| 单词 | cunning |
| 例句 | Of all the gods he was the shrewdest and most cunning; in fact he was the Master Thief, who started upon his career before he was a day old. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z This was why he had to survive, and use his cunning to stay off the main roads where the circling dive-bombers waited like raptors. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For my hope was founded on a fat man in Bree; and my fear was founded on the cunning of Sauron. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She delighted in his wily mind, his shrewdness and his cunning; she was always forward to help him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “He can be very cunning, very manipulative. I would know.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The culprit is far too cunning to be apprehended for this dastardly deed. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It was useless to turn and fight; this was no stupid bear who could be intimidated, but a creature as remorseless and cunning as the cat himself could be, to other smaller animals. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Each berry sat on a cunning scarlet flower, which was left behind when the berry was picked away. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Now, Marmee, that is very cunning of you to turn our own stories against us, and give us a sermon instead of a romance!” cried Meg. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Tatterfell sews on cunning cuffs made from the scales of pinecones around the edges of frayed sleeves. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Had they come, with typical Sassenach cunning, so as to take King Lot in the rear? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The word is a signal for piracy and theft and cunning. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But they had strength and cunning, and they had found a way to steal and harness other people’s powers for their own needs. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thlayli, you are very brave. Are you cunning, too? All our lives will depend on you tomorrow.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was infinitely cunning and resourceful always, and above all he feared nothing. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Lions were regal and courageous; peacocks were proud; ants were industrious; foxes were cunning. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As the onlookers scrutinized the position, Bobby’s ploy became obvious to all: Although not profound, it was cunning, perhaps ingenious, and even brilliant. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The eyes were peering at them, full of savage cunning. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She is a cunning and dangerous woman, said Aunt Lydia. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked up at them, and a faint light of cunning and eagerness flickered for a second in his pale blinking eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z So they sent Odysseus, the master of crafty cunning, to get them by trickery. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But at the same time, out of a deep, adolescent cunning I do not pretend to understand, I realized immediately that I could not remain in the church merely as another worshipper. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Mischievous, cunning, private and completely unhousebroken, their games and interests had not changed since Hannah had them all put into the first grade together. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There was the old, cunning expression on his face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z But alone with his wife and children he turned into a monstrous, suspicious bully, with a streak of vicious cunning. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Among these a cunning eye and foot could thread a wandering path. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He was cunning and apparently vicious and I did not know what kind of scene he might start. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The little creatures were cunning and hard to catch, but their meat was tender and rank. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Do not let Solovet’s gentle demeanor fool you. In the planning of battles, she is more cunning and wily than a rat.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Stealing wallets was nothing to be proud of, but I like being thought of as cunning and professional. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There were frost giants and mountain giants at Balder’s funeral; there were even dwarfs, the cunning craftsmen from beneath the ground, for all things that there were mourned the death of Balder. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He had a look of troll- ish cunning on his face as he replied, “Plenty of room for all of us, Wood.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z They forgot El-ahrairah, for what use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy’s warren and paying his price? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is not nonsense, Lancelot. They hate you. They won’t try a combat this time, not after Meliagrance. They are too cunning. They will do something to trap you. They will go behind your back.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt as if I were tangled like a small fly in the web of a cunning spider. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z But, according to a newly discovered account, Hale was tricked and seized by Major Robert Rogers, a bold British officer known for his cunning. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She said to herself that Lancelot had betrayed her, that she was the victim of Elaine’s cunning, that her lover was sure to betray her again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But now she knew it was more likely that her mother had been named Fox because of how cunning she was. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Sela lay still, her once bright cunning eyes glazed over in death. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z One of them makes a cunning decision to get a cheaper one so he can have two. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Even Bodega with his street smarts and cunning lacked what Nazario had. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z "Good. The longer Cersei waits, the angrier she'll become, and anger makes her stupid I much prefer angry and stupid to composed and cunning." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All the cunning had vanished from his bulbous eyes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The walkway was flagged in calculated disorder, hiding the cunning symmetry. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He moved his own fins anti-clockwise, gave the tip of his tail a cunning flick, and was lying alongside the tench. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, yes, yes,” he said, looking at me with his cunning eyes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The culprit is far too cunning to be apprehended for this dastardly deed. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the members came from the Owsla, but others were selected solely for their loyalty or their cunning as advisers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She was invulnerable to praise, reason, and shame, which meant she couldn’t be coaxed or persuaded, and she was cunning, which made her hard to trick. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Such was his cunning, that we used to call him, among ourselves, “the snake.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z “Well, a cat is a horrible thing with a long tail. It’s covered with fur and has bristling whiskers and when it fights it makes fierce, spiteful noises. It’s cunning, see?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The only witness to my cunning was our school mascot. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She brought about the death of Pelias by a cunning trick. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel was an example of his skill and cunning. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z This mixture of simplicity and cunning, of superstition and commercial reasoning, aroused Van Helsing, who said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z There was a stove nearly as big as Chrissie’s, and water was steaming away in a cunning tub at the side which Mother said was called a “reservoir.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Despite all my cunning, I came in one afternoon to find her generously slathering her hands with my Jergen’s. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "This defendant acted with the thought and cunning of an adult! Consequently he is to be sentenced as an adult. Without exception this precocious young man has long since outgrown his youth." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The horse partook of the jockey’s cunning; the jockey partook of the horse’s supreme power. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The killing of the Fire Dragon was an exploit that called for the best of their cunning. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was learning cunning, he would not be followed. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Moreover, it was no secret that Cleopatra had ruthless cunning and superior intelligence. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He wheeled a cunning rolling rack of stacked lanterns up next to the Plant and lit them, nine lanterns in all. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Beside this heap he put another of all the bones, dressed up with cunning and covered with shining fat, and bade Zeus choose between them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Pollard’s strategy, Woolf’s cunning, and Smith’s training had given Seabiscuit a chance in a race he otherwise could not have won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a short, square-built, cotton-headed individual with the face of an angel and the cunning of a stoat. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The rat was a cunning general, except the times when his mad rage took control of him, but what need of berserk fits for a bunch of silly mice? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z How would he, the craftiest of all, the most cunning planner, catch a salmon? Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He was smart and cunning, but his gaze was wistful. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z When men themselves became wicked they took refuge there, outlaws cunning and bloody as the gore-crow, and as persecuted. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Even a uranium bomb–the most energetic thing we have produced yet–releases less than 1 percent of the energy it could release if only we were more cunning. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Be cunning and full of tricks, and your people shall never be destroyed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And here was a cunning quirk of physiology. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The woman’s eyes were fastened on her face with a cunning triumph. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She’s known to be exceedingly pushy, egotistical, cunning, calculating and perpetually dissatisfied. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “The Boltons have always been as cruel as they were cunning, but this one seems a beast in human skin,” said Glover. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had all the low cunning of his class. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He got a cunning look, as if getting ready to offer a deal—the look men have when they fight with men instead of poor stupid animals. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And as Antain honed his skills and as his eye became clear and cunning and as his designs became more and more clever, so too did his renown increase. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “So you’re not completely lacking in some small amount of animal cunning. Good. Now, beg my forgiveness.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The pigs were in ecstasies over Napoleon’s cunning. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z We set down our satchels, and Granddaddy unpacked the microscope and assembled the barrel and the lenses, each of which had a cunning nesting place in the velveteen-lined box. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Out of the shadows dash creatures of all shapes and sizes: swift, diving bats and scurrying raccoons, fluttery moths and cunning bobcats. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The architects of the Jamaica uprisings had been of Beninese and Congolese extraction, willful and cunning. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If he was still following, he was very wary and cunning. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Ah, man’s cunning mind!” he said, and cackled. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been guided only by his cunning and the single thing he knew about her: where she lived. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z This time the enemy was more cunning: it followed only halfway up, then deliberately swayed the pliant young tree from side to side, determined to shake the cat off. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t a trace of cunning in May, and you could depend on her not to overthink her answers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think a mistake the Dauntless make is refusing to he cunning,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Some way had to be found to impart greater energies to the projectiles: man’s cunning had to augment nature’s gifts to create a new kind of nuclear probe. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He is more cunning, subtler, trickier than any god or giant. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Do you remember that girl who was hitting me over die head with that shoe in that apartment in Rome, when we were both naked?” he asked with a look of cunning expectation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Ah, but how do I know that you would?” said Uncle Andrew with a cunning smile. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “Undoubtedly,” replied Darcy, to whom this remark was chiefly addressed, “there is meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation. Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Sing, Muse, how cunning Calliope wrote on that battered Smith Corona! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her weapons, the complete lack of cunning or intelligence even of conviction, in her attacks were enough to drain away any fear. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The watchful mind lies, cunning and swift, about the dark blood’s lust, lies and lies and lies until, weary of talk, the watchman sleeps. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Brambleweft starts to sketch—billowing skirts and cunning little capes, corsets stitched with fanciful creatures. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His face was solid granite, but his eyes were alive and cunning. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Trolls were abroad, no longer dull-witted, but cunning and armed with dreadful weapons. