(1) Takoonagak, a heavy equipment operator who was one of two workers picked randomly from several eligible candidates, said he managed to win by following a few simple rules.

(2) He may be a hippie at heart but he's also a shrewd operator with an MBA and management know-how gleaned from stints at Andersen Consulting and from running his own consultancy.

(3) So he's a shrewd political operator , and he's been around, as you say, since the days of the revolution.

(4) One of Rove's heroes was Mark Hanna, a shrewd political operator from Ohio who helped put William McKinley in the White House in 1896.

(5) He is also accused of telling a police switchboard operator , who'd recently been diagnosed with cancer, that he hoped she caught the disease.

(6) News that his wife was pregnant once again came just days before the recent budget, and proves once again what a shrewd political operator he just is.

(7) Her reputation as a cool, clever operator

(8) He went on to get his GED and is now a heavy equipment operator .

(9) He was a radio telephone operator, grenadier and machine gun operator .

(10) A tour operator

(11) Bernie, 38, works as a machine operator , printer, for Corenso UK and Andrew, 41, is a maintenance engineer for Tescos.

(12) Being a shrewd political operator , the deputy will be anxious not to be seen to be involved publicly in the co-option.

(13) Under such a concession, the private sector operator takes over responsibility to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the asset, such as a motorway.

(14) Another poignant shot captures the delight of machine operator Fritz Hummel after hearing by radio of the birth of his first son.

(15) Seemingly on his way out when he was shifted from the Foreign Office at the last reshuffle, this shrewd operator may have identified a swift route back to the heart of the government.

(16) The journey from the old days of the switchboard operator has certainly been a remarkable one.

(17) When she met the Respondent in 1982, she was working as a switchboard operator , a job she began sometime in 1979-1980.

(18) Calls are made through the operator

(19) Allan has proven himself to be a shrewd operator on a tight budget as his firm has attempted to weather the huge downturn in sentiment towards the telecom sector.

(20) Shortly after, when her telephone call for help is ignored by a gossiping switchboard operator , she meets her own end, on the blade of a bayonet.