Word: acumen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Navy during the war, Florsheim discovered in himself an unexpected streak of scientific acumen, developed a radar plane-spotting technique that is still considered basic. But at war's end Florsheim still found himself as far as ever from solving the problems in his art. He buckled down to a back-breaking work schedule in his Chicago studio and exhibited only on occasion...
...cases where incompatibility causes a hidden sensitization, preparing the ground for trouble with the next transfusion or the next pregnancy. So the overall risk is closer to 1 in 600, Dr. Moore concludes. And of patients who have such reactions, 15% to 50% will die, "depending upon the clinical acumen of the physician and the facilities available...
...They Like It." West Germany's success story owes most to the skill of its technicians and the acumen of its businessmen. But the German tradition of high quality has also gained from the shoddiness of some postwar U.S. products and from the fact that Russia's achievements in rocketry have created doubts about U.S. technological preeminence. German traders have also won an enviable reputation for fast delivery. Last summer when Saudi Arabia's King Saud decided he needed a three-truck caravan (sleeper with bath, dining car with throne, and a supply van), British and French...
...inform itself on issues that require time and facilities not at the disposal of the average student. The idea of the Master's appointment bears out this conception of the Student Council as basically a group of "expert advisers." These men were not chosen for their political acumen, but rather for their good judgment. The new Council would do well to keep this focus in mind...
...skeptical public waits to see whether anything will happen. The Shah is considered personally honest. The Queen Mother, Tajul-Moluk, and the Shah's twin sister, sinuous Princess Ashraf, are acknowledged to have great commercial acumen. When, last month, Princess Ashraf was caught by French customs officials as she left France with 800,000 francs in her handbag after declaring only 10,000, many wondered how this could happen to so wealthy a woman. Cracked an old Teheran hand: "Probably habit...