Cromwell is the robust, working-class son of a blacksmith, from Putney, on the Thames, now a member of Parliament — enormously astute, but not schooled like Cranmer, who would seem to have the social advantage here.
I reflected on the public's perception of me and the advise of my astute colleagues at the school.
That level of achievement was on display last Friday at the busy offices of The Lowell, the school's remarkably astute and well-written student newspaper.
He was an obstreperous, old-school politico whose astute mix of leftwing policy and rightwing – sometimes racist – rhetoric allowed him to rule his home town, Montpellier, and later the region, without serious challenge for the better part of four decades.
"I'm pretty astute in terms of operating a school," said Ms. Alston, who will be leaving her job as principal of St. Peter Claver School in Queens.
When good local schools become grammars, financially astute parents invest in private tutoring to ensure their child's access to a state-funded education rivalling that provided by the private sector.
"Why don't you feel good about me?" Still, four years later, Bush rallied to help his demoralized brother win a second try for Florida governor, tapping his Texas fundraising base and schooling his supposedly more astute sibling.
He is damning about the legacy in Britain following the 2012 Olympics, citing the swingeing cuts to school sports, and offering an astute analysis of the benefits of hosting the Games.
He was an astute and able student and after the Methodist high school when to the black university college of Fort Hare, where he met the man who was to become his closest friend and political ally, Oliver Tambo.
