Picked by Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the country's president, to be prime minister at the age of 39, he had a reputation as a shrewd and capable administrator.
The added shares, coupled with Wasserstein's hard-won reputation as a shrewd negotiator capable of extracting the maximum value in any deal, may also be weighing on the stock.
But he turned out to be practical and shrewd, a politician capable of playing hardball to win election, a legislator with an eye for an opportunity and a strategist willing to compromise.
But he turned out to be practical and shrewd, a politician capable of playing hardball to win election (he squeezed every opponent out of his first race), a legislator with a sharp eye for an opportunity, a strategist willing to compromise to accomplish things.
The key to dogginess, I saw, is that, though dogs are pure creatures of sensation, they are also capable of shrewd short-term plans.
Hopkins's obvious intelligence makes Alfie's last grasp at sexual happiness pitiable and touching — even a man this shrewd, we think, is capable of falling for a woman a third his age.
Jean Smart, best known for the sitcom "Designing Women" but capable of shrewd and subtle dramatic performances, here disappointingly overplays the role of an ambitious man-trap of an actress.
Mr. de Blasio's coup, and his conduct during his first years as a councilman, provide an early illustration of the deft but pragmatic politician he became: He espoused liberal ideals and struck his colleagues as good-natured and inclusive, but he was also capable of shrewd, coldblooded moves that advanced his career as well as his agenda.
Donovan has become a shrewd politician in his time, capable of serving revenge cold.
