She clearly misjudged the acumen of plants.
Mr Ahmadinejad, who has a winner's chutzpah but little of the acumen, has helped.
Sudden-death overtime was tense, testing the acumen and acrobatics of both goal-tenders.
She spearheaded fund-raisers for the Acumen Fund, which invests in businesses that serve the poor in developing countries.
Gaddis had the acumen to follow Kennan's tortured quest and to convince us that Kennan had indeed reached his mountaintop.
He assesses not only direction, writing and acting, but camera-perceptiveness, lighting, sound, the acumen or otherwise of producers.
But public confidence based on belief in the acumen of one 74-year-old man cannot be secure.
That acquisition, whoever it is, will help define the acumen of Glen Sather, the new general manager.
Microplate cytometers such as the Acumen Explorer can monitor up to four fluorescent signals from single objects in microtiter plates with densities as high as 1536 wells.
This interview with Jacqueline Novogratz, chief executive of the Acumen Fund, which invests in businesses aiding the world's poor, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant.
