A friend of the reformer, writing to an acquaintance journeying to Wittenberg, warned him on no account to stay with the Luthers if he valued peace and quiet.
(Participant 15) Friends, neighbours and acquaintances who had suffered cancer, or cared for someone with the illness, however, were particularly valued as sources of informal information and support.
In this discussion, it is also important to consider the implications of a concept this appears antithetical to weak ties but which, on closer analysis emphasizes the value of acquaintances and informal contacts.
For Lewis himself, the ideal conditions for valuing are those of full imaginative acquaintance with the object.
If I am acquainted with the proposition or thought that I am in pain then I am acquainted with something that has truth value, even though acquaintance itself is not to be understood as propositional in nature.
In Fig. 5 A we graph the average number of groups detected by a cluster identification algorithm g (see Methods) as a function of the communication rate for different values of the memory and acquaintance degradation rate <img src="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/asset?id=info?doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012522.e045.PNG" class= inline-graphic"/>.
At this stage they realize that the benefits of networking are not only professional; they value their contacts, many of whom have turned into lifelong friends and acquaintances.
If you likewise provide this incentive to the new customer, you will be offering a loyal client a reward, and he or she can in turn offer something of value to referred acquaintances.
The crystal was given to her as a casual gift by an acquaintance; it has no sentimental value.
He has also written a perceptive book about science and its civic value, arriving as the White House renews its acquaintance with empiricism.
But on further acquaintance, one begins fully to appreciate the impact and value of the supporting roles.
