Word: acumen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...month. Certainly the seven poetic contributions of this number are exemplary, in skill at least, of the old standard. Mr. Cabot's "Transcendency" being diabolically clever, is balanced by a conventional but charming bit from Mr. Sedgwick, and their juxtaposition on the same page shows excellent editorial acumen. Turning back a page we find Mr. Rogers' "where fauns with shadows play," while below him Mr. McLane in Swiftian style lampoons certain dull poetasters. "To still the Memnonian music of Song's lisps" is quite delightful provided Mr. McLane has his tongue in his cheek. Otherwise--? Mr. Hoffman's Sonnet, despite...
...Sight Rate of Foreign Exchange," yesterday evening, Mr. John E. Gardin, vice-president of the National City Bank of New York, emphasized the intricate nature of his subject, and the great assistance of a college education in such a career. A business which takes so much continual study and acumen deserves the title of a separate profession. The breadth of a market comprising the whole world, the continual shifting of trade, and the constant necessity of grasping unexpected opportunities, all combine to demand a man of exceptional ability and knowledge...