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"Put a Woman in her way, sir!" she whispered in her wiliest tones.

"I notice that you have profited in the past by those very labour gouges you mention," insinuated Brentwood, one of the wiliest and most astute of our corporation lawyers.

By his own admission, even the wiliest of foxes, Dr Henry Kissinger couldn't help recognising his genius when he outwitted the good doctor twice.

In three terms on Capitol Hill, the liberal Democrat from conservative Indiana became one of his era's most productive legislators and wiliest political adversaries.

Caption: ABOVE: William Lyon Mackenzie King was Canada's longest serving and wiliest prime minister.

Red tape, on a worldwide basis, can strangle a society more than the wiliest revolutionaries can do, and reminds us that there are times when a lost rubber stamp is mightier than the sword.

In the Iraq edition of wartime for American soldiers, fear of being blown to pieces by hidden explosives frequently loses out to the wiliest enemy of all -- boredom.

The symbiotic relationship with askaris that street vendors and hawkers have honed and perfected over a long period in the CBD is what the boda boda riders are now having to learn fast.As the governor stays marooned at Mua Hills in Machakos County, Nairobians have no one but themselves to blame for being the easiest prey to the wiliest politician in the market place.

You're only ever as strong as your weakest point and our wiliest sheep can sneak through gaps in fences or walls with ease.

We could feel sorry for ourselves, but why not instead give thanks for the fact that Steve Gibson quickly realised the appointment of Garry Monk was a mistake and, acting decisively, gave the job to one of British football's wiliest and most experienced managers.

To friends and foes alike, Iran is often seen as one of the wiliest actors in the Middle East, spreading its influence by developing networks of ideologically like-minded militias.

Saleh, who ruled Yemen for 33 years before being forced to step down by an Arab Spring uprising in 2011, was one of the wiliest politicians in the region.