Word: acumen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bank vice-presidency in East St. Louis, Ill., was his stepping-stone to Chicago. There banker James B. Forgan took him into his First Trust & Savings Bank and with that potent backing and his own brilliant acumen he rose like a rocket to the presidency of the First National Bank of Chicago which he holds today...
...Bingham shews his usual acumen in disregarding the well-meant but confusing newspaper dictation with its numerous assumptions. His policy furnishes the assurance that the merits of all prospective coaches will be employed to the best advantages and that when Mr. Horween relinquishes his post the most capable mentor available will succeed...
...Acumen, Luck...
...political acumen, prescience or coincidence that caused TIME to print on its. cover the pictures of the vice-presidential nominees of the two major parties just before they were nominated? It was easy enough, of course, to predict who the presidential nominees would be, but to pick the right men from the great numbers of vice-presidential aspirants was quite another matter. Congratulations, TIME...
Answer: half acumen, half luck...