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He is straightforward where his father Odin is cunning, good-natured where his father is devious. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z They were the race whose barbarous, cunning, valiant defiance had been enslaved, long centuries before, by the foreign people whom Arthur represented. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He seldom opened a book and never did any homework, but he managed to survive because he possessed a native and cunning intelligence. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "The killer was very cunning, Westing said. I read a mystery once where the victim was allergic to bee stings and the murderer let a bee in through an open window." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Fitzsimmons began to wonder if this horse might be just as obstreperous as his sire, only much more cunning in his methods. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He is clever and cunning and resourceful; but he be not of man-stature as to brain. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He would need the touch of a surgeon, the alertness of an owl, the cunning of three foxes, and the foresight of a grand master in chess. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here,” I say, drawing out the folded-up note and smoothing it against the top of a cunning little table with carved bird feet for legs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Our peasants are hard and cunning when they bargain. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The founder had written: “The three virtues of the Stranger are to be silent, to be cunning, but above all to be invisible.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The girls ran the place themselves, and they did so with the cunning of robber barons. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But whatever it was he scented or imagined showed equal cunning, and never appeared. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The little man was more cunning than she liked. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The men in his legions worshipped him not only for his courage and cunning but for his uncanny ability to evade death even when facing appalling odds. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Where I had youth and energy on my side, she had cunning, and she figured out different ways to keep me in line. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It suited him, therefore, to give the boys as little food as possible himself and to encourage the parents in various cunning ways to feed their offspring by parcel-post from home. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z They weren’t visible, because the clouds were low and by statute airships had to keep a certain height above fen country, but who knew what cunning spy devices they might carry? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z All bears are agile, cunning, and immensely strong, and they are always hungry. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “I can fool them any day,” Cordelia says, with a flicker of her old cunning. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It demands great force and great cunning continually to assault the mighty and indifferent fortress of white supremacy, as Negroes in this country have done so long. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z She also had hallucinations, imagining that they were walking down the halls on tiptoe—tiny, cunning, furtive gnomes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Light, light of Sun and Moon, he still feared and hated, and he always will, I think; but he was cunning. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His sister was not without a certain low cunning, but her pride blinded her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And the smell of a cunning Englishman ghost, sickled to a rubber tree, asking courteously for a cigar. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘He is bold and cunning. Even now he plays a game with peril and wins a throw. Hours of my precious time he has wasted already. Down, snake!’ he said suddenly in a terrible voice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z From up here, it felt like looking out over a fantasy world, a world wrought by Dwarvish cunning and Elven magic. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He could see the opposed forces of his destiny and his will drawing swiftly together now, toward a junction that would be irrevocable; he became cunning. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z If skill failed, he would resort to cunning. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Efrits are supposed to be shy, but jinn are vicious and cunning... An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But some think that hiding underneath his fun-loving personality is a very dangerous and cunning man. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She obviously had a practical cunning which Winston lacked, and she seemed also to have an exhaustive knowledge of the countryside round London, stored away from innumerable community hikes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Swift had read Cyrano, and Gulliver is a cunning variation on the by then conventional themes of science fiction, one in which islands are substituted for planets. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was probably only meant to be a stop against the intrusion of Shelob, fastened on the inside with some latch or bolt beyond the reach of her cunning. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Polly was known to be a cunning dog and could get Charles to give her what she wanted. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the Imp's work, Catelyn suspected; it stank of the same sort of cunning he had displayed at the Eyrie. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Men were the great danger, but this could be circumvented by cunning and discipline. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She may rely too long on Athena’s gifts— talent in handicraft and a clever mind; so cunning—history cannot show the like among the ringleted ladies of Akhaia, Mykene with her coronet, Alkmene, Tyro. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our only chance is clever bargaining. Cliff trolls are cunning and ruthless, but their avarice can be a weakness.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was like the intolerable, tingling sweetness of water-glasses when played on by a cunning hand. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Books that were not of God were banished; they were a danger, powerful and irresistible in their cunning. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Thick in his head he might be, but his hands were cunning. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It won’t be the first time, nor it won’t be the last, but we never had to fight yet with people who kidnap children, and we shall have to be uncommon cunning. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z ‘You have shown your usual cunning in getting up just in time for a meal.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z All you needed was luck and cunning and boldness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z "If truth be told, I doubt even Lord Frey knows what Lord Frey intends to do. He has an old man's caution and a young man's ambition, and has never lacked for cunning." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “And Little Walder was a piglet. Killing him brought the Freys and Manderlys to dagger points, that was cunning, you—” “Not us.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If she were Armstrong intent on murder, it was cunning that she would employ, not force. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Amazingly, given the moose’s lack of cunning and peculiarly blunted survival instincts, it is one of the longest-surviving creatures in North America. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z All the strain of trying to make friends with Hooper and failing, of anticipating his cunning, all the fear of the unknown traps he might lay, would be gone. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She's made herself a cunning white envelope of a hat with a bright red cross stitched on the edge. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I was a true hustler—uneducated, unskilled at anything honorable, and I considered myself nervy and cunning enough to live by my wits, exploiting any prey that presented itself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In this rendition, the god of death is sculpted to look like a cunning old man, his hippo familiar by his side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Everyone has distinguished themselves either by strength or deadliness or cunning. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Varangians are good, ye hear? But Sigurd is as dark a man as can walk this earth. He’s mad, but a cunning mad. The kind of mad that’ll leave nothing but ashes where he goes.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z John in his photograph lay naked on a white counterpane, and people laughed and said that it was cunning. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Reck could read and write, and he was possessed of enough base cunning to have hidden an account of what they'd done. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Indeed. And a mightily powerful and cunning one at that!” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Saw the cunning thoughts race in and out through the caves and promontories of his mind long before they darted out of the tunnel of his mouth. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He was dark and charming, with a quick smile and cunning eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Pip,” said Mr. Jaggers, laying his hand upon my arm, and smiling openly, “this man must be the most cunning impostor in all London.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z By night some creature of great cunning had burrowed underneath the fence and eaten many pumpkins. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z How praiseworthy it is for a prince to keep his word and to live with integrity and not by cunning, everyone knows. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z This is a statement about the way humans can be so ruthless, so cunning, so savage that we’re no better than wild animals when you get down to it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Were they, for some purpose almost too cunning for belief, only disguised as themselves? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z With Nixonian cunning, Calliope unwrapped and flushed away a flotilla of unused Tampax. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z ‘Dwarves are said to be cunning folk with stone. Lend us your aid, master!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They sent the cunning Hermes to his assistance, who contrived stealthily by night to get him out of his prison. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “After what ye’ve given me to cover the cost of the wood ...” There was a cunning glimmer in the man’s eye. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A hundred expressions chased each other across Loki’s face: cunning and shiftiness, truculence and confusion. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “The cunning little...He must have rebooted the system.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Not even Odin is as cunning as Loki. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Werfel looked from face to robber’s face and saw only anger, hurt, hatred, and cunning. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Figures stood there at its head, carven with cunning in forms human and bestial, but all corrupt and loathsome. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Enrique guesses there are more than two hundred migrants on board, a tiny army of them who charged out of the cemetery with nothing but their cunning. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It was about the length of my arm and about a third that in width; and it had a cunning metal clasp with a ring at the end. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She considered transforming herself into a raven and taking on a bit of its cunning or an eagle and taking on a bit of its fight. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He was neither handsome nor ugly, distinguished only by the malice that burned in his gray eyes, and that serpent smile of cunning and venom. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z So it befell that by false cunning and pretended tears those were conquered whom great Diomedes had never overcome, nor savage Achilles, nor ten years of warfare, nor a thousand ships. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I told you our rabbits were more cunning than the Council. I don’t think you’d really understand this part, however carefully I explained. Have you ever seen a river?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z How that was contrived we cannot guess; but Gollum is cunning, and the spies of the Enemy are many. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The black side stands still with cunning, hiding its gold between trees, seeing and not being seen, waiting patiently for things to come. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then the voice grew cunning and said, ‘If you remember so clearly, tell me why you are here.’ The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It was going to be fought by intellect and cunning. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z As they did too, though vicious animals, cunning, cracked with theories. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z There were cunning steps cut into the slope all the way down and set with flat stones. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Behind the polished fa£ades, bouquets of teased cloth, buffed leather, cunning silver trinkets. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She met his stare with a calm, bold smile, a smile mocking innocence, so that her face was filled with the age-old cunning of a woman. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “What a cunning liar you are! Almost as good as Perrington.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He paused and gripped the pamphlets in his black fingers as his mind filled with a cunning idea. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z After tying the strands together he made them into a loop, which enabled him to trap—with great cunning—the birds, without their even knowing they were in danger. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “It was often a case of a lone man against a pack of cunning devils.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Indeed so much did Tom know, and so cunning was his questioning, that Frodo found himself telling him more about Bilbo and his own hopes and fears than he had told before even to Gandalf. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Her knowledge was born of vast experience, the natural cunning of a survivor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Since the nobles are more perceptive and cunning, they always have time to save themselves, seeking the favours of the side they believe will prevail. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't until he took up running, an activity that re-wards will and determination more than finesse or cunning, that he found his athletic calling. