Word: shrewdly
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...endanger his opportunity to reclaim the Golan Heights? Some try to explain away Assad's behavior on the grounds that he is an aging autocrat who does not comprehend Barak's political needs as a democratic leader. Assad should be granted more credit. For the past thirty years, the shrewd Syrian leader has defined himself as the Middle East's cold calculator par excellence, and there is no exception here. Assad is well aware of the fact that his actions hinder Barak's ability to muster Israeli public support in a future referendum. The Sphinx of Damascus...
...bust in the foyer has a better chance of pulling this all off. "But Pat is a shrewd political analyst, and he'll be very capable of looking at the battlefield and figuring out which wounded to go heal," says McCain strategist Ken Khachigian, who thinks his old friend Buchanan can tip the outcome in November, harassing Gore but potentially torpedoing Bush. Oddly enough, Buchanan might never get the chance. The Reform Party functions like a flophouse for political gypsies and social outcasts, and no two members can agree on the time of day. Jesse Ventura was promoting Donald Trump...
...empire building in the West End looks shrewd. While lots of shows flop, total box-office revenue there has climbed in 12 of the past 13 years, to $425 million in 1999, when more than 12 million tickets were bought at an average price of $35. That's a nightly equivalent of more than 425 double-decker busloads of theatergoers. William Jackson, managing director of NatWest Equity Partners, an equal investor in the 13 theaters with Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group, sees even better times ahead. "The demand for live entertainment is increasing," he says, "and there is also...
...called Jenna Jameson, a friend of Marylin Star's and an actress in such films as Hell on Heels and Smells Like...Sex. She was driving through Scottsdale, Ariz., where she lives and owns a restaurant, Tequila, which she bought with proceeds from her shrewd sale of Disney stock. "Disney sucks this year," she said. "I think a lot of bad things went on with them. They split, and they never went up. They took over a bunch of companies, and it never worked out." I asked her what the next big thing was. "I have a lot of tips...
...latter included doing laundry and mending for her father, as well as providing him with medicinal compounds. Maria Celeste was the convent's herbalist and, judging from her elegantly phrased appeals to her well-connected father, also the impoverished order's chief fund raiser. She was a shrewd manager of the convent's money and kept an eye on her father's house and vineyard. One busy...