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Example sentences for: astute

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Without even a passing reference to the current president, Kissinger calls his former boss "politically astute yet prone to self-destructive acts; deeply patriotic yet wont to hazard his achievements on tawdry practices."
2. "reams of astute and acerbic correspondence"
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.
The paper also states that President Clinton, who "grew up with the comedy and singing team of 'Sonny and Cher'," credited Bono with an "astute perspective."
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.