Anger grinned in the rearview mirror, showing off her newly acquired tooth. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Concerning these, all the problems occur before they are acquired, since they are acquired either through virtue or through Fortune, and are maintained without one or the other. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Logically all these things point one way! he has assurance of some kind that he will acquire some higher life. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Bloom told him about the rights he had acquired in Paris and how the exposition had rebuffed his petition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The kouros, the records stated, had been in the private collection of a Swiss physician named Lauffenberger since the 1930s, and he in turn had acquired it from a well-known Greek art dealer named Roussos. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Clear thinking requires a command of the English language, and fifth grade is the ideal time for every girl and boy to acquire an expanded vocabulary. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though she has acquired a taste for classical music over the years—“it’s like learning to appreciate a stinky cheese”—she’s been a not-always-delighted captive audience for many of my marathon rehearsals. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In particular, Bantu farmers who acquired cows and sheep spread out of their homeland in West Africa and within a short time overran the former hunter-gatherers in most of the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, after his prayers, Zeitoun made his way to the dogs across the street and fed them more of the dog food Todd had acquired for his rescued pet. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The new linguistic skills that modern Sapiens acquired about seventy millennia ago enabled them to gossip for hours on end. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days after he cleared the Second Gate, Sorrento’s score jumped another 30,000 points, indicating that he had just acquired the Crystal Key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The days had acquired a rhythm, a regularity he found comforting and dependable. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

My father has always stressed the importance of diversification, and I like to think that I’ve acquired a diversified portfolio from my hydration business—a portfolio I plan to turn for a profit on eBay. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Over time he had acquired the ability to blend into the background of wherever he was—into bookshelves, gardens, curtains, doorways, streets—to appear inanimate, almost invisible to the untrained eye. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My generator will soon be out of gas anyway—and I can hide my acquired assets in the attic behind the boxes of Christmas ornaments. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Shepherd was an acquired taste: He told tales in novelistic form about his childhood in the Midwest, his life in the army, and his adult misadventures in New York City. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The zoo had recently acquired her; she was the first orangutan the zoo had, and was one of the first apes in England. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went and learned the pleasures of love from Kamala and business from Kamaswami I hoarded money, I squandered money, I acquired a taste for rich food, I learned to stimulate my senses. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It makes it sound like I'm an acquired taste, or something someone tries once in a while.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mudgett foresaw no difficulty in acquiring the cadavers, although in fact a national shortage of corpses for medical education had by then driven doctors to raid graveyards for the freshly dead. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

French has also acquired the word expérimentation, which is now sometimes used as if it were equivalent to ‘experiment’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Snape had acquired a few more slimy horrible things in jars since last time, all standing on shelves behind his desk, glinting in the firelight and adding to the threatening atmosphere. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The white stone that bore the elf’s name had already acquired a weathered look. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Rather, the term merely means that any band “leadership” is informal and acquired through qualities such as personality, strength, intelligence, and fighting skills. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Con halted, unsure of what to do, and the rider walked slowly around him, examining him as if he were a new dog, acquired for a particular purpose. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A self- made man, the illiterate, illegitimate, neglected son of an army captain, he ached with dreams of wealth and chivalric glory despite the fortune he had already acquired in the Spanish colonies. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Alas, words can acquire their own semantic momentum through history. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Some she had acquired by practice, from the days when she had been allowed to care for her young siblings. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Newton’s supposed discovery only imposed itself on the scientific community because Newton acquired ‘control over the social institutions of experimental authority’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

At about the same time, the eyes on the wall acquired a new expression, and in every one of those staring rounds I saw written, DON’T GO HOME. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sizing him up, I employed a skill I had acquired in prison with my interrogators. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So for diversion he acquired the habit of crawling back and forth across the walls and ceiling. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most academics can effortlessly dispense this kind of sludge, and many students, like Zonker Harris in this Doonesbury cartoon, acquire the skill without having to be taught. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I bring pizza and salad back to my room for dinner, telling myself that anything tastes better when acquired at some risk to life and limb, like venison fresh from the hunt. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, not Hyperion exactly, but I was able to acquire her sapling.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

For attending Shabbos dinners and banquets hosted by the burial society, I had acquired a secondhand dress coat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Organizers said approximately 5,000 birds are acquired for the event. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure I acquired this skill from her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Writers acquire their technique by spotting, savoring, and reverse-engineering examples of good prose. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

As I chew, I try to pay attention to Tigris telling us how she acquired it, but the main thing I absorb is that fur underwear is a valuable trading item at the moment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They acquired big houses on streets named Harvard and Yale that were lined with elm, ash, sycamore, and linden and posted with signs barring all but essential wagon traffic. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was information only a highly placed insider could have acquired. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His findings were as follows: That falling bodies acquire speed as they fall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had acquired the necessary techniques while articulating cadavers for medical students at Cook County Hospital. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species — man — acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I will acquire a taste for ruling,” he says coolly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I wonder how one would go about acquiring industrial-strength blue dye,” she said, and then held a tree branch back for me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But to some other thing that longed for authenticity, for a right to be in this place, effortlessly without needing to acquire a false face, a laughless grin, a talking posture. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this way he acquired its supernatural power. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It's always the idle habits you acquire which you will regret. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence had the best shot at acquiring the funding to lead the way. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t refer merely to the glaring fact that the minister eventually acquires houses and Cadillacs while the faithful continue to scrub floors and drop their dimes and quarters and dollars into the plate. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I judged them against the country I knew, which had acquired the land through murder and tamed it under slavery, against the country whose armies fanned out across the world to extend their dominion. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She had fled to Athens when she left Corinth in her winged car, and she had acquired great influence over Aegeus, which she did not want disturbed by the appearance of a son. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are many examples throughout history of people acquiring power and wealth through conquest. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

In Wacquant’s words: “Racial division was a consequence, not a precondition of slavery, but once it was instituted it became detached from its initial function and acquired a social potency all its own.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The answer, surely, is that they had recendy acquired these extraordinary new gifts - the notation of music and the multiple layering of voices - and they were flexing their intellectual muscles. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I take my acquired letterman jacket off and set it on my lap, wishing that its manufacturers could have had the good sense to use a fabric that breathes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They propose bilingual schooling as a way of helping students acquire the skills of the classroom crucial for public success. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In recent times the hotel had acquired a certain prestige among tourists, and people traveled from the provinces to the capital just to see it and go back and tell their friends about it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the history of the OASIS, there was no record of any avatar ever acquiring an extra life. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Had this information been acquired before the program was launched, a vast amount of damage could have been avoided and the taxpayers could have been saved a great deal of money. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“In that case”—Mother sighed—“kindly refrain from acquiring any more houses for the time being, my little landlord.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Unless we somehow acquired some more gas or descended to a lower camp, I knew that my teammates and I would continue to deteriorate rapidly. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Second, genes had to explain evolution: How could the inheritance of such units explain that organisms have acquired vastly different forms and features over time? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As for Hazel, he had acquired, in everyone’s eyes, a kind of magical quality. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His august head of a tormented emperor had acquired a strange air of grandeur. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Down in that basement speakeasy, my grandfather acquired the attributes of the barkeep he would be for the rest of his life. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We tend to assume that useful technologies, once acquired, inevitably persist until superseded by better ones. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was only one exception — two white owls from Point Hope carried small amounts of DDT, perhaps acquired in the course of some migratory journey. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For, in middle age, he was acquiring a dynastic sense. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

That way, she felt, she could acquire the linguistic skills that would allow her to sing convincingly in languages other than English. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Then she spoke to her, asked her what her name was, and how she had acquired the deep scar on her forehead. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever was her own in the house, everything which she had acquired aside from her husband’s bounty, she caused to be transported to the other house, supplying simple and meager deficiencies from her own resources. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was on this trip that he had acquired most of his distaste for the reverends. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the solar system condensed out of instellar gas and dust, Jupiter acquired most of the matter that was not ejected into interstellar space and did not fall inward to form the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

To avoid arguing with his father, he acquired the habit of silence and soon discovered it was far more comfortable. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon afterward a child died after taking medicine acquired at the store. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Holmes acquired a ticket to a village called Englewood in the town of Lake, a municipality of 200,000 people that abutted Chicago’s southernmost boundary. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When we first acquired the motor-boat, my youngest sister was four and I was seven, and by then all of us had learnt to swim. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The majority were acquired from whites who had turned their back on farming. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It is to be achieved either by gradually acquiring more and more territory and so building up an overwhelming preponderance of power, or by the discovery of some new and unanswerable weapon. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Bilbo believed that she had acquired a good many of his spoons, while he was away on his former journey. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The pot had many dents and nicks, and the more dents and nicks it acquired the more Mama liked it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Like all Xhosa children, I acquired knowledge mainly through observation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought so. I’ve heard it’s an acquired taste in animals. So why did you kill them?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When a culture grows big enough, it acquires an elite, which needs to monitor things it considers important: money, stored goods, births and deaths, the progression of time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was developing a specialty in how people become experts and how they acquire skills, and how those skills get compromised. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Gregor had no intention of opening the door, but congratulated himself on his precaution, acquired from traveling, of locking all doors during the night, even at home. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answer was that they had very little, for they had by now mostly disposed of the stuff acquired the day of the Kansas City check-passing spree—the camera, the cuff links, the television sets. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t destroy what you want to acquire in the future. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She had soon slipped back into her Oxford voice, and now she was acquiring a gyptian one, complete with Fen-Dutch words. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Owning, building, acquiring—that was his life, his future, his present, and all the history he knew. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inmates loved waffles and sometimes went to great lengths to acquire more than their share. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newton acquired a mass of material intended to establish this peculiar thesis. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Robbed of her medical degree in Russia because of the war, she was now determined to acquire a nursing diploma. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once a scent had been acquired, the predator would attempt a slow silent approach, before the lightning strike. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I too will be putting my newly acquired degree to good use. I’m moving to Port Harcourt to manage Daddy’s businesses there.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile Hobamok, who had acquired some English, indignantly denied the story. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

So what if I hadn't acquired those gestures and I was still just trying to get through the piece without messing up? It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It was an art I had not yet acquired since I wasn’t allowed to wear makeup. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gun quickly acquired the nickname “Krupp’s Baby,” although one writer preferred to think of it as Krupp’s “pet monster.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And then she talked again of all that she had, through great industry, through unceasing labor, acquired in the long journey from grinding poverty. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I suggest that we defer further action until we have acquired a really complete set of information concerning at least one living thing. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the minds of Shaker students, however, Toothpick Day would acquire the status of legend, and in future years, during Senior Prank Week, toothpicks were banned from the school by threat of detention. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Aborigines did acquire from the Macassans some loan words, some ceremonies, and the practices of using dugout sailing canoes and smoking tobacco in pipes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I went from window to window and printed in huge soap-letters all my newly acquired four-letter words. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carradale thus was the perfect environment to go one step further and acquire a beard. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of wisdom that someone acquires after a lifetime of learning and watching and doing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In July 1931, she acquired a new title: “Cryptanalyst in Charge.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later, Milton had had the business appraised and was met with a shock: the Zebra Room was worth less than when Lefty had acquired it in 1933. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They wanted their wives to like the climbing, the acquiring, and the work it took to maintain status once it was achieved. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the weeks that followed, Jule acquired a new laptop and put the two old ones in the incinerator. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But as he was taken up in the universities of medieval and Renaissance Europe his works became a textbook of acquired knowledge, not a project to provoke further enquiry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If Native Americans had proceeded at the same rate in inventing or acquiring grafting techniques, they too would eventually have domesticated apples—around the year A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“How about a compromise? One of you climb the logs. Then I will lower the ladder for the other two. Final offer. Concede or go acquire your information elsewhere.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In the carton kept at room temperature, the two strains had acquired the opposite ratio. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“You acquire more of these ambiguous secrets as you age, 3KM. Not less. Get used to them. Who can guess why I'm writing this word...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Savant means that my math skills are far beyond normal, and acquired means I wasn’t born with this wacky ability. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately for him, he lived at the same time that a previously little-known group, the Inka, acquired a new ruler, Pachakuti. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Too bold; better to start on the periphery and work my way in toward my final objective, gathering intel, studying the secondary targets in order to acquire data about the main objective. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was during this period that Ernest acquired the reputation of a relentless taskmaster in command of a growing brigade; the recurring term in personal reminiscences of the Rad Lab is “slave driver.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It had acquired several deep dents that had not been there when he’d donned it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Why did all those societies fail to acquire writing, despite their sharing prerequisites with societies that did do so? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Against my will, I had arrived at that age when a young girl began to acquire those skills she would need to manage her own household after marriage. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Right. I acquired them the day they went on sale.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

After realizing that I could neither make a string nor acquire a new one, I sat back down and began to learn to play with only six strings. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The question of whether the museum has acquired one of his lesser known masterpieces still awaits a final answer.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years later I would acquire a horse who had mistakenly killed his owner, a young woman who was checking his back feet, when a dog came too close. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The elderly teacher was a man without learning, without the wisdom that some unlearned men acquire with their years, without even the saving grace of kindness. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

An old man now, who acquired things and used people to acquire more things. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Calligraphy is a skill I have always wanted to acquire." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

In many places the non-European locals never got a chance to acquire guns and ended up losing their lives or their freedom. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

During the eighteen years of his reign, the city acquired diplomatic stature and commercial clout; its population grew to perhaps ten thousand and it established trade contacts throughout Mesoamerica. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

An old man, with a breastplate of gold, wouldn’t have lied just to acquire six sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

