Word: cunningness
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Guinness can no longer take comfort in camouflage. The death mask is no mask at all; it is an old face seen in a naked light. Yet in our memory, that face magically morphs into a hundred others--all of them Alec Guinness, whoever he was. His career was a...
Not Clinton. Of what other president could you say that after two full terms (and relentless scandal - impeachment even!), he looks fresher, livelier, than he did when he came into office? Clinton is a phenomenon - of resilience, of survival, of some life force (either heroic or sleeplessly cunning) that causes...
2. C. You use cunning and insinuation to get your way; your hero is F.D.R. If you chose A, you're House material at best; the least well-regarded Presidents--Grant and Harding--were modest.
It's the others who are Gore's problem. Why? He seems to them too much a pleaser and a chameleon. (Women may share this opinion, but I'm talking about the men). These men see uncertainty of self, cunning changeability, opportunism. They see energies of desperation in him, and...
Pro-Bush: The choice of Cheney strengthens the argument that even though George W. himself may not be widely experienced or knowledgeable, he has the good judgment to select sound people to work with him. This is a solid, low-anxiety choice (no devious political calculations in the decision, no...