The law similarly gives the DNI control over the agencies' personnel, but here too there is devilment in the detail: in practice, the DNI can veto the appointment of some second-tier officials, but he will not be able to sack agency chiefs.To shore up the DNI's putative powers, Mr Bush has suggested that Mr Negroponte, not Mr Goss, will deliver his morning intelligence briefing.
It is tempting to wonder what Keane made of his lack of devilment – "Nastiness is not in my character, you don't seem to find it on the field with me either," Rhodes admits – but what he has instead is "drive and determination".
"He's fearless, he's not afraid to take the ball in tight situations, he's getting kicked and he gets up and goes back for more and he's got that bit of devilment in him as well, so he has got all the attributes.
The tournament committee clearly had some devilment at play in pairing up partners.
The Sun never admitted to any trickery, but it did issue a defense of sorts (it's worth noting that Locke also happened to be the paper's editor): We hope that, by directing all eyes to the ladies and gentlemen of the moon, there will be less devilment practiced on earth.
"Your life won't be nothin but a long Tuesday night of devilment — Tuesday night and all day Wednesday... Kissin Miss Hattie's hand with them drunken lips".
The November verdict was a devilment of its own, because the head of the health care group had previously been convicted of conspiring to give those bribes.
Dejan Damjanovic, a substitute who earns his living in Seoul, came on to add height and devilment to the attack.
To attack, to go forward with pace and devilment, to risk conceding a goal in the belief that you will outscore the opponents in the end.
Barzalona will not be 20 until August, and had experienced the devilment of Epsom's slopes and cambers at racing speed for the first time barely 24 hours beforehand.