What they told me of this world filled some gaps in the knowledge I’d acquired in mine, and I began to see the answer to many mysteries. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was only an occasional, terrible visitor in the Americas, which meant that most adult colonists had not acquired childhood immunity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She remembered how he had acquired his pet, his little companion dog. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ability to make art, in contrast, must have been acquired relatively recently in the course of evolution. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, Ferris’s main worry was whether he could acquire enough steel to build his machine. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I simply had no natural inclination for water; cleanliness was a trait I still had to acquire. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea was hatched during one morning, the plugs acquired at lunchtime, and the chewing began right after lunch. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was because of my letters that I happened to stumble upon starting to acquire some kind of a homemade education. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It bothered him and he acquired movements and habits to disguise what to him was a burning defect. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also knew I wanted to continue studying the Arabic language and find ways to practice so I didn’t lose the momentum I’d acquired in Morocco. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He acquired a wife from a good family and a magnificent town house as well as a large chateau in the country. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the course of the next 15 years, New Zealand was convulsed by the so-called Musket Wars, as musketless tribes either acquired muskets or were subjugated by tribes already armed with them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Today, Third World countries are doing their best to catch up with the First World by acquiring the latter’s technological and agricultural advantages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The more popular you became, the more haters you acquired. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Some, such as Aboriginal Australians, never acquired it at all. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Markham took the news quite casually when I walked into his office and told him that he might acquire a model student who would never bother him by cluttering up his lab with experimental apparatus. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The Dutch East India Company, a joint governmental and private enterprise, sent ships to the far corners of the world to acquire rare commodities and resell them at a profit in Europe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ernest would find it very difficult to deal with an Oppenheimer who had acquired a supreme self-confidence in the crucible of war. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He labors under an affliction in his speech, acquired through long habit of degradation or sudden excess of horror. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Students flocked to him, and he soon acquired a retinue of followers who wanted to learn from the master. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The same pattern repeated itself elsewhere in the world, whenever peoples lacking native wild mammal species suitable for domestication finally had the opportunity to acquire Eurasian domestic animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, I knew little or nothing as to how one goes about acquiring a horse to ride on potentially dangerous mountain trails. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As a result, each new ruler had to build his own palace and acquire the riches necessary to maintain it till the end of time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes these projects acquired construction materials by cannibalizing old monuments, thereby hastening the process of creating ruins. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, peoples of some areas ecologically suitable for food production neither evolved nor acquired agriculture in prehistoric times at all; they persisted as hunter-gatherers until the modern world finally swept upon them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

To them, the land was a commodity to be acquired and sold for the benefit of individuals. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

It may be hard to believe, but proponents of the strong programme have acquired a dominant position within the history of science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Each band of a few dozen hunters occupies a large territory, within which they can acquire most of the resources essential to them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Patience and stealth were acquired by long experience. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

One day he offered to pay her $6,000 if she would acquire a $10,000 life insurance policy and name him beneficiary. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He helped with a bucket and mop Mother had borrowed from the porter, and brought us soup heated over recently acquired Sterno cans. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the Cognitive Revolution, Homo sapiens acquired the ability to say, ‘The lion is the guardian spirit of our tribe.’ Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of teaching me his style of play, which would have been easy for him to do, he let me acquire my own. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed a handhold on the wall to halt a slow drift she had acquired. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Western Europe has evolved or acquired about 40 languages just in the 6,000-8,000 years since the arrival of Indo-European languages, including languages as different as English, Finnish, and Russian. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

No one stirred in the farmhouse before noon on the following day, and the word went round that from somewhere or other the pigs had acquired the money to buy themselves another case of whisky. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

She gave up, apparently, all interest in table manners or hygiene, but acquired a deep concern for and about human relationships. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sole Native Americans able to resist European conquest for many centuries were those tribes that reduced the military disparity by acquiring and mastering both horses and guns. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not one of those overly social, back-slapping types for whom the process of acquiring acquaintances is obvious and self-serving. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In high school he was admitted to a Texas magnet school for math and science, where students acquire college credit. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Weismann had proposed a radical alternative: perhaps hereditary information was contained exclusively in sperm and egg cells, with no direct mechanism for an acquired characteristic to be transmitted into sperm or eggs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

By then, my mother had acquired a motor-boat, a small and not very seaworthy white wooden vessel which sat far too low in the water and was powered by an unreliable one-cylinder engine. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, my idea of Santa Claus has altered, has acquired a new dimension. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t consider acquiring free music online to be pirating or theft, though. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a grammar school skill I acquired with comparative ease. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But still she had lived to be four syllables and had acquired four generations of wisdom. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How did you first go about acquiring the tickets?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

At home Brian was virtually silent, and Tony wasn’t sure what had been the catalyst for his keen intellect, or how and from where he had acquired it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that nothing could keep Joseph McCarthy from acquiring more power and destroying more lives. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I open the zippered compartment at the front of my backpack to reveal a sample from Mom’s makeup collection, most of it acquired recently. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Here is the place for the application of all the knowledge I have acquired. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Capricorn’s village had acquired some strange new inhabitants. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the course of time it cooled and acquired an atmosphere from the emission of gases from the rocks. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nearest Salvador had ever come to his dream of owning a car was to acquire an old rusting set of truck wheels, which he set tenderly behind the house. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Naturally, Miao-Yao speakers did not acquire their current fragmented distribution as a result of ancient helicopter flights that dropped them here and there over the Asian landscape. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Learning from Fast Mistakes In the past, Rome had appointed its own generals and representatives to rule newly acquired territories. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

One individual may happen to acquire more of some essential commodity on one day and less on another. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The festivities will take place on Sunday three weeks hence, on the newly acquired property formerly belonging to the Widow Cane. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But they also used muskets for a new type of warfare: long-distance raids against Maori tribes hundreds of miles away, carried out in order to outdo rivals in acquiring slaves and prestige. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The volcano with a bright halo at the rough center of the disc was observed in eruption just fifteen hours before this image was acquired: it has since been named Prometheus. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bill the raccoon. We acquired him just last year from a subsidiary corporation.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

They were some time acquiring a stove and when they did find what they wanted, a silver-scrolled monster with floriated warming ovens and a front like a nickel-plated tulip garden, they had trouble getting it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But often words do not simply change their meaning, rather they acquire new meanings, meanings which are sometimes apparently unrelated to their original meaning. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he would acquire a few more along the way, if he came upon some likely merchantmen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nicolas went off to preach at the cafeteria in the university, where he acquired an impressive number of followers for his classes in spiritual and respiratory exercise. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the eugenicist learned these laws and then figured out how to hack them—à la Plato—he would acquire unprecedented power; by manipulating genes, he could manipulate the future. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

There are photos of her when alive, which already have that haunted look such photos usually take years to acquire, the look of vanished time, unrecoverable, unredeemed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For all that, Lawrence remained unmistakably the animating force at Livermore, which soon acquired the operational features of a classic Lawrence laboratory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Down at the market, I was thinking about how to acquire some things that we needed. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The process was slow and difficult, the necessaries costly and hard to acquire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was bad enough learning crystallography without having to acquire the witchcraft-like techniques of the biochemist. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I next acquired a vervet monkey, Kobi, and a dwarf mongoose, Kip. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad acquired the Rena to reward us for learning to swim. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was only a councilman, but as Jenkins told us our efforts were already acquiring the shape of a campaign, a full-blown interborough enterprise. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their battle will be waged not against the Erudite- Dauntless army but against Erudite innocents and the knowledge they have worked so hard to acquire.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Tasmanians had no contact with other societies for 10,000 years and acquired no new technology other than what they invented themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The other means involved European-introduced germs to which Aborigines had had no opportunity to acquire immunity or to evolve genetic resistance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kaisa raised an eyebrow, and Ash was nervous that she would ask her where she had acquired the horse — and her clothes — but she did not. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When one person secretly acquires more food than the others have there is an inequality of food distribution in the community. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed one can say that ‘hypothesis’ only really acquired its modern sense after the foundation of the Royal Society. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It radios all the scientific information it acquires back to Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that moonlit hour, I acquired a sense of the otherness of things. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He had learned mathematics largely without paper or pen and thus acquired the ability to visualize problems in his mind’s eye before writing equations on paper. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had acquired his nickname from a tragedy that had cast its shadow over his life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eddie planted morning glories to run over the door and Hazel acquired some rather rare fuchsia bushes planted in five-gallon cans which made the entrance formal and a little cluttered. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without diffusion, fewer technologies are acquired, and more existing technologies are lost. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mother nursed only my sister, so we acquired no new siblings. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He said “our zoologist” as if they were normal words to say in the course of everyday conversation, as if most people who reached a certain standing in life acquired a zoologist. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They formed a group that was prepared to receive the millennial knowledge Nicolas had acquired in the East. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Proponents of bilingual education are careful to say that they want students to acquire good schooling. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Undiscouraged, Tilcajete rebuilt itself on a better defensive position and acquired larger armies. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Grimy brick tenements shifted in the corner of my eye, acquiring decorative statues and rococo stuccowork—the adornments of a European city. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Don't trouble yourself, Father, I've acquired a few of my own." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dany had acquired three of those huge, queer beasts with her pyramid. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

What is important here is not, despite what Diderot says, the idea that experience is the best way to acquire knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

That is, I acquired my earliest sense of the Church—and my membership in it—through my parents’ Mexican Catholicism. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In reality, technologies must be not only acquired but also maintained, and that too depends on many unpredictable factors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But this side was jolted awake. It’s called acquired savant syndrome.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was left for Voyager 2 to acquire the first close-up pictures of Europa, where we see things that are only a few kilometers across. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Jake, however you acquired this ‘instant intelligence,’ it seems you have been given a great gift. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that by a more restrained and moderate use of the voice and a diligent way of speaking I could both avoid the danger and acquire more variety in my style. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sure, most cars contain nothing but junk, but I manage to acquire a few unexpected assets that would otherwise go to waste. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

If that is the "professionalism" you refer to, sir, I don't much care for it and have no wish to acquire it.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now that we no longer belonged to the Company, we somehow had to acquire a thousand dollars worth of property, a faraway figure when you can only save nickels and dimes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope felt the healthy glow she had acquired during their snowy adventure drain from her cheeks. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

And his wild stories had already acquired him the nickname in his home town of Caen of ‘honest Georges’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Didn’t everything on God’s earth have or acquire defense? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so, concerning these weaker powers, the invader has no trouble whatsoever in winning them over, since all of them will immediately and willingly become part of the state he has acquired. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Their Frigidaire was always stocked with newly acquired pieces of ham, half roasts and quartered chickens. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had acquired a cigar, and lighted it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Bottom line: $7.02 worth of food acquired in seventy minutes of calling and driving, minus $2.80 for the phone calls—which ends up being equivalent to a wage of $3.63 an hour. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the bouncing of the car, the emotions of the past few days, and the doctor’s potions, Clara had acquired a skill at giving birth that she did not have the first time around. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started telling me how he’d acquired a rare tropical disease after getting into a bloody fistfight with some Nigerian drug dealers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mark Antony toured his newly acquired territories to introduce himself as the ruling authority representing Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

They were driven by greed and willing to do just about anything to acquire what they wanted. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

A sail perhaps on ocean, next time, for Jonas had a memory of ocean, now, and knew what it was; he knew that there were sailboats there, too, in memories yet to be acquired. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

A herd animal such as man would acquire a higher survival factor through this; an owl or a cobra would be destroyed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It requires no language skills or specific body of acquired knowledge. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They were of a respectable family in the north of England; a circumstance more deeply impressed on their memories than that their brother’s fortune and their own had been acquired by trade. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

One afternoon a woman a few seats away observed me looking at the change I had just acquired from paying for lunch. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

By including the Interzonal games, the book would acquire some needed bulk and, presumably, be more valuable. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Following the Cognitive Revolution, Sapiens acquired the technology, the organisational skills, and perhaps even the vision necessary to break out of Afro-Asia and settle the Outer World. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the opposite was the case: the more data they acquired, the less they seemed to know for certain. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Standing there he realized, all at once, that he had acquired an overt, incontestable fear directed toward the principal android. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

In this way he acquired reputation and dominion over them without their noticing it. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Thus America’s problem is not its betrayal of “government of the people,” but the means by which “the people” acquired their names. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

In this way Kaan would both acquire a dominant position in the Maya realm and destroy its enemy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The body was certainly not the Self, nor the play of senses, nor thought, nor understanding, nor acquired wisdom or art with which to draw conclusions and from already existing thoughts to spin new thoughts. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the Renaissance revival of Stoicism the word ‘philosophical’ acquired a new meaning: philosophers, it was held, were able to moderate their passions and to be unmoved by the blows of fortune. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then they encountered European society and for the first time their history acquired a narrative flow. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

His face, tanned by the salt of the Caribbean, had acquired a metallic hardness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Yet they could not dismiss him, for fear of losing what they had acquired. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

One of the most reliable ways to acquire papers was through bribery, and this was the only area where I tolerated what were often unethical means of obtaining information. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had acquired four all-terrain vehicles—two small ones and two slightly larger—which we pulled with teams on woodland trails before there was snow for sleds. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We already had an ample supply of graphophones, because of the ones Dad had acquired for the language records. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knowledge acquired in dissection had few, if any, practical applications. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

All of that knowledge is acquired by observation and by trial and error. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“How could a miserable peasant woman acquire such skills?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

You each had a wooden chest with your name on it, which you kept under your bed and filled with your possessions—the stuff you acquired from the Sales or the Exchanges. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

During his own medical education Holmes had seen firsthand how desperate schools were to acquire corpses, whether freshly dead or skeletonized. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The first is the lack of acquired immunity—immunity gained from a previous exposure to a pathogen. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

William Levitt regarded the land he had acquired as frozen in time, belonging to a previous century, and marveled that such a backwater existed in the corridor between New York and Philadelphia. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Here at the Lemoncello Library, we protect each library user’s right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired, or transmitted.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had met her several years earlier during a stay in Boston and had considered acquiring her even then, but the distance was too great, the timing awkward. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Khoisan peoples of southern Africa had already acquired sheep and cattle a few centuries ahead of the Bantu advance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Korean families that have lived in Japan for several generations still find it difficult to acquire Japanese citizenship. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a little time to acquire a taste for wild foods, so Bando surprised me the way he liked the menu. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The important thing, the reason he and Mom had decided to acquire this particular piece of property, was that it came with plenty of land to build our new house. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It would however be simply wrong to think that we and Aristotle share the same views about what constitutes a justified true belief, and about how to acquire such beliefs. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dr. Masuku, for her part, was often impatient with the little shadow she had acquired. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to read more—not just chess journals—acquire more money, continue his religious studies, and possibly meet someone with whom he could fall in love. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had come to Ramon’s after his parents acquired the Gaming Machine. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Hublin says, “We are always acquiring, yes? All across the world, industrialization endangers mineral deposits. We collect as many types of minerals as exist. To a curator, none is superior to any other.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the seventeenth century they acquired steel tools, and used them to make the return journey from seminomadic hunter-gatherers to agriculturalists who lived in more or less permanent villages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

