Word: acumen
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...Smokers familiar with their pushers' legendary financial acumen shouldn't be too surprised to get stuck with the tab. But if they cheered at all when Sen. John McCain's $516 billion settlement bill died this year -- largely because of a virulent industry ad campaign that attacked the "tax-and-spend" $1.10 increase -- they ought to be a little peeved that this time the taxes are coming from their own side. Of course that hasn't stopped Philip Morris stock from its steady runup -- in a smoker's blood, nicotine generally wins out over outrage...
...reminded of the importance of the mission to which this school has committed itself: to be a place that combines academic excellence and spiritual insight, intellectual acumen and human compassion, analytical rigor and a commitment to justice," Thiemann said...
...aide to Bennett, Kristol showed such political acumen that he was promoted to chief of staff for Vice President Quayle. He was heavily involved in the vice president's family values crusade, including his attack on the television sitcom "Murphy Brown...
...blocking time, and advanced planning, social acumen and diplomacy are necessary if you want to survive the painful process...
DIED. GRAYSON KIRK, 94, imperious former president of Columbia University; in Bronxville, N.Y. After he was appointed in 1953, the university's endowments quadrupled. For all his financial acumen, Kirk grossly miscalculated, when he called in 1,000 police in 1968 to quell antiwar protests. Hundreds of students were arrested and dozens injured...