I had already worked with this client at their previous house so this was part social re-acquaintance, part engagement, resulting in a delicious late lunch.
And when I say "irritating," I need to be mindful of how I put this, because even many of my close acquaintances are part of the issue.
The more philosophical tenor of the works in the second half of his career can attributed to his reading of this book when it was published in 1603 (or maybe to a first acquaintance with parts of it in manuscript some time before – there is good evidence that he knew translator Florio from his days in the household of the Earl of Southampton).
An English fugitive suspected of killing and dismembering an acquaintance and cooking part of his body was arrested in Central Park yesterday, the authorities said.
Acquaintances in other parts of the New York area soon became interested Headquarters was established at the Lexington, where the group now assembles on the second Thursday of every month.
I'm a Russian-speaking native of Kiev, with both ethnic Russian and ethnic Ukrainian relatives who certainly manage to not kill each other at the dinner table, not to mention Russian-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking friends and acquaintances from different parts of the country who somehow manage to get along.
By now, Salter had literary friends and acquaintances, and yet was part of no school or scene.
"They are acquaintances, I am not part of Atalante," he said.
These mothers eventually became my acquaintances, and we took part in the unspoken parent playground contract, which stated that sharing a baby wipe or a pretzel was ok, but there was no need to move beyond casual kindnesses.
Finally, Mr. Kilgore described his predicament to acquaintances at an automotive parts maker in Detroit whom he declined to identify.
