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A wily politician, Enrile never spent a day behind bars for his role in the Marcos dictatorship despite its human rights abuses.

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The wiliest or greediest adult children have their eye on the main prize: real estate.

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Nationalism and xenophobia: There are endless proclamations of national superiority and hatred of foreigners; yet despite this claimed superiority, wily foreigners are always seen to be getting the better of the national community.

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Aided by Stone and Plemons’ wily pair of performances, “Bugonia” is both everything you think it will be and nothing like that image at all.

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She favors installing parental controls, even though wily children can outwit them, on grounds that some thwarting is better than none at all.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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