Beside being an astute manager, Whitey Herzog is a realistic manager.

That is what Roger Craig, the Giants' astute manager, plans to do, even if it means plunging the ball park into boredom with pitchouts.

The next two categories, foreign and European stocks, are expected to continue their strong showing; astute managers have hedged correctly to overcome the dollar's weakness, she said.

Trevor Anderson has proved what an astute manager can do with an average squad, imagination - and money.

Second, Paul Lambert is clearly a very astute manager.

So astute managers have gone into business for themselves.

As legate, Albornoz showed himself to be an astute manager of men and effective fighter.

Many astute managers use the grape- vine to "informally" convey certain information about company actions and rumors.

Your friends mean nothing to me, and I daresay any other astute manager would feel exactly the same.

"Roger Stone is a dynamo who will go down as one of the most astute managers that this industry has ever known," Mr. Burns said.