During the cold war, that position had a certain nobility and revealed Braden's shrewd understanding of how witch hunts work.

Braden tilted his head, his dark eyes filling with a shrewd understanding.

Avram might not have been a general, but he showed a shrewd understanding of his fellow man.

But his flippancy belied a shrewd understanding of inmates' problems and how best to win their trust.

In either form, the hojojutsu ties known today display a shrewd understanding of human anatomy through several recurrent themes.

Instead, it offers a shrewd understanding of the work and leisure habits of its users.

There is also a shrewd understanding of what consumers want.

That might turn out to reflect a shrewd understanding of where her strongest and best-financed fan base now lives.

Ms. Kopp also has a shrewd understanding of how to present herself and her ideas to business and education leaders.

Using moral imperative as well as a shrewd understanding of the relationship between corporate image and economic gain, he would not be denied.