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He said: "They used their wits, you see. If you can't beat evil by strength alone, then a little cunning is called for." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay. Tell me how you gonna cunning them out of the house.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “And in all fairness, I am duly impressed with your skill. The lamp is tidily made. The sygaldry is quite cunning. The engraving precise. It is clever work.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Yet he, the old Shaper, might make it true, by the sweetness of his harp, his cunning trickery. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z For all his naivete and cunning, Benward never makes Buddy particularly sympathetic — especially when he insists on going into the basement, rather than escaping the house when he has the chance. Nic Cage's "Grand Isle" falls short of the Southern Gothic crazy it promises 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Akhtar also plots his hero's downfall with a remorseless logic and shows, with ironic cunning, how a liberal action in the cause of justice leads to Amir's undoing. Disgraced, Bush theatre 2013-05-23T17:21:04Z If Lipstein had written a less cunning book, he might have contrasted Caleb with a character who represented artistic purity, whatever that is. In ‘Last Resort,’ a Writer Turns a Friend’s Story Into a Smash Success 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, Tywin fell just short of this level of machiavellian cunning and ended up dying on the toilet for it, in part due to his lack of foresight. Game of Thrones to Gossip Girl: fan theories better than series' real plots 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z But Taylor’s theatrical sense, with its deceptive simplicity, is cunning and complicated. Review | Paul Taylor Dance Company makes a triumphant return to Kennedy Center 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Should he leave it for five hundred years, the house, like a silent, cunning animal running for freedom, will return to nature imperceptibly, and indeed, look, it’s just a pile of stones. Man and Things 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Two loose alliances of power pit a poor but honourable North against a rich and cunning South. George RR Martin's fantasy is not far from reality 2011-07-26T11:52:51Z Perry makes cunning work of the plot, which raises issues of trust and loyalty while driving home a grim message about the vulnerability of women who entrust their fortunes to unscrupulous men. The Scene of the Crime: Four Mysteries in Ominous Locales 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Taking place in Paris, they use their mutual connections and cunning skills to scale their way up the ranks of society. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ and ‘Below Deck Adventure’ 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z The Daily Telegraph’s reviewer, writing about a 2009 production, said that Mr. Brace’s script “crackles with tense dialogue and gradually reveals a cunning sense of structure.” Adam Brace, Director of Ambitious One-Person Shows, Dies at 43 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z At the beginning of the show, she has just returned from rehab, where she didn’t so much get clean as get cunning. “Euphoria” and the Flawed Art of Gen Z Prophesying 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Is the young woman disarmingly naïve or particularly cunning? She Knew the Cello. The Acting She Learned With Cate Blanchett. 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Yet, because of the concept’s ingenious underpinnings and the cunning abandon with which the playwright throws himself at the challenge, “Soft Power” provides just enough satisfaction for the two hours you spend with it. Review | Ever wondered how China sees America? ‘Soft Power’ offers amusing ideas. 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Deckard, brought back into service to kill the quartet of replicants, finds it no easy job—for they are powerful and cunning, and he is tired beyond caring. Blade Runner at 30: Celebrating Ridley Scott's Dystopian Vision 2012-06-25T14:31:59Z A look at Andrew Jackson’s military cunning during the War of 1812. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z The makers of seek "cunning Liverpool ladies" who want to marry a footballer or snag themselves a "moneybags husband". Do TV's 'scripted reality' shows fuel regional prejudice? 2011-07-16T23:07:08Z Other characters have complimented Kim’s intelligence in previous episodes, but this is the first time we get to see just how bright and cunning she truly can be. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Episode 9: The Brothers McGill 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z And while cunning is almost a genetic necessity in the world of film-making, the pursuit of exile will see you consigned, like Ovid, to the farthest reaches of empire. Nikita Mikhalkov has been Burnt By the Sun of state patronage 2010-04-30T10:58:00Z As Georges’s compulsion to film his exploits grows, so does his cunning, the camera an excuse to fully indulge his psychosis. ‘Deerskin’ Review: Swayed by Suede 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The author’s cunning across two brisk hours is to chart an apparently decent man’s decline into moral depravity: What begins as casual indifference ends up as active participation. A Studio Ghibli Classic Comes to the London Stage 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z In other drawings, Murrow crafts cunning illusions within illusions. 3 don’t-miss gallery shows around Seattle, May edition 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z He was adding cunning, too, to the single-mindedness he’d always brought to commercial pursuits. An excerpt from William Hogeland’s “Autumn of the Black Snake” excerpt 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. The Dark Knight Rises: will Blake be the new Batman? 2012-07-06T15:47:21Z But also compelling is the story of how the museum itself came to be through a combination of negotiation, diplomacy, persistence and cunning political instincts. How the Fight for a National African-American Museum Was Won 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Perhaps next some cunning filmmaker can envision a fantasy film in which professional kitchens operate without abuse. From "The Bear" to "The Menu," this was the year pop culture faced the horrors of fine dining 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z He seems like a thoughtful, sensitive man, but his survival may depend on his ability to be cruel and cunning. Review: ‘The Assassin’ Finds Delight in a Deadly Vocation 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Oliver’s efforts to save Manny require the kind of ruthless cunning he learned earlier from the rottenest of rotten cops. Review | Walter Mosley is back with a whole new character to love 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Eun-yi pursues their affair with a determination that seems both simple-minded — can she really believe that this entitled, cynical man, however dashing he might seem, is in love with her? — and ruthlessly cunning. Movie Review: Taking Up With a Maid Might Upset the Family 2011-01-20T22:00:38Z In US politics, you always need a cunning plan. A cunning plan: if Blackadder returns, where and when should it be set? 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Though this may be the first published book of Miss Agatha Christie, she betrays the cunning of an old hand. Classic Crime Novels That Still Thrill Today 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Suspense novelists who set their works in the past are making a cunning trade-off. Imagining the World of Nazi Hunters 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Jealousy, envy and cunning — these are the classic components of rule that tolerates no rivals.” Director at Uzbekistan Museum Is Dismissed and Accused of Crimes 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z As you watch Mr. Pattinson twist his features into expressions of cunning and treachery, as if he had just been practicing in a mirror, the primary missing ingredient is charm. Movie Review: ‘Bel Ami,’ From Maupassant Novel, With Robert Pattinson 2012-06-07T21:45:16Z This work, with elements of cunning, artifice and naivete that sometimes fails to jell, emerged with cohesion and an unmistakable emotional credibility. Review | Takacs Quartet delivers buoyant Mozart 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The encyclopaedist Denis Diderot danced an elaborate pas de deux around the Parisian censor for years by devising cunning literary disguises for notions that were anathema to the Catholic establishment. Darwin's Ghosts by Rebecca Stott – review 2012-06-01T21:55:09Z In folklore, the trickster figure is a cunning rulebreaker, positioned disruptively outside conventional mores. A Poet Takes Aim at the Literary and Political Patriarchy 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Filmed in lush, dreamlike greens and blues, “Adoration” belongs to one of my favorite genres: movies about untrustworthy, unpredictable kids, who bait us with their innocence and then befuddle us with their cunning. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z It is finally the cunning of the Woman that ensnares him into the cave – it is an extremely crafty deal, during which all is explained, even why it is that dogs chase cats up trees. How Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories became music to my ears 2013-01-04T09:00:06Z The familial relationships in this book are complex, but her one steadfast partner is Kiki, a bold, upbeat and cunning character in her own right, whose friendship is paramount to Shiori’s success. 6 Y.A. Novels That Showcase the Power of Teenage Friendship 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Perceptions of guilt and innocence keep blurring among the leading players in that tale of raw ambition and cunning deceit — the publishers, politicians, hired henchmen and police officials. Critic?s Notebook: A Dizzying Sense of Reality on London?s Stages 2011-07-11T15:09:46Z Like Scream 4, The Cabin in the Woods qualifies as a meta-horror comedy — a cunning construct with as many winks and nudges in the audience’s general direction as scares and screams. Nyuk Nyuk! The Hunger Games Eye-pokes The Three Stooges 2012-04-15T20:15:26Z He is a cunning, wealthy rancher and a bully. Benedict Cumberbatch is intimidating in Jane Campion's exquisite and potent "Power of the Dog" 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The back wall of Tim Shortall’s cunning set flies away, and we soon find Cardiff on the set of one of his greatest triumphs, “The African Queen.” Minds in Meltdown, and a Risk-Taking Director Back on Form 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Written by John J. Caswell Jr., the play explores “American anxieties and the cunning ways systemically upheld forces penetrate and corrupt our own singular and collective identities,” he said in an interview. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z If only this cunning creature didn't measure her own self-worth in such a coldly mechanical way. 'An Object of Beauty': Steve Martin's light but satisfying novel of the New York art scene 2010-12-02T00:59:00Z Finally, he opted for a cunning disguise, referencing the condition while denying its existence. ‘It hits you over the head’: can I survive my midlife crisis? 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Still, he says of his friend, “If I dealt in coins and cunning, Chaucer dealt in words and figures, which he mingled, cooked, and distilled with the adept mastery of an alchemist.” ‘The Invention of Fire’ is a thrillingly written 14th-century murder mystery 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z “The love I was feeling was this deep connection to his incredible intelligence, creativity and his cunning.” Every Atom, Molecule and Cell Connected 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Breckinridge, by contrast, didn’t seem to have the sociopathic cruelty or cunning required to destroy Pollard. Revelations and Reckonings in a Sex Scandal From Long Before #MeToo 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Perhaps it’s because I’m so accustomed to Mr. Langella’s playing cunning and devious men. Theater Review: Frank Langella, Roaring at Defiance in ‘King Lear’ 2014-01-17T03:00:02Z By the end of Season 4, she’d turned a corner, showing a cunning side that seemed destined to change her fortunes. 'Game of Thrones' Q&A: Sophie Turner on Sansa's New Monster 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Jimmy has cunning and bravado, but he doesn’t really have a law practice. ‘Better Call Saul,’ a ‘Breaking Bad’ Spinoff on AMC 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Trump doesn’t resemble Kenny Powers in bigotry and crudity alone, but also in his dangerous magnetism and natural cunning. Who should direct the Donald Trump biopic? 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z "Girls do such evil things to each other, they can be so manipulative and cunning," Unsworth says. Queens of noir 2012-08-13T19:00:10Z Her Hazel is cunning, feral and sardonic on the lam; in flashbacks to her married life in the Hub, you can almost hear her scream behind her 10,000-watt smile. Review: In ‘Made for Love,’ She Can’t Get Him Out of Her Head 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z And actually not so cunning, because the bears aren't fooled at all. TV review: Polar Bear ? Spy on the Ice 2010-12-30T08:00:07Z “He’s clearly not cunning, crafty, or able to pull of any of the deeds painted during the series,” Mr. Howard said. ‘True Detective’ second season rumor mill grinds on 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Readers have the pleasure of watching Kirabo evolve from childhood cleverness to cunning and wisdom, her awareness of herself and her place in the world increasing all the while. Set in Uganda, This Coming-of-Age Story Contains Universal Themes 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z The task of pulling the world back from nuclear war and annihilation falls to the lubricious Walter, who is irresponsible but cunning and determined. Review: ‘The Brink’ Stars Tim Robbins as a Sex-Crazed Secretary of State 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z His face is hard to read and impossible to forget — a mask of stoicism, anguish, exhaustion and cunning. Review: ‘Son of Saul’ Revisits Life and Death in Auschwitz 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z On the surface, she’s a cunning businesswoman with the savvy to serve simultaneously as a brand figurehead. Tamara Mellon’s Next Step 2012-10-28T17:57:18Z There are adventures, sword fights, betrayals, armies, cunning stratagems and monsters killed, but these things are told distantly, without the book’s pulse ever beating faster. Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Buried Giant’ 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z The cunning, resilient maneuvers of the crew, the women specifically, prevented major conflict, or accidental death. “The Raft” Chronicles an Extreme Experiment with Human Nature 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z But you also glimpse the cunning of an ex-junkie just trying to get by. A vigorous new staging of Mamet’s ‘American Buffalo’ at Seattle Rep 2013-01-18T21:38:59Z Unlike Lin, we know Marks is a dangerous and cunning enemy. 