Word: acumen
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...investment world. But all these men were financiers by trade and training. Now a fledgling but fast-growing investment group has discovered that global dealmaking these days is as much about cashing in on connections as it is about cash calculations. Rather than seeking big names with proven financial acumen, it is hiring high-profile power players who are better known for their policy expertise and political clout. And unlike other investment banks, it is based in Washington...
...play the army card" in a bid to derail Russian democracy. The next day 20,000 procommunist and ultranationalist demonstrators rallied next to the Kremlin to demand Yeltsin's resignation. A penchant for disappearing during major power struggles again raised public doubts about Yeltsin's health and political acumen. But the beleaguered President could take comfort in the week's only bright spot: an announcement that he and U.S. President Bill Clinton will hold their first summit on April 4. The meeting should provide some much needed luster to the besieged President's image...
Diller's fans -- of whom there are many, at least on the record -- attribute his success also to his business acumen and showman's instincts. "He is the least cynical man I know," says Peter Chernin, now head of Fox's film division. "He has antennae for the kind of cynicism that says, 'We don't like this, but the idiots out there will.' " Says Michael Ovitz, head of the Creative Artists Agency: "In this business there are good analytical, practical and creative minds, but very few who combine all three. Barry can read a balance sheet, read a script...
...Teaching in the historically Blackinstitutions has been, in a work, superlative, buttheir research roles have been less substantial.We hope to provide some of the research acumen andincrease the opportunities for minorities inresearch," said Wyche
...June only to resign or be forced out in the campaign's spasm of self-destruction in July. In their place today stands a collection of old friends, obscure aides, in-laws and former military men chosen more for their unblinking allegiance to the chief than for their political acumen...