These soon took a pleasure in doing their work well, in keeping their persons neat, in learning their tasks regularly, in acquiring quiet and orderly manners. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

We have cots, the table and chairs we acquired in Kinshasa, a collection of agriculture books and teaching tools from Bikoki, my ancient suitcase of family treasures salvaged from Kilanga. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stressing memorization, my teachers implied that education is largely a matter of acquiring knowledge already discovered. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they finished discussing the label for the vinegar, Chacko and Comrade Pillai had each acquired personal mosquito funnels. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamps were not porcelain or chalkware; they had been made from the skulls of the mad, acquired from Dunning Asylum. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A few years later when he was in Rome, he sought out a shop which sold measuring sticks and acquired a Florentine braccio. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Like many other pseudosciences, numerology is ancient, and acquires some respectability from its religious associations. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the late 1800s, the problem of heredity had acquired a near-mystical aura of glamour, like a Fermat’s Last Theorem for biologists. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They also acquired iron, which had just begun to be smelted in Africa’s Sahel zone. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the beginning of 1666, he tells his readers, he acquired a prism. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Neal moved to Ascend Communications, which built little boxes to terminate Internet signals and was acquired by Lucent Technologies in 1999 for $24 billion, one of the largest acquisitions in history. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It is true she is very pretty, but a man like myself can acquire any number of beautiful women.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Because the Australians remained nomadic hunter-gatherers, they acquired only those few Macassan products and practices compatible with their lifestyle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was acquiring a taste for the idea of it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I also knew that in London I would be able to obtain literature on guerrilla warfare that I had been unable to acquire elsewhere. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

An affable Victorian gentleman, Franklin was said to be a good-natured bumbler, dogged and clueless, with the naive ideals of a child and a disdain for acquiring backcountry skills. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because he still hasn’t acquired a sense of humor, he squints at me and says, “I certainly hope not.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ever since acquiring Holton’s drugstore, he had been interested in the undeveloped land across the street. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Celia saw her son age in these photographs, watched his mouth acquire his father’s obstinate expression. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had acquired the concessions for other mines, was exporting fruit to foreign countries, had founded a construction firm, and Tres Marias, which had greatly expanded, was now the best hacienda in the area. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caesar was one of those who wanted to gain the principality of Rome; but if he had survived and had not moderated his expenditures after doing so, he would have destroyed the power he acquired. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Galileo now rushed to publish his discoveries, which transformed astronomy in the space of a few months—the time it took for others to acquire telescopes with which they could corroborate his findings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Although Amaranta Úrsula did not lose her good humor or her genius for erotic mischief, she acquired the habit of sitting on the porch after lunch in a kind of wakeful and thoughtful siesta. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

With his savings he acquired a printing press, a box camera, and a damp, low-ceilinged office in the rear of a fish-precessing warehouse. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hence, crops and animals domesticated or acquired in one part of Africa had great difficulty in moving to other parts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s good. I like the way you lie. You’ll go far in this world if you ever acquire some decent ambition.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It is good he has acquired a friend. Just so his friend does not teach him scientific criticism.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Silversmith, printmaker, businessman, and patriot, Revere has acquired heroic status thanks to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s long poem about his legendary midnight ride, and Copley’s painting has become virtually an American icon. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, it was inevitable that Laleh would acquire a taste for Star Trek—eventually. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Here, one must note that hatred is acquired just as much through good actions as by sorry ones. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I say, therefore, that in completely new principalities, where there is a new prince, greater or lesser difficulty in maintaining them exists according to the greater or lesser virtue of the person who acquires them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

But in retrospect, he was upset at having passed on the chance to acquire a portion of that $5 million purse in 1975. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were brought by Europeans and proceeded to transform the societies of Indian tribes that acquired them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

On and on until her fingers acquired a will of their own. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

W+, W~, and Z° would acquire large masses, making the forces they carry have a very short range. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alarm changed to resignation, and more and more Doc Daneeka acquired the look of an ailing rodent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In this way she was able to acquire a good portion of her supplies for free. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the case of technological innovations and political institutions as well, most societies acquire much more from other societies than they invent themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because of this raid, Alhaji acquired the name “Little Rambo,” and he did all he could in other raids to live up to that name. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In my mind, it acquired a kind of mystical power. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The odd thing about ambition is this: You can acquire it like a fever, but it is not so easy to shed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At least at the level of language, then, we need to recover the eighteenth-century context of things and not read back into those years the hallowed meanings they would acquire over the next century. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Once you have learned that in English the article comes before the noun, you don’t have to relearn that order every time you acquire a new noun, such as hashtag, app, or MOOC. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

By the early 1920s, biochemists had acquired a deeper understanding of the structure of nucleic acids. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I wonder if I can muster up the energy to acquire another persona. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Let us begin, then. Let us commence. Let us undertake to establish what it is that you hope to achieve or acquire, what it is that I may provide to you for this yet-to-be-determined price.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

To acquire two towns in Lombardy, they had made the King master of two-thirds of Italy. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s an acquired taste,” Mr. Patterson said, taking back his can. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"Never mind, I am who I am. Just don't beat up your gums at me," I said, throwing him a newly acquired phrase. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I earned a decent amount of money each month by selling commercial time on my POV channel and by auctioning off any unneeded magic items, armor, or weapons I acquired during my travels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Just before leaving Chicago Holmes acquired a life insurance policy, from the Fidelity Mutual Life Association of Philadelphia, to insure Pitezel’s life for $10,000. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The doctors call my condition acquired savant syndrome. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Since, however, he could neither read nor write English, he acquired no details or even principles from the existing scripts around him. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said quietly, “Reuven, listen to me. The Talmud says that a person should do two things for himself. One is to acquire a teacher. Do you remember the other?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After we came down from the trees, we evolved an upright posture; our hands were free; we possessed excellent binocular vision—we had acquired many of the preconditions for making tools. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who, like these men, become princes through their virtue acquire the principality with difficulty, but they hold on to it easily. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

And with our newly acquired information sorted into a computer memory, we would be able to see which sort of civilization lived where in the Galaxy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this is only part of my debt to the internet: day after day the postman has brought packages of books to my door, acquired from far-flung corners of the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And embryogenesis attempts to capture the future: How does a single cell create a living thing that will eventually acquire its particular form? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have-nots: between peoples with farmer power and those without it, or between those who acquired it at different times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some areas that are ecologically very suitable for food production never acquired it in prehistoric times at all, even though areas of prehistoric food production existed nearby. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ortiz’s explanation is that Langlotz had bought the sculpture as a very young man, before he acquired much of his formidable expertise. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

These were not peanuts handed out on his recent flight but something acquired years earlier, back when all planes had propellers and pilots wore leather helmets and long, flowing scarves. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The artifact was based on the possibility of reviewing every morning, from beginning to end, the totality of knowledge acquired during one's life. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

For friendships acquired by a price and not by greatness and nobility of spirit are purchased but are not owned, and at the proper time cannot be spent. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was heady to think that these qualities were acquired ones and that, perhaps, this was the way I might learn them. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

No research student could live in, and so the only predictable consequences of being a Jesus man were bills for a Ph.D. that I would never acquire. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

And at last they learned how these nobly born Siamese acquired the kink at the end of their tails and bequeathed it to all their descendants. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On July 20 he telegraphed Exposition President William Baker that he was confident he could acquire as many Pygmies from the Congo as he wished, provided the king of Belgium consented. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The next phase—acquiring the motor—would be a bit more complicated, Styx had told us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Two fierce old women supervised the process, discussing them as bluntly as if they were newly acquired donkeys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But what made a red blood cell acquire a sickle shape? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Immie’s people, temporary and literary friends of the week, acquired on the beach or at the flea market, cycled through the house. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Angeline had acquired, from Fishtail, some corn with red flecks in it and Mama put these seeds into the ground with a special blessing, curious to see what their growth would bring. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But the written word is a recent invention that has left no trace in our genome and must be laboriously acquired throughout childhood and beyond. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He was in negotiations to acquire another company. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sheep acquired from Spaniards similarly transformed Navajo Indian society and led to, among other things, the weaving of the beautiful woolen blankets for which the Navajo have become renowned. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The card allows noncitizens the opportunity to work in the United States, and it also enables them to acquire a Social Security number. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry you’re bored, but please find a hobby that does not involve living things, or learn more about why you’d actually want chickens before you acquire your own. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

We know that Ernest Lawrence acquired the basic idea from an article in an obscure German technical journal, and we know the journal, the article, and its author. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

By degrees, he acquired a certain influence over me that took away my liberty of mind: his praise and notice were more restraining than his indifference. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I am a “good person,” as my demented charges at the nursing home agree, but maybe Em also just sick of my suddenly acquired insignificance. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, the kind of wisdom younger people sought from old age was not to be acquired in this life no matter how many years they lived. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gradually, along with his growing riches, Siddhartha himself acquired some of the characteristics of the ordinary people, some of their childishness and some of their anxiety. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

After his failed run for the office in 1891, Harrison had acquired a newspaper, the Chicago Times, and settled into the job of editor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We gradually acquire the courage of our own convictions, until we are able to say, with some justice, that we know what we like. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Germs thus acquired ultimately from domestic animals played decisive roles in the European conquests of Native Americans, Australians, South Africans, and Pacific islanders. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gunters loved to play the game of one-upmanship and were constantly trying to prove they had acquired more obscure knowledge than everyone else. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But they were too far from the first centers of writing to have acquired it before modern times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The most important reason why you lose it is by neglecting this art, while the way to acquire it is to be well versed in this art. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Those northern Maori tribes with the earliest access to Europeans thereby became the first tribes to acquire muskets, which gave them a big military advantage over all the other tribes lacking muskets. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Funny, I didn’t acquire any new friends as a result of the metamorphosis. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Though the food I ate strengthened my body, I acquired another problem: I had fallen down in my studies at school. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The North Carolina Klan might have attracted even more members in the pre-civil rights era if racists hadn’t acquired increased sophistication over the years. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, since my apartment, though rented as “furnished,” contained almost no kitchen items when I moved in, I was forced to acquire my own inventory of spatula, can opener, “utility knife,” broom, etc., at Wal-Mart. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In San Francisco a twenty-one-year-old entrepreneur named Sol Bloom realized that the Chicago fair would let him at last take advantage of an asset he had acquired in Paris two years earlier. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Howard had the kind of money to turn the head of any major-league owner, and he could have used it to acquire a ready-made stable of proven runners. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those 'great' butlers like Mr Marshall who have it, I am sure, acquired it over many years of self-training and the careful absorbing of experience. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, Reynie, you don’t grow out of it. It’s just that once you acquire a family, you no longer need to wish for one.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We had acquired, at some time, a friend of Bill's from Biarritz. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Within a few hundred years, the big men acquired *Here, as elsewhere in this book, I am being chronologically inexact. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The cows that the Bantu acquired from the tsetse-free Sahel zone failed to survive the Bantu expansion through the equatorial forest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The blaze did minimal damage, but he filed a claim for $6,000 on a policy acquired by his fictional alter ego, Hiram S. Campbell. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then the men withdrew, and from somewhere they acquired roses, which they presented to their partners. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Even paintings acquire a new prominence by protruding slightly from the curved walls, instead of receding into them. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many acquired and lost land several times before settling more permanently. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

They targeted former slaves and any whites who supported the blacks’ rights to vote, acquire land, or gain an education. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Even before Livingston’s results had been validated properly, Ernest was mapping out a campaign to acquire a more powerful electromagnet to drive protons beyond the million-volt threshold. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Besides, he was beginning to like Blanca, now that she was more robust and had acquired that languor that was smoothing away her rough, peasanty edges. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difficulties they encounter in acquiring the principality grow, in part, out of the new institutions and methods they are forced to introduce in order to establish their state and their security. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

They acquired healing lore, mastered and invented ceremonies, learned the numerous divinities in the Hopewell pantheon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As early societies developed, those acquiring centralized power gradually established themselves as an elite, perhaps originating as one of several formerly equal-ranked village clans that became “more equal” than the others. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, medieval Islam, centrally located in Eurasia, acquired inventions from India and China and inherited ancient Greek learning. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her lizard dæmon acquired a ruff and raised it slowly around his neck. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Such complex inventions were usually acquired by borrowing, because they spread more rapidly than they could be independently invented locally. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We hung in there most of the match, but had acquired a large deficit going into the seventh bout. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She screamed in protest against losing the king she had had such a hard time acquiring. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“In case,” he said, “the excellent Mrs. Hubbard should take it into her head to acquire first-hand details of the crime to write to her daughter.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I should prepare, try to acquire the high school education Tyler had told the university I had. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Once that happened to me; I fused and picked up someone who had just acquired an animal. And then one day—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

That’s because all able-bodied hunter-gatherers are obliged to devote much of their time to acquiring food. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the night went on, the Sixers continued to acquire copies of the Crystal Key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Greeks, the early Church Fathers pointed out, acknowledged their debt to the Egyptians, and it was easy to see that the Egyptians had acquired their learning from the Jews. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Second, the dominant position acquired by Aristotelian natural philosophy within the medieval universities resulted in a double inhibition on experimentation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

