Instead, individuals accepted the promise that, through hard work, shrewd educational and other "life" choices, and a little luck, they – or their children – would reap the benefits of economic growth.
No general manager could have so many moves work without shrewd evaluations and effective coaching.
Kawakubo is also shrewd: working with alum Junya Watanabe to set up his own line, and helping fashion's current bright young thing, Gosha Rubchinskiy, by operating his business.
Hamad bin Jassim is one of the very best diplomats the region has to offer, hard-working, shrewd and full of charisma.
Lynn Nottage's new play follows a shrewd businesswoman working in a small mining town in Congo.
As ever, the distributors of highbrow, arthouse movies are working hard on some shrewd counter-programming, pitching their wares at people sick of commercial films who want something more challenging.
He is a shrewd political operator, working behind the scenes to head off political instability.
He lived off a small inheritance, occasional radio work, and shrewd buying and selling.
GEORGE PACKER: Grossman wouldn't say much about his new work — a shrewd self-preservation, since talking about it can so easily dissipate it.
Robert Fleming was Ian's grandfather, whose life story was a classic rags-to-riches tale of hard work and shrewd business sense.
I don't mean to spoil the fun by adding that he laces his work with shrewd home truths about race, class, sex, love, family and stereotyping.
