Specter, hitherto the consummate political survivor, should probably be given credit for making a race of it at all.

He is the consummate survivor.

If nothing else, he was a consummate survivor, and that may have been what America required at the time.

There is no question that Sessums has suffered, that he is emotionally stalwart, a consummate survivor.

It requires the sharp senses and the keen eye of a consummate survivor.

He arrived at Battle School as a consummate survivor, and within days-perhaps within hours-he knew more about the inner workings of the school than anyone else.

He has betrayed almost everyone and been betrayed in return, but he is a consummate survivor.

The best proof of changing winds is President Mobutu's peacemaking; this ruthless, consummate survivor does not patronize hopeless causes.

In the 1990's Milosevic has been a consummate political survivor.

Bhuka: Good-aligned consummate survivors, with many physical adaptations to help them thrive in the deserts.