Word: keening
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Squaring off with the responsibility of setting a strong example is still one of the most important of British royal functions. It comes with the crown; it comes with the territory. Queen Elizabeth seems well aware of her symbolic roles, but she has also demonstrated a keen awareness of the force of her favor, a good working understanding of the subtle political interplay that keeps the British monarchy bobbing just above the breaking edge of parliamentary politics. "It is its capacity as a political deterrent, which is not less effective for being unused, that gives the crown, and the nation...
...Southern Baptist and soon-to-be student at a seminary, I have been following my denomination's deliberations with keen interest [June 22]. The real issue is the struggle for power and not biblical inerrancy. If the introduction of biblical hard-liners to seminary boards will lead to the exclusion of moderate forces in Baptist academic life, then it will be a sad day for the freedom of academic pursuit...
...more than a decade of fierce and bloody battles with the Shah's secret police, the Mujahedin were renowned for fighting to the last bullet and then popping cyanide pills. But since the revolution they have displayed keen instincts for survival. After seizing some 70,000 weapons from armories when the Shah fell from power in 1979, they have bided their time, waiting for the proper moment to challenge the mullahs...
...with every other major politician in the state. He has ethical blind spots: this winter, for example, he scheduled a birthday party for his wife, encouraged cash gifts from city employees, then canceled the party after public and media pressure and pledged to return the money. He has a keen eye and a generous hand with young talent, yet he fires some and drives many of the rest away...
Leib's ear for dialogue is keen, his sense of timing acute...