Sentence examples for astute display from inspiring English sources

In an astute display of political trickery, Wilson announced to the press that he would not send Roosevelt and his volunteers to France, but instead would send an American Expeditionary Force under the command of General John Pershing.

While Israel condemned attempts to start a "new Cold War" in the Middle East, Assad's swift trip to Russia displayed an astute reading of the political climate to secure a lifeline for Syria's antiquated defences.

Pettegree observes that this lavish display represents the "astute manipulation of different media," a coordination he calls "a ubiquitous feature of the first age of print".

"Xstrata recently hosted an extremely impressive field trip to its new copper, coal and nickel assets in Latin America in which its entrepreneurial and very astute management style was clearly displayed," said Morgan Stanley.

Uncertainty and shyness have been replaced by an astute instinct for survival, amply on display during the past two weeks.

He folds together the skills of a Russian Constructivist graphic designer, a Socratic philosopher, a Dada-Fluxus joker, a Concrete poet and a Madison Avenue ad executive with an astute sense of both semiotics and public display.

The astute musician in Mr. Gilbert was particularly on display here.

Mr. Karzai did not seem to take offense, displaying what appeared to be an astute understanding of campaigning in a democratic country.

The astute reader will have noticed that we have avoided displaying the exact form of the state of affairs W's being water.

Instead of feverishly attempting to decipher what is going on in this nearly five-minute video, we figured it more appropiate to display our #feelings in our society's most astute form of expression: GIFs.

There are some scenes that display impressive technical cunning, and others that show an astute regard for the emotional capacities of his able cast, but "On the Run" amounts to a sullen display of skill in a dubious cause.