Word: shrewd
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...Eisenhower Administration's civil rights bill seemed headed . for surprisingly smooth congressional sailing. But as Congressmen return from their Easter vacations, the civil rights package is in the deepest sort of trouble. The trouble is compounded of real fears about the principles of the bill and of shrewd Southern maneuvering against...
Affairs Committee, straight-backed bearing, robust energy, fine Southern manners, and a longstanding reputation for cool, shrewd good sense...
...letter to Rayburn was timed in the full realization that President Eisenhower was far from being the only Government official going on vacation. By demonstrating that the President was willing to meet Congress at least part way in its budget-cutting efforts, the letter was a shrewd appeal to the public opinion that Congress both generates and venerates. And no one knew better than Ike that the members of the 85th Congress were using the Easter holidays to head for home to feel the popular pulse...
...Meyner will not be easy. Constitutionally, the governor of New Jersey has more patronage and power than any other governor in the land; Meyner is generally conceded to have used his to build up a young, effective and shrewd organization. Last week, while Forbes was drubbing Dumont with a vote of 215,565 to 125,602, Meyner, unopposed and running without campaigning, approached 200,000 votes. He intends to fight with everything he has, and in addition, Democratic leaders would be delighted if they could present him as a prospective father by election time (at his press conferences reporters have...
...have to do is figure out how not to hit a question he doesn't know. That's the basis of all quiz shows." The producers hand-pick their contestants for personality, occupation and geographical spread as well as specialized knowledge, then arm themselves with a shrewd, thorough insight into the contestant's strength and weakness, and have full control of the questions he will be asked...