Word: acquaintences
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...course, Reynaud makes sure to acquaint readers with the average Ardèche swine, whose life may be prematurely curtailed but is nothing short of blissful while it lasts. On a spread devoted to Eric, a pig rearer, the author proclaims that "Eric's pigs are happy pigs." And why wouldn't they be? From the age of three weeks they are pampered with a banquet of whey, potatoes and cabbage; their lifestyle is "No stress, plenty of space and lots and lots to eat." The emphasis in Reynaud's world is on quality, both of life and of meat...
...concern, she often picked up more information than the hospital psychologists. Captain Katie knew if a soldier was checking out Internet dating services, fighting with a spouse, fretting about bills, or struggling to knot a tie with one hand. She made a habit of staying up at night to acquaint herself with their personal stories and continuously updating them. In mid-November, she walked in on Sergeant Heath Calhoun on his first day on the ward. He was sobbing in the arms of his wife and questioning how he could survive after both of his legs had been blown...
...currently forces much of the student body to be exposed to classical, medieval, and early modern history, while new distribution requirements would almost assuredly make it easier for students to escape the distant past, if not the study of history entirely.The declared intent of Historical Studies B is to acquaint non-concentrators with the methodology of the historian by exploring a completed historical event. While the definition of “completed” and its implications for the time period studied may get fudged a little, you may still have to delve a little deeper, Joe Science-Concentrator. Occasional...
...small part because of the inroads she has made in more conservative upstate New York. There are other unlikely places where she has won friends and admirers. When Hillary was first elected, General John Keane, then Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, sought an audience, hoping to acquaint the new Senator with some of the Army's priorities in her state, including West Point and the perpetually deployed 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum. It didn't entirely surprise him that it took three months to get on her schedule or that, once he did, her staff called...
...Council jumped on the wrong wave of history this time and got caught in the backwash. Under the leadership of their new Master and their Senior Tutor, the men at Kirkland House were experimenting. Early in the fall they began a tutorial program for science majors, designed to acquaint budding scientists with the philosophy of their subject. Latest reports have it that they are reading about expanding universes. Even professorial families may expand to keep pace with the fashion; professors may soon be able to get special grants to educate their children—provided they have children. We agreed...