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wily

wahy lee

  • s  marked by skill in deception
    a wily old attorney

  • In an interview, wily Gavam said he thought the oil agreement had no chance of ratification unless it was modified.
  • The wily, leather-bodied old brujo and his academic straight man first found an audience in the young of the counterculture, many of whom were intrigued by Castaneda's recorded .
  • The problem begins with the wily nature of the influenza virus itself.
News & Articles

  • On sacred ground in a Russian town
    A sea of humanity surged forward at the train station in Moscow, pushing me away from the ticket window. I was losing ground, fighting a crowd of people who'd survived both the slog of Soviet bureaucracy and the quicksand of anarchic capitalism. A wily octogenarian attempted to squeeze under my arm, and I blocked him with my backpack while shoving a random assortment of foreign bills at the ...
    June 12, 2013 - The Oneida Daily Dispatch
  • Stanton, Marlins look for spark behind Turner
    Jacob Turner's two starts this season have been solid, as he's allowed just one run in 13 innings. He takes the hill for the Marlins on Tuesday, opposing the Brewers' Wily Peralta.
    June 11, 2013 - Florida Marlins
  • Newman team's wonky strategy pays off
    LONG POND, Pa. -- One week after his boss buoyed the entire organization with a breakthrough victory, Ryan Newman used a bit of wily pit strategy to keep the roll going for Stewart-Haas Racing.
    June 9, 2013 - NASCAR.com via Yahoo! Sports
Quotes

  • Vin Scully in Reuters Canada
    Clem Labine was one of the main reasons the Dodgers won it all in 1955,Dodgers Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully said in a statement. "He had the heart of a lion and the intelligence of a wily fox ...... and he was a nice guy, too. He...
  • Larry Sabato in Forbes
    My money's on McConnell and always is because he has so much money,Sabato said. "He's the minority leader, and he's as wily as anybody in politics. But I'll bet even he recognizes that he has to be on guard, probably more than at any time...
  • President Bush in Reuters
    I tried to, you know, get it out of him who's going to be his successor, what he intends to do. And he was wily. He wouldn't tip his hand,Bush said.

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