North American Plains Indians, South American Araucanian Indians, New Zealand’s Maoris, and Ethiopians acquired guns and used them to hold off European conquest for a long time, though they were ultimately defeated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Classic style ignores the hired help and looks directly at what they are being paid to study: All children acquire the ability to speak a language without explicit lessons. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Preschoolers make a number of assumptions about words and their meaning as they acquire language, one of the most important of which is what the psychologist Ellen Markman calls the principle of mutual exclusivity. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have taken the liberty of informing the impresario that you acquired your astounding musical facility in one night through conversation with the Devil at a crossroads.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Even longer to acquire the knowledge to understand what I saw. I had help from one of the GPs, actually. A sympathizer.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He discovers a technique of apparent learning, of the acquiring of facts rather than of the handling and use of facts. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up in the morning and make coffee for him, I set two places at the table, with my newly acquired ovenproof earthenware in off-white, with speckles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually she acquired enough vocabulary to be able to shop and to talk with the neighbors. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, in the boy’s nest room, this grief-yearning scent was so strong that it overpowered everything else, and yet his boy made no move to acquire whatever it was he wanted so badly. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Beetle soon acquired a new name, the midwife’s apprentice, and a place to sleep that smelled much better than the dung heap, though it was much less warm. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I acquired the complete works of Marx and Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, and others and probed into the philosophy of dialectical and historical materialism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side was Westinghouse Electric Company, with a bid to wire Jackson Park for alternating current, using patents that its founder, George Westinghouse, had acquired a few years earlier from Nikola Tesla. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Different peoples acquired food production at different times in prehistory. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Let us then consider Cyrus and the others who have acquired or founded kingdoms. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

At Rockfish Gap there is a tollbooth manned by rangers where motorists have to pay an entrance fee and thru-hikers have to acquire a backcountry hiking permit. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But what’s wrong with a person wanting to be more intelligent, to acquire knowledge, and understand himself and the world?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had not dared to rebel, he had gone back into the Red Room every holiday, feigning interest, acquiring knowledge, disguising his fear. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He looked over his shoulder and said, “Please, my darling Inej, treasure of my heart, won’t you do me the honor of acquiring me a new hat?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was an old bird, reputed to be fifty years old, and he had lived a ribald life and acquired the vigorous speech of a ship’s fo’c’sle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Southwest gradually became farmers by acquiring Mexican crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Colonel Cathcart did not know if he owned the house or rented it, from whom he had acquired it or how much, if anything, it was costing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If he’d been the sort of boy who acquired a nickname, he would no doubt have been known as Professor, but he wasn’t that sort of boy. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Still, it cannot be called virtue to kill one’s fellow citizens, to betray allies, to be without faith, without pity, without religion; by these means one can acquire power, but not glory. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Larger office space was acquired and more staff were engaged. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard tell he was a kinsman of yours by adoption. He may have acquired another name, but the man is European.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion garbed in heavy quilted breeches and a woolen doublet, and over it all he had thrown the shadowskin cloak he had acquired in the Mountains of the Moon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mama had acquired this latest portrait and hung it all by itself, out as far as she could get it from the rest of the house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francesco became Duke of Milan from his station as a private citizen through appropriate methods and a great deal of virtue; and what he acquired with a thousand hardships he maintained with little effort. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

A prince must nevertheless make himself feared in such a way that he will avoid hatred, even if he does not acquire love; since one can very easily be feared and yet not hated. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

He soon acquired the forlorn look that one sees in vegetarians. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The whole statue had acquired around its northerly surfaces a bluish-green patina, so that from certain approaches, and in low light, the muscle-bound Triton really seemed a hundred leagues under the sea. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If each player acquired nine wins, the match would be considered a draw, and the prize money would be shared equally, but Fischer would retain his title as undisputed Chess Champion of the World. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Few had reflected that Malcolm X, upon becoming a Black Muslim minister, had signed an oath of poverty, so that for twelve years he never acquired anything in his own name. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Griffith autopsied the mice and found that the rough bacteria had changed: they had acquired the smooth coat—the virulence-determining factor—merely by contact with the debris from the dead bacteria. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Laleh had acquired a bag of Sour Patch Kids while she browsed Terminal 4, and the combination of sugar and temporal distortion proved an incendiary one. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Even without acquiring crops, Khoisan peoples who acquired cows and sheep around 2,000 years ago displaced Khoisan hunter-gatherers over much of southern Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I say, therefore, that those dominions, upon being conquered and added to the long-established state of the one who acquires them, are either of the same region and language or they are not. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Macon Dead never knew how it came about—how his only son acquired the nickname that stuck in spite of his own refusal to use it or acknowledge it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Livingston may not have recognized that the Rad Lab already had acquired unique prestige at the moment that he challenged Lawrence for credit. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She recognized them from the stories she’d heard and the artifacts her mom had acquired for the museum. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We all help clean up and put away the leftovers, and then we make ourselves at home on the newly acquired, used furniture. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In their year in Shaker, however, they’d acquired more things than they’d ever had before, and this time many more things would need to be left behind. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Driver ants, Ebola virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome: all these are brooms devised by nature to sweep a small clearing very well. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Russia does not require people to hand in their foreign passports once they acquire a Russian one. Putin gives tax exile Depardieu Russian citizenship 2013-01-03T15:54:53Z

But how exactly did the police acquire this information? Police spy on campaigners at Glastonbury festival 2012-07-18T10:14:47Z

Silverman said there were direct connections between what tech executives have valued in their careers and how they approach acquiring art. San Francisco’s Art Market Struggles in the Shadow of Los Angeles 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z

"All the artefacts were acquired legally more than a century ago and we are under no legal obligation to return them," Parzinger said. Turkey wages 'cultural war' in pursuit of its archaeological treasures 2013-01-21T19:16:05Z

On August 3 1987 I hugged my newly acquired Hysteria album against me as I quickly made my way home from the record store. Def Leppard's Hysteria – 25th anniversary 2012-08-10T12:00:55Z

That ignited a firestorm in Britain, which maintains that Lord Elgin saved the marbles from destruction, and acquired them fairly. Caryatid Statues, Restored, Are Stars at Athens Museum 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

Paramount Pictures acquired "Top Five" for worldwide distribution; a release date has yet to be announced. Toronto Film Fest: 12 movies making noise, and when you can see them 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

This latest version, though, never acquires a pulse beyond the rhythmic thrust and parry of bandied bons mots. ‘The Real Thing,' With Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Opens on Broadway 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Spotify, which spent hundreds of millions of dollars acquiring podcasting companies in the United States, recently opened a new office in London decked out with studios. U.K. Podcast Companies Want What the U.S. Has, Looking Past the BBC 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z

The auction house said the objects were acquired lawfully by a French collector and that the sale paid tribute to the Hopis’ vivid and unique culture. ArtsBeat: Hopi Artifact Is Returned 2013-07-15T21:32:26Z

He declined to discuss the terms of the agreement, but Sorkin confirmed he had acquired the rights to Young's book, "The Politician." Estranged aide to John Edwards reaches movie deal 2010-07-16T14:43:00Z

For those who acquired some measure of wealth, life was an awkward negotiation against the barefoot pilgrimage through limbo, for which no servants or bearers could be hired. The Undiscovered Country: Journeys Among the Dead by Carl Watkins – review 2013-01-12T09:31:00Z

The libraries bought it with the help of a private donor; the spokeswoman declined to say how much they had paid to acquire it or to identify the private donor who financed the purchase. Shelley Poem, 200 Years Later, Returns to Oxford 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

Fishler first acquired the book 25 years ago, and sold it for $2,500. Spider-Man's first comic sells for $1.1 million 2011-03-09T21:54:00Z

This sunny beach resort near San Diego opened in 1888 and acquired a ghost just three years later. 5 Haunts With Haunts 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

After acquiring some Nazi memorabilia from his father, Hanneman began to collect Third Reich souvenirs and continued to do so into adulthood. Jeff Hanneman: ferocious Slayer guitarist 2013-05-03T13:15:07Z

He is particularly pleased on noting that the office has acquired a new secretary, a Scottish lady, no less, called Annie Green. Rod Stewart: 'I've been a golden boy for too long' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-10-09T14:59:37Z

It was exhibited in a joint show of the artists' work in 1947 and acquired by Craxton, owned by his heirs until now. Francis Bacon's body turns out to be Lucian Freud's in self-portrait 2012-05-25T15:51:40Z

Sarah Ferguson faces charges of going "against the law in acquiring footage and violating privacy" of five children at one of the orphanages, the Anadolu Agency said. Sarah Ferguson tried in absentia in Turkey 2012-05-05T11:41:10Z

One guest, a 38-year-old salesman in a button-down and Movember scruff, ran down the pluses and minuses of his newly acquired Pax vaporizer as if it were the latest smartphone release. For Vaporizers, New Technology and Product Design 2013-12-19T00:44:18Z

Donati’s fellow Surrealists acquired tribal art, but hardly any of those collections survive. Antiques: Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont as Impulse Buyer 2010-05-06T20:50:00Z

She lost the suit but later acquired the painting with funds from O’Donnell, who was her lawyer in the case. Is this a real Jackson Pollock? L.A. power lawyer sues over potential $100-million mystery 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z

We were constantly acquiring more people and getting more people on board. "I'm still flip-flopping" on Oscar Pistorius' guilt or innocence, says "30 for 30" director 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z

The film was acquired for distribution Tuesday by Lionsgate, which will release it  with Roadside Attractions. ArtsBeat: In Toronto, Joss Whedon Discusses 'Much Ado About Nothing' 2012-09-12T20:05:49Z

Now, it has acquired its own designs, by Jérôme Kaplan, that are attractive, efficient, full of detail. Pacific Northwest Ballet Offers a Multilayered ‘Giselle’ 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

As an audience member, you needed that understanding, plus we were saying as part of his genetics, he was acquiring this intelligence. The Carpetbagger: The Human Touch and 'Planet of the Apes' Effects 2012-02-15T16:00:15Z

For more than 40 years, she's acquired debasing kitsch objects at flea markets and garage sales, and then transformed them. For Betye Saar, there's no dwelling on the past; the almost-90-year-old artist has too much future to think about 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

The sections from Mendelssohn’s “First Walpurgisnacht” music, near the end of Act I, acquired a special force. City Ballet Closes Its Season With Power and Glow 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

A majority are loans from Muncie residents, who tell how they acquired the paintings from Ross’s demonstrations in local malls, or as gifts from the painter himself. ‘Bob Ross Experience’ Opens in Indiana, Happy Trees and All 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z

But Belgrave Joe found a forever home in the American Kennel Club, which acquired his skeleton in the 1930s and has exalted it ever since. A Museum of Man’s Best Friend, From Fossils to Virtual Reality 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

As I went into the work force myself, I acquired a healthier appreciation for Uhura. Nichelle Nichols Helped Show America a Different Future 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z

If his excesses irk, it might be useful to wonder where and how you acquired your limits in the first place — “figure it out,” as the title enjoins. Wayne Koestenbaum’s Cerebral, Smutty Essays Playfully Disobey the Rules 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

Nadia explains to Alan: "You know, most survivors were a little bit paranoid about putting their money in banks, so my grandparents acquired 150 of these babies." Before "Russian Doll" returns, here's a refresher – no time loops necessary 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z

A24, the indie distributor behind shows like “Euphoria” and “Ramy,” has already acquired the television rights, and Washington will adapt the book for the series himself. What Bryan Washington Is Cooking 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z

An Australian documentary called “Into the Deep,” which focuses on Mr. Madsen and the people who worked with him, was acquired by Netflix but later pulled from its lineup. Seeking the Humanity in the Story of Kim Wall’s Murder 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z

He is a steady pop-jazz crooner whose voice acquires more personality and confidence the more forcefully he sings. Music Review: Johnny Rodgers Performs at the Algonquin?s Oak Room 2010-05-12T20:47:00Z

There is the honest way to acquire such a wardrobe, and there is the Inventory way, which is just as noble. Critical Shopper: Inventory Makes All the Right Choices for You 2013-07-03T14:08:40Z

It was acquired in June for the wing’s gallery of Spanish Colonial art — something new for the museum, which is known for its trove of works from the North American colonies. Enough to Cause Art Lovers to Swoon 2010-11-20T19:38:00Z

Diana traveled to the U.S. with him and fought in World War II. Her weapons were defensive–bracelets capable of deflecting bullets and the Lasso of Truth, which allowed her to acquire intelligence. Wonder Woman Breaks Through 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Psychologists now believe that we owe our political views not to any argued programme, but to some gene pool or acquired tribal loyalty, parental, territorial, educational or occupational. So, you think reason guides your politics? Think again 2012-05-17T19:15:01Z

McElroy's images provide "the tiniest hint" of the experience, which is precisely why the artists loved him — and partly why the Getty wanted to acquire the work. Getty Research Institute gets photos of performance art 'Happenings' 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z

She knows this ground well and has acquired her passion for storytelling at the foot of a master. '212': Alafair Burke's NYC thriller about the superrich and the rest of us 2010-03-25T21:40:00Z

Meanwhile, almost everybody lived in fear of that eminent philanthropist Bill Gates, who never hesitated to crush a competitor or acquire an upstart. ‘How the Internet Happened’ Review: Building a World Online 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

He had acquired his nickname from his fellow students at the academy but was still searching for a signature. Art Review: Following a Painter?s Options Beyond the Canvas 2011-08-04T22:00:30Z

Ms. Bradford, who in 2016 was named librarian of the year by the Romance Writers of America, said she frequently asks editors and publishers how they decided which books to acquire. In Love With Romance Novels, but Not Their Lack of Diversity 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

Motivating 21st Century Fox's desire to acquire Time Warner is the rapid consolidation among the distributors that 21st Century Fox counts on to deliver its content. 21st Century Fox says it made offer to combine with Time Warner 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

He could not have imagined that acquiring the Wiggins slaves would make him a fortune. He Was Born Into Slavery, but Achieved Musical Stardom 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z

At that time “Zeus Enthroned” was acquired, the museum’s senior antiquities curator was Marion True, who was later indicted by the Italian government for conspiracy to traffic in illegal antiquities. Getty agrees to return 1st century BC sculpture to Italy 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

The study looked at the changes in the industry from 2007 to 2012, the period when Delta Air Lines acquired Northwest Airlines, United Airlines merged with Continental Airlines, and Southwest Airlines acquired AirTran. Impact of airline mergers a mixed bag, study says 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z

