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But Bush said his comments made a "positive case" for Republican compassion, and some pundits said he was astute to recognize that the Republican "revolution is dead" (Al Hunt, Capital Gang ). ( Slate 's "" analyzes Bush's "triangulation" strategy.)
In the absence of high-resolution mapping, but with astute analysis of human and mouse sequence data, Sac was identified almost simultaneously by several groups as the gene for the T1R3 receptor [ 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47].
I suspect that spending many hours getting Reagan to talk about the past (which he is astute enough to realize does not mean much to Reagan except as the source of well-worn anecdotes) must have given him an exaggerated sense of Reagan's detachment from any engagement with the present.
For one, the charming Mr. Wagner who owns Burrelle's and also the astute Mr. Russert of the round, melodious tones.
For Johor, astute, tough-minded Sultan Abu Bakar avoided protectorate status by going to London to negotiate a straight alliance, getting a Consul rather than a Resident.