The fact that he belongs to a family of "martyrs", and that he never left Iraq during Saddam's rule, have contributed to the high standing he has acquired among Shias.
She enlisted Edgecombe for protection, and gave him a Luger pistol that she had acquired for the purpose.
Yet while ABT must be congratulating themselves on the prime showcase they have acquired for their smart dancers, one gloriously gossip-worthy consequence of putting a trio of megastar choreographers in the same show has been the necessary juggling of three mega egos.
The promontory itself was acquired by the government in the 1970s as a site for building oil rigs.
He has also acquired a reputation for brusqueness with journalists (he walked out of an interview with the Guardian in Iowa) and, unusually for an American politician, he hardly ever smiles.
France has offered a specialist team, while China said it would make available "any useful information acquired by its satellites and intelligence services".
Nigeria's recently acquired status as Africa's biggest economy hasn't helped.
At Amorikot, the first head swiftly acquired a local reputation for corruption, seriously undermining the trust between teachers and parents that is critical when parents pay the teachers' salaries.
Elizabeth Taylor, on the other hand, acquired blingy, expensive jewellery like nobody's business – "Big girls need big diamonds," she once said.
Had I miraculously acquired je ne sais quois?
When the conversion of numbers 1, 2 and 3 Cornwall Terrace – acquired last year for £120m by Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, one of the three wives of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former emir of Qatar – is complete, the resulting palace is expected to be London's first £200m-plus pad.