The cabinet was acquired from Segoura—a prestigious dealer of antiques and fine art in Paris, which closed its gallery earlier this year. An Antique Japanese Cabinet Is on the Block 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

The volunteers here prefer to call it just post-traumatic stress, leaving out the disorder, as not to stigmatize a condition that the soldiers acquired while serving the country. For these wounded warriors, a chef-cooked meal is part of the healing process 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z

"Shame" was acquired by Fox Searchlight just after its world premiere last week in Venice, and the studio's principal marketing question will be whether to release it unrated or slap an NC-17 on it. "Shame": Michael Fassbender's full-monty skin flick 2011-09-13T00:30:00Z

They’re preferred by younger buyers, dealers say, who practice sustainable reading habits by acquiring used books for less. We’re drowning in old books. But getting rid of them is heartbreaking. 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z

He admits, though, that there was a period when he was adamant about not reading the books he acquired. Why 'unpacking' is a perfect — and perfectly overused — metaphor for our cultural moment 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

It was saved by the Qataris who, as part of a strategy of acquiring glamorous London developments, bought an 80% stake in 2008. The Shard: A symbol of towering ambition 2011-01-30T00:05:57Z

Not only that, donors of assets, land or shares to UK charities are not liable to capital gains tax, even if the asset is worth more when you donate it than when you acquired it. Philanthropy: how the tax breaks work 2010-10-22T05:00:00Z

Museums have also become much more conscious about what they acquire — filling in gaps in their collections with the work of artists they have failed to recognize over the years. Museums Change Their Approach to Showing White Male Artists 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

It took me awhile until I felt comfortable and everything began to acquire more focus. Argentine singer Torres takes "Different" approach 2010-04-17T00:21:00Z

Amazon reportedly may spend up to $1 billion acquiring the rights to produce a three-season TV show based on the Hugo Award-winning series. Love astronaut-themed science fiction? Seattle Times staffers name their favorite books, movies and TV shows of that genre. 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

As Mr. Oliver says “Lowe’s,” that unromantic home improvement store acquires a numinous glow, as do the words Build It Green, the name of a house-fixtures salvage store in Queens, N.Y. Review: ‘Attorney Street,’ a Gothic Elegy for a Fleeing Here and Now 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

The museum, which acquired the work in 2013, is showing it for the first time this summer. Season Preview: For a rainy-day plan, Caillebotte at the National Gallery 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

Restoring a chair with an artisan is an aesthetically distinct way to acquire a possession — especially from someone like Mr. Norman, who can teach you to see every quality detail that makes an object beautiful. Is Good Taste Teachable? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

She acquired several homes and for a time owned part of the New Jersey Nets. Bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark dead at age 92 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

It’s taboo in the culture at large but contested within feminism, where it has acquired an essentialist reputation, as an emblem of the erasure of trans women. The Wild Woman Awakens 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

A series of short plays written nearly a century ago acquired an icy and unexpected urgency when they received their belated world premiere last week. Review: A Harrowing Puppet Show, ‘Demolishing Everything With Amazing Speed’ 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z

The family acquired a summer house on Martha’s Vineyard, to better slip their daughter’s canoe into the elite currents of African-American culture. ‘My Soul Looks Back’ Warmly Recalls New York’s Black Elite in the 1970s 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

He received a master’s degree in European history from George Washington University in 1959 and accepted a teaching position at Lycoming College in Pennsylvania on the condition that he acquire expertise in Russian history. Richard Stites, Historian of Russian Culture, Dies at 78 2010-03-13T01:37:00Z

Such all-round brilliance is not acquired quickly, and although Rosen started piano lessons at the age of three, and enrolled at the Juilliard school in when he was seven, he was no child prodigy. Charles Rosen obituary 2012-12-10T18:13:31Z

And tempura de bacalao will be an acquired taste for some. Cranes is a little Japanese, a lot Spanish and something to look at 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

It is home to around eight million objects, many of which were acquired during the centuries-long rule of the British Empire. When a Visit to the Museum Becomes an Ethical Dilemma 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

Martin Redfern, who acquired the book for HarperCollins, said that music hall used to be "the dominant form of working-class entertainment before the rise of cinema and radio". John Major's next act to be music hall 2011-04-12T15:21:20Z

What unenviable fund of memories are they acquiring as you read this? 'Silent Witnesses' meets tales of horror with a quiet love 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

I’ve been fortunate enough to acquire pieces by all of them. They Met Over Coffee and Jackson Pollock 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

He only recently acquired a computer; email is a new deal. A Permanent Port of Call Tending Bar 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

“I call you ‘non-disabled,’ ” she said with a smile, “because the likelihood of you acquiring a disability, temporarily or permanently, is statistically very high.” She’s considered the mother of disability rights — and she’s a ‘badass’ 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

Throughout its history, the museum has been early to acquire works by living artists — beginning with a gift from the Hudson River School painter Albert Bierstadt in 1863, the year after it opened. Buffalo Museum to Reopen in May 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z

And Bess — who has already been drawn by Ms. McDonald as a compellingly conflicted soul — acquires the full dimensions of a tragic heroine. | 'The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess': Audra McDonald in ?The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? - Review 2012-01-13T03:01:13Z

A Cornell-educated New Yorker, she came to Maryland in the 1970s with her doctor husband and two young children, acquired a law degree at Catholic University and became a real estate developer. A Senate candidate. A murder plot. An undercover cop. A giant fiasco. 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

All but two mosaics are from the museum's collection, and the founder himself acquired most of them. Roman floor mosaics with violent scenes pack a punch at Getty Villa 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

The “Temple” part of the name comes from the Knights Templar, who acquired property here in the 1160s. The other London underground: See the ancient city that lies beneath the modern metropolis 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

“For anyone willing to acquire the taste,” he added, “I might suggest the opposite of a binge — an episode at a time, with frequent breaks.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘Goliath’ and ‘Haters Back Off!’ 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

But the turmoil those characters endured, and the strength they acquired as a result of it, is, for Ms. Theron, personal. Charlize Theron’s Sick Work Ethic 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

Museums in Denmark, Slovenia and Switzerland, among others, are busy documenting the crisis in various ways, from asking citizens to keep diaries of their daily lives under lockdown to acquiring objects that represent the moment. Museums Scramble to Document the Pandemic, Even as It Unfolds 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z

Their movements acquire sculptural volume; pirouettes no longer appear like flat pinwheels, but revolve with a deep, spiralling expansiveness. 3D dance takes a great leap forward 2010-09-28T21:15:00Z

The world’s wealthiest shoppers, it seemed, were acquiring a taste for ethical fashion at eye-watering prices. Chloé Bids Goodbye to Gabriela Hearst 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acquired a Hamilton Palace dining room through French & Company; in 2013, the room was restored and is now a gallery featuring works of silver. Reassembling Hamilton Palace, Room by Room, All 150 of Them 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

He also acquired a stepfamily of whom he became very fond. Family life 2013-04-27T06:15:02Z

He scaled down his ambitions to a more manageable single-player game in 2009, as 38 Studios acquired Big Huge Games, a developer in Maryland that was already working on a single-player experience. Video Game Review: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, From 38 Studios 2012-02-11T00:55:49Z

Now, the New York Public Library has acquired Didion and Dunne’s joint personal literary archives. New York Public Library Acquires Joan Didion’s Papers 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

“Handmaid’s Tale” already has drawn more new subscribers to Hulu than any other original or acquired show, Hulu said at a Television Critics Association event in July. Hulu's big Emmy night marks a streaming milestone 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

To acquire that secret, the key to a fortune, Hermann callously decides to woo the countess’s plain, long-suffering ward. Capturing the essence of Pushkin, the revered poet killed in a duel at 37 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

Sam adores holiday movies and decks out her recently acquired old mansion to suit her wildest candy cane-and-mistletoe fantasies. "Ghosts" star Rose McIver on poking fun at the Christmas movie, cultural appropriation and all 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

Occasionally, they even acquire an impressive illusion of texture and mass. Review: ‘Sleeping Beauty Dreams’ Is a Tawdry Tech Fantasy 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z

Mr. Lucas’s vision of Hollywood isn’t so generous as to include studios being acquired. Silicon Valley Stirs Up Hollywood 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

While the acquired firm will now be based at Sotheby’s York Avenue headquarters in Manhattan, it will continue to keep some staff at its leased Flatiron offices in the short term. Sotheby’s, in a Gamble, Acquires Boutique Art Advisory Firm 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

When the rocker’s record label was acquired by another company, Petty refused to be traded like a baseball card, and declared bankruptcy in 1979 to try to nullify his previous contract. 50 Cent and 12 Other Celebrities Who Filed for Bankruptcy 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

Even at its first showing it acquired a degree of notoriety. How the 60s New York arts scene revolutionised dance 2010-10-12T20:31:00Z

The Met had displayed them in separate galleries, and "Washington Crossing the Delaware," which the Met acquired in 1897, was in a side gallery. American masters get new life at NYC's Met museum 2012-01-15T19:16:04Z

Cycling at predictable intervals between Keith’s long, interior harangues and his brief, prickly interactions with the director, the play acquires a ticktock rhythm that prevents the buildup of momentum. Review: In ‘American Moor,’ an Insider’s Guide to ‘Othello’ 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

Even if you are not shopping, it’s worth acquiring for your design library. | A Christie’s Auction Honors the Passing of a British Design Giant 2014-01-16T14:00:58Z

But after an outcry, the library acquired a home. Explorer: Israel With a Russian Accent (and Pork) 2010-02-27T04:22:00Z

Third parties have acquired colorful names and nicknames over the years: Dixiecrats. In a presidential election, it’s almost always about two parties 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

A little over a decade ago, Jim Hedges, a retired investment banker, began aggressively acquiring photos from the Warhol Foundation. | Remembering Andy Warhol, the Man With the Camera 2013-09-05T19:17:13Z

Five years ago the museum and Columbia University jointly acquired his mammoth archive. MoMA's love-hate relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright is on display in wide-ranging new retrospective 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

Yes, Yankovic did acquire his first accordion from a traveling salesman. ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Review: Any Odd? He Beat It. 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z

Farah and her family had to make several visits to two separate D.M.V. offices before finally acquiring their state I.D.s, this month. An Accidental Activist 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

It allowed people in the Tibetan Plateau's most extreme environments to turn the energy locked inside alpine meadow grasses into a protein-rich, nutritional food that was endlessly renewable — because animals weren't killed to acquire it. Research reveals a 3,500-year history of dairy consumption on the Tibetan Plateau 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z

So for this show, I broke out my red jacket, a slice of sartorial splendor acquired in a thrift shop in Virginia, and we teamed up. How to get stuck in a barn with Anthony S. Fauci, Jamie Lee Curtis and Yo-Yo Ma 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, founded in 1957, acquired a new purpose. October 1962: the month that modern culture was born 2012-09-29T22:12:23Z

The issue is a thorny one for Nielsen, which acquired the Arbitron radio ratings company last year. 2 months of L.A. radio data may be wrong, Nielsen says 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

Mr. Nissinen said that he and Mr. Forsythe were still discussing which works would enter the repertory after “Artifact,” but that he hoped to acquire pieces that were less well-known to North American audiences. Boston Ballet Partners With William Forsythe 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

Current and former French officials, though, say that the Saudis were eager for their newly acquired trophy to hang at the Louvre, as long as it was placed beside the world’s most famous painting. A Clash of Wills Keeps a Leonardo Masterpiece Hidden 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z

Mr. Murphy has acquired piles of Fuller artifacts during his research, including a 1941 photo of a Dymaxion prototype taken just before an unsealed gas cap caused it to catch fire. Antiques: Dymaxion Cars, Americana Auctions and French Gilded Art 2011-01-13T22:41:34Z

In Austria, the poet acquired a yellow Volkswagen, eventually used as the getaway car in a series of robberies committed by a longtime lover. Review | ‘Lives of Houses’ is a lovely book to savor while you’re stuck at home 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z

Taylor's career began when his local church acquired refitted bells and he and a teenage friend decided to learn to ring them. How do I become ... a bellmaker? 2012-12-20T10:42:22Z

Yale received most of them from Henry S. Hacker, a retired marketing consultant in Cambridge, Mass., who had acquired about 300 posters in the last 20 years. Antiques: Princeton?s Faculty Room and Britain?s Rail Posters 2010-05-27T21:29:00Z

On the whole, he comes off as a very capable musician, but one who, as of yet, has not acquired the flair for details and the brilliance of imagination that marks a conductor as extraordinary. What Gustavo Dudamel’s Recordings Reveal About His Conducting 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z

Along with learning to braise, poach, broil and render, I acquired a keener awareness of what might be called “nutritional advantage”. Kitchen confidential 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z

For relatively little money, Mr. Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative, was able to acquire six acres of land overlooking downtown. Following the Civil Rights Trail 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

His two-act Shostakovich comedy “The Bright Stream,” originally created for the Bolshoi Ballet, was a shot in the arm for American Ballet Theater, which acquired that hit this year. Looking Back: Cunningham, Morris, Ratmansky, Hallberg and Cojocaru 2011-12-17T05:26:08Z

“Since acquiring Wordle, we have not made the puzzle harder,” he said in a statement. When It Comes to Wordle Strategies, It’s Personal 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

Matthew Clairmont, the vampiric object of Bishop's affection, does drink... wine and is quite the connoisseur, having in 1,500 years acquired cellars full of rare and costly vintages. 'A Discovery of Witches': at Oxford University, unrest among the supernatural set 2011-02-17T21:27:04Z

Last year, the Wagners acquired the 6.7-acre lot for $682,000 at the end of Dusty Drive after months of negotiations over property adjustments involving the seller and his new neighbors. Pot Farmer to Neighbors: Chill Out. Neighbors: No. 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

The exhibition explains the handbill as part of the library’s mission of acquiring ephemera, but collecting also makes an assertion that objects will have a future value. A Library?s Treasures, From Gutenberg to Malcolm X 2011-05-17T12:00:00Z

