Word: acumen
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...from clear how a Maoist-dominated government will govern. The economy is a war-ruined shambles; some question whether revolutionary fervor will translate into fiscal acumen. Although the election went off with few hitches, the voting was marred in part by the vigilantism of Maoist youth cadres. Prachanda must rein them in as well as convince nervous neighbors India and China of his group's commitment to stable, multiparty democracy...
...doughy, broad-shouldered 41-year-old Russian whom Thai police paraded before the press on Friday in an orange golf shirt is a monstrous example of entrepreneurial business acumen gone over to the dark side. He is believed to have supplied arms to the warring factions in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, as well as the perpetrators of some of the worst violence in Africa's interminable civil wars. Experts believe he has shipped AK-47s to every corner of the world. He even appears to have used U.S. airbases in Iraq in 2004 as part of his arms trafficking...
...indeed elected, Rudy will not enter the White House with an extensive moral agenda to impose on the American people. He comes to the Presidency with both the powerful determination to tackle the most urgent problems we face, and the acumen to formulate effective solutions to address them...
Jessica A. Erickson ’10 said that she talked with Faust about the upcoming change to the academic calendar, but saved her highest praise for Faust’s social acumen...
...pundits are prepared to write off the P.M. just yet - or the political acumen that has helped make the conservatives seem the country's natural party of government. A confident-looking Howard launched the final campaign of his 33-year career with a bang, announcing a $34 billion tax-cut bounty - the result, he said, of the sound economic management that has brought the nation unprecedented prosperity and near-full employment...