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...visitor needed only to mention a scrap of news from Moscow or a question from Russian history, wrote his friend Columnist Joseph Alsop last week, "and instantly, as though by magic, he would be his old shrewd and endlessly knowledgeable self again...
Grande Dame. Eye is about an old woman, Elizabeth Hunter, who is dying in her Sydney mansion, attended by a devoted staff of five. The old lady's mind wanders occasionally, but in general she is shrewd, wise and feisty. Now, that is. In long flashback sequences portraying her as a belle of society, wife of a rich man and mother of two bright children, she is made to seem dimmer...
...anyone at the White House. But only the relatively powerless John Dean, tainted but nevertheless courageous in his turncoat testimony, made grave accusations of the President's participation in the coverup. His chilling tale, conveyed in a lifeless baritone, was sharply denied by such far more influential and shrewd Nixon intimates as H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell...
...mountain fastnesses or on the Bay of Biscay and follow their ancient occupations of shepherding, fishing and smuggling. About 80% now live in such pulsating industrial centers as Bilbao and the area around San Sebastian, where they have risen to many middle-management jobs and acquired a reputation as shrewd bankers and businessmen...
Nonetheless, relatively consistent winning is possible for shrewd bettors. Dogs are graded according to their recent records (A, B, C or D). Because each race is restricted to a single class, fans are usually protected from gross mismatches. Tip sheets give not only the dogs' won-loss history, but how each animal has done against particular rivals. With a little luck, a studious and conservative gambler can keep in the black. There is scant danger of fixed races because the dogs are put in an elaborate security area called "the lockout room" well before each run. While in lockout...