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  • Shrewdness of Apes: Devin and Mick back in August, but Mick did not hide.

    An edublogger poll on fraudulent responses doyle 2009

  • Shrewdness in pleading was not cheap enough and universal enough to pay its way in American society.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • Shrewdness in pleading was not cheap enough and universal enough to pay its way in American society.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • Shrewdness in pleading was not cheap enough and universal enough to pay its way in American society.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • Nevertheless the philosopher [* Andronicus; Cf.Q. 48, Obj. 1] who calls shrewdness a part of prudence, takes it for _eustochia_, in general, hence he says: "Shrewdness is a habit whereby congruities are discovered rapidly."

    Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas

  • Reply Obj. 1: Shrewdness is concerned with the discovery of the middle term not only in demonstrative, but also in practical syllogisms, as, for instance, when two men are seen to be friends they are reckoned to be enemies of a third one, as the Philosopher says (Poster. i, 34).

    Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas

  • Shrewdness in bargaining with the labor force becomes a less important factor in economical production; ability to use the labor force, at the standard rate, to the best advantage becomes a more important factor.

    The Settlement of Wage Disputes Herbert Feis 1932

  • Shrewdness, energy, resource, strong nerves and mental muscles were needed to ward off the blows which the trained gladiators of this bar were accustomed to inflict.

    The Story of Wellesley Florence Converse 1919

  • Shrewdness, intelligence, are qualities non-essential since virtue, no longer feeding upon shrewdness and intelligence, fattens upon its own monstrous logic.

    Nonsenseorship G. G. [Editor] Putnam 1915

  • Shrewdness and vanity alike convinced Garth that Quita's attitude on Dynkund, viewed in the light of her subsequent disclosure, counted for nothing; while the fact that for six months she had readily accepted his companionship counted for much.

    The Great Amulet Maud Diver 1906

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