On balance, this canniness is an asset in a President. From Wordnik.com. [Discourse.net: VOTE! (Preferably for Obama)] Reference
Toughness and canniness are admirable qualities for creative work. From Wordnik.com. [An Exile's View of Canada] Reference
His reputation for incisiveness and canniness had to be based onsomething. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Apropos of Nothing] Reference
The real canniness of McCain's pick is in how hard this is going to be to achieve. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Woods: Why Palin Spells Danger for Democrats] Reference
'Thanks be!' as Auntie says, I have a sense of humour and a remnant of Scotch canniness. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce of the North Woods] Reference
The best of Coward's efforts have the canniness of the gambler who stops while he's ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Whipped Cream] Reference
Frankly, I have little faith in the other parties' canniness in responding to that kind of politicking. From Wordnik.com. [still not worried] Reference
In that first decade after high school, there would be no canniness or blossoming or positioning for Eli. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Blind]
And you get the sense that a lot more Chinese physical strength goes into canniness, goes into brainpower. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2008] Reference
If Stroker had had a brain beyond the brutish canniness that passed for thought, he might have figured it out. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Apropos of Nothing] Reference
Add to that a canniness that is ingrained in the national psyche. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
Malcolm, with the canniness of his kind, at once told her he had had no luck. From Wordnik.com. [Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers] Reference
Then in the silence that followed the old captain replied, with a canniness that was almost Scotch. From Wordnik.com. [Queen Sheba's Ring] Reference
One thing technically-proficient users tend to do is overestimate the computer canniness of the public. From Wordnik.com. [reddit.com: what's new online!] Reference
Cromer's canniness won't be to everyone's taste, but it'll stick in your brain, and bring Wilder with it. From Wordnik.com. [Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories] Reference
After his arrival last September, Zola first indicated his canniness by hiring Steve Clarke from Chelsea. From Wordnik.com. [Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk] Reference
As she doffed her warlike garments, her feminine canniness warned her that this was no time for explanations. From Wordnik.com. [Half Portions] Reference
The relative energy levels on these two sites may be indicative of the internet canniness of the two campaigns. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph Blogs] Reference
Perry's past successes -- he won reelection in 2002 and 2006 -- point to both his canniness and his vulnerability. From Wordnik.com. [News & Politics] Reference
Dickey Bulmer's Lancashire canniness might stipulate for cash on delivery as the essence of the marriage contract. From Wordnik.com. [The Stowaway Girl] Reference
He was, in a way, a Paul Revere spreading intelligence, and with Scotch canniness made a good bargain for himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Alaskan] Reference
What seems to have been forgotten is the canniness with which he balanced the predictable with the truly adventurous. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
Where-over he gaes, there he'll tak 'wi' him the canniness, the meanness if ye maun call it such, his childhood taught him. From Wordnik.com. [Between You and Me] Reference
Given Bill Appleby's natural canniness, and Macnooder's hypnotic eloquence, the discussion was apt to be long and difficult, so. From Wordnik.com. [Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World] Reference
Yet for all Kim’s canniness, there is evidence that he may be losing his edge. From Wordnik.com. [When North Korea Falls] Reference
"As soon as the opportunity presents itself, I intend to pay you back for your canniness. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]
Moreover, to show my canniness, I've won back its cost a score of times this very night. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Mississippi Bubble] Reference
About a sequel that either hopefulness or movie-studio publicity canniness had catapulted into full-on rumor status. From Wordnik.com. [Home | The New York Observer] Reference
Then his eyes scowled into canniness. From Wordnik.com. [Roc and a Hard Place]
Or the canniness of the Scot. From Wordnik.com. [The Conqueror] Reference
It was not canniness on my part. From Wordnik.com. [John Barleycorn] Reference
"No," he replied, with true Scotch canniness. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O] Reference
With canniness. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
And his canniness. From Wordnik.com. [icLiverpool] Reference
Alex Salmond called for a return to "prudence" and "canniness". From Wordnik.com. [Independent Information Technology and business analysis from IT-Director.com] Reference
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