The host replaced his signature tongue-in-cheek banter with an astute discussion on issues ranging from the resurgence of socialism, healthcare reform and military spending to religion, genetically modified food and drug laws.
160million -- a healthy monthly payment given (a) the prevailing interest rates, and (b) her salary -- unless she had other "investments" and/or was a "successful" or "astute entrepreneur" -- itself an entirely different discussion!
In her newly astute, mature voice Marie engages in some testy discussions with her captors about the promises of democracy and the tendency for power to become concentrated even in the more liberal-minded regimes.
Jackson is astute, nimble and acutely aware of the racial politics involved in discussions where African-Americans are center stage.
As a result, no one has tied these decisions together and considered their significance in the discussion of HB2 (though, see Pam Kelley's related and astute piece in The News & Observer).
Interview highlights: Um, John Battelle, how giddy I get get when I say that Google is a node of control, what a mistake wearing two different horizontal striped shirts was, the reverential discussion about Baidu's Robin Li and Battelle's subtle yet astute commentary on why Apple is the only major player missing onstage.
In his discussion of Selma for Variety, Scott Foundas describes her work as "politically astute" and "beautifully staged".
He has assiduously courted the paper's astute conservative columnist David Brooks, and to good effect; Brooks effused in The New Republic over their discussions of Edmund Burke, and has said of the President, "I think he's more talented than anyone in my lifetime".
This maneuver generated considerable discussion at the time among senior cadres over whether the banners were an astute political move or a sign of excessive obsequiousness, the business leader said.
B. Jay Cooper, a Department spokesman, said the advance discussion in the financial markets of the economic statistics appeared to have resulted from astute forecasting or luck, not unauthorized disclosures by Government employees.
