Word: shrewdly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...latter was correct. Shrewd Subscriber Schroeder caught TIME correcting a slip...
...former champion let loose, he came very near to ruining Farr. No one disputed Baer's victory; he was variously credited with from nine to 13 rounds. Surprising his critics by clowning only enough to please his more lighthearted fans, Baer also surprised the experts with his shrewd tactics: he repeatedly maneuvered Farr towards his own corner so that at a round's end Farr would lose precious seconds of rest walking across the ring to sit down...
...Good Germans." As Chancellor in succession to his murdered friend Dollfuss, Kurt von Schuschnigg saw 13 Nazis hanged. Soon he was recognized by those shrewd judges of character, Pope Pius and Premier Mussolini, as a statesman of commanding powers. He proved his ability by maneuvering out of the Austrian Vice-Chancellorship famed fun-loving Prince Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, who once had an Austrian private political army of 125,000, aspired to the Austrian Throne. Pious Kurt von Schuschnigg long wished to restore "His Most Apostolic Majesty Kaiser Otto von Habsburg." This week, however, Otto's goose...
...this Mr. Willkie, who last year dramatically begged the Government to buy his properties instead of ruining them, replied that he would be "delighted" to negotiate for his companies if they would be bought as "going concerns" and not piecemeal or at distress rates. But the terms, suggested equally shrewd Mr. Willkie, should be set by an independent committee, in view "of the recent newspaper reports of a diversity of opinion as to policy within the TVA." Mr. Willkie's suggestions for committeemen: President Clarence A. Dykstra of the University of Wisconsin, President Karl Compton of Massachusetts Institute...
...cash, rest in notes). It so happens that North American Aviation is controlled by General Motors Corp. through ownership of nearly 30% of its stock. The various Hertz truck and bus lines are General Motors' valued customers and shrewd Financier Hertz knew G. M. would think twice before snubbing his bid for Eastern. But John Hertz reckoned without Eddie Rickenbacker...