'Sons of Anarchy: Playing With Monsters' recap: It's a black day 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Sweet, cunning and contemplative in equal measure, Molly Solverson at first glance looks like a Campbell Soup kid who grew up to become a police officer. Q&A: Newcomer Allison Tolman gets her big break on ‘Fargo’ 2014-05-01T19:02:41Z Year after year Alicia, having returned to practicing law, has grown more assertive, self-sufficient and duplicitous — she is at times as cunning as some of her more unscrupulous colleagues. Comparing the Arcs of ‘The Good Wife’ and ‘Law & Order: SVU’ 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z With a cunning ruse, Claire is able to con him into giving up vital information. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 9: ‘A Dragonfly in Amber’ 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Revelations come through forensics, not necessarily intuition, cunning or intellectual derring-do -- though Sherlock Holmes was a master of forensic science, his investigations benefited from a bit more panache and a bit less automation. Ted Danson gambles comeback on "CSI" 2011-09-21T16:22:00Z But the deepest delights—delights that offer consolation in a faithless or fake world—are to be found in the novel’s beautiful and cunning construction, and in its brilliantly self-interrogating form. Favorite Books of 2014 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z The film takes Jackie’s cunning and dissimulations as much for granted as it does her elegance and love of couture. ‘Jackie’: Under the Widow’s Weeds, a Myth Marketer 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z There are quests and riddles; cunning treachery and chivalric derring-do; and, in a feature that became a hallmark of the entire series, groaning boards spread with sumptuous feasts, lovingly described. Brian Jacques, Writer of Redwall Series, Dies at 71 2011-02-09T05:31:46Z Along with the celebratory lyrics and cunning hooks, one component gleamed anew: Mr. Rodgers’s rhythm guitar. Review: Duran Duran, Seriously Light in Brooklyn 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z They’re too obviously made with professional cunning to be really alarming, but it’s exciting to imagine the new movie that might be brewing in Mr. Lynch’s uncommonly fertile unconscious. Exploring David Lynch’s Paintings and Drawings 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Yes, our cunning plan to slow down log-rolling by requesting reviews on our reader review pages was thrown into confusion by a publisher that doesn't use ISBNs and so doesn't appear on our database. Not the Booker prize 2011: vote for the shortlist 2011-08-10T15:25:49Z And when she reincarnated Bette Davis in the Ryan Murphy television series “Feud,” she emphasized the cunning over the camp. Review: In ‘Happy Talk,’ Susan Sarandon Escapes Into Amateur Acting 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z It isn’t luck, pluck or happy coincidence that propels Balram from his ragged beginnings to sleek triumph, but cunning, desperation and a coldbloodedness that can masquerade as servility. ‘The White Tiger’ Review: Don’t Call Him a Slumdog 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z A wonderful glimpse of the old sarky, cunning Thomas we loved to hate. Downton Abbey recap: series five, episode five – a sedate echo of previous plots 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Yet the armor of cunning perfectionism she’s often worn appears merely to be a single costume in a more expansive wardrobe, one that she’s been eager to rummage through. Sutton Foster, dancing on the edge 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Those who succeed are skilled, cunning and well-versed in the law. Cannabis capitalism: who is making money in the marijuana industry? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z And the values," chips in Stephen Barker, Nottingham city council's head of communications who is with us in the south bastion, "the environmentalism, the romance, the cunning. Looking for Robin 2010-04-14T07:00:00Z She is cunning, devious and almost entirely unprincipled. Review: A Hectic ‘Vanity Fair,’ Starring That Nasty Woman 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z "I have an even more cunning insider trading plot that will thwart Virginia." Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer – digested read 2013-03-01T19:30:01Z This, then, is a cunning bit of dark humor: Dylan purports to explain the magic behind his music, but he’s really just revealing how susceptible devoted fans are to this kind of florid nonsense. Bob Dylan, Fanboy 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z He, Jib and Diggy respond in the usual way, with cunning, sarcasm and, when those tactics fail, desperate flight. ‘Dope,’ a Teenage Comedy, Plays With Stereotypes 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Well, here is the cunning of Libby's ploy. Fair Game ? review 2011-03-10T15:00:00Z On a show like that, it almost doesn't matter how rich, fast or cunning you are if a mysterious, rapidly moving virus out there is taking down humanity. Who lives and who dies? What TV has taught us about who's lucky enough to survive 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Makumbi’s prose is irresistible and poignant, with remarkable wit, heart and charm — poetic and nuanced, brilliant and sly, openhearted and cunning, balancing discordant truths in wise ruminations. Set in Uganda, This Coming-of-Age Story Contains Universal Themes 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z And that was Bill to a tee: wily, cunning, self-effacing. Bill Withers, Who Sang ‘Lean on Me’ and ‘Ain’t No Sunshine,’ Dies at 81 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z The stage at the New Ohio Theater is a rhapsody in white, with billowing, diaphanous curtains and small columns on which cunning little bibelots are perched. Theater Review: ‘Seagull (Thinking of You),’ at New Ohio Theater 2013-01-16T22:35:06Z So many of these tricksters have made their cunning act of hypocrisy over the centuries and always convince the less intellectual parts of... Review: ‘Merchants of Doubt,’ Separating Science From Spin 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z People talk of the grey squirrel as though he were the Middle Eastern asylum-seeker or eastern European plumber of tabloid hate-mongering, come over here as a benefits tourist or cunning job-thief. Is our love of nature writing bourgeois escapism? 2013-07-06T07:01:00Z Femininity can be equally as toxic as masculinity — in a more subtle way that isn't as cunning as the overt patriarchal dominance in this society but it still exists, for better or worse. We're long overdue to rethink pink: It's time to move away from gendered baby clothes 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Intended to discourage contact between Jews and non-Jews, the dietary law is pretty effective, but there are ways around it with cunning, foresight and chutzpah. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: The solution to our political problems is on a can of sardines 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z The writers gave themselves a nearly impossible task: to tell a story about love and ethics that kept being interrupted by a bunch of cunning and heavily armed sociopaths. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 13 Recap: Life 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z He explained its history, politics and cunning biological underpinnings; he traced the evolving and often gruesome logic underlying cancer treatment. Review: Siddhartha Mukherjee’s ‘The Gene,’ a Molecular Pursuit of the Self 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z It was a forbidding journey of almost 4,500km; it required deception, bribery, patience, courage and cunning. Just Send Me Word by Orlando Figes – review 2012-05-30T07:00:02Z The saxophonist Marty Ehrlich, sensitively accompanied by Ms. Stern-Wolfe, fully brought to life the music’s conversational immediacy with passages of sunny optimism followed by mocking cackles, cunning microtonal slides and colorful riffs. Review: Summoning Erwin Schulhoff’s Zest for Life 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The news of Schumer’s cunning negotiating earned her almost universal praise across the internet. Amy Schumer and Lena Dunham: A tale of two multi-million dollar feminist book deals that were met with wildly different judgments 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Some of them are cunning, others damaged or deranged. Cunning, Damaged and Deranged: The Latest Thrillers by Women 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Bolstered by David Rockwell’s impressively unfussy, malleable sets, the show lays out the sisters’ back story with more finesse and acknowledges with more cunning tunefulness our squirmy curiosity over the twins’ personal lives. A big, beautiful “Side Show” on Broadway Like Forced Entertainment's cunning creations of chaos, the mess is expertly controlled, the clumsiness deliberate: in reality these performers are highly skilled, not just in circus but also on various musical instruments. Popcorn Machine 2013-01-15T12:35:23Z “You Will Know Me,” Ms. Abbott’s cunning new novel, opens with an unlikely bacchanal. Review: In Megan Abbott’s ‘You Will Know Me,’ Gymnast Girl and Cute Dead Guy 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z To be truly effective, James Joyce observed, the artist requires three things: silence, exile and cunning. Nikita Mikhalkov has been Burnt By the Sun of state patronage 2010-04-30T10:58:00Z Two thoughts: One, I wish this talented and cunning mama badger would cook for me. Unexpected Dinner Inspiration 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z “Vanessa is extremely resourceful and cunning,” he said. Decoding the Defiance of Henry VIII’s First Wife 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z As nomads, we are “cunning, hard-to-fool realists” and know when the time comes to move on professionally. I don’t hate millennials anymore! 2013-05-25T13:00:00Z And in the process became more and more — corrupt is too big of a word — seasoned by cynicism and cunning. Robert and Michelle King on ‘The Good Wife’ 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Birgitte is a charming, idealistic politician with a hidden vein of pragmatism and cunning. The TV Watch: ‘Borgen,’ a Danish Political Drama Series, on Link TV 2012-10-11T22:07:07Z And we can laugh at stupidity, which is cunning and powerful and reborn everyday in devious new guises. Perspective | A humor exhibition at NGA might not be funny, but it reminds us to laugh at what’s stupid 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z But it was, of course, still July and it was all a cunning plan. First Night of the Proms 2012-07-13T23:36:30Z The protagonists of Comyns’s books are evident alter egos, skilled in cunning lore, herbalism and potions, traditionally viewed as domestic, female arts. Evil Stepmother, Reimagined 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z He said he identifies with the hero — a rabbit with “a thousand enemies” who is “cunning and full of tricks.” Skrillex to Play at Webster Hall and Roseland 2012-01-26T23:36:04Z They suggest that photography was central to the formation of modern aesthetics, modes of production and capitalism — ultimately becoming, itself, a cunning and ubiquitous apparatus: another machinery for living. ‘A Machinery for Living’ 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Like any noble savage, he is betrayed by his own desire and civilised by man's cruel cunning. King Kong: No 10 2010-10-21T10:45:00Z Boiling the concept of minimal interaction down to purest form, each level requires nothing more than a single screen tap, and yet Splode still demonstrates considerable cunning. iPhone games: Gravity Runner; Splode 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z She is dying, and other complications ensue, including a magic white horse, a titanic struggle between good and evil and a cunning villain by the name of Pearly Soames. 18 love songs, movies and more to set a Valentine’s Day mood 2014-02-13T01:20:35Z He moved with stealth, his cunning gaze suggesting a beast taking the measure of its prey. Film: Lots of Lancaster at Lincoln Center 2013-05-14T15:18:46Z An Arab love song sung by an Englishman, tenuously linked, if at all, to the real grandeur of Arabic literary tradition, the poem is a cunning disguise. Poem of the week: An Arab Love-Song by Francis Thompson 2012-12-17T10:52:15Z Like much else about her, the visual persona Ms. Winehouse concocted over her brief career fused instinct with cunning. A Bad Girl With a Touch of Genius 2011-07-27T21:06:38Z This cunning bit of cocktail-party fodder asks 100 notable people, from actors to authors, to choose one book that changed their life: an irresistible exercise of the desert-island type. What book changed your life? 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Stefani may be unpredictable and not entirely honest, but X, who turns out to be in charge of the weekend’s activities, operates at a whole different level of cunning and menace. ‘Zola’ Review: Twitter? I Hardly Know Her! 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z The book’s cunning title suggests its uniting theme: how rarely, when we look at or listen to or read someone’s work, we manage to see things clearly. In the Hands of Janet Malcolm, Journalism Becomes Art 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Not the brilliant but marginalized borderline personality so popular in today’s television, but the real deal, a creature held together by flop sweat, desperate cunning and doggedly delusional ambition. TV Picks: 'Better Call Saul,' 'The Blacklist,' 'The Jinx' 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z But Pearl's death has hardened him, fusing Nucky's cunning and Al's brutality into a formidable criminal mind. "Boardwalk Empire" recap: Everyone's screwed 2010-10-25T05:01:00Z In the person of Gordon Gekko, played both times with leonine bombast and reptilian cunning by Michael Douglas, Mr. Stone has conceived one of the definitive heroic villains of modern pop culture. | 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps': The Pride That Went Before the Fall 2010-09-23T16:10:00Z “I lack the cunning and the dissimulation,” she says, “necessary for a normal affair.” Books of The Times: Edna O’Brien’s Memoir, ‘Country Girl’ 2013-04-29T19:31:34Z It helps that this book begins with an almost 90-page novella that also showcases his cunning and technique. Review: David Gates Delivers More Havoc in ‘A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me’ 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z “Magpie Murders,” the British author Anthony Horowitz’s sleek, fun, cunning new novel, is a complex reckoning with Christie’s immense popularity, and what it says about us as readers. From the creator of ‘Foyle’s War,’ a delightful homage to Agatha Christie 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z "The cunning theatre of the sea," as Sail describes it another poem. Poem of the week: Stowaways by Lawrence Sail 2011-01-31T10:20:36Z Her songs are cunning and serious or playful and exuberant but always carefully made. Rickie Lee Jones and James Taylor 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z In an age of e-commerce, this abstention is either cunning or daft. At Goyard and Valextra, Leather Goods That Are Durable, Versatile — and Invisible 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z If a few, notably the printmaker Utagawa Toyoharu, made cunning use of the European technique, most saw it as little more than a party trick. How Hokusai’s Art Crashed Over the Modern World 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z He exaggerated that and then created wily and clever and cunning children who deal with this. Author Michael Rosen delves into Dahl 2012-09-13T01:59:57Z As Newton became more unpredictable and isolated as the Panthers’ leader, he turned to The Godfather and would extol “its protagonists’ machiavellian cunning and ruthlessness”. How Hollywood feted the black power movement – and fell foul of the FBI 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z No opportunity to get transferred from the smelly old trawler to the luxury motor cruiser through cunning or dirty tricks? Last night's TV 2010-05-14T07:00:00Z The Deceptive Bike Box. A mild sensation online, this object from the oft-neglected packaging category may be the year’s most cunning design solution. The Year in Nine Objects 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Gingrich’s actions helped legitimize political ruthlessness and cunning, Zelizer argues, and his influence can be seen leading to the election of President Trump. 