Word: cunningness
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The New Gossoon, by George Shiels (new). A young rascal flies about the country on a motorcycle, drinks, bets on the dogs, chases after every petticoat he sees, is finally reformed by a shrewd colleen with more cunning than her elders.
The late William Bolitho once wrote: "In the luxurious hand dealt England by Fate . . . the longest suit is the Jew. . . . Do not forget . . . Marcus Samuel, who gave them a brand new oil empire; Weitzman, who taught them to make high explosives; Mond. who settled the labor war; Herbert Samuel, who...
The Bull is Spain's chief animal. He is a descendant of the wild bulls that roamed the Iberian peninsula, a closer cousin of the African Cape buffalo than of any domestic cattle. Spanish ganaderías (bull-raising establishments) raise their bulls in a wild state. Carefully bred...
"At least a dozen people have asked me if I had heard this story. I have and it is utterly untrue. Members of the Morrow family assure me that the child is a perfectly normal baby, running about and as bright as a button, a cunning little rascal who hears...
* Not all Oklahoma favors a Murray candidacy. This month the Tulsa World said of its Governor: "He has a tricky mind and a cunning appeal. Like a jackass braying into an empty rain barrel, he mistakes the sound and fury for wisdom and profundity. He encourages and agitates unrest and...