Word: acumen
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Credit for his charges' development rests squarely on the acumen of Barnaby, resident sage of Hemenway who was given the reins of the women's program three years ago after a 33-year stint handling...
...keel, the captain so concerned with what is in the hold that he may soon find himself and his cargo on the rocks. If the Netherland's political history is not very old, its commercial legacy is long and distinguished, and the Dutch would do well to apply business acumen to their international politics. This might insure success for it is a well known fact that one never gets the better of a Dutchman when it comes to dollars, cents, or, particularly, florins...
...archive (c. 2350-2250 B.C.), the metropolis lured traders from Persia, present-day Turkey, Lebanon, Damascus, Sumer and Egypt. Students journeyed from Mari, Kish and Emar to enroll at the academy, then went back home to practice their craft. The prosperity was partly due to Ebla's agricultural acumen. One tablet records the warehousing of 548,500 measures of barley-enough for 18 million meals. Ebla may also have been the first city in the Near East to supplant bartering with use of gold and silver as currency. The complex government was headed by a king, Malik(u), elected...
...Crown Cola suggested that "me"-decade selfishness was really an aristocratic demand for perfection: "What's good enough for other folks/ Ain't good enough for/ Me and my RC." Datsun started capitalizing in 1977 on the American obsession with Japan's supposed workaholism and business acumen via "Datsun, We Are Driven." Ford appealed to the old can-do spirit with "We Make the Impossible Possible...
...economic direction of the nation. Reagan not only won 90% of his economic program, but did so with a display of political organization and savvy that left his opponents reeling in disarray. For a President supposedly untutored in the ways of Washington and suspected by some of lacking the acumen and the energy that the Oval Office demands, Reagan has proved to be astonishingly sure-footed and dynamic. As House Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas told him in a congratulatory phone call: "We can see you're ready for the big time...