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And yet I was fascinated by these strangers, or half-acquaintances; I longed to belong to them, just as Carrie longs to be part of the cheerful excitement over Dom — before she knows what news he brings.

Half my acquaintances wince and recoil from the papers as if I had offered them a ticking bomb.

In fact, after an hour and a half's acquaintance with those dreams, it just sounds like a threat.

About a half-dozen acquaintances have signed up to be friends with me on MyFitnessPal, and a handful more periodically comment on my updates with their own jogs, runs or gym workouts.

They half-tricked acquaintances into coming over and serving as extras by shooting it on Lassiter's birthday and sending out an email inviting people to "a party".

A half-Jewish acquaintance, Wolfgang Borchert, introduced Latte into the house of Anne-Lise Harich, in the Berlin district of Zehlendorf.

An easy assignment, but one that will require him to spend a few days in New York during the Christmas season, just enough time to fall in love, or something like it, with the sister (Molly McCarthy) of a half-forgotten acquaintance.

Half a dozen acquaintances stopped in, including one Tommy Valvo, 71, whose business card identifies him as a "pianist entertainer, please call me!" and a "protégé of Joe Franklin".

After three and a half years of acquaintance with Olwyn — of meetings, telephone conversations, and correspondence — I cannot say I know her much better than I did when she first appeared to me in her letter.

"I longed for those who loved him best to see him when half an hour's acquaintance with Death had made them friends".

She can spend an hour and a half with a new acquaintance at lunch, "furiously trying to imprint his features on my memory," she wrote.

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