Word: acquaintanceship
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...most compelling aspects of By the Lake is the ripening of the friendship between two couples—Jamesie and Mary and Ruttledge and Kate—through shared traditions. Their relationship passes imperceptibly over time from acquaintanceship to friendship to the deepest affection. Their daily rapport is pleasant as the couples take turns calling on each other, sharing meals and drinks, helping with birthing cows and stacking hay. Their interactions are refreshingly free of gender-war stereotypes; the women do not gather to commiserate, the men do not spend their time talking about sports or politics. With their honesty...
...undergraduate life; they can offer important wisdom about time management and about balancing extracurriculars and academic work; they can provide a sounding board for some of the concerns and doubts that first-year students experience about finding a niche in the community; they can be a bridge to acquaintanceship with upperclass students for freshmen who seek those connections.” She admits, however, that this ideal cannot always be met. Prefects, according to Nathans, are often limited by “time and the difficulty of sustaining enthusiasm and commitment...
...President at one time, his son John at another, pitched horseshoes... Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge walked out and stood under the shade of maple trees, while a long line of neighbors formed, had their hands shaken and received a few words each, depending on the degree of their acquaintanceship... [At his cousin's home, the President] put on a pair of overalls, removed his collar and tie, loaded a hay wagon. Pictures were then taken...
...long-standing acquaintanceship with Saddam was no secret. I first met him in 1969, when I was working as a Pravda correspondent in the Middle East. At that time, he was not yet the President, but he had already become one of the most influential members in the Iraqi leadership. I also became closely acquainted with Aziz, who then served as editor in chief of Ath-Thawra, the main newspaper of the Baath Party...
...story of a young man who entered the homes of the privileged by purporting to be Sidney Poitier's son and brings into collision the normally separated lives of some modern Manhattanites, each yearning to know about some distant and romantic way of life that is actually just an acquaintanceship or two away...