The ​breathless coverage of the undecided dramatizes our fantasy of what it would be like not to be so sure of ourselves.

The same dualistic canniness graces his tome, which focuses on the Habsburgs while keeping an eye on lessons for the U.S. Mitchell observes of Habsburg history, “In a century that seems well on ...

for games of luck or strength or canniness. No one is telling us of the good cheer and harmonious play, if not outright friendship, to be found among Ulster's children, across religious lines.

J. G. MacSweeney. Admittedly, witches were a little out of his line, but the doctor went to work with Celtic canniness, came up with a report—on Publican Sykes. “He is an upstanding citizen ...

McConnell, who wrote his senior thesis at the University of Louisville on the Compromise of 1850, knows that this was achieved by the canniness of Stephen A. Douglas. His is a name not much ...

He gloats at the canniness of his decision and relishes the prospect that Cromwell will fall along with his mentor. Anne Boleyn: Very nice. Very nice Master Cremuel. But try again. One thing.

Nixon was a divisive figure, like Trump, loathed by his opponents but warily respected by many for his political canniness, inexhaustible ambition, and personal force. His rival, Hubert H.

Neither has he lost his Scotch canniness; for the annual Christmas party, he figured out that exactly twelve ounces of eggnog per person was the right amount to insure conviviality without ...

“Fortnight” was a surefire chart-topper, as any Swift lead single is these days, but it took some canniness to release “Help” right after. And it obviously couldn’t have happened without ...

With his saurian canniness, Trump once commented that he could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue without losing any votes. Conversely, it is hard to conceive what it would take for most ...