Word: shrewdly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...long been surrounded by Communists in his N.M.U. and for months they had been trying to capture his union. Now they operated in close cahoots with shrewd, slippery Harry Bridges...
Only Gromyko, whose shrewd, stubborn in-fighting for Russian views was rewarded this week by a promotion to Deputy Foreign Minister, publicly and directly questioned Baruch's interpretation. Said he: "What the representative of the U.S. proposes actually is a revision of the [U.N.] Charter. The fact that the American proposal provides for a voluntary relinquishment of the so-called 'veto' . . . does not change the situation." But this was a milder Soviet objection than many previous ones...
Through Kennelly, shrewd little Jake Arvey hoped to regain the losses which the Democrats had suffered in November, start his new machine off right, still fueled by the mayoralty...
...sourly on heavy export of oil from the Americas. One other prod to the deal was given by Ibn Saud. As oil and pilgrimages to Mecca are his chief sources of income, he has long awaited increased exploitation of his lands to boost his royalties of 22? a bbl. Shrewd old Ibn Saud also knows that more production means more American capital in Saudi Arabia and more work and good wages for his impoverished Arab subjects.* Help for the U.S. Arabian-American can use some financial help to exploit the Arabian pool. It has already spent an estimated $200 million...
...Courier-Post crew slept in cots set up beside their desks, seldom saw their families. At week's end Saylor rasped: "There's nobody here getting tired. We're getting as much sleep as we always did. We're just giving up our spare time." Shrewd Dave Stern, first publisher to sign a Guild contract (TIME, Nov. 18), was far from ready to dicker on Guild terms ($100 a week for experienced reporters). He bought space in other newspapers and trade journals to announce the biggest November advertising and circulation in the Record's history...