Word: acumen
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...from studio to studio; some of the biggest producing companies have no studios of their own; some of the biggest studio owners have virtually no production under their own trademarks. This intricate, fluid setup was a natural for a man with J. Arthur Rank's wealth and financial acumen. Until he descended upon the British cinema industry, this setup had also been a natural for the big U.S. producers, who made almost all the good pictures anyway. The U.S. had maintained a stranglehold on the British market with out difficulty, despite British Government attempts to keep some...
...hope the Republicans have enough political acumen . . . not to overlook the name of Bill Jeffers when they consider suitable candidates for the Presidency...
That fine body of men, the Cambridge police, has called me into this Radcliffe case and I have solved it with my usual acumen. It was elementary...
Common Wealth is not yet a serious political contender. Whether it can become one depends on the political acumen of Sir Richard Acland and the political temper of postwar Britain. Says Barbara Ward, foreign editor of The Economist, in the July issue of Foreign Affairs, after a survey of what youthful Britons in the armed services are thinking: "Young opinion in Britain is radical. Young people in Britain want change. They see that the times are revolutionary. . . . They want reform and progress." Says the Common Wealth Manifesto: "There is no use in patching up a way of life that...
...economic and political interdependence force upon the future progress of the world. Willkie declares that the advance of one nation is the advance of all nations, that the United States and Britain must turn their attention to China, the Middle East and those undeveloped regions, wherein Willkie, with business acumen and political insight, sees the great possibilities for world progress. Willkie calls for a truly global council to replace narrow Anglo-American planning. And Willkie, impressed and reassured by the spectacle of the U. S. S. R., praises Russia because "it works" and urges cooperation with the Soviets...