With generous state subsidies, the public university operated on the idea that even a poor or middle-class student could acquire a world-class education.
Italian giants Juventus have set aside a £30m transfer war-chest to acquire a world-class striker, with Liverpool's Luis Suarez, 25, and Arsenal's Robin van Persie, 28, topping their wanted list.
It acquires a world-class fixed-income business.
With his wife he acquired a world-renowned collection of skating art and historical skating artifacts.
In 2004 the Hong Kong Philharmonic acquired a world-class conductor, Edo de Waart.
WICHITA (The Borowitz Report)—Charles and David Koch, the billionaire industrialists who have spent decades acquiring a world-class collection of Republicans, revealed over the weekend that they are considering purchasing their first Democrat.
By Andy Borowitz April 25, 2016 WICHITA (The Borowitz Report) — Charles and David Koch, the billionaire industrialists who have spent decades acquiring a world-class collection of Republicans, revealed over the weekend that they are considering purchasing their first Democrat.
In the last few days of his tenure as the Cardinals' manager, La Russa went about his business with an air of serenity, even as his upstart team sought to acquire an improbable World Series championship.
One was the growth of the phenomenally rich, mostly Americans, eager to acquire a patina of old world antiquity, much as did the arriviste Elizabethans.
The love of Jenufa and Laca, like the love of Wagner's Brünnhilde, acquires a cosmic, world-changing force.