16 Books to Watch For in July 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z And in a humorous and lively stage adaptation by Jeffrey Fiske and Max McLean now playing at Westside Theater, he is every inch the cunning English gentleman he is often purported to be. | 'The Screwtape Letters': Adaptation of C. S. Lewis Novella at Westside Theater 2010-06-11T22:44:00Z Unlike most of the Greek heroes, Odysseus is more famous for his cunning and eloquence than his brawn. Laura Powell's top 10 heroes in disguise 2013-04-11T15:55:00Z Empress Wu is legendary in China for using her wit, intelligence and cunning to eclipse all rivals and rise from her position as Emperor Taizong’s favorite concubine to the very apex of court life. Better Than Elizabeth Taylor? Meet Liu Xiaoqing 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z My parents owned a bookstore outside Paris, and I like that foxes are depicted as cunning and smart in Saint-Exupéry’s “The Little Prince” and La Fontaine’s “Fables.” French Pastry Chefs Trim the Log, Not the Tree, at Christmas 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z But imagine Bowie instead as a cunning lichen, an adaptive tuber or a semi-sentient mould, endlessly reshaping himself in search of the moisture of acclaim, and it is easy to understand him. Stewart Lee: If Damon Albarn is serious about the occult, shouldn't we call him Damien? 2011-07-09T23:06:00Z But it is Ms. Shaw, an actress of infinite cunning, who walks away with the production. | 'John Gabriel Borkman': Ibsen?s Big Chill, With Soul Mates Frozen in Time 2011-01-14T03:01:01Z This one contains two figurines that you are invited to decorate with feathers and pipe cleaners — I dragooned my children for this part — and a number of cunning packages. The Play Is Coming From Inside the House 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z All of which could be dismissed as a cunning and postmodern PR stunt, were it not for the very real pain it has obviously caused him. Lupe Fiasco: 'I have the right to speak out' 2011-03-03T21:59:00Z There is a brilliant close-up of blood falling in little beads near Loras’ bare, dirty toe—for all of her cunning and resolve, this is the best that Margaery can do for her beloved sibling. “Game of Thrones” recap: Explosive season finale sets the great game in motion 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z But as cunning as Jonny is, don’t think the actor is being typecast. Finn Wittrock: “Maybe I hurt my career by not being ruthless” 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z It’s always about strategy; it’s always about cunning. What binds Palin and Stewart? 2012-07-23T01:00:00Z A very seditious book indeed, all the more dangerous for the author's cunning skill in masking his intentions with humour and an incredible cast of wild and wonderful characters. Saci Lloyd's top 10 political books 2013-03-15T16:24:50Z With a Hedda this sour and cunning from the start, her union with the chipper, oblivious Tessman can only come off as a farce, its absurdity radiating outward. ‘Hedda Gabler’ and ‘The Winter’s Tale’: 2 Takes That Shout Subtext 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z This third game in the series offers a wider range of distinctively talented Pikmin and tasks than its predecessors, and a trio of lead characters who allow for cunning puzzle solving. Pikmin 3 – review 2013-07-22T17:00:00Z But despair is a feeling that calls for passivity and acceptance of reality even if it is unbearable, and it sees every spark of hope, every desire for change as a cunning enemy. Tell Me a Story with a Happy Ending, Part II 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z But Crimson Peak is his first film with two cunning female leads. Crimson Peak Arms the Damsel With a Knife 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The series shows him as cunning and hungry for power. Prime-time TV show hits Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood 2010-08-22T11:24:00Z She’s a terrific physical comic, able to combine naivete with a sense of cunning, and she’s contagiously joyous–it’s as if Lucille Ball had a baby with a rainbow. Review: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Is Must-Stream Comedy 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z And, when he does get home, we see how well-matched she is with him in both cunning and strength of character. Relationship advice: Forget Venus and Mars 2012-09-04T12:00:00Z A large chunk of this windfall ended up stored in a hilltop fortress called Pergamon, in what is today western Turkey, in the charge of a cunning Army officer named Philetaerus. A Show About the Hellenistic One Per Cent 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z This urge has, it turns out, resulted in a series of cunning traps laid for the oversophisticated. Manet's portraits: the artist on the knife-edge of photography 2013-01-12T09:01:01Z It’s so plausibly innocuous — there’s not a naughty word in the bunch — which is what ultimately makes it so cunning. Perspective | What do ‘Lock her up’ and ‘Send her back’ have in common? It’s pretty obvious. 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z As Jane, Amelia Workman plays up the double meaning of this cunning woman by delivering an arched eyebrow that rivals Joan Crawford’s. Review: In ‘Jane Anger,’ Revenge Is a Thorny Uphill Climb 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z With a glinting, coppery tone, Capuçon gave the opening phrase — a Baroque homage that nods to Bach’s Invention No. 13 — a cunning flicker of darkness and light. The Boston Symphony Finds Surprises and Strengths in New Music 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Who is this fascinating character with a cunning glint in her eyes who affects a certain hauteur? Review: ‘Diary of a Chambermaid’ Stars Léa Seydoux as an Abused Maid 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z A halfway cunning nobody can use their invisibility and perceived lack of value to destroy everything around them. Cousin Greg was the feckless joke of "Succession." Now he's the idiot who abets democracy's fall 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z “In le Carré’s world of cunning stratagems, the question is not only whether they will work but whether they will be worth it, Joseph Finder writes in his review. “ 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Many ethnic cuisines deploy cunning spices and sauces to enliven mediocre ingredients. Books of The Times: ?An Economist Gets Lunch,? by Tyler Cowen 2012-04-10T15:38:44Z In her Critic’s Pick review for The New York Times, Jeannette Catsoulis described the film as transfixing and cited its “cunning artistry.” ‘Infinity Pool’ and the Battle for an R Rating 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z This jaunty juxtaposition of global and office politics, of cunning plots and fatuous policy, was the perfect foil for the superheroic hijinx of James Bond. A maze of danger and deception in newly reissued spy novels 2013-12-06T22:54:24Z Her cunning and resilience, especially against male predation, must be summoned by a girl trying to survive her western Pennsylvania childhood. Experimental Literature That Tests Family Bonds and Routines 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z The Underwood cunning is still fun to watch; this latest season is at its best when Claire starts methodically destroying Frank’s plans in favor of her own. How the reality of Trump's America outpaced House of Cards 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z David Lynch’s 2001 “Mulholland Drive” makes particularly cunning use of this basic structure, because it doesn’t ever explicitly signal that it’s a madness story. Movies: ?A Dangerous Method? and Mental Illness in Movies 2011-11-27T04:53:01Z When "The Normal Heart" first debuted, Kramer's refusal to choose cunning, to cloak his rage in metaphor or sneak up on the audience with sentiment, offended many. 'The Normal Heart' still a powerful call to action 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Alas, Mr Hallberg’s colourful parade of characters includes some archetypes, such as an evil stepmother and her cunning brother. Hot town 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Poverty denial is a common reflex, a defence by the better off, calculating cunning ways to manage on puny pay, blaming the low paid without asking why wages are pitiful. If only soap operas didn't wash their hands of politics 2012-11-12T20:30:01Z And she adroitly pulls off the script’s cunning reversals at the end. London Theater Journal: Rehab and Resistance 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Tyrion and Daenerys are two of the most cunning political minds on Game of Thrones, yet for much of the series they have lived worlds apart. What Game of Thrones Actors Said About Season 5's Big Twists 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z He's undoubtedly the star turn – though why Verne would allow a cunning Frenchman to steal the hero's thunder I haven't the Foggiest. Around the World in 80 Days – review 2013-04-25T12:54:18Z Or How I Started the Iraq War,” an important, cunning, rock-solid musical comedy with a terrible title, the mistakes start there. Review: ‘Who’s Your Baghdaddy?,’ on the Difference Between Credible and Reliable Intelligence 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z “Mrs. America” hardly sees Schlafly as its heroine, but it respects her cunning and force of will. ‘Mrs. America’ Review: The Voice of an E.R.A. 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Nor has either side grasped history’s cunning well enough to understand the irony that it’s a premiere financier of casinos and an omnivorous self-marketer who is approaching the threshold of the presidency. Our politics are broken and toxic: How both party elites betrayed our trust, birthed Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Her cunning device of not revealing the name of each character in the sections she narrates grants us a multidimensional perspective on all four women, highlighting their roles in one another’s stories. A Novel That Asks, What if Abortion Were Again Illegal? 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z But for all Chabon’s delightful inventiveness, there have always been hints — sometimes more than hints — that he was performing a cunning dance with autobiography. Michael Chabon’s ‘Moonglow’ is a cunning dance with autobiography 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Like the cunning British scheme to sort out the French, put a stop to their silly revolution, by making them all play cricket. TV review: Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip – An Emotional History of Britain; Cuckoo 2012-10-02T21:35:01Z "Not erode them because some men have found a new cunning way to dominate and demonise an entire sex." Ricky Gervais goes on a TERF-y tirade in new Netflix special, continuing his transphobic brand 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Your artful greed and cunning — against the whole world. | Life in the Balance 2014-05-02T15:27:56Z Ryan’s role as the cunning murderer down the hall is a big departure from what is perhaps her best-known character, the dorky human resources representative Holly Flax on “The Office.” Amy Ryan on the Surprise Finale of ‘Only Murders in the Building’ 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Sinta, herself a devout Muslim, pictured every characters, actions and motives by cunning metaphors. World literature tour: Indonesia 2011-07-18T11:22:40Z With the exception of Henry James, most nineteenth-century novelists—be they Balzac, Dickens or Dostoyevsky—have disdained their wealthy characters, tending to burden them with equal parts animal cunning and moral laxity. The Rich in Fiction 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z The music, like the story, became more openly emotional; for every cunning rondo, there was a doleful largo. The ‘Succession’ Soundtrack Is Fit for a Concert Hall 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z There’s Leno, his eyes hooded in shadow, looking cunning and agile, ready at the quick with a joke that would sound less mean than it was. A Garry Shandling Photograph That Closes the Book on a Late-Night Era 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Corvids are cunning, and capable of stealing from an iron age camp. Strolling the ancient hillforts of southern England 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Jordan’s 15 seasons of brilliance, cunning, ruthlessness, volition, perfectionism and artistry render him impervious to overstatement. In ‘The Last Dance,’ Michael Jordan and the Bulls Still Dominate 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z And a wooden toilet brush that I’d admired online, which comes with its own cunning little galvanized bucket, seemed, in the cold light of day, actually kind of revolting. The Robust Preciousness of Labour and Wait 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z “But just as there are good men and bad men, so also there are women who are exploitative and very cunning. Also blatantly shameless to offer themselves.” In the wake of Weinstein, some women say Bollywood failing to address harassment 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Femininity can be equally as toxic as masculinity — in a more subtle way that isn't as cunning as the overt patriarchal dominance in this society. We're long overdue to rethink pink: It's time to move away from gendered baby clothes 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z In a cunning plan to meet her French neighbour again, she dropped round to his flat to ask if he could change a lightbulb for her. How we met: ‘I rang her doorbell at 2am, but she didn’t wake up because she was drunk’ 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z He’s equally gracious and cunning as he struggles to unite various groups. ‘The Kindness of Enemies’ explores the deep roots of the war on terror 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z A final foray running a ragtag houseful of Russia watchers in London leads to the surprise unearthing of separate cunning, ultra-secret plans by two world powers to bust up Europe. Review | John le Carré’s new thriller takes aim at Trump, Brexit and the Russia mess 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z He has the heart of a true cowboy but lacks the cunning of a cattleman. “Yellowstone,” Reviewed: Kevin Costner Rasps an Ode to Cowboy Toughness 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The movie translation is playful and cunning but never escapes the reportorial trap; observation after the fact rarely matches the energy of experience. Bernie: (Jack) Black Comedy About Real-Life Murder 2012-04-25T13:00:36Z There are rewards in its lack of cunning. Can a Simple, Classic European Fantasy Win Over Jaded American Kids? This One Just Might 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z This Ariel has amnesia about needing that kiss, taking “cunning” off the table for Bailey, too. ‘The Little Mermaid’ Review: The Renovations Are Only Skin Deep 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z He described his character as “very cunning,” with a knack for getting out of dangerous situations — until his luck runs out. No ‘Fauda’: Hamas TV series glorifies fight against Israel 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z They start a PC division from scratch at the electronics company where they work and bring the Giant to market with bravado, cunning and gamesmanship. ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Clears Its Cache for Season 3 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The jokes about ecclesiastical bureaucracy, parental hypocrisy and teenage cunning have a target and tone familiar from the genre's previous white British incarnations. Citizen Khan: who was offended by it, and why? 2012-08-30T12:34:00Z It was their refined cunning, I insisted, their devious, scholarly intellects, not mine, that delivered the triumph and the anguish that was Windfall. John le Carré’s ‘A Legacy of Spies’: An Excerpt 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Even someone like Amelia — smart enough to win school prizes and cunning enough to carry a machete — gets caught up in the brutal cycle of life for women in these parts. Murder, Murder Everywhere: the Woods, the Hospital, the Market Square 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z The Sweet "haven't got a clue what to do" about the evil Buster's cunning disguise in their classic paranoid stompalong Blockbuster, but judging by the wailing sirens, they've alerted the relevant authorities. Readers recommend: songs about mistaken identity ? the results 2011-01-27T17:21:22Z Targeting parents — making them vulnerable to scrutiny by the Department of Family and Protective Services — is a particularly cunning strategy. Perspective | Texas needs to leave trans children alone 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z With his slicked black hair and cunning gaze, he is at times practically a dead ringer for Dirk Bogarde’s diabolically crafty valet in “The Servant,” though not as bright. ‘Miss Julie’ Stars Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z It’s an apt one, especially as it involves an inability to see what is plainly there as much as it does cunning. Lauren Laverne: How Rolf Harris bit me and got away with it 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z This is where the rich live, and the cunning Kaleguropulos lets the clocks run slow, because the rich have time. The dying world of “Grand Budapest Hotel” 2014-03-07T23:59:00Z The first in a cunning sequence of traps, in fact, that will cut him off from his profession and from his child, turning an eminent physician into a murder suspect. A psychiatrist and a sociopath face off in Lisa Scottoline’s latest thriller 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z A few lucky visitors first are invited to try on the sorting hat, which compliments them on their bravery, intelligence or cunning. Harry Potter props, costumes on display in Seattle 2010-10-21T22:44:00Z Must project cunning; perhaps a knowing lack of self-knowledge. Leveson: the Movie – casting opens on the world's wackiest courtroom drama 2012-11-29T15:31:02Z While discussing the disappearance of an 8-year-old girl in Cleveland with his team in the opening scene, Cooper wears a double-breasted leather motorcycle jacket with epaulets and cunning leather-covered buttons. Television Review: On the Scent of Psychopaths: Penetrating the Criminal Mind 2011-02-15T22:51:38Z “Ford tended to assume most people were like him: essentially open, up front and without guile or cunning,” Rumsfeld writes. Gerald Ford, President Nice Guy 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z But Rowbottom has the literary skills and the analytical cunning to pull it off. In ‘Jell-O Girls,’ a Dark Family History Behind a Candy-Colored Dessert 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z But now it doesn’t look cunning at all.” Amis, McEwan and Rushdie Properly Celebrate the Not-So-Proper Modern British Novel 2013-07-23T21:50:39Z For one thing, Anna fails to mention that the "cunning piece of equipment" and copy of "Married Love" belong to Mary, and not to her. 'Downton Abbey' recap: Not without her daughter 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z She proved more fearless and often more cunning than some of the men she recruited, and frequently more so than the Vichy authorities. Remembering a Woman Who Was a Leader of the French Resistance 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z These guys, more than the anthropologists, the spies, the nation builders, the spiritual seekers or the cunning lamas who populate these pages, seem to exude true wisdom. Climbing the Himalaya With Soldiers, Spies, Lamas and Mountaineers 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z He cannot escape being a middle-aged man. It is like watching a geek with the cool kids at a party, trying to assume the character of a cunning fox or a confident badger. Animal instinct 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z No one ever wrote narrative with more secret cunning, coming up with the minute differences that excite us in reading and cause us to respond. Review: ‘The Complete Stories,’ by Flannery O’Connor 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z And affections only for cunning and discreet ladies. David Simon: Media’s sex obsession is dangerous, destructive 2012-11-15T02:43:00Z “Hi, everyone,” he says to the audience in the opening scene of “An Octoroon,” which is directed with great cunning by Sarah Benson. Theater Review: ‘An Octoroon,’ a Slave-Era Tale at Soho Rep 2014-05-05T02:00:01Z Still, it is hard to leave the theater unshaken, and hard to shake the memory of Ms. Fanning’s blend of openness and cunning, Mr. Sarsgaard’s bluff nervousness or Mr. Eisenberg’s brooding, inarticulate silence. ‘Night Moves’ Tracks Three Eco-Terrorists in Oregon 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s an immensely cunning meld of factory, nightclub and art gallery. Dia Beacon Reopens With a Sonic Boom 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Much has been made by viewers about Lydia's passionate nature; she spent a lot of the season being pulled across different emotional territory, from fuming to delicate to heartbroken to cunning. A disastrous "Love is Blind" season asks: Does Gen Z really believe in marriage? 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z But a great star performance is at least 50 percent illusion, conjured by irresistible will power and cunning. Review: ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Is Bright, Brassy and All Bette 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z But “Sun & Sea” remains one of the greatest achievements in performance of the last 10 years: wry, seductive and cunning in ways that reveal themselves days or years later. Review: In ‘Sun & Sea,’ We Laze Away the End of the World 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z "But imagine Bowie instead as a cunning lichen, an adaptive tuber or a semi-sentient mould, endlessly reshaping himself in search of the moisture of acclaim, and it is easy to understand him" is my favourite. Maggoty Lamb ponders Stewart Lee and Danny Baker's contrasting approaches to the hive mind 2011-07-25T15:37:03Z So Big Tobacco launched an aggressive and cunning campaign to "neutralize" firefighting organizations and persuade these far more trusted groups to adopt tobacco's cause as their own. Big Tobacco wins fire marshals as allies in flame retardant push 2012-05-08T05:00:00Z Certainly they are creepy, because crawly; but where foxes tend to be mostly cunning, cats sly and dogs loyal, bugs are more varied. Bugs Britannica by Peter Marren, edited by Richard Mabey 2010-06-11T23:15:00Z Be stealthy and cunning and ruthless and keep at it and you will get this novel published the way you want it published and you and your agent and your publisher will all be happy. I did not write a YA novel! 2013-03-28T00:00:00Z Whether it was because of luck or cunning, Brian Hunter could do no wrong. Hedge fund’s wild side: The man who lost $8 billion 2013-06-01T20:30:00Z The gang succeeded by using physical force as well as cunning, not to mention those razor blades they supposedly sewed into their caps. Saying Goodbye to Tommy Shelby, a Traumatized TV Antihero 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Feisty and cunning, she is a formidable captive who wriggles and squeals like a trapped animal. Review: In ‘Youth,’ Strains of Family and Country Fall on Brothers’ Shoulders 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Even in children, you sense a primal animal cunning and aggression. Movie Review: Godfrey Reggio’s ‘Visitors’ Is a Slow Parade of Faces 2014-01-23T13:00:01Z "Wallachians were accustomed to give it as a surname to any person who rendered himself conspicuous either by courage, cruel actions, or cunning." How "Bram Stoker's Dracula" ushered in our thirst for the "sexy killer" 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Indeed, they themselves argue that the world Baker helped mold through cunning, meticulous organization and tactical prowess has faded into history. The Incredible Influence of James A. Baker III 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z This cunning and superpowered Asian warlord probably made a lot of sense when he was created in the early 1960s, when Red China was considered an enemy, and memories of Fu Manchu were still fresh. Comics: Most 'Iron Man' foes too dated for films 2010-05-04T19:22:00Z At first, its colorful but faded surfaces give you the impression of a sketch waiting for final details, though you can still appreciate the cunning composition. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Three men in kayaks working in a pack, using stealth and cunning like corvettes hunting a U-boat. TV review: Human Planet 2011-01-27T23:05:00Z The latter house -- known for its "cunning folk" -- was home to sneering Draco, his pure-blooded magical lineage and He Who Must Not Be Named, Lord Voldemort. 'Harry Potter' actor Tom Felton sorted into Pottermore's Gryffindor 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z He’s also painted as a storyteller: a master of cunning and thinking on his feet. Q. and A.: Chris Potter on ‘The Sirens’ 2013-02-05T17:18:12Z On the big screen, those taking human form often now do so only as a cunning means of disguising their actual fantasticality. Planet Hollywood: is the universe full of little green men like Paul? 2011-02-18T12:38:22Z "I have a cunning plan to ruin Barrington Shipping by doing the sort of clever insider trading that Jeffrey was once accused of." Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer – digested read 2013-03-01T19:30:01Z One of the consistent pleasures of this second season is that Axe’s bluster and power-plays have revealed weakness as much as cunning. ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 10: Nonconformity 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z “If I do forget, if I do not faithfully remember those bleeding children of sorrow this day, ‘may my right hand forget her cunning, and may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth!’” Frederick Douglass, July 4th, and remembering Babylon in America 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Abetted by the longtime producer and songwriter Babyface, the music stays sparse and cunning; trap percussion and blithe backup voices pop in, affirm her, and vanish. The Playlist: Christina Aguilera’s Bizarre Puzzle, and 13 More New Songs 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The most notable fashion evolution on “Succession,” by far, is that of Shiv, who is played with steely cunning by the Australian actress Sarah Snook. Let’s Talk About the Clothes on “Succession” 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Sadly his cunning plan to export English cheeses to France meets with muted enthusiasm. Dancing on the Edge: episode three 2013-02-11T22:00:01Z Beneath her saw-toothed cunning is a person still capable of real feeling, including love. Review: In ‘Here Comes the Sun,’ a Hustle to Thrive in Jamaica 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Yes, Mr. Schreiber has swagger, he has cunning, he has a smile that can turn wolfish when he wants it to. Liev Schreiber, the Reluctant Rake 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Together they form a triumvirate of stereotypes: the lawful strongman, the cunning jester and the femme fatale. ‘Red Notice’ Review: When the Stars Don’t Shine 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z As the great Cynthia Ozick once observed, "In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better." 'The Normal Heart' still a powerful call to action 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z But the cunning Anna has her own secrets, mostly involving the murders of the Heathers at her boarding school. 'Anna' drops a big hint and spoils the old-fashioned mystery 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z He was a gifted liar with a sharp intelligence and heartbreaking mix of cunning and naiveté. ‘The Boy Who Shot the Sheriff’: to protect or punish 2013-05-30T19:47:16Z Well, in the words of Cordelia, “Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides.” Perspective | Turns out the Trump era isn’t ‘1984.’ It’s ‘King Lear.’ 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z I bought a liquid eyeliner brush for $3.50 that worked better than the ones that cost four times as much at home and cunning little razors that trim eyebrows with less pain than tweezing. A Look at Korea’s Culture From the Bathhouse 2014-02-07T19:35:43Z Beyond the lurid “Lady Macbeth,” critics have come to see even Shostakovich’s most triumphal musical gestures as mere surface, hiding the cunning silences of a dissident. Julian Barnes and the Shostakovich Wars 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The two-year-old, he says, is the bossy, cunning one — a little “heifer” and the ringleader who “works for the devil.” “I’ll bust you in the head till the white meat shows”: Stand-up comedy, black families and corporal punishment 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Concluding with the eerie grace of the title track, this album shows Wilson to be one of modern rock's most cunning and soulful protagonists. Steven Wilson: The Raven That Refused to Sing – review 2013-02-21T21:45:02Z When they go fishing, she and her father seem perfectly as one, with coordinated cunning and skill, and hypnotically choreographed moves. ‘Murina’ Review: Hunting for Independence on Her Terms 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The effect works best in the relationship between Brody and his teenage daughter, where religious conviction and adolescent angst merge with such cunning as to be almost impossible to tell apart. Rewind TV: Homeland; Wonderland: I Was Once a Beauty Queen – review 2012-10-13T23:06:22Z Apparently the cruel streets of New York City were no match for the cunning farm boy from Clovis. Chris Colfer: The First Time I Braved New York (and a Taxi!) 