Word: savvyness
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Mendoza learned his Yankee savvy at the National University of Mexico, where he supplemented his studies by reading all the U.S. engineering trade magazines he could find. To get some on-the-job training, he took a laborer's job at night at a caustic-soda plant being constructed...
Others have served up the subject matter before, but have always done so in small doses--diluting, as Claude Weaver '65 puts it, "the hundred-proof truth with large draughts of humanitarian appeal." Wright's sociological and philosophical monograph, Black Power and Urban Unrest, demonstrates a surprising measure of clarity...
Even when the lawmakers do acquire the necessary savvy, reapportionment alone cannot be expected to solve the problems of the nation's cities and states. Any marked improvement in the quality of government can only reflect the quality of the men and women who are sent to the state...
For the U.S. taking over control of the pacification program comes down to a challenge for new ideas. As an institution the American Army does not enjoy a reputation for fresh ideas, political savvy, or revolutionary motivation, yet it is precisely all of these on which the success of the...
Parker considers Gardiner "a savvy oarsman and a though competitor," and demonstrated his confidence in the Groton graduate by selecting him ahead of senior Clint Allen, the returning stroke from last year's boat.