The small country, like the small man, gets pushed around by bullies but survives through instinct and guile.
How would Reaganism be remembered if it hadn't had that dose of schmoozy charm blended with tough guile?
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By then Dravid had already lost overnight batting partner Tendulkar (40), who fell to the guile of Ajantha Mendis.
The Dons played with style, pace and guile and were great value for their win thanks to some ruthless finishing.
Sale, despite the presence of Hodgson, simply lacked the guile to overturn the lead they conceded in the first period.
Warwick converted and though the Dragons had some decent territory, they lacked the guile required to prise open the Munster defence.
True, George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, is guile incarnate, a Tory Talleyrand to whom Mr Cameron subcontracts his strategic thinking.
While the world's best adventure racers tend to be in outstanding physical shape, it's their guile and shrewdness that win the race.
Mr Fuller's breathless tales of youthful guile, and his flashbulb snapshots of legendary New Yorkers, are as entertaining as a well-edited tabloid.
Joel Tomkins showed his pace, strength and guile with an 80-metre gallop to open up a 22-0 lead with 25 minutes played.
And yet she has, by hard work and guile and historic luck, multiplied the value of the business she inherited several hundred times over.
The home side were being nullified by Liverpool and Juande Ramos brought on Guti after the break to add some guile to their sloppy play.
Without Mr Chubais's dynamism, guile and vision, the government may indeed drift: in a system of government where institutions are weak, strong individuals are essential.
They have got pace, ability, guile, goals - a terrific side.
The pace of Ashley Young and power and knowhow of Emile Heskey were now proving every bit as threatening as Keane's guile and Cole's direct running.
After watching Wales cut apart Scotland with pace, guile and great continuity work, O'Sullivan knows what is needed to end a long, hard season on a high.
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But whatever advantages are eked out through tactical guile, Labour's main problem, aside from the economic gloom, is the perception that it has run out of ideas.
However, Swann's second over in the afternoon session provided the breakthrough, although the dismissal owed more to Watson's poor judgement calling for a quick single than the off-spinner's guile.
But if that is the case, the neutral will hope for a far less one-sided affair - as Liverpool attacked relentlessly but lacked the necessary guile to open the scoring.
Lavezzi is a powerfully-built and stocky figure with a deceptive pace, guile and touch about his game and he was at the heart of most of Napoli's threatening forward forays.
The original House of Cards told of a conniving chief whip, played by Ian Richardson, who uses duplicity and guile to have himself elevated to the post of Conservative prime minister.
Veteran midfielder George Boateng provided a decent platform sitting in the centre of the midfield and fellow new signings Jonathan Greening and Andy Reid showed glimpses of their undoubted guile and creativity.
With the guile of Fabregas in midfield, Arsenal ran their opponents ragged in the first 30 minutes, but for all their slick passing and interchanges, goal-scoring chances were conspicuous only by their absence.
They were too strong for an undisciplined Brive side containing a raft of Englishmen, including Goode, Jamie Noon and Steve Thompson, which did not have the guile to break through the visiting defence.
With Jonathan Greening out injured, West Brom were missing a touch of guile, although James Morrison and Valero did their best to create for Fortune, who was their lone striker in the first half.
The number 22 seed was never in trouble as she struck 25 winners on her way to four breaks of serve, with King unable to live with Hantuchova's guile and speed across the court.
In the end, it was not the Spaniard's guile and vision that breached the Tigers defence but pure power after the Reds were awarded a dubious free-kick for a George Boateng challenge on Javier Mascherano.
And a maiden Test century looked a realistic possibility before he was undone by the guile of Nathan Hauritz for 72, playing inside the line of a delivery which went straight on to strike off stump.
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