Word: acumen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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What to do with too much calls for as great courage and acumen as what to do with Mother Hubbard's cupboard. Mr. Mazur draws a comparison: "Europe's problem is that of the man whose farm and workshop have been destroyed and whose family demands the prime necessities, food, shelter, and clothing; whereas America's problem is that of the potentate who must not only maintain but even increase the magnificence of his palace and whose family demands all the furbelows and gewgaws that had once been luxuries but have now become necessities...
...hard to see why it is the Jew is singled out for such attention. Individually, by their artistic ability and business acumen the Jews play an important part in American life. But, on the other hand, in their race clannishness, they choose to constitute a distinct body. And as such they are a perfectly legitimate subject for discussion. It is customary to assail Babbitry for all it is worth, and a fling now and then at the Republican party does not come a miss. The ministry for former celebrities remain tranquil beneath the attacks of authors. But criticize the Jews...
...events it is interesting that it should have been made. Whether or not his experiences as Mayor have given him local reputation as a politician or whether or not his travels and contacts with persons in high places are thought to be proof of his political acumen are matters that have not been discussed. He himself will probably answer the questions himself, and one is not sorry that the should have the opportunity...
Forthwith, the statement went into the newspapers, reached the newsmagazines, covered the country, was widely read, the Senator's acumen felt. Ergo, the deaf and dumb cannot be expected, even by our leading statesmen, to discuss anything. Back fifty, one hundred years goes the science of educating the deaf, in the public estimation...
...evades and cunningly taboos critical-mindedness, sceptic enlightenment, disillusion (which is the beginning of wisdom), self-knowledge." This is rather a large program. Mr. Schmalhausen does not indicate how he is to complete it, and this reviewer never discovered from his book, perhaps merely because he lacks the mental acumen to follow the implications of the author's excursions off the beaten track...