Word: cunningness
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Korda's hero commands respect, if not affection. He is a cunning, low-profile zillionaire named Paul Foster, who, as Paul Grünwald, member of one of prewar Hungary's richest families, survived the Holocaust. Grünwalds were not supposed to go to slave-labor camps...
But just as Peres began to think that he had Begin's defeat ensured, the Prime Minister pulled off a few cunning maneuvers of his own. While his supporters attacked Peres in the Knesset debate, Begin unabashedly opened negotiations with the two members of the late Moshe Dayan'...
The high rollers in the Great Entertainment Sweepstakes, well versed in the arts of spin-off and tie-in, have created a devious form of autobiography: they hitch their histories to their hits. The follow-ups are often more compelling than the blockbusters. The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions, for...
The film is wonderfully cast and played, right down to the bit player (Ralph Tabakin) who shops suspiciously for a TV set: "I saw Bananzo and it was not for me. The Ponderosa looked faked." Stern and Bacon have refreshingly un-movie faces-the one sweet-souled and long-nosed...
Armani's cunning blends of invention and convention are seemingly offhand but ultimately tough to miss. The reason is that he has been instrumental not only in working out what people want to wear but in changing their attitudes about it. His clothes-even the ones with those damn...