"A machiavellian dandy... Pure coldheartedness... Fabulously insincere".
Say hello to the Westminster question Bryan Glister Who was the Machiavellian adviser who persuaded Cameron to leave "devo max" off the Scottish referendum?
And that means they're machiavellian.
Telecom Italia's Machiavellian corporate culture defeats even Italians: what would it do to the ex-civil-servants in Deutsche Telekom's middle management Even if the deal fails, it may have already damaged Deutsche Telekom.
The implication is that without the fluffier but politically appealing bits of human space exploration, space science would not do so well.That is a nice, almost Machiavellian argument to keep the scientists on side.
But one Machiavellian interpretation of events doing the rounds in Madrid sees Mr Botin having ambitions, in the longer run, to install a new chief executive perhaps his daughter, Ana Patricia Botin.
Although the Gonzagas' dynastic ambitions ruined them, their collecting set a European standard for two centuries.The dukes of Mantua were no more lovable or attractive than other princes of their Machiavellian age.
A former governor, now in jail, described him as "more Machiavellian than Machiavelli".
In one particularly Machiavellian move, described by Sidney Roberts, a historian, Yerkes constructed a tram line in the dead of night and in four hours—so that fractious Chicago property-owners wouldn't be able to stop him.Eventually he controlled hundreds of miles of tramway and railway.
Indeed, if black voters applied themselves in a Machiavellian manner, they would vote Republican in large enough numbers to worry Democrats and thereby gain more influence in both parties.This is exactly what is happening in the Missouri Senate race.
But even if the race narrows, it ignores the point: with an energy crisis, a horrendous budget deficit and a reputation for mixing money-raising with law-making, Mr Davis should surely be the one desperately trying to catch up.His relative comfort stems from a pre-emptive defence by his Machiavellian campaign manager, Gary South.
