Paul Bunyan could clear large wooded areas with a single stroke of his large, sharp axe.
VOA: special.2009.01.24
After giving his usual description of the economic outlook (inflation has remained moderate, unemployment is high, Fed will do whatever it can to keep the modest recovery on track), Bernanke faced the sharp tongue of Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee.
And if it was the Tory Europhiles who made the running this week, there was a sharp reminder of the power of the sceptical tendency when Paul Sykes, a Tory-supporting businessman, announced he was quitting the party for failing adequately to oppose the euro, taking his millions with him.