Word: acumen
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Michael Kennedy '72, financial aide for his brother Joseph, speaking in Boylston Hall's Ticknor Lounge Wednesday, praised his sibling's "combination of business acumen and social conscience" and his work in founding and directing the Citizens' Energy Corporation, a non-profit fuel assistance company. Michael Kennedy is a vice president of a related non-profit company...
...probably not now present," reports TIME National Political Correspondent Laurence I. Barrett. "In Congress, there is too much dissension within each House and within each party. In the White House, there is serious question whether Reagan fully understands what is involved. There is also a dearth of both acumen and independent thinking around him. If this analysis is correct, there is good reason to believe that Gramm-Rudman will turn out to be either a means of ravaging many Government functions, including quite legitimate ones, or a malign illusion that merely defers the real day of judgment on the deficit...
...been unchallenged for 18 years. But both of those men, as well as Taiwan's Chiang Ching-kuo, have matched their severity with an ability to provide a rising standard of living for an ever increasing number of citizens. Says Whiting: "Many of us are impressed with Marcos' political acumen but feel that some of his economic policies are questionable...
MacKinnon is undoubtedly a brilliant orator and a true pioneer in the women's movement. But unfortunately, her shortsighted political acumen has divided that movement, alienated male feminists and failed to address in a practical manner the social problem that is pornography...
...Besse launched a reorganization that took the conglomerate from a $484 million loss to a $53 million profit last year. "Besse is a great business manager," exults one government official. "He has always succeeded at everything." Now at Renault, Besse may meet the ultimate test of his business acumen...