"Between 12 and 2," a local acquaintance told me, "you could invade this country and absolutely no one would take any notice".
A local acquaintance introduced me to Sorrento Italian Restaurant, in East Asheville, 875 East Tunnel Road, (828) 299-1928, where Frank Sinatra albums play and Italian food can be had at very reasonable prices.
You see, a local acquaintance won't be celebrating his Valentine's Day at a concert, restaurant, romantic movie, dancing or any other place where thoughtful significant others often go to celebrate a great holiday.
Baggage is passed through giant, state-of-the-art machines, and travellers – both arriving and leaving – are frequently subjected to lengthy, personal and repetitive questioning by officials, on their ethnic background and that of any local acquaintances they may have made.
As a result he's called Mr Butterfly, and while conversing with his only local acquaintance, the wise village priest, significantly named Father Benedetto, Maria Callas sings an aria from Madame Butterfly in the background.
Prior brought some local acquaintance to his scripts - he furnished five of the first 10 - but, more importantly, he was already a novelist and experienced television writer, with a gift for spotting the dramatic possibilities of any little flurry on the surface of society.
He has two local acquaintances helping him prepare his executive business plan to present to investors.
He is unimpressed, for example, by local acquaintances such as Donald Trump, and doesn't mind telling you that he thinks people in Hollywood are nuts.
Three local acquaintances of Mr. Maruf, the recruiter, sent him small amounts of money at his request, according to one of the friends and a lawyer for the others.
Were it not for the kindness and generosity of my local acquaintances, I might have been traumatized by large expenditures--like buying a sandwich.
Shortly after we turned left onto Broadway, the town's main commercial stretch, Kunstler ran into a couple of acquaintances, a local real-estate developer and the owner of an art gallery that had just shuttered, eating lunch at an outdoor café.
