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.
(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.
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.
For Lewis himself, the ideal conditions for valuing are those of full imaginative acquaintance with the object.
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.
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 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.
One's network of family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances largely dictates attitude, values, beliefs and how one behaves.
But I have friends who maintain and derive great value from their loose network of scattered acquaintances, and enjoy the immediacy of knowing and interacting with them on the scale of minutes or seconds.
The values and ideals that Trump represents are old acquaintances of ours too.
I've actually spoken with friends and acquaintances from other countries who have said that their cultures value teachers more than our culture in the U.S. does.
