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Not long ago, Apple was appointed an associate editor of the Times, a position that is something of an honorific, and some acquaintances asked what difference the new title would make, since he already seemed to do whatever he wanted.
When Russian acquaintances asked me where I was from, I'd haul out my worn copy of "The Catcher in the Rye" and tell them that I grew up only a few miles from the author's house.
Instead, new acquaintances asked for her instant messaging account information.
His comment was that when friends and acquaintances asked what he was working on, his response was received with an "and that's it?" look.
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When past acquaintances ask me if bodies are still dumped in Red Hook (now called the "the oceanfront"), I smile.
He said: "Unofficially, I have gotten telephone calls and propositions from former acquaintances asking whether I would go back to direct at the Taganka.
Friends and acquaintances asking "Can I just pick your brain?" - you don't want to offend and risk the relationship, but you don't want to be taken advantage of.
"Everyday I wake up to messages from business acquaintances asking for advice on how to jump in before it's too late.
Every time I prepare for another embed with the American Army in Afghanistan–I'm now on my fourth since July 2007 some acquaintances ask, does the U.S. Army really do any good there?
Now, choose 10 acquaintances, ask them what they think, and notice their answers.
He turned to his friends and acquaintances, asking anyone plausible to loan him money to fund his gambling addiction.
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