Astute police work tonight brought about the capture of two more members of the gang that held up the gold train.

But I did go on to be a reasonably astute, arguably world class worrier.

And one of the questions, they were very culturally astute, the people who put the questionnaire.

I convey gratitude to Mr. Jean Ping for his astute leadership of the fifty ninth session.

An astute Statesman, Chinggis Khaan, transformed once and for all the face of the Eurasian continent, bringing together East and West.

The other is a pragmatic, astute handling of available opportunities to demilitarize or denuclearize areas or materials that have become obsolete as a result of technological development.

On the issue of United Nations reform, we applaud the considerable progress made by the Secretariat over the last year under the astute and thoughtful leadership of the Secretary General. Much has been done, but more, obviously, remains to be done. Our position in support of ongoing reform is very well known.

Nevertheless, while not all is sweetness and light, there has been progress. And for this the IMF s strong, politically astute management not exactly something from which the Fund has regularly benefited in recent years deserves credit.

We also pay tribute to the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee, Ambassador Rohan Perera of Sri Lanka, for his astute guidance and leadership of the work of the Committee and for his role in leading us to this success.

36. However, as the economic sanctions have dragged on, some astute entrepreneurs have apparently succeeded in importing large quantities of fuel from Rwanda and Tanzania in long road convoys (a litre reportedly costs between US 2.50 and 3.00 at the present time).

Bryan, Roosevelt said, would be as clay in the hands of the potter under the astute control of the ambitious and unscrupulous Illinois communist. The free coinage of silver would be but a step towards the general socialism which is the fundamental doctrine of his political belief.

Indeed, the phrase casino banking tends to ignore the fact that casinos have a rather good handle on their returns. They are typically very astute at risk management, unlike many of the banks that dramatically increased their leverage and thus their risks during the last 20 years.

One of India s more astute young commentators, Sreeram Chaulia, captures this heady exuberance well Every milestone in advanced rocket science, he writes, is a shot in the arm for national self confidence, showing that India is headed for global leadership. When the chips are down, or if there is a national calamity, memories of the Mars orbiter blazing a trail in the sky will sustain the faith that the future belongs to India.

Unfortunately for him, Greece does not want to exit, and it cannot be forced to do so under the treaties governing the European Union. What Greece wants is to remain in the eurozone, with a lower debt burden a position that is both economically astute and protected by treaty.

How Putin, an astute politician, responds to that pressure will determine his political legacy. And the West s response to Putin s return to the presidency could have a marked effect on whether he presses for liberalizing reforms and survives, or follows his KGB honed authoritarian instincts and stokes further protest.

Likewise, Europe is on life support, thanks to European Central Bank President Mario Draghi s astute maneuvering and promises of unlimited intervention in sovereign debt markets. But unemployment is at its highest in decades and growth has essentially stalled, even in Germany, while the troubled southern economies are mired in deep recession.

He'll want more, more, more, more.

More. More. More!

More. More. More.

The best answer that I have heard comes from Axel Weber, the former president of Germany s Bundesbank and an astute political observer. In Weber s view, policymakers simply do not have the public mandate to get ahead of problems, especially novel ones that seem small initially, but, if unresolved, imply potentially large costs.

More, more, a lot more.

Fortunately, the United Nations has remained undeterred, and that is due in particular to the astute leadership of our Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan, whose diplomatic skills and efforts to unite tested as they have been  have managed to keep the Organization focused as it deals with the critical issues confronting the international community today.

Take more, sell more, waste more.

Sounds more mysterious, more menacing, more alliterative.

No more vodka, no more caviar, no more Tchaikovsky, no more borscht!

More. More. Caesar.

More is more forward, less is more backward.

More is more upward, less is more downward.

A feeling more beautiful, more pure, more sacred.

I'm even more lost, more alone, more desperate.

No more bets. No more bets. No more.

There were no more doors, no more corridors, no more hotel, no more garden.

Lay more eggs! Lay more eggs! Lay more eggs!

Besides, you have more character now, more experience, more...

No more tears. No more selfpity. No more recrim...

More ... bill, More water ...

More and more tired.

More, tell them more!

What's more... more important?

And then more sculpting, and then more sculpting, and then more sculpting, and then more sculpting.

So there's more. There's more.

DH One more, one more.

No more bets. No more.

More plainly and more distinctly?

More steam and more water.