Me in 10 words: I am silly, clever, kind, thoughtful, cunning, smiley and friendly!
"Chronicle in Stone" represents an act of political resistance, of the cunning, subtle kind that allowed Kadare to survive Hoxha's regime, even as some of his books were banned.
He embodied artistry and imagination, flair and cunning, the kind of player that prioritised magic over muscle.
Lyndon Johnson may have been extremely cunning, but the kind of dealmaking he was able to practise was the product of a moment that, in political terms, was an anomaly compared with what went before or came after.These mid-century institutions have subsequently been asked to run a plethora of new programmes, each layered on top of the next because Congress finds it so hard to undo legislation.
While Sartre was far too comfortable and cunning to be any kind of example of Sartrean man, and Camus far too touched by inner rectitude to be an instance of Camusean man, Jeanson was both.
The story concerns a mouse making his way through a wood while avoiding becoming dinner for a variety of prowlers – fox, owl, snake – by employing the kind of cunning one wouldn't necessarily expect of a mouse.
But viewers today expect their reality shows to relay some kind of cunning intelligence — a wink or a nod to their own contrivances, through sheer bombast or maybe even through heart.
Preventing an attack from a pirate like Herman is not easy (and catching him after he has struck often requires the kind of cunning and good luck Blyth had).
Perhaps it's a plot by the Master – after all, the concept for this particular story collection exhibits the kind of cunning that comes as standard in the CVs of Whovian villains.
While sleuthing, Nancy gets knocked out by a crook, and comes to in an elegant old mansion ("Nancy saw lovely damask draperies, satin-covered sofas and chairs"), where she partakes of a refreshing tea service and cinnamon toast; renewed, she discovers a secret passageway, thanks to a cunning knob of some kind, rapidly solves the mystery, and restores social order.