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z But the show has helped “continue our peace process,” said Conleth Hill, better known to “Thrones” fans as the cunning Varys. ‘Game of Thrones’ Is Ending. But You Can Still Visit Westeros. 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z He proves his mettle and justifies the movies’ title by employing the resources of his heart and his cunning. Review: Do Enlist in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z The cunning ruse was revealed after a fan at the Glasgow auditions took pictures. Simon Cowell: sitting pretty at Britain's Got Talent? 2013-01-31T09:35:21Z Ms. Groom, the curator, has done her best work in the first half of the show, which she has staged mostly in a single large gallery that allows for cunning juxtapositions. Gauguin: It’s Not Just Genius vs. Monster 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Maybe for the first time in the history of male competitiveness, winning depends not on pedigree, or brute force, or cunning, but on the right amount of paprika. Cultural Studies: Food Is the Latest Arena for Macho Contests 2012-09-15T00:37:02Z From time to time, you hear the film crew laughing at some line or bit of cunning impersonation Boddie executes; the theater notes that covid-19 protocols at the time of filming denied audience access. Review | ‘A Boy and His Soul’ is an actor’s valentine to Aretha, Marvin Gaye, and Earth, Wind & Fire 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z This was absurd, yet cunning, too, for it left Kael seething, as well as hard up. The warrior critic: in praise of Pauline Kael 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Ms. Palin dominates as a disarming egotist whose presumption is balanced by charisma and animal cunning — and in this film, as in life, she has the last smirk. | ?Game Change?: In ?Game Change? on HBO, Julianne Moore Plays Sarah Palin 2012-03-08T13:00:00Z He is cunning, though not always smart, and like many adolescents he vacillates between wild overconfidence and childlike naïveté. Review: In ‘A Ciambra,’ a Young Roma Boy Comes of Age 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Another Austrian émigré, Alfred Mathis-Rosenzweig, argued that Haas’s Bruckner edition “had nothing to do with scholarship” but “revealed itself simply as a cunning trick of National Socialist propaganda.” Still Searching For Bruckner?s True Intentions 2011-07-09T04:30:28Z I called Tom “a complicated hero” because while he manages this particular crisis well, in private moments he reveals some of the cunning, evil side that we have seen in the past. ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 3 Recap: Long Live the King 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z When Game of Thrones began in 2011, the focus was as much on the sharp one-liners and the cunning political machinations as it was on the big twists and even bigger spectacle. Game of Thrones: how it dominated the decade – then lost its way 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z She’s steely and cunning with a presence that magnetizes, even if she is not the focal point of a scene. ‘The Good Fight’ Recap: On the Other Side 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z The “House of Cards” season three trailer hit the Internet last night — just as the show’s lead actor Kevin Spacey took home a Golden Globe for his performance as the terrifyingly cunning Frank Underwood. “We’re survivors”: Watch the intense trailer for the upcoming season of “House of Cards” 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z No one ever wrote narrative with more secret cunning. Review: ‘The Complete Stories,’ by Flannery O’Connor 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z But she has parlayed not an awful lot of talent into a six-decade career, with a mixture of graft and cunning that is all but absent in the X Factor world of showbiz today. Joan Collins: my supermarket encounter with broken Britain 2011-08-25T19:00:01Z These cunning little pumpkin bowls from Sur La Table add something new to the Thanksgiving table. You’ll Want to Dig Into These Pumpkins 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Naz’s predicament is positively Kafkaesque; and his attorney, Jack Stone, whose cunning is obscured by his raw, eczema-scarred feet, feels like a figure in one of Flannery O’Connor’s allegorical grotesqueries. “The Night Of” recap: The new, terrifying reality sets in 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z It takes a special kind of cunning to pen music and lyrics this simple. New band of the day ? The Crayonettes (No 856) 2010-08-27T15:13:00Z The savages arrayed against him were sinister and stupid or, at the most, cunning. Chinua Achebe: The man who rediscovered Africa 2013-03-22T14:45:00Z Nowhere is catering practiced with as much cunning and challenge as in New York City. Undercover and Overworked: Inside the New, Nerve-Racking World of Catering 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z For all its skill and cunning, “Knock at the Cabin” is an overwrought quasi-theological melodrama that also manages to be a half-baked thought experiment. ‘Knock at the Cabin’ Review: Who’s There? The Apocalypse. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z If tennis is your thing, here’s Serena Williams, who will share with you the secret of her cunning forehand. How to Take a Class From Serena Williams and Usher 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z David Rivard’s “Standoff,” which I returned to in the course of a week, while riding the subway or waiting for my son’s basketball practice to end, assailed me with its vivaciousness and cunning humor. The Books We Loved in 2016 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z For the first time, through Ailey's powerful choreography and the sheer transcendent fervor of the dancers, he saw that black history is a tale of cunning perseverance and beauty, not woeful suffering and surrender. Spectrum's Donald Byrd asks everything of his dancers, and his audience 2012-11-28T23:59:27Z In “New World,” a child laborer runs away from a tea plantation in an act of cunning and audacity, yet the act itself occurs offstage. Debut Stories Trace the Aftershocks of the Sri Lankan Civil War 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Their first pop-up theatre venture, The Icebook, was certainly different – a delicate fairytale that mixed paper and animation to such cunning effect that the experience was like falling headfirst into a pop-up story from childhood. Pulp fiction: bringing pop-up paper theatre to life 2013-07-03T14:45:45Z As Roland Barthes said, and I use this quote only to sound smart, “The photograph is the advent of myself as other: a cunning dissociation of consciousness from identity.” My Rear Window 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Sadoski, who lends a dubious whiff of political cunning to his youthful mayor, is a wonderful actor familiar to HBO viewers owing for his time on "The Newsroom." "Tommy" is bracing and earnestly woke, maybe even too much for CBS' audience 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z “If Lipstein had written a less cunning book, he might have contrasted Caleb with a character who represented artistic purity, whatever that is,” our critic Molly Young writes. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z It consists of three novellas, all featuring the character of Governor Arthur Fenstemaker, who closely resembles LBJ, with all his wiles, cunning and political artistry. Perspective | What’s the greatest book about politics? Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich and others weigh in. 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z With cunning and verve, Mr Baram brings these virtuosi of the lie together in Brest-Litovsk as the sham alliance between their tyrants collapses. Delusion chronicle 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z To this end he employed diplomatic cunning, military aggression, assassination, treachery and the strategic marriages of his children. Review | The sordid tale of the Borgias and other great audiobooks for your playlist 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Bacha leaves it to us to decide if this is a great victory for the Palestinians or a cunning way of getting them to accept the wall in principle. Film review: Budrus 2010-09-23T22:37:00Z It's almost as if Primal Scream have merely become a touch more cunning at disguising their fascination with the 60s. Bobby Gillespie: 'The whole rock scene is a joke' – an interview from the vaults 2013-02-27T16:05:42Z There are various cunning ways to stream the video content offered by Netflix and others directly on to your TV – via a gaming console, for instance, or through built-in apps that vary among manufacturers. TV streaming: six of the best shows 2013-02-16T16:00:00Z Brimming with melodies and myriad structural devices masked by charm and cunning, the quartet closes with a raucous “Gypsy Rondo.” Bold and exciting, all-star Chamber Music Society plays a thrilling concert 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z On the other hand, Mohombi would surely need all his cunning and street-smarts to survive one Friday night in Moss Side after the pubs shut. New band of the day ? No 845: Mohombi 2010-08-11T16:24:00Z Aisha is everything you want in a heroine: cunning and headstrong, but also fallible. New Fiction About Family Members Gone Missing 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z The usual way for the gangster hero to get ahead is to show greater guile, cunning or bloodlust than his rivals. Live by Night: how the gangster film went from top of the world to sleeping with the fishes 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z The movie's cunning strategy — that financiers can bring down their own villains from the inside — should please the mass movie audience. Oliver Stone's New Wall Street: Greed Is God 2010-09-23T08:25:00Z Deaver’s cunning plot dazzles with its crafty twists and turns, but when the fun gets really nasty, it’s comforting to repeat this mantra: It’s only a game. Video Gaming Turns Murderous, Even if You Play by the Rules 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Not the brilliant but marginalized borderline personality so popular in today's television, but the real deal, a creature held together by flop-sweat, desperate cunning and doggedly delusional ambition. 'Better Call Saul' the real deal, and Odenkirk delivers goods 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The fox delights in craft and cunning, much like Jack, a “creature of Liberation” and an “Artist of Transgression.” “Confessions of the Fox” Is a Cunning Metafiction of Vulpine Versatility 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Regina is a strong woman forced in the hidebound South of the early 20th century to rely on cunning, and despite the personal cost, to outmaneuver her greedy brothers in the family’s ongoing financial warfare. Marg Helgenberger, theater lover, gets the big break she’s been waiting for 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Technically, the production is extremely skillful — you might even say cunning — at producing that response. Review: ‘Office Hour’ Is the Play That Goes Bang 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Lady Susan, the recently widowed gentlewoman at the center of Whit Stillman’s new comedy of manners Love & Friendship, opening May 13, is a master manipulator with a significant gift for cunning schemes. Kate Beckinsale on Her 'Early Feminist Fighter' in Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z The show is built on a helix of stories of love, betrayal and cunning, sharing more narrative lineage with “The Godfather” than “Seabiscuit.” Television: HBO?s ?Luck,? Starring Dustin Hoffman 2012-01-25T15:29:12Z The son of a drunken, abusive blacksmith, Cromwell has risen about as high as any commoner could hope to, entirely on the strength of his acumen, industry, cunning and resilience. “Tubes”: What the Internet is made of 2012-05-28T00:30:00Z The lying, the cunning, and the duplicity are so very mannered that it’s chilling. Review | Who’s telling the truth? ‘Tangerine’ is a twisty tale of friendship, death and deceit 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z He describes his relationship to his readers as "silence, exile, cunning, and so on", and used to carry a card that read simply: "I do not want to talk about it." The American dream 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z So What can hospitals and other facilities do to protect their patients from the denial and cunning of workers with addiction? The hospital tech who stole needles 2013-01-21T17:00:00Z He added: "Every day of sobriety is a blessing, but Tom knows well his disease is cunning and powerful and waiting for him to blink." Tom Sizemore honest about long-lasting drug battle 2013-06-14T13:57:11Z As the Miller, obeying the dictums of his cunning cat to win her hand, the baritone Craig Verm sang and acted with panache. Music Review: From Wily House Cat to Lord of the Manor 2010-10-03T22:17:00Z “A watch thief, who with great stealth and cunning, disdaining silverware, jewelry, cameras, fine art, money, had made his way to the bedside and stolen my Timex wristwatch,” he muses. Review: ‘Nice Fish,’ Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins’s Quirky Ice Fishing Tale 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Walter is considered to be so cunning and persuasive that the institution’s staff must wear earplugs in his presence, lest he recruit them in an escape attempt. Review | Oh, the horror! Why it’s hard to look away, even when a book is full of gore. 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Even the writing of the show seems to be treated as a cunning and complicated game. ‘Inside No. 9’ Returns With More Cunning Puzzles 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Maya isn’t cunning, conniving and savvy the way Melanie Griffith got to be in that movie. ‘Second Act’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Deserves Better 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z But because Hill is a shrewd and cunning writer, over 24 novels he has given us a character who rises above the stereotype. Partners in crime fiction 2011-07-22T08:00:02Z Mr. Cohen, a New York filmmaker and video artist with an eye for rough urban landscapes and eccentric artistic characters, is a patient observer and a cunning, subtle storyteller. Movie Review: Jem Cohen’s ‘Museum Hours’ Explores Links of Life and Art 2013-06-27T21:18:15Z That would be Richard III, the most vicious and cunning of all Shakespeare’s tyrants. Reinventing Shakespeare, According to the Gospel of Joseph Papp 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z It’s a glimpse at Hanks’s surprising cunning in the role of Donovan, and the boundless bureaucracy he runs up against in the process. See Tom Hanks in a New Clip From Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z She is frequently taken advantage of and politically targeted by the cunning Masters. Game of Clothes: Decoding Cersei’s and Dany’s power wardrobes 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Clarice, the drama’s cunning political wife, is dressed with rigid formality. On the Runway Blog: Historical Dramas Play Out in Fashion, Too 2013-04-19T18:41:40Z All those words, words, words, without many deeds, can make you feel like you're at a seminar with a cunning lecturer who could use more visual aids — or a good editor. 