But the courts have been pretty astute at seeing through bogus claims.
You can maintain a clever, astute and erudite persona whether you're adolescent or octogenarian.
Nato, he said, was being astute and would "take information from any source it can."
Women are better connectors than men and more astute about knowing how to activate passion in their employees.
Only Parmalat's seemingly astute ability to rapidly grow earnings and revenues with acquisitions had placated those concerns.