And through the collections that his travels inspired, the middle-class home and office have become conversant with vibrant traditions everywhere -- from Thailand to Kenya.
Somehow, Converse had become a master of the acoustic guitar, created a complicated and unique fingerpicking style, developed a keen understanding of harmony and complex chord voicings, and become conversant (bordering on virtuosic) in the stylistic hallmarks of rural blues, country, gospel, folk, pop, jazz, hillbilly, parlor songs, and early jazz.
What public policy issue did you have to become conversant in after being elected?
You have to become conversant in medicine.
Or even about the foods of the U.S.! But zoom forward, my food fighters in America, it has been an incredible quarter-century in food as so many more of us have become incredibly more conversant with world gastronomy.
During his 2004 presidential campaign Kerry was criticized for his reluctance to discuss matters of faith, but he has become more comfortable and conversant with faith in recent years -- even as he maintains his distinctly liberal expression of Catholicism.
Urbanised though we have become, we're all still perfectly conversant with fully-grown lambs bleating, robins singing in gardens, and twittering swallows.
There are a lot of Latin grooves, which I've become very interested in lately, and John is very conversant in that scene as well.
Engineers and operators engaged in companies implementing DOF have become very familiar with the growth of these systems discussed below in oil field operations and conversant with data-driven production tools.
The irony is that centuries later, when we have perfected the God's-eye map and become conversant with it, we have, in the thrall of technology, turned back to the ancient way: the itinerary and the strip map.
