Acquaintances
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En route to the Chief Executive ("President of what?" Plissken asks at one point), there are downed planes and starving crazies who live in the sewers and old
acquaintances
hiding out in libraries and The Duke of New York (Isaac Hayes), whose army of ne'er do wells must be contended with.
We don't know how long she's been killing, but the first half of the film follows a week in her life and the various neighbors and
acquaintances
she dispatches simply because they pi$$ her off.
He apparently manages, in the space of a couple of hours, to check every airport in the New York area, and call all of her friends and
acquaintances.
This TV special started me on my "assassination conspiracy phase" and had me buttonholing friends and
acquaintances
with the "secrets" behind JFK's killing.
Think of the difference between friendships and
acquaintances.
Valuable information is more likely to be shared by friends than among
acquaintances.
And women on the street protest the violence inflicted on them by strangers, neighbors, and
acquaintances
– and confront the police and officials who condone it.
The public inevitably seeks some explanation, and the media will explore any potential link to mental illness to provide one – for example, acquaintances’ reports of “odd” behavior and social withdrawal or accounts of previous interactions with mental-health professionals.
As a legitimate Iraqi authority emerges following the elections, the Syrians will have to show foresight in jettisoning their pro-Saddam
acquaintances.
This research shows that portfolio managers place larger bets on firms that have directors who are their college friends and acquaintances, earning an 8% excess annual return.
And, indeed, according to the World Values Survey and related research, trust among individuals in the Middle East is low enough to limit commercial transactions to people who know one another either personally or through mutual
acquaintances.
The tendency to limit transactions to friends and
acquaintances
is a natural response in a low-trust environment.
And, of course, many more women are probably sharing milk offline with friends, relatives, and
acquaintances.
In other words, the
acquaintances
and benefactors of the East Asian leaders were “cronies,” whereas those of US leaders were “friends”?
Contrary to the stereotype that single people are lonely and unhappy, research shows that single people are actually more engaged in a wide network of friends and
acquaintances
than married people.
As the sociologist Mark Granovetter argued in 1973, functioning societies are underpinned not only by “strong ties” (close relationships), but also by “weak ties” (casual acquaintances).
Offices, which facilitate deeper interactions among diverse acquaintances, can be a particularly powerful corrective.
With a mixture of vexation at the impossibility of evading his
acquaintances
anywhere and of desire to find something to distract the monotony of his life, Vronsky looked round again at the man, who had first moved away and then halted; and at the same moment the eyes of both brightened.
The pleasures of a bachelor's life, enjoyed by him on his previous travels abroad, were not to be thought of now, for one attempt of that kind had produced in Anna an unexpected fit of depression quite disproportionate to the offence of a late supper with some
acquaintances.
His attachment to Anna excluded from his soul any need he had felt for affectionate relations with other persons; and now, among all his acquaintances, he had no intimate friend.
Lydia Ivanovna found out through
acquaintances
what 'those disgusting people,' as she called Anna and Vronsky, intended to do, and tried so to direct her friend's steps during those days that he should not meet them.
Meeting as they were going out,
acquaintances
chatted about the latest news, the newly awarded honours, and the changes among the highest officials.
His mother and his sister-in-law received him just as usual, asked him about his trip abroad and spoke of mutual acquaintances, but did not say a single word about his union with Anna.
Was it conceivable that, in her position, she was going to the opera when Patti was to sing, and when all the subscribers, her Society acquaintances, would be present?
Intentionally leaving the auditorium at the opposite side to where Anna was, he encountered the Commander of his old regiment, who stood talking to two
acquaintances.
'We, your wife and I, are cousins and old acquaintances,' said Vasenka Veslovsky, once again giving Levin's hand a very, very hard squeeze.
Noticing these things, and that the Princess Barbara hastened to change the subject by speaking of their Petersburg acquaintances, and remembering that in the garden Vronsky had spoken about his activities inopportunely, she understood that with this question of public work some private difference between Anna and Vronsky was connected.
On going out Levin met several other
acquaintances
with whom he talked about politics, music, and mutual friends; among others he met Count Bol.
That's how it is!'Chatting and exchanging greetings with
acquaintances
they chanced to meet, Levin and the Prince passed through all the rooms: the large one, in which card-tables were already arranged and habitual partners were playing for small stakes; the sofa-room, where they were playing chess and where Koznyshev sat talking to some one; the billiard-room, where by a sofa in a recess a merry party, which included Gagin, were drinking champagne.
Thoughts of where she would now go: to the aunt who had brought her up, to Dolly, or simply abroad by herself; of what he was now doing, alone in the study; of whether this quarrel was final or whether a reconciliation was still possible; of what all her former Petersburg
acquaintances
would say of her now; how Karenin would regard it; and many other thoughts about what would happen now after the rupture, passed through her mind, but she did not give herself up entirely to these thoughts.
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