Sentence examples for shrewd defence from inspiring English sources
Graeme Virtue Based on British series Criminal Justice, starring John Turturro as a shambling but shrewd defence lawyer and co-written by Richard Price (Clockers, The Wire), this miniseries shows every sign of being a major return to form for HBO.
Some time ago a shrewd, sceptical, and well-connected, defence source told me to watch the plans to build new fleets of badly-needed surface ships - frigates and destroyers - for the Royal Navy.
The analysis of the challenges ahead the likely military threats, the need to harness new technologies and the difficulty of "re-engineering" America's huge defence bureaucracy is pertinent and shrewd.
Several of those who emerge favourably from this account are now in senior positions: General John Abizaid, for example, who had predicted that American troops would be considered an "antibody" in the Arab world, has General Franks's job; and Zalmay Khalilzad, a shrewd diplomat, once side-lined by the defence secretary, is now America's ambassador in Baghdad.
Both offensive in defence, solid when kicking and shrewd players of the percentages, it would not take the lengthy on-field discussions that Wilkinson had alongside Danny Cipriani in the 2008 Six Nations for the pair to get on the same wavelength.
The defence barrister, on the other hand, was shrewd and persuasive.
What, after all, do submarine-makers know of timber or mohair jerseys?Nonetheless, many defence analysts regard the deal as a shrewd one, and a number of countries, including Saudi Arabia and Hungary, have tried to copy it.
