Major George Johnston, a member of the 5th Virginia, opined that Scott had "acquired immortal honor" from his performance at Assunpink Creek.
That company was designed to sell assets the government had acquired by honoring deposit insurance at savings and loans.
Now he is retiring, and an exhibition of contemporary prints and drawings acquired in his honor is his valedictory.
One New Yorker wrote that Washington acted rashly and that he was "too ambitious of acquiring all the honor", while London commentators dismissed the failure casually, citing a lack of colonial military experience.
I think I acquired a sense of honor to the groups their histories, their customs, their way of looking at the city and the world around them.
Since October 2010, Microsoft has announced exactly zero acquisitions, joining struggling companies like Myspace and Nokia for that dubious honor (Twitter acquired Fluther and AOL acquired About.me right before year's end, while Research In Motion recently acquired The Astonishing Tribe).
Solomon acquired the nickname Kelly to honor his paternal great-grandfather, Quilino.
One boy, lying wounded on a stretcher, seems happy to have acquired his bullet badge of honor and still be alive.
The time is now for the city to honor its commitment, acquire the Windemere, rehabilitate it for ownership by a nonprofit group and preserve this landmark-worthy building.
In his honor, we have acquired a piece of software that allows us to insure that his winning tweet will in fact be the last tweet ever sent, whenever that may be.
Yes, Senator Ben Nelson, in addition to acquiring for himself the dubious honor of making abortion coverage more onerous for women receiving federal subsidies, did manage to collect a number of special goodies for Nebraska.
