Low was known for his business astuteness and shrewdness. Phoolan leads her new gang with courage, generosity, humility and shrewdness. The word "gumption" denotes a combination of commonsense, shrewdness, and a sense of initiative. Lady Wu was known for her wisdom and shrewdness in politics. Alike in style, in clearness of matter and in shrewdness, they deserve very high praise. But the apparently casual silliness derives from great theatrical shrewdness. At this point Leitch's writerly shrewdness is at its sharpest. He also admires Shadrach's shrewdness in dealing with the situation. T. S. Eliot praised the work's balanced judgement, shrewdness and good sense. This diversity showed a shrewdness in business and an understanding of his mostly female customers. Many Cambodians believed that this brilliant act and his shrewdness saved Cambodia from disappearing. His technical shrewdness provided teams with extensive performance alterations to improve a race car.