Word: acquaintance
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Pool said Harvard allegedly violated NLRB campaign rules in the course of its "information campaign" to acquaint Med Area workers of the University's reasons for opposing the union. Edward W. Powers, associate general counsel for employee relations, yesterday declined to comment on Pool's charges...
...announced he would retire this fall (Katzenbach, too, admits he is "sick to death of this," and is retiring in four years). A new federal team, the third on the case, will cross-examine IBM witnesses. The Government wants to take 200 to 300 new depositions, in part to acquaint new prosecutors with details of the case. Two weeks ago, a youthful Government attorney asked such confusing questions of a friendly witness that Judge Edelstein, amid snickering from the defense table, gently observed the "lack of sophisticated knowledge" in the interrogation...
This may, of course, be all anyone could to in such a format. An overview designed to acquaint members of the Corporation and other alumni with University issues probably cannot go into great detail; that is for other reports, aimed at more specific audiences. It may well be beyond anyone's capacity to delve deeply into questions about the nature of education in various fields in a 53-page summary of five years of experience...
Departments have held informal meetings for prospective concentrators at the Freshman Union this term to discuss course requirements and acquaint students with professors, tutors and students affiliated with the department...
...including TIME magazine, have long cultivated distorted ideas about the Soviet Union. No wonder that many Americans have lots of "surprises" when the American press cannot conceal the most eloquent Soviet achievements (as was the case, for instance, when the first Soviet Sputnik was launched), or when they personally acquaint themselves with Soviet reality: the patriotism of the Soviet people, their devotion to the socialist way of life, real equality for all, an inflation-free economy, not a trace of unemployment, free education and medical care, not to mention significant cultural, scientific and technical advances in a short historical period...