In a small community, when an acquaintance approaches you at a social gathering on the pretext of expressing condolences at a relative's passing and you've already heard that the acquaintance sells life insurance on the side, you can discern his agenda pretty quickly--and make a decision to smile and nod or turn away.
To develop a list of potential patient contacts, we assessed healthcare visits, community activities, and personal acquaintances from this period.
This year's Prodromos Monastery newcomers made their first acquaintance with a community which seemed rather well functioning.
In his young adulthood, Shterenberg became involved in Paris's thriving arts community, where he made the acquaintance of important artists like Cezanne, Modigliani, and van Dongen.
The description of Orkut was a bit of a mouthful: "a community of friends and trusted acquaintances that connects individuals through a social network that grows person by person".
It will bisect the neighborhood of his Arab acquaintances, "splitting the community in two".
In almost all cases, farmers had originally acquired their seed within their community through family members or acquaintances.
The aim was to present a story that was familiar to most participants (touching on personal experiences, or experiences of acquaintances in their community), but that also achieved the objective of making women feel comfortable to admit to any difficulties they faced (so, for example, a more extreme case of a woman failing to access several of the services was chosen).
"He was such a mainstay in the Westchester community," said Mr. Spano, who described his acquaintance with Mr. Davis as dating back nearly 25 years.
