Word: shrewdness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...admirers say that he is honest, fair, shrewd, that he has the common touch, knows the labyrinths of Washington. They feel that he is an able governmental practitioner who knows how to get things done. His administration would be canny, cautious and conservative, and would probably bring about great harmony between the White House and Congress...
Crimson pitcher Roy Meears allowed the B.U. Freshmen only two hits yesterday, but the shrewd Terriers crowded them both into the seventh inning to produce the game's only run and send the Yardlings home with a 1 to 0 defeat...
...Victor Johnston, a shrewd, silver-haired journeyman politician who last week took over the operation of Stassen's Washington office. He managed the Wisconsin campaign, kept the Stassen memory green in 1944 while Stassen was in the Navy...
...best pitcher. If the fence-busting New York Giants had two more good pitchers, they could take World Series orders this week. But the club other managers worried most about was the Boston Braves, which has a new doubleplay combination (Rookie Alvin Dark and Oldster Eddie Stanky) and a shrewd pilot, Billy Southworth...
Unlike most big U.S. cities, Kansas City also has an undisputed first citizen. He is Roy Allison Roberts, president and general manager of the Kansas City Star, a 265-lb. extravert who presides over his domain with the shrewd joviality of Falstaff and the hearty acumen of David Harum. He looks like the jolly personification of the sun at midday. He achieved and holds his zenith because of a deceptive appearance of innocence (his favorite description of himself: "I'm just a big, fat country boy"), almost inexhaustible energy, and a congenital talent for politicking...