The publisher acquired world rights from the New Zealand publisher Blackwell and Ruth, which was representing the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the executors of Mr. Mandela’s estate. Liveright to Publish Nelson Mandela’s Letters From Prison 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

Paul, a plodding, laconic milquetoast whose dental practice is failing, acquires mysterious healing powers. Movie Review: ‘Touchy Feely’ Explores Family Emotions 2013-09-05T22:05:20Z

He acquired it at no cost because he was first to claim it in a “land grab” along with two dozen other basic web addresses, like jobs.com. A Wild West Story About the Early Internet and Sex.com 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

This built in scale and complexity, then fragmented into multiple groups, while acquiring embellishments of footwork and arm gesture, all without any sudden gear-change, at all times filling the space. Review: To Open Performance Space New York, ‘visions of beauty’ 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Enter the Naxos label, which has been smartly acquiring the rights to a wide variety of opera productions in recent years and releasing video recordings on DVD and Blu-ray. A Lot of Opera Is Now Streaming. Here’s Where to Start. 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z

“I bemoaned the fact that we still hadn’t acquired anything,” he said. Beauford Delaney Returns to the Scene 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

With modern drama, the question acquires more urgency. Theatre intervals: is it curtains? 2011-03-01T16:45:47Z

It took him several decades to get to the 5 million point, but according to the man himself, he acquired a large collection this past fall that added at least another million to his total. At 6 Million Records (And Counting), This Man Has The World's Largest Vinyl Collection 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

"We crunched the numbers and realized we'd be saving a considerable amount of money every month, which would help us save for a home and pay off our recently acquired debt," Brenton said. Is van life a freedom movement or an economic crisis? 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

It was as heavy as a freshly acquired pelt. Critical Shopper: Critical Shopper – Superdry in Times Square 2012-11-07T20:09:35Z

In December, the Penske Media Corporation announced that it had acquired Artforum, a contemporary art journal, and was bringing the title under the same ownership as its two competitors, ARTnews and Art in America. Art Critics: Next Endangered Species? 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z

The lineup acquires particular resonance from recent events. Retrospective captures sensibilities of heralded Thai director

She even acquired functional objects: one spaniel statuette has an ink compartment hidden in its fur. Antiques: Tattoos in More Books and Films; Dog Art at William Secord 2013-01-31T22:13:16Z

A good opportunity to admire what the museum has been acquiring. Datebook: Model U.N., art of the Middle East and vintage erotica 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

It occupies a narrow plot where the Frick acquired and tore down a townhouse with the intention of someday expanding on the site. The Case Against a Mammoth Frick Collection Addition 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

The museum, which acquired the works in the 1950s, declined to comment because the case is being litigated. Lawsuit Against MoMA Highlights Timing Issues in Claims of Nazi Looting 2011-08-23T16:57:53Z

Good reviews and high search placement are extremely valuable and take time to acquire. The Great Amazon Flip-a-Thon 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

The 33 works they have acquired since the early 1990s — all on view — include nothing in the way of fragments, damaged pieces or the odd amuse-bouche. Art Review: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes at the Frick Collection 2014-01-30T22:57:06Z

The Met listed only his name — no prior owner, or sense of where it had been acquired. Cambodia Says It’s Found Its Lost Artifacts: in Gallery 249 at the Met 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

It then passed into the hands of one of Gandy’s executors and was acquired by the current, anonymous owner. Rare Alan Turing Document, Outlining Mathematical Thought, to be Auctioned 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

Many agreed, for example, not to acquire an artifact without clear, documented evidence that it had left its country of origin before 1970, or had been legally exported after 1970. For U.S. Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z

Lifetime's thematic portfolio has evolved beyond a steady diet of white women in peril films since 2009, when the network was acquired by A&E and made conscious efforts to diversify its audience. The Lifetime movie turns 30: Escape reality with a marathon of nannies, cheerleaders & kids in peril 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z

It's not the music that's confrontational – even the chewier album tracks acquire vivid techno energy – but the concept. The Knife – review 2013-05-10T17:02:19Z

Such knowledge hasn’t been acquired easily, and it comes at the price of great loneliness. How She Survives: Strategies for Women on London Stages 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

It recently acquired three etchings by Rembrandt made in the mid-1600s, bringing its collection of prints by the Dutch master to a dozen. Raising the Cultural Bar on Campuses 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

Bromiley, who acquired three films there, called it "a very mediocre market." After Toronto, small film world primes for peak viewing season 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

And the United Kingdom has “The Virgin of the Rocks,” which it acquired in the 18th century. Review | Not every Leonardo is in the huge Leonardo da Vinci exhibition. What’s at the Louvre, though, is brilliant. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z

The museum acquired a fourth generation iPod in 2004 from a young Washington resident to show the evolution of music technology from the 1950s to the 2000s. Smithsonian opens new, diverse US history timeline 2012-04-11T20:24:37Z

The Baltimore Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art recently made a point of selling work to acquire more art by women and artists of color. Brooklyn Museum to Sell 12 Works as Pandemic Changes the Rules 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

Still, it’s not a hard taste to acquire. Ode to the Buttered Roll, That New York Lifeline 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

Neither parent could help their children acquire language. What is it like to live with parents very different from you? 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

Dozens of Hachette employees staged a walkout over the book and Farrow, who had been working on Catch and Kill at the time Hachette acquired Allen’s memoir, said he would stop working with the publisher. Woody Allen memoir published in US after protest stops first attempt 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

Initially bought by a diplomat, William Hamilton, while he was based in Naples, the statue was sold at Christie’s in 1801, where it was acquired by Thomas Hope, the famous collector and designer. Special Report: The New Art Season: Art Anchored in History Will Soar This Season 2011-09-07T10:30:06Z

Thus he acquires something of the aura of a guru. Is our love of nature writing bourgeois escapism? 2013-07-06T07:01:00Z

Other London museums also considered trying to acquire the balloon. Britain Wants to Keep Trump. The Baby Version, That Is. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

The museum’s collection of 247 works was a gift from longtime Newport Beach art collectors Mark and Janet Hilbert, who spent two and a half decades acquiring more than 1,000 pieces of California art. Hilbert Museum of California Art debuts with California scene paintings 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

In addition, Mr. Lichtenstein was instrumental in helping the choreographer Mark Morris acquire a derelict state-owned building a block away from the academy in 1998. Harvey Lichtenstein, Who Led Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Rebirth, Dies at 87 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

How Mr. Ferré acquired it is a tale of luck and passion. Review: ‘Flaming June’ Arrives in New York, Preceded by Its Reputation 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

He recently acquired a bike that he uses to reach showers at a facility in Arlington. Review | At Miriam’s Kitchen, a great mission starts with a good meal 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

Like most ambitious museums, Yale’s is acquiring a lot of contemporary work. Art Review: Yale University Art Gallery Reopens After Renovations 2012-12-13T23:11:46Z

It was acquiring a reputation for grand opera and Wagner, for serious singing and conducting, that had often been snobbishly regarded as the preserve of Covent Garden. The Earl of Harewood 2011-07-11T18:26:50Z

Besides acquiring lots of programming aimed at children, including movies from DreamWorks Animation, the company is working with DreamWorks on original programming for kids. Netflix lands animated films from Sony Pictures 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

Among the Plath items the college already holds are her Girl Scout uniform and prom dress, acquired in 1985 and available for the public to see by appointment. Who Bought Sylvia Plath’s Stuff? 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z

The slow movement, opening in a mood of profound sadness, gradually acquired a relentless momentum as it progressed that took it into troubling, curiously disconsolate emotional territory. Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic ? review 2011-01-28T00:29:54Z

He reviews the documents with help from a legal team at Deluxe to find clues as to who produced the movie and who acquired the rights. A painstaking effort to reunite forgotten films with their owners 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

And for something more recent there’s “Everfair” by Nisi Shawl, in which the people of the Congo acquire steampunk technology early on, therefore averting the colonial horrors of our timeline. Review | Ever wonder what might have been? Here are some scenarios, courtesy of science fiction 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

Later it was given powers to prevent landowners from allowing them to deteriorate or, worse, from demolishing them, and in the last resort to acquire them itself. Men from the Ministry by Simon Thurley – review 2013-06-20T10:01:01Z

Karna Lozoya, a vice president at Catholic University, said the university looked at the building recently, but “determined there is no compelling need to acquire the property.” The Kirov Academy, a Leading Ballet School, to Close in May 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

What do I want to find on the glossy pages of a newly acquired collection of recipes? Lots of Healthy Options, but Don’t Forget Dessert! 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

Along the way, he also acquired the remaining pieces of the original Inglenook property, including the historic Niebaum chateau. Inglenook Focuses on the Long Term to Regain Its Glory 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

He merely wanted "a lot of stuff," according to Edward Fowles, who acquired the gallery after the death of Joseph Duveen, a fabulously successful art dealer. Norton Simon: A look at the art purchase that transformed the collector 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

When you want to start a streaming service and your most established competitor has for years been spending billions of dollars making and acquiring exclusive series, what do you do? Can’t Match Netflix? At Least You Can Buy Some British Shows 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

Time Warner Cable is in the process of being acquired by Comcast Corp. Dodger channel woes give Time Warner Cable revenue blues 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

A sizable body of psychological research suggests that our happiness levels remain the same no matter how much we achieve or how many goodies we acquire. Keeping Up With New Delhi’s 1 Percent in ‘The Windfall’ 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

Into a beautifully written, richly entertaining account of a year spent travelling around the archipelago, she weaves a deep knowledge of the country acquired first as a reporter there, and then as an epidemiologist. The road ahead 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

Turkey sought Ferguson's extradition after a Turkish court accused her of "breaking the law in acquiring footage and violating the privacy of five children" while making the documentary in 2008, Turkey's Anatolian news agency said. No Ferguson extradition over Turkey film: UK source 2012-01-13T14:49:30Z

Miss Murdoch is writing another novel in the intervals of teaching and gardening, an interest lately discovered when she acquired a house with a garden in the middle of Oxford. An interview with Iris Murdoch: from the Guardian archive, 1 February 1960 2013-02-01T07:30:00Z

To pay for translation rights for this new collection, which it acquired from the Neruda estate, the publisher raised money from its board and a handful of donors. Rediscovered Pablo Neruda Poems to Be Published 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

The Board of Trustees then voted to formally acquire the pieces. National Gallery aims to integrate Corcoran works, keep its legacy alive 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

One possibility: Freddy’s loan may have been among those acquired by the Swiss National Bank, Switzerland’s equivalent of the U.S. Can’t a capitalist be moral? 2012-06-17T22:00:00Z

What it is: Recently acquired by Canon, Lifecake is a private platform for storing, organizing, and sharing your family memories in the cloud. 4 Easy Ways to Organize Your Vacation Photos 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

But if Morgan's speculative and essentially static high-class political gossip – what you might call Pepys behind the scenes – acquires emotional resonance, it is largely thanks to the naturally majestic Mirren. The Audience – review 2013-03-05T23:02:01Z

An exhibition that tells the story of how Charles Lang Freer acquired the Second Venice Set, 26 atmosphere etchings by James McNeill Whistler. At museums this fall: Art and science, civilization and extinction

Augustine slowly emerges from her cocoon of ignorance and fear, and we see her acquiring self-knowledge and tools for survival, and in the process our pity turns to awe. Movie Review: ‘Augustine,’ by Alice Winocour, Featuring Soko 2013-05-16T21:08:34Z

In a nostalgic handoff in December, he acquired the subterranean space from his former employer, veteran Washington restaurateur Jeff Buben, and promptly put his own stamp on the location, now known as Honeysuckle. Review | Honeysuckle review: The cooking is skilled, but the chef needs to lighten up 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

I presume that in part that was why he decided that a brick and mortar magic shop was the only place where I would be able to acquire the skills I craved. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z

The involves five young people who acquire superpowers after being caught outside during a peculiar storm. Television Review: ‘Misfits,’ From Britain, on Logo 2012-07-18T21:31:24Z

Part of the problem is that acquiring new things is far easier, and more glamorous, than getting rid of old ones. Clean House to Survive? Museums Confront Their Crowded Basements 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z

The Universal Music Group announced on Monday that it had acquired the star’s entire songwriting catalog, as well as the rights to his recordings. Neil Diamond Sells Entire Catalog to Universal Music 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

Sarah McGrath, who acquired “The Girl on the Train” as editor in chief of Riverhead, said she normally doesn’t read or buy thrillers but made an exception for Ms. Hawkins’s novel. Paula Hawkins’s Journey to ‘The Girl on the Train’ 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

Like certain cheeses, they might seem an acquired taste best suited to German-speaking lands. Bruckner as a holiday treat? The L.A. Phil thinks so 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

Art and image-making have been a contentious flash point in every season of “Shtisel” — perhaps never so much as in Season 3, in which Akiva’s striking canvases acquire the weight of an actual character. How the Artists Behind ‘Shtisel’ Brought Akiva’s Journey to Life 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Getty's purchase follows the announcement in March that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art acquired a late-period Bernini bust depicting an unidentified man in honor of its 50th anniversary.  The Getty Museum snaps up a Bernini bust, adding heft to L.A.'s Baroque holdings 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

In 2012, when the Tate Britain, in London, acquired “That Time of the Month,” an older work also featuring tampons, P-Orridge felt “both vindicated and amused,” s/he said. The Reinventions of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

He acquires a drum set and a pair of electric guitars, pulls the girls out of high school and sets them to grinding out chords. | 'The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World': Three Sisters, a Deluded Dad and Some Wretched Rock 2011-06-08T02:15:25Z

Like Matt, the panda — named Panda — recently acquired a boot on its right foot. Have you said bye-bye to Bao Bao? She’s about to fly the ‘Panda Express’ to China. 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

Halston Heritage, which is overseeing part of the installation, will be lending an actual mirror ball it acquired from Studio 54. Liza Minnelli Goes Marie Kondo; Old Holdings to Be Shown, Sold 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

And Ms. Murin, who was just fine in the show last summer, has acquired real star shine. | 'Lysistrata Jones': ?Lysistrata Jones? at Walter Kerr Theater - Review 2011-12-15T03:05:04Z

