"I cannot cast out the old way of writing, and I cannot acquire the new.
Mainland Chinese companies cannot acquire financial firms on the island under Taiwan law.
"But in Japan, unless you enter a company you cannot acquire the basic know-how of work.
All of the American carmakers have sought exemptions for steel imports they say they cannot acquire easily elsewhere.
Like anyone who has conquered a small space, Ms. Woodward is aware of what she can and cannot acquire.
That means the Knicks cannot acquire players through sign-and-trade deals and will be limited only to cap exceptions.
It has already hit its limit in retail banking and under the regulators' rules cannot acquire additional branches.
"What they cannot acquire is legitimacy over the character, values, experience and traditions on which that business was founded and flourished".
Most people seem to agree that the midblocks on the cross streets need to be rezoned differently from the avenues so developers cannot acquire development rights again.
"Private property is constitutionally protected," Justice Willett wrote, "and a private enterprise cannot acquire condemnation power merely by checking boxes on a one-page form".
The threat of winding up in Brooklyn without either of them becomes significantly greater if the Nets cannot acquire Howard by the 3 p.m. Thursday deadline.
