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Stephen Olson, a former US trade negotiator, said Xi's comments were "a very shrewd tactical move".

It’s a shrewd aside from the larger story, but one that succinctly highlights how women must constantly be aware of their surroundings without being didactic and obvious.

The shrewd, vivifying juxtaposition pits crude, primal, static stone, its huge weight pressing the ground beneath your feet, against sleek, industrially elegant windmills spinning overhead to catch the invisible airstream and generate similarly imperceptible energy.

Bong’s shrewd portrait of a wannabe dictator is even more chilling when you consider that Kenneth’s violent narcissism is relevant regardless of whether or not Trump is in office.

In the first, Hackman’s local sheriff, Little Bill Daggett, already cemented in our brains as vicious, reveals himself to be a shrewd mocker of the written word as well.