This might have been because he was closely acquainted with it -- trouble, that is -- through much of his early life, growing up on Fordham Road in the Bronx.
In particular, they were closely acquainted with and liked George Bush, who was an envoy to China and head of the Central Intelligence Agency before becoming president in 1989.
Captain Campion is closely acquainted with 23 families, and tells how they live, how they operate their confidence game called bajour, how they feel about stealing, religion; and their wedding and funeral feasts.
It proves beyond question that the two were closely acquainted.
He is thus closely acquainted with Academic skepticism (Cicero was one kind of Academic skeptic).
They are not closely acquainted with the mass-produced entertainment which daily visits most people.
But the main problem with "Gulp" is that in contrast with death and its aftermath — or sex, unfortunately, for many — we are already very closely acquainted with our digestive systems.
Thanks to The Altar's intimate revelations, it looks as though we're all destined to get very closely acquainted with Jillian Banks, too.
Yet one of the most interesting facets of his book is Carter's apparent admission that it was only after he left office that he became closely acquainted with the concrete and continuing difficulties suffered by the Palestinians.
Thompson was a man of the left, a lifelong alcoholic and became closely acquainted with the dark underside of American life, the lonely crowd where petty criminals, low-level cops, conmen and prostitutes rub shoulders.
