Word: deviousness
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...spinelessly attempt to uphold a principle which MIT doesn't even accept? If so, the committee members are decidedly stupid. Or does the committee expect MIT to reject the College's ROTC students, thereby effectively ending the ROTC program at Harvard? If so, the committee members are cynical and devious...
Given this record of double-dealing, why do Americans admire Lincoln? He is not admirable because he was "Honest Abe" but because he was devious. He knew there were only minimal gains that could be made at each stage of his course in checking and then reversing the slave power. He knew that he could not accomplish even his initially restricted goals if he supported high-minded but unachievable aims. He proclaimed himself agnostic on the subject of blacks' intellectual inferiority and opposed to their social equality with whites. He knew that he had to avoid abolitionists and welcome Know...
...ending, Perot demanded that Cox return his commission. "The account required almost constant attention, and Ross just let the deal die," says Cox, who feels that Perot then "would have resold ((the computer)) to Southwestern in a few months and kept 100% of the money. He was extremely devious...
Many economic observers and politicians fuel these beliefs by charging that foreigners invest in American companies--particularly high-tech, high-profit companies--and then ship either the jobs or the technology overseas, depending on how devious they are. Most of the jobs apparently come from bread-and-butter industries like auto-building. Most of the technology apparently comes from the electronics or weapons industry...
...Clifton Lazenby is a formidable Macbeth. He delivers his lines with exacting clarity and intensity, revealing the most cunning and devious side of the character. Lazenby's strong presence makes his occasional lapses into "indication" of evil--a rubbing of the chin, or a devious sneer--thankfully unnecessary...