Affection, the casual commodity of most acquaintances, delivered in a passing air kiss, required, like everything else in Mr. Wieder's life, effort.
Mr. Sherman, known to most acquaintances as Barry, is a "straight-ahead, hard shooter," said James J. Keon, president of the Canadian Drug Manufacturers Association, which represents generic drug makers.
It wasn't long before most acquaintances forget her real name and stuck with Ledcat.
During the tour, he met a young singer, Ellen Brockmann, who proved the most important acquaintance of his life.
Others, such as electro trash, indietronica or hard glam you may only have the most passing acquaintance with.
The Karl Marx depicted in Jonathan Sperber's absorbing, meticulously researched biography will be unnervingly familiar to anyone who has had even the most fleeting acquaintance with radical politics.
Comte's most important acquaintance in Paris was Henri de Saint-Simon, a French social reformer and one of the founders of socialism, who was the first to clearly see the importance of economic organization in modern society.
But his most intimate acquaintance with Degas came only after the elder artist's death in 1917, when the contents of his studio — including many unfinished works — were displayed and sold in a series of very public auctions.
My favorites were "Smarmy preprandial blessing?" for SLICK GRACE (or Grace Slick, former lead singer of Jefferson Airplane/Starship), "What misbehaving kids must have inherited from their parents?" for WILDER GENE (or actor Gene Wilder) and "Moocher's most valuable acquaintance?" for RICH BUDDY (or Buddy Rich, drummer extraordinaire).
Even the most casual acquaintance of the traditional ballet is likely to appreciate much of the show's humor, while devotees will enjoy many inside jokes, as when Balanchine appears dressed as the ballet's Herr Drosselmeyer, complete with an eye patch.
