Word: shrewdly
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...proceed when those goals seem to conflict. Falwell enthusiastically practiced the politics of division, flinging damnation at those who disagreed with his vision of a Godly America. Now a rising generation of Christian leaders is looking for ways to bring people together: the politics of division may be a shrewd electoral strategy, but it's a shallow spiritual one. Their God is bigger than their party, more mysterious, more forgiving and more embracing. It is only partly wishful thinking when a progressive evangelical counterforce to Falwell like Jim Wallis declares, "The Evangelicals have left the Right. They now reside with...
...Kennedy ’54-’56 is likely in his final term in office, and Kerry would be shrewd to fashion himself as an experienced hand that will overtake the role of Massachusetts’ elder political statesmen in Kennedy’s wake. To do so, Kennedy should cede some control of the numerous constituent services he provides Massachusetts’ citizens to Kerry’s office. Kennedy should also help Kerry take the lead in crafting legislation that will funnel federal money back into the State. In the past, pork barrel politics have largely...
...truth, there was plenty of idealism to go around: Wolfowitz got the job in part because he was thought by the Bank's board to enjoy good relations with the Republican Congress - an idea that doesn't look so shrewd now that the Democrats control both chambers. It won't help Wolfowitz with Congress that Riza's first boss at State was none other than Elizabeth Cheney, the daughter of the vice president...
...central members of such an institution—the senior faculty—are tenured for life. In the long run, their job security insulates them from motivation by fear, fiat, fist, or fury, and they remain free to move should they become dissatisfied with their leader. A shrewd observer once quipped that the president of the university must be able to “listen charismatically.” This does not mean that the president must always say yes, nor is she precluded from taking strong and even controversial stands. But she must maintain the support...
...well, so are OPEC countries," she says. "But we also believe in the American economy." While the world tries to figure out just how critical the U.S. is to future growth, the strategy of keeping many eggs in a lot of different baskets may turn out to be very shrewd...