'Wittenberg' is an intellectual workout with Hamlet, Faustus and Luther 2010-11-22T23:29:00Z No film production could completely reproduce a “Wolf Hall” reader’s privileged access to Cromwell, a brilliant and cunning man with two unusual traits for a politician — dogged loyalty, and a refusal to be bullied. PBS adaptation of ‘Wolf Hall’ fit for a king 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Within a remarkably short period the turnaround began, led by the cunning businessman François Blanc. Monte Carlo before Leo, Ringo and Grace 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z These apparent defects are all part of the filmmaker’s genuinely cunning strategy. Review: ‘Nuts!’ Reveals Doctor’s Secret to Success: Goat Testicle Transplants 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z He was, in short, the kind of character — silver-tongued and cunning, an ingratiating rake — that Wilder himself might have created for one of his acerbic comedies. Review | Before Billy Wilder ventured behind a camera, he was a precocious journalist honing his sharp wit 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z The cool thing about The Good Doctor, which gives him his first starring role since Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End in 2007, is its cunning use of the Bloom blandness. Orlando Bloom in The Good Doctor: Malpractice Makes Perfect 2012-08-31T14:30:39Z While the show may feature custard pies, deadly rock cakes, funny walks and even funnier accents, this is an evening whose deceptive simplicity belies cunning stagecraft and a great shove-it-in-the-back-of-a-van design. The Marvellous and Unlikely Fete of Little Upper Downing ? review 2011-02-28T22:45:00Z I developed such great respect for their strength and cunning. The octopus is officially having a moment. This aquarist has been in awe of them for years. 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z As the fiendish and cunning Lady Macbeth, Frances McDormand is revelatory. Denzel Washington is commanding in Joel Coen's bloody, bold and resolute "Tragedy of Macbeth" 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z It’s filled with a lot of cunning and deceptiveness by political leaders that we know about. What binds Palin and Stewart? 2012-07-23T01:00:00Z Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters When Barbara Castle appointed the young as her special adviser at the social services department in 1974, she said she wanted him for his "guile and low cunning". Last Man Standing by Jack Straw - review 2012-10-02T11:29:00Z In the 1920s she launched the LBD, or “little black dress,” cunning understatement that would bring chic to women of every class. ‘Balenciaga in Black’ Review: Fashion Goes to the Dark Side 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z And it spoke to the cunning and creativity of Mr. Avillez, a rising young star on the Portuguese food scene and a big reason Lisbon is such a culinary joy, especially these days. 4 Lisbon Restaurants Not to Miss 2012-05-25T19:34:32Z Cersei still exercises power, and brutally: there’s a great scene in which the cunning adviser Littlefinger tries to persuade her that knowledge is power, and she counters, “power is power.” Dead Tree Alert: Veep, Women in Power and Game of Thrones? Clash of Queens 2012-03-30T16:54:53Z Phil Hartman plays Ronald Reagan as a cunning and tireless taskmaster who pretends to be an affable, doddering old man when the press is present. Al Franken: My 10 favorite ‘Saturday Night Live’ political sketches 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Can Stan's hubris and cunning help him escape from his present situation? Guillermo del Toro's rapturous "Nightmare Alley" seduces with its stylish & twisty grift 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Ella, as the heroine is now called, is a cunning tomboy who has an affinity with nature. Cinderella – review 2012-12-19T18:46:18Z But the lifelike pirates would have stunned him, and so would the exchange of artillery fire between a ship and a distant fort, with its cunning manipulation of scale and perspective. A Dark Ride 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z But when civilisation breaks down, we resort to a cunning DIY culture with the resultant Mad Max mechanics and none of the Hollywood styling. Welcome to Sarajevo's designs for survival 2011-03-02T14:40:00Z But a halfway cunning nobody can use their invisibility and perceived lack of value to destroy everything around them. Cousin Greg was the feckless joke of "Succession." Now he's the idiot who abets democracy's fall 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z It’s often hard to tell whether he is overreacting to something or psychotically understating a horror; whether he’s a deluded, spoiled brat or a cunning sociopath. ‘Lurid & Cute,’ a Novel by Adam Thirlwell 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Lee Child’s “The Truth About What Happened” is a jaunty yarn with an O. Henry-like twist, and Block himself chips in with a satisfying tale of a cunning big-city grift based on the desolate “Automat.” What can fiction writers bring to Edward Hopper’s paintings? 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z In a cunning pre-emptive strike, he also makes passing reference to the "caprice" of "literary critics". Et cetera: non-fiction roundup ? reviews 2012-05-18T21:54:01Z Yet Nike carries off the boot trophy for the 2010 World Cup, not because its boots are any lighter or stronger than its nemesis, Adidas’s, but thanks to its cunning color strategy. Design and the World Cup: Best and Worst 2010-06-27T22:00:00Z The nation state is such a cunning instrument in the hands of capitalism now. India's bold, brilliant daughter 2011-01-29T00:06:38Z She locates each sad nuance as Alice tries valiantly to hold on to her memory, her bearings, her old cunning, her family, her self. Review: Still Alice: Julianne Moore Reveals Alzheimer's From the Inside 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Think about all they have in common – Tyrion’s cynicism and cunning, Don’s scorn for weakness, Tony’s rage, Walter White’s limitless ego. Mad Men: how Don Draper and Walter White prepared us for Donald Trump 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Set in a West Country village, it's the story of Nell, the cunning woman's granddaughter, and what follows when she and her beloved granny are suspected of witchcraft. Michelle Harrison's 10 best bad fairies 2011-03-23T13:52:18Z Audiences will be waiting for an equivalent of that awful moment when the cunning German says: "Good luck!" in English to Gordon Jackson, and without thinking he says "Thank you!" Argo – review 2012-11-08T15:30:01Z Even if Lady Macbeth appears in substantially fewer scenes than her husband, her cunning mind — and Negga’s command of Shakespeare’s verse — leave an indelible imprint. Ruth Negga Thinks Lady Macbeth Is Misunderstood 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z There are several brilliant moments that demonstrate this perfectly in this cunning one-man show exploring 2,500 years of oratory: the good, the bad and the downright ugly. Bigmouth – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-24T15:30:00Z Quite plausibly, it’s an inchoate fusion of the two — a kindness sparked by cunning. “The Night Of” recap: Are we closer to discovering the truth? 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Why, then, call this a “cunning sleight of hand”? Especially when, as we learn one paragraph later, it nearly drew a false confession from this man? Review: Deep in a Homicide Unit, Details, but No Big Picture 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z He also discovers cunning villains are moving around the inner worlds of the games. In Films Like ‘Nerve,’ Players Become Pawns 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Here’s a cunning little gift that gives back. Pick a Card, Any Card, for Dinner Inspiration 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z I imagine this wasn’t an easy performance to make work: cunning, stupors and stratagems — how do you act all of those? Best Performances of 2020 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z Worn as talismans on medallions, rings, tattoos, knitted caps, belt buckles and clothing, they invoke qualities such as flexibility, adaptability, cunning, camouflage and hostility to traditional forms of commerce. Put an octopus on it! 2012-07-05T00:00:00Z Well, pretty much as we are: wise, cunning, manipulative and very clever too. How Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories became music to my ears 2013-01-04T09:00:06Z We are told that Aunt Jemima, of flapjacks fame, is a cunning businesswoman who owns an entire Negro baseball league. Philip Roth and race: A legendary novelist's troubling pattern 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z In Petrov, he has found a match for his cunning and negotiation prowess. House of Cards Season 3, Episode 3 Recap: When Men Were Men 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “Charlie,” after all, follows close on the cunning little heels of “Matilda,” a highly lauded, highly successful adaptation of another Dahl novel. Theater Review: ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ Opens in London 2013-06-26T16:33:57Z Or, possibly, a cunning brand figurehead with the ability to appear business-savvy.” Tamara Mellon’s Next Step 2012-10-28T17:57:18Z “Charles’s cunning in extracting money from eager benefactors was perilously intertwined with a weakness for the company and perks of the superrich,” Bedell Smith writes. Prince Charles is sad and sexy and maybe too nice to be king 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z “I’m reluctant to compare Ted Cruz to Shakespeare; he doesn’t have the vision of a Marc Antony, to my mind. Cruz is cunning, but his grab for power seems so personal.” The Drama of Ted Cruz: A Little Bit of Shakespeare in That Speech? 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Neat performances all round, and a very cunning design from Chris de Wilde, signpost the future for this brave venue, which is turning itself into a miniature musical powerhouse. Tomorrow Morning ? review 2010-10-26T21:15:00Z Rupert Penry-Jones is the charmingly cunning Clive Reader, her competition in the quest for justice and professional prestige. What’s on TV Tuesday 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z He seems addled and hapless, and may be cognitively challenged, but he’s also mulish, incoherent, exasperating and cunning. ‘Intregalde’ Review: Oh, Be Good! 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z It’s a gray, gray tomorrow that greets us in “The Nether,” Jennifer Haley’s very cunning and equally creepy new play about alternative lives in a future around the corner. Review: Jennifer Haley’s ‘The Nether’ Explores the Dark Side of the Web 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z His life and work suggest a perverse revision of the James Joyce formula for making it as an Irish writer — “silence, exile and cunning.” T Magazine: J.P. Donleavy is Still Standing 2014-03-07T20:19:12Z “He knows it’s not how educated you are, but how smart you are, how cunning you are and how unafraid to use candor and ruthlessness.” James Earl Jones as a Broadway Patriarch, Onstage and Off 2012-05-29T22:03:27Z We come to know him as more cunning than Fagin and cleverer than Mr. Tulkinghorn. Review | Christmas comes early in Jon Clinch’s ‘Marley,’ a clever riff on ‘A Christmas Carol’ 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z As for Rat, the cunning rodent quietly left for the race and met the other animals, who were all much stronger and faster than him. Is it the Year of the Rabbit or the Year of the Cat? This Lunar New Year, the answer is both 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z It was stunning to realize that Charles — the cunning older man in my recollection of events — was, in that interview, younger than I am now. Perspective | King Charles III and Camilla got what they wanted long ago 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The difference in this pairing is that one is blessed with nothing but cunning while the other has nothing between his ears but shallow confidence. "House of the Dragons" introduces the Lannisters before they had game 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z In a smart, and devastating, moment of cunning, Rick managed to lure the horde away by sacrificing the livestock he’s worked to cultivate. The Walking Dead Watch: “Infected” 2013-10-21T02:00:32Z Why do you continually attempt to bullrush the outside line, the longest, and thus most strenuous route, when other paths, with a little more cunning and patience, might open for you? Broken collarbone? Just roll with it 2013-06-02T17:00:00Z And, it may be gently added, a certain sinuous cunning. Memoirs by William Rees-Mogg - review 2011-07-13T15:00:02Z If they do, they think they are cunning and smart. “As a Jew, there’s a need to keep that atrocity alive”: Martin Landau on his new Holocaust drama, “Remember,” about guilt & forgiveness, history & revenge 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Eisenhower’s combination of courage, petulance and cunning are hard qualities to reconcile. Books of The Times: Evan Thomas’s ‘Ike’s Bluff’ Looks at Eisenhower 2012-09-24T22:29:05Z Ms. Raison embodies the title character with equal measures of sex appeal, native cunning and youthful naivety. London Theater Journal: Pomp and Circumstance 2010-08-03T19:04:00Z He records, with some pride, his skill at avoiding direct questions and showcases Castle's "guile and low cunning" comment below a chapter heading. Last Man Standing by Jack Straw - review 2012-10-02T11:29:00Z “But just as there are good men and bad men, so also there are women who are exploitative and very cunning. Also blatantly shameless to offer themselves.” In the wake of Weinstein, some women say Bollywood failing to address harassment 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Kisses, cunning, backup dancers in body suits with nuns’ habits. ‘Marry Me’ Review: Putting ‘I Do’ on the To-Do List 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Now in poor in health, Abreu successfully nurtured El Sistema, with Machiavellian cunning, through every Venezuelan government of the last 40 years, whatever the party. Venezuela youth orchestra tour is canceled, pushing Dudamel into the center of a political storm 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z James’s cunning tale is very much in the classic spirit of Christmas mysteries like Agatha Christie’s “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas,” Ngaio Marsh’s “Tied Up in Tinsel” and Martha Grimes’s wonderful “Jerusalem Inn.” Even on Christmas Eve, Criminals Don’t Take a Holiday 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z His technique is so cunning that the reader doesn’t even notice. Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle: Book 4’ 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Sinta, herself a devout Muslim, pictured every characters, actions and motives by cunning metaphors. World literature tour: Indonesia 2011-07-18T11:22:40Z In Turkish, "cin" means smart or cunning, and also refers to a spirit, or genie. Turkey struggles to preserve childhood cartoon 2012-05-24T06:21:08Z |
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