I would appeal to the Commission to use some political sagacity in its approach to this situation.

He was a man of great political sagacity and formidable resolution.

Reflecting her political sagacity, she explained that locally made clothes were a critical part of the city's economy.

"The forest's fate," write the authors, "will depend on the vision and the political sagacity of the people who live in it."

Abdur Rahman's attitude at this critical juncture is a good example of his political sagacity.

No doubt, Najib-ud-Daula also possessed great diplomatic tact and political sagacity.

Mebbeso, but never underestimate the political sagacity of an old Senate bull like Stevens, who doesn't get his bills passed for show.

They were to discover that these country lads were the equals - perhaps the superiors - of their Indian counterparts in political sagacity.

His heroic achievements shed a noble lustre on his military genius, political sagacity and indefatigable industry.

As a concession to political sagacity, they had been told they were being moved so the old tactical mines could be dug up and disposed of.

Jayaprakash Narayan, a national leader of India, described the step as a "masterstroke of political sagacity."

His political sagacity and eloquence made him the recognized leader and spokesman of thirty bishops, his colleagues in the assembly.

It was not Youghal's lack of political sagacity that had brought the momentary look of disapproval into Francesca's face.

It suggests the political sagacity and adaptability of a danger-ridden Beirut resident who has cultivated the art of personal and commercial survival.

Two factors are supposed to have contributed to achieve this result; the extraordinary political sagacity of Algirdas and the lifelong devotion of his brother Kęstutis.

Geilo increased the landholdings and comital rights of the diocese of Langres immensely in his short tenure, a sign of political sagacity.

Flick, Alexander C. Samuel Jones Tilden: A Study in Political Sagacity 1939.

He was recruited primarily due to his Economic background; but with time, he became renowned for his political sagacity by keen political observers in Lagos, Nigeria.

It takes no great political sagacity to know that people who try that tactic pay a high price in the trust of others, and Gorbachev is plainly a politician of the first order.

He owed his excellent education to the care of his mother, a woman of profound political sagacity, who was his chief counsellor in diplomatic affairs during the greater part of his long reign.

Possessed of great political sagacity and knowledge of the lessons of history, Vieira used the pulpit as a tribune from which he propounded measures for improving the general and particularly the economic condition of Portugal.

He has been described by a contemporary historian as "the Plato of the Jat people" and by a modern writer as the "Jat Odysseus", because of his political sagacity, steady intellect and clear vision.

In New York City, where Mr. Netanyahu begins a three-day visit on Thursday, he will be greeted by a Jewish population also familiar with his American-style political sagacity but ambivalent about the direction he may lead Israel.

His whole approach to African problems rested indeed on the assumption that there were large reserves of political sagacity within the imperial service, and his aim was to ensure that no situation developed which was beyond the reach of that sagacity.

"We believe that political sagacity will prevail, and that a problem that has plagued our country for decades is within reach of solution," said Justice Minister G.L. Peiris, who left New Delhi today after talks with the Indian Government.