We have natural business acumen and a strong history of overcoming obstacles," said Gray. "Let's be honest, thousands of Blacks worked for 400 years for free in this country with money from our labor being redistributed consistently to those in power.
Working assumption 3: An employee's span of decision-making authority reflects some combination of natural aptitude, business acumen (Luthans 1988), experience, and social capital (Burt 1997).
The Cornificians believe that training is not relevant because rhetorical ability and intellectual acumen are natural gifts (Meta. I 8 m28), and the study of language and logic does not help one to understand the world (Meta. I 6 m25).
It is true that Aquinas attributes faith to the devils but this 'faith' amounts only to their belief that what the Church teaches is the truth, arrived at not by grace but 'forced from them' reluctantly by 'the acumen of their natural intelligence' (Summa Theologiae 2a2ae, 5, 2; O'Brien 1974, 155 & 157).
Utah residents pride themselves on the state's natural beauty, its wildlife and the acumen of its hunters, and so the bounty program also represents an experiment in managing the competing agendas of conservation and culture, scientific and economic development.
They say that he is no natural politician, for all his confidence in his own political acumen.
Dame Anita, a former teacher who had also worked for the UN, said she had no training or business acumen, but had decided that the products should be natural, sold in reusable containers and bear handwritten labels.
He cited "natural pesticide control" as a major advance that was helped along by Mr. Malkin's acumen.
Today, the relationship is centered on Germany's thirst for Russian oil and natural gas, as well as on Russia's need for capital investment and German manufacturing acumen.
When the fund-raising arm of the Acumen Fund was looking for new people to help manage more than 500 volunteers, Ms. Fashano "was really a natural pick," said Nina Sharma West, a co-chairwoman.
