Word: acumen
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Before the Yale game. Foster seemed to be able to instill more confidence in the team, and he responded to pressure with more acumen. But since Crone very nearly turned that game into a rout, delineation between them is virtually impossible...
...President carries a great deal of prestige with the Faculty, and he presides at Faculty meetings. A strong President, with some sense of political acumen, could exercise a far greater role in the Faculty decisions than did Pusey. What kind of man will follow Pusey into the presidency will determine the fate of the University for years to come...
...said that "people voted against going into University Hall three times or so. The idea that they can force their ideas on the University community is hateful." He seemed to feel that historians will agree with his decision to use the police. Pusey has strong ideals but weak political acumen...
...President carries a great deal of prestige with the Faculty, and he presides at Faculty meetings. A strong President, with some sense of political acumen, could exercise a far greater role in the Faculty decisions than did Pusey. What kind of man will follow Pusey into the presidency will determine the fate of the University for years to come...
...from under you. Sectionman will begin to smirk. "But, then," he'll whine, "the older I get, the less I like Lawrence. There is something so adolescent about his work. He becomes so [pause] tedious [long, sustained exhale]." Well, perhaps. But to achieve such dubious critical acumen at the expense of surrendering the remaining shretls of one's adolescence has always seemed to me a rather uninviting proposition...