese / Jewish but, most people think, I'm from Vietnam, well my half grand parent is really from VN and I think I have great upbringing, I was born in South Beach in FL, but I have my adult upbringing in Canada, UK and later in Israel, I have Chinese Dad, while my Mum is from Israel... I'm a very funny gal, most of my friends use to tell me that, I am a very smart person, as per human being, in business, I am very shrewd, I am very persuasive, I think I'm a good sales person, I'm a Christian, I have a passion for what I'm doing mostly..

It's tricky because using this device could end up heavy - handed, but because of some shrewd and evocative montage editing, McGehee and Siegel cover a lot of ground and character development in surprisingly subtle fashion.

The use of a birthday candle igniting a trail of gasoline is a shrewd little touch, as are production design details like a «Today is the first day of the rest of your life» sticker and a poster of John Carpenter's «They Live» in Carter's dorm room.

Using his shrewd knowledge of the desert, Jack helps Maggie, Mrs. Calloway and Grace sneak up on the ornery varmint and interrupt his despicable scheme.

In US News & World Report, Robert Pondiscio cleverly used a pop - culture tidbit to make a shrewd point about cultural literacy and schooling.

Volkswagen was shrewd enough to notice that some of its Golf R buyers would feel inclined to use it on a track day and to improve its track appeal an optional Performance Pack has been offered.

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.

The shrewd player can influence the outcome by counting the cards and using a system.

This is where you have to be a little shrewd and use the tax laws to your advantage.

While the fixed - rate cards offer the ultimate in flexibility because you can use points for whatever travel you want, the flexible currency cards can offer substantially more value if you're shrewd when you redeem.

Using the Credit Card Calendar, and some shrewd Milenomics Mileage Runs (MMRs) you should be able to get your actual Cost Per Mile much lower than this.

- due out next month - Rival Domains is a new type of special map, where you get to battle a large army (called a brigade)- your goal consists of capturing enemy camps, defeating enemies within 10 turns, and trying to earn high scores - deploy up to 20 Heroes, and if you need some help, you can recruit allies from your friends - you can only have one ally with Sing or Dance, and no duplicate Heroes allowed - first round of Rival Domains maps will open alongside the update - after that, a new map will become available every week on Saturday - Blessed Gardens is a new type of map where you can earn Orbs, Hero Feathers, and more - these maps can only be tackled by Heroes who grant the corresponding Legendary Effect, or Heroes who have received it - duplicate Heroes are strictly forbidden - the first time you enter the Blessed Garden, you will get four Water Blessings, allowing you to start playing right away - Blessings of other elements are some of the rewards you can earn in the Garden of Water - Blessed Gardens will go live alongside the update, with a new map to be added every Sunday after that - earn Blessings by completing quests and participating in other activities - Shrewd Strategist will be able to learn Wind's Brand at 5 * - strengthen even more weapon skills using Arena Medals and Divine Dew at the Weapon Refinery:

Ultimately, companies are using our nostalgia (and a shrewd understanding of human psycholgy) against us to cash in with toys - to - life.

Test your survival skills by wisely navigating the winding floors of Yggdrasil, using shrewd tactics when battling gruesome beasts, making the right decisions during various «scenarios,» and more.

There has been a rise in tiny consoles coming though Kickstarter using Android as an OS - Ouya and the like - so Sony offering Vita - quality gaming at a low price is definitely a shrewd move by the company.

The shrewder players might use the three available setups to have a hard - hitting berserker 2B who brings a boss almost to their knees, only to switch to a build that will earn double the XP when the killing blow is landed.

Both a sly, dehumanizing, reference to the infamous Windows system software «blue screen of death» and a shrewd art - historical reference, the piece equates the chasing of artistic legend with suicide, and it uses standard technology — the light emitted by a television — to evoke a supposed cultural masterpiece.

... we need to work in a more shrewd and contemporary way, using subtle techniques of engagement.

Riordan, like many shrewd lawyers who truly understand relationships and reputation aren't built by having separate online identities, uses Twitter and Facebook to network and engage with business leaders, other lawyers, civic leaders, and friends.

By claiming that Cambridge Analytica's data use was both not a breach and yet also unauthorized, Facebook is making a shrewd move that may help the company avoid or ameliorate some liability.

Far from being just a shrewd business decision, this might actually turn out to be a great leap of innovation for businesses who are savvy enough to start using the blockchain for future projects and transactions.

Shrewd citizens will use this opportunity to save for future investments, or reroute the money they're saving straight back into their bond repayments,» says Goslett.

An over-priced property will often only be shown by shrewd Realtors who will use said over-priced property to sell other more accurately - priced properties (maybe even their own listings, allowing them to cop the desired double - end commissions) to their buyer clients.

Shrewd buyers are looking to make the most of their investment by finding a place with secondary accommodation, which could be let or used as a B&B.