But in 2011 the Museum of Modern Art acquired seven sculptures and last year the Art Institute of Chicago acquired a major early one. 5 Twombly Sculptures to Join His Paintings at Philadelphia Museum 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

Since then, the couple have acquired the most celebrated names of postwar and contemporary art. How Edye Broad's 'natural eye' drew her billionaire husband into the art world 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z

And he acquired more than a hundred books on Polynesia and related topics as he got ready to play Fletcher Christian in “Mutiny on the Bounty.” Review: ‘Brando’s Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work,’ by Susan L. Mizruchi

But a nonprofit organization she helps run, which assists small police departments in acquiring, training and supporting K-9 units, needed help. The Assorted Teachings of Dogecoin 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z

"The Company You Keep" was acquired for distribution prior to TIFF, and will be released in 2013. At TIFF: 'Cloud Atlas,' 'Silver Linings Playbook,' Susan Sarandon 2012-09-09T23:31:04Z

The film was acquired for a low cost of $3 million, and under its title in every market outside of the U.S., Box Office disaster: Lackluster releases, Mayweather-McGregor, Hurricane Harvey create slowest weekend in over 15 years 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

It had once been one of the most heralded names in California wine history, dating to the 1870s, when Gustave Niebaum, a wealthy Finnish sea captain, acquired roughly 500 acres of farmland, including vines. Inglenook Focuses on the Long Term to Regain Its Glory 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

The opportunity to acquire such a masterpiece of 20th century art is sure to prompt great excitement amongst collectors and institutions around the world. Record estimate for Picasso work 2010-03-17T10:09:00Z

At the private viewing, a contemporary art dealer in Geneva acquired his €10,000 oak coffer with forged iron bands from 17th-century Flanders. Fairs: Resplendent Diversity at the Maastricht Fair 2011-03-25T12:30:04Z

When Disney bought Lucasfilm in late 2012, it acquired the popular and lucrative “Star Wars” franchise and immediately said it would produce a seventh installment. Cast Is Announced for Next ‘Star Wars’ Film 2014-04-29T18:36:39Z

Doubleday, which acquired rights to the story from the Twain House, decided to hire the Steads, who are stars in children’s publishing, to finish the story. A Rediscovered Mark Twain Fairy Tale Is Coming Soon 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

Similar to a sheet pan, pizza stones will acquire stains and signs of use over the course of their life. Put down the soap — here's the right way to clean a pizza stone 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

In his 20s, when he worked in a jewelry store with two brothers and developed a coke problem, he acquired a Glock 17, a gun being “the hand of death itself.” From a Suicide Expert, an Unflinching Guide to Saving Lives 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z

It was likely during the latter part of the decade that I acquired HIV. It’s 1985 all over again: To me, the Reagan years were a time of death — and Trump’s era feels eerily similar 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

They acquired it for less than $10,000 and brought it to a skilled specialist to remove the later paint layers and restore the original. A Clash of Wills Keeps a Leonardo Masterpiece Hidden 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z

From the 1910s through the 1940s, he spoke mysteriously of his “friends” who could acquire artifacts in the countryside, while he angled spotlights on stone Buddha heads and opalescent jade bowls for sale. Antiques: Notes From the Dealer C. T. Loo, and Pens of a Certain Age 2012-09-06T21:10:10Z

The museum acquired the painting from a dealer in London for an undisclosed price, he added. Frick Buys Its First Painting Since 1991 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

Swift and Braun's lengthy feud reached its peak in June 2019, when Braun acquired Swift's old record label, Big Machine Records, for a whopping $300 million. Why is everyone leaving this celebrity manager? Here’s who ditched him, and here’s who’s left 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z

It is time to re-evaluate what you really want in life, because it is unlikely that a person who has never had much desire will suddenly acquire it. My husband's lost his sex drive and I want a baby 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

In 2011, plans fell through for the theater to acquire office and housing space in the redevelopment of the former Hine Junior High School on Pennsylvania Avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets SW. Shakespeare Theatre still faces hurdles for new administrative center 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z

Aviron acquired the film from a bankrupt Relativity, but the distributor declined to release the thriller's acquisition cost, making it difficult to judge its performance. Box office: 'Dark Tower' leads slow weekend with $19.5 million, 'Detroit' stumbles 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z

Bonham's said it was acquired by a private collector from from Ariadne Galleries in New York in the late 1980s. 'Looted' artefacts removed from sale 2014-04-02T14:29:36Z

Some of her work was used in subsequent published biographies, but this movie’s director, James Erskine, acquired the rights to her entire collection, and “Billie” is the first project he derived from it. ‘Billie’ Review: A Legend, in a Different Light 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

The Souls Grown Deep Foundation says it has helped more than a dozen museums acquire paintings, sculptures and works on paper by self-taught African American artists of the South. Museums Change Their Approach to Showing White Male Artists 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

BIG CBS Networks will tap shows from CBS's program library, which holds series such as "Melrose Place" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation," as well as acquire content from other parties. CBS, Reliance Broadcast start Indian TV network 2010-08-18T12:53:00Z

Authorities acquired the sculpture in 1972, in time for the unveiling of the open-air sculpture museum. Basque Giant, Finally Embraced 2010-09-15T12:40:00Z

The program displays justifiable pride in what the museum has acquired, including Bay Area art, while subtly suggesting that recent art histories are anything but fixed. SFMOMA's expansion offers a deep dive into blue-chip artists' works 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

Change up the vinegar to use that bottle you acquired on vacation. This crowd-pleasing sandwich is made to last — and to pack 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

Much as I am taken by an interesting accessory, it was a relief when he finally acquired a cagoule somewhere around Göschenen. TV review: The Secret Life of Rubbish; Falcón; Great Continental Railway Journeys 2012-11-29T23:00:03Z

The German American League acquired the land in 1925, named it Hindenburg Park, and maintained it as a private gathering for local German Americans, who held dances, picnics and other events there. A California suburb reckons with its Nazi past — and present-day controversy follows 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z

It was a de Vlaminck painting, “Banlieue de Paris,” that started the Shaheens’ collection when they acquired it from a local gallery in the early 1970s. Donation Brings New Impressionist Works to Atlanta’s High Museum 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

But despite her disabilities, she acquired the use of language, 50 years before Helen Keller did. Kimberly Elkins’s ‘What Is Visible,’ a novel about Laura Bridgman

The movie required the actress to acquire instant expertise doing elephant acrobatics while wearing sequined leotards and elegant gowns. Reese Witherspoon riding high in circus drama 2011-04-19T19:31:45Z

There is one exception: the Octopus Car Wash — A1A Car Wash in the show — which Walter White acquired in Season 4 and looks like an ark built by a Noah gone mad. Eerily Normal, the Real Star of ‘Breaking Bad’ 2013-08-09T21:56:34Z

Williams is a longtime business partner of Sinclair; in 2013, he acquired TV stations from Sinclair when the company reached federal limits on station ownership. How the nation’s largest owner of TV stations helped Donald Trump’s campaign 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

With his main character dead, what remains for Roth is to decipher him from the vantage point of his own painfully acquired maturity. James Lasdun reviews The Scientists: A Family Romance by Marco Roth 2013-02-16T09:01:01Z

Porter was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1928, and studied music from an early age, acquiring considerable facility as an organist. Postscript: Andrew Porter (1928-2015) 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z

I’m with you here, that sometimes people with an old bond enjoy seeing each other without partners acquired after the fact. Mother-in-law issue is the old introvert/extrovert problem 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

Marion Harris, a Manhattan art dealer, acquired them and has been defending his reputation and helping place works in museum and private hands ever since. A Naturalist’s Notes on London; Bettie Page Photos 2012-08-10T04:47:10Z

"We have done celebrities for many years but have more recently acquired more than ever before as public appetite has increased," Hirsch told The Hollywood Reporter. Vivid Entertainment: A new business model for porn 2010-09-03T05:48:00Z

"The charge reflects the impact of write-downs of underperforming programming, including the abandonment of select acquired titles, as well as costs associated with workforce reductions," Viacom said in a statement. Viacom restructuring includes $785-million write-down 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

Disney became the owner of the “Fear Street” trilogy when it acquired Fox in 2019. Binge-Viewing Movies? Netflix Bets on the ‘Fear Street’ Trilogy. 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z

First, set your computer between an external light source and your desk chair, so that your face acquires a glow. How to Use Zoom Like a Theater or Film Professional 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Strand, who seems to have acquired a legal education in the course of researching his play, spoke easily about a half-dozen major Supreme Court cases. ‘The Originalist,’ a New Play About Justice Antonin Scalia by John Strand 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

What felt great to him about Sunday’s market, Mr. Siggia added, was that almost everything he sold that day had been acquired not for resale but for personal pleasure. The Gimlet Eye: Getting Set to Spin 2010-09-22T20:43:00Z

Many are acquiring the stretch and polish usually demonstrated by the female body in ballet, movement qualities customarily used to convey vulnerability and emotional depth. The Place to Challenge Ballet’s Gender Stereotypes? In Daily Class 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

That appealed to Mitchell because her high, fluttery voice is, by her own admission, an acquired taste. Anais Mitchell: Greece is the word 2011-01-13T22:22:01Z

But events soon acquired a momentum of their own. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z

Zuckerman acquired it in 1993 after a previous owner, British tabloid baron Robert Maxwell, fell off the back of his yacht and drowned. Analysis | How one newspaper deal explains the decline of the newspaper business 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

With the Eastmans’ guidance, Mr. McCartney also acquired ownership of all of his recordings and songwriting rights since the breakup of the Beatles. John L. Eastman, Lawyer and Force in Entertainment World, Dies at 83 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

Now the institute has acquired Robert R. McElroy’s archives, as well. Form, Function and Beauty Span Eons in Met Acquisitions 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

It’s a standard step, but here, very simply done, it acquires a special magic. BalletCollective Performs at the Skirball Center 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

When Pitchfork posted Stevens’ tour dates, acquired via the Disco Naïveté twitter feed, the tour had a name: the “Surfjohn Stevens Christmas Sing-A-Long: Seasonal Affective Disorder Yuletide Disaster Pageant on Ice.” Sufjan Stevens—er, Surfjohn—er, Sirfjan—Announces Tour 2012-10-08T21:07:06Z

I can not tell you how many people who have acquired all the latest and live with the ultimate kitchen actually can't cook steam. What’s Cooking in That Egg Spoon? A Bite-Size Culture War 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

There sat Colvin — wearing the eye patch she had recently acquired after being half-blinded by a grenade in Sri Lanka — calmly sipping tea and smoking a cigarette. She Reported From the World’s Combat Zones, at the Cost of Her Life 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

However, about a week later, my older daughter's newly acquired bestie invited her to a birthday party at the same date and time. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Weddings, birthday parties and other family traumas 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z

It came to Palermo by way of a 19th century English consul in Sicily, Robert Fagan, though it remains unknown how he acquired it. Italy sending Parthenon fragment to Athens in nudge to UK 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z

“In your college search,” he counsels, “worry less about specific name brands and even majors and worry more about acquiring skills and experiences.” A Separate and Unequal System of College Admissions 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

At this stage, teenagers were falling in love and experimenting with sex, and because I’d still acquired no experience in this area, I felt more comfortable remaining ugly rather than competing with the popular girls. “Brillo head,” “Don King,” “Sideshow Bob”: It took me years to embrace the hair that white people scorned 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z

But, he notes, “we almost never solve the problem of envy by acquiring whatever it is we envy.” How To Help Your Kids Get Rid of Stuff 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

If you visit its website, you'll learn that it was acquired two years ago by the music subscription service Rhapsody. Napster: the day the music was set free 2013-02-24T00:05:22Z

The painting passed into the hands of Gustav Ucicky, a film director and one of Klimt’s sons, who acquired a number of his father’s works. Klimt’s ‘Portrait of Gertrud Loew’ to Be Auctioned 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

“In Munich alone, about 10 tons of jewelry and precious metal were registered. Thousands of pieces were acquired by museums. Families were sent a designated sum, mostly via bank transfer and often a year later.” Not Picassos, but Still Precious: Museums Return Silver Lost to the Nazis 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z

Hostin also compares Oz's situation to that of former football running back Herschel Walker, who came out as the front-runner in recent polls amid his campaign to acquire a Senate seat in Georgia. "The View" hosts tickled by "Trump minions" at Fox News who are split over Dr. Oz Senate endorsement 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z

Toward the end of the last century, my company acquired one of the giants of our business and I got a pretty big new job. Stanley Bing’s Real Identity Was a Closely Guarded Secret. Until It Wasn’t. 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

He acquired them in a concentrated buying spree of just 15 years, and displayed his collection in a palace in Moscow — capped by “Dance” and “Music,” the monumental panels that stand among Matisse’s boldest works. ‘Icons of Modern Art’: Picassos, Matisses, Monets, Oh, My! 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

So, of course, is fashion — even if Grindr is more traditionally thought of as being for those dispensing with clothing than acquiring it. Grindr, the Gay Dating App, Hooks Up With Fashion 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

When the production company Endeavor Content, which acquired the rights, began work in 2019 to turn “Tokyo Vice” into a series instead, Lesher became an executive producer and Rogers became the showrunner. ‘Tokyo Vice’ Revisits a Faded Underworld 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

Ten of Mr. Dial’s works were acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2013 as a part of a larger donation from Mr. Arnett’s foundation. Thornton Dial, Outsider Artist Whose Work Told of Black Life, Dies at 87 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

The ’s five-year journey to purchase new trains rounded a big curve today when the transit agency’s board approved a financing strategy to acquire 300 rail cars. CTA closer to buying new rail cars 2011-10-13T22:51:00Z

It didn’t feel right when Barker was its sole occupant, but when it acquired another, an other, it became a better fit? The story of one man’s pregnancy: ‘It felt joyous, amazing and brilliant’ 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

She said she’s aiming to acquire books that are “completely out of the box.” In Publishing, ‘Everything Is Up for Change’ 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

When Evelyn, her voice thick with censure and disappointment, inquires about Ziggy’s future plans, he reveals aspirations that go no further than acquiring more followers and more generous tips. ‘When You Finish Saving the World’ Review: Mother and Son Disunion 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

I am trying to clear my house of clutter not acquire more. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Honey, I’d like you to meet bill, a lifelong acquaintance 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

He, too, is well intentioned, yet slippery, with wads of cash dubiously acquired. The House – review 2012-07-01T16:01:01Z

Under U.S. law, one can never acquire good title to stolen property. For U.S. Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z

The stacks behind Room 100 contain rows of recently acquired books and periodicals that will soon be clipped by librarians to supplement the folders. Hands Off the Library’s Picture Collection! 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

On the day of the announcement, retired BMA curator Brenda Richardson, who had acquired Warhol’s “The Last Supper” for the museum, told The Washington Post that she was “horrified” by the move to sell it. A Baltimore museum tried to raise money by selling three pricey artworks. It backfired stupendously. 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z

In 2009, he acquired the North American distribution rights for “A Single Man,” the designer Tom Ford’s debut film. Fashion Breaks Its Silence on Harvey Weinstein Scandal 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

Even if he wasn't centre stage as much as he wanted, though, Tsiskaridze built up a whole new fanbase for himself on television, acquiring a celebrity status among Russians who knew little about itself. Bolshoi shows Nikolai Tsiskaridze the stage door 2013-06-10T16:40:29Z

Certainly the nature of the auditions have an acquired taste. Has MasterChef lost its X Factor? 2011-02-17T11:34:46Z

What little language he acquired as a toddler has all but evaporated by adolescence. Review: ‘Uncommon Sense’ Looks at Life on the Autism Spectrum 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

The movie was acquired for considerably more than the 2006 indie hit Little Miss Sunshine, which went on to gross $100 million worldwide. Kumail Nanjiani is the Romantic Comedian We've Been Waiting For 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

High above the city, an old army fort was acquired by the city in 2008 and converted into gardens paying homage to the great botanist-explorers who brought diverse plant species back to France. ‘Once visitors arrive, it’s easy to seduce them’: Le Havre celebrates its 500th year 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

Now the picture has arrived at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which scored an impressive coup in acquiring the missing masterpiece. LACMA purchases long-lost masterpiece, once kept under a couch 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

The painting may have been in Spain in the 18th century, he said, because the family descends from an officer in Napoleon’s army who may have acquired it there. Art Dealer Says Painting Found in French Attic Is a Caravaggio 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

"Flux Gourmet" is certainly an acquired taste, but this unusual film is highly satisfying for adventurous filmgoers. "Flux Gourmet" is an absurdist adventure in pretentious performance art made from food sounds 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

But because Esposito plays most of Gus' scenes with an edge of intellectual arrogance, this whole aspect of "Breaking Bad" acquires an edge of gamesmanship. "Breaking Bad" 4x8, "Hermanos" 2011-09-05T14:06:00Z

They acquired the property — notable for its impressive 1470s Great Hall — in 1933 and commissioned the architects Seely and Paget to revamp the estate into a modern home suitable for their considerable entertaining needs. Cultured Traveler: In London, Private Homes on Display 2010-12-31T19:55:00Z

DG Corral pointed out that Spain had acquired the painting legally and in good faith and had no involvement in the transaction in which a Nazi art dealer coerced the painting from its owner. US embassy cables: US embassy in Madrid asks Spain to find creative solutions to Nazi looted art problem 2010-12-08T23:00:00Z

The husband-and-wife team has operated their winery in just this fashion since acquiring 70 acres off a dirt road here in the hills of the northern Willamette Valley a decade ago. The Oregon Trail 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

They became works to project to an audience: a “determined musical shouting” that acquired the “heroic discourse of the symphony,” as Kerman puts it. 17 Works, 9 Hours, 10 Days: My Beethoven Quartet Marathon 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

That prickly sense of disorientation only increases as Mr. Eno’s play, which seemed to be stuck in an arid groove, begins to acquire intriguing new meanings. Theater Review: In Will Eno’s ‘The Open House,’ Dysfunctional Dynamics 2014-03-04T03:00:03Z

One of the first works I acquired was by the artist Matt Keegan and is a small photographic collage of Humberto Leon, my best friend. A Collector Juxtaposes the Erotic and the Familiar 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z

"The 1997 Masters was one of the most important tournaments in my life for many reasons," Woods said in a news release issued Monday by Grand Central Publishing, which acquired the rights to the book. Tiger Woods to write book on '97 Masters 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

Most or all were acquired at New York auctions in the early 1980s, when international interest — and prices — for castas were modest. A masterpiece of Baroque painting, missing for more than a century, is hiding somewhere in L.A. 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z

But most of their reviews were good, and they began to acquire a loyal following. Bob Elliott, of Bob and Ray Comedy Fame, Dies at 92 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

I fingered the lingerie, appreciating the silk and satin, the filminess and flimsiness, the figure and money one must have to acquire a dresser drawer full of such things. My bad baby-sitter years 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

But the Getty is still fighting a court battle in Italy over another prized object in its collection, the Getty Bronze, a statute called “Victorious Youth” that it acquired in 1977. Italy Focuses Investigation on Princeton Art Curator 2010-06-02T22:01:00Z

Chattering ladies have little on their minds except acquiring the latest hat. Pootwaddles and Dunklewimps: Rube Goldberg’s glorious cartoons at MoPOP 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

Leigh Keno, the company’s owner, said that he is helping the estate find an institution willing to acquire the archive. Antiques: ?American Christmas Cards, 1900-1960,? at Bard Graduate Center 2011-09-15T21:06:33Z

All of them are good, patient listeners, a skill they say they’ve acquired because they’ve never been encouraged to speak up before. Men’s rights activists, gathering to discuss all the ways society has done them wrong

Back when “swag” was merely “style,” Downey acquired a comically expensive ascot collection to seemingly prove Oscar Wilde’s adage that “a well-knotted cravat is the first serious step in a man’s life.” Robert Downey Jr. hasn’t just made it all the way back, he’s made it all the way to the top

Pat Jr. should pay more attention to the young woman, Tiffany, who has acquired a reputation as an easy lay, stemming from her desperation after her policeman husband died. Silver Linings Playbook: A Little Romcom Gets an Oscar Push 2012-11-15T18:03:43Z

When we acquire something we are working with dealers we trust. Vt. man pleads not guilty in Robert Frost theft 2012-02-13T21:30:48Z

When the movie’s American distribution deal fell through, GKIDS, the festival’s film-distribution arm, acquired it and mounted an Academy Awards campaign, resulting in a nomination for best animated feature. Coming-of-Age Filmgoers: You?re Not in Kansas Anymore 2010-02-26T18:41:00Z

He disputed the report’s branding of all objects acquired in colonial times as being, by definition, eligible for restitution. A New Museum Director’s First Challenge: Which Exhibits to Give Back 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z

He added: "For collectors and institutions, the opportunity to acquire such a singularly-influential masterpiece is unprecedented in recent times." Munch's The Scream to go on sale 2012-02-21T13:59:17Z

But they fill them with music acquired free through illicit channels, which the music industry says has contributed mightily to its huge revenue losses in the last decade.  iPod turns 10: Has convenience and portability made music more disposable? 2011-10-21T04:01:00Z

In those of “Sleeping Beauty,” the lucidity and loveliness acquire a quite different grace: Every dancer looks motivated, focused and animated. Savoring the Spectrum of American Ballet Theater’s Rich Season 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

Hermann Goering, one of Adolf Hitler's leading henchmen, acquired Goudstikker's art in a forced sale by new managers who had taken over his gallery. Norton Simon dealt setback in Nazi-looted art case 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

After all, people read the Bible without deciding to acquire concubines. Same-sex marriage: They’ll just never get it 2013-03-10T13:01:00Z

He fell back on his skills as a coder and founded a series of tech startups, one of which was eventually acquired by Google, for a hundred million dollars. How “Silicon Valley” Nails Silicon Valley 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

What is supposed to happen at reproduction – and mostly does – is that all the epigenetic marks acquired during life are erased and every birth is a fresh start. Identically Different: Why You Can Change Your Genes by Tim Spector – review 2012-08-08T09:30:03Z

The furniture in all the rooms including two of the most prized before the renovation — the Imperial Suite and the Coco Chanel Suite — is a mix of restored pieces, newly acquired antiques and replicas. The Ritz Paris Is Back 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

He acquired the family’s first tract of land, a mile or so from her farm, in an 1833 lottery that gave Creek and Cherokee land to white people. Her Family Owned Slaves. How Can She Make Amends? 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z

“It’s just a lot of time wasted on acquiring it, which is stupid.” Marijuana’s last taboo: Parents who get stoned 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z

“Like many of his peers, not least Brando, he demonstrated that life itself, when lived to the hilt, acquired a flourish of the theatrical.” Archive Collection: Actors 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

Sometime next year, the Georgetown University library — which recently acquired the collection — will mount an exhibit featuring such loony, nostalgia-laden volumes as “Flying Saucers Are Watching You,” “Flying Saucers Have Landed,” “Are The Invaders Coming?,” ‘Flying Saucers Are Real!’: Womack’s new book looks at the heyday of UFO lore 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

If a collector tried to acquire them now, “you would be priced out of the market.” Seattle Art Museum gets major gift: A prized modern-art collection estimated at $400 million 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z

Again, I'd argue that honour should also go to Something To Answer For, but I'm prepared to admit that PH Newby's deliberately confusing and spiky novel might be an acquired taste. Booker prize disdains comedy? What a joke 2010-10-14T09:09:00Z

Now one of the “Ghosts” is in the process of being acquired by a major New York City museum, and Si’s ghost will soon haunt its permanent collection. An Early, Wordless Graphic Novel About Mankind’s Appetite for War 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

It baffled many upon its release, listeners thrown by its strange rhythms and peculiar lyrics, but over the following decades it would acquire towering cult status. My favourite album: Astral Weeks by Van Morrison 2011-08-03T15:14:47Z

They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars just at Christie’s in London in 2005, acquiring half a dozen dancers and harlequins made in Austria and Germany. Antiques: ‘Homefront & Battlefield’ at American Textile History Museum 2012-06-28T21:22:20Z

Despite the emergence of the iTunes store and other on-line retail music outlets, the vast majority of music acquired digitally is done through file-sharing. iPod turns 10: Has convenience and portability made music more disposable? 2011-10-21T04:01:00Z

His first, Salare, brought him recognition for the rigor and sophistication he acquired at culinary school and stints at the French Laundry, Per Se and the Herbfarm. A Restaurant That Marries Seattle Ingredients to Southern Cuisine 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z

As with contenders like Manos: The Hands Of Fate, Birdemic is rapidly acquiring a sizeable following, and it's a treat to watch the cinematic disaster unfold. This week's new comedy 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z

But through a combination of factors, the city has spent some $225 million — and has still not yet acquired all the property. Price Tag on a Brooklyn Park Reaches $225 Million, and That’s Only the Beginning 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

You see, the girl who fell in love with Ben still lurks anxiously beneath the glossy veneer that Phyllis has since acquired. | 'Follies' : ?Follies? on Broadway - Review 2011-09-13T02:01:08Z

The museum has acquired more than 10,000 works for its permanent collection. LACMA's Michael Govan honored by independent curators 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

HBO acquired the documentary ahead of Cannes, with plans to air it in September. Soccer god Maradona’s rise and fall in Asif Kapadia’s doc 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z

The restaurant acquired a new pastry chef this spring. Review | Inside or out, Reveler’s Hour pours on the warmth and the wine 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

It was now 1985 and I was acquiring other books, including the memoirs of House Speaker Tip O’Neill, and Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter’s “Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life.” Editing Donald Trump 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z

Celebrating the Dark Side of the Golden West Most composers acquire skills as conductors, if only by necessity. Music Review: ‘City Noir,’ by John Adams, at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-13T21:21:56Z

That is, when he finally earned enough to acquire the James Bond ride of his childhood dreams, it turned out it felt cramped and was awkward to handle. Hypebeasts Hit the Road 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

Devising that script meant acquiring a working knowledge of astrophysics. How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Rom-Com? Three Comedians Try. 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

And the grungy office, with its its boxes, files and cabinets, acquires the concrete particularity of the book with its sounds of foghorns, railroads and onrushing automobiles. Gatz – review 2012-06-14T06:00:06Z

When the Walt Disney Co. acquired Marvel Entertainment for about $4 billion in 2009, prior deals left some of its properties with other studios. Marvel’s Wanda has a future, but ‘WandaVision’ fate unclear 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z

The game was acquired by The New York Times Company for a price "in the low seven figures," as The Times noted on Jan. 31, 2022. Wordle's latest puzzle: Has the game gotten harder? 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

During the Tiger years, many people built and acquired second homes here, and since the crash, plenty of these places were empty, “just standing there for years,” Chris said. Voyages: My Debt to Ireland 2012-02-10T20:35:10Z

As he taught himself about art and acquired important works, his renown grew. F.D.R. and Andy Warhol All Came for Art. Now the Movers Have Arrived. 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

In her 50s, she acquired an EdD from the University of Delaware; she now works as a community college professor, and plans to continue through her husband’s presidential term. Perspective | The Wall Street Journal column about Jill Biden is worse than you thought 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z

On Tuesday, for instance, the nation’s Department of Health reported only two “locally acquired” cases and three from overseas sources. Missing Broadway? In Sydney, the lights are still on for ‘Hamilton,’ ‘Frozen’ and more. 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z

Exclusive: One piece of conventional wisdom about the immersive form of entertainment known as virtual reality cinema is that it won't catch on until it acquires some traditional Hollywood cachet. VR Watch: New firm to make films with 'Poltergeist' and 'Python' vets 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired a handful of major works, including a 1920s tourmaline engagement ring with lotus and acanthus prongs. Antiques: New Study of Marie Zimmermann, Metalsmith 2011-11-17T22:32:18Z

Thomas eventually became one of Revolutionary America’s most successful printers, acquiring a substantial fortune. Exhibition Review: ‘In Pursuit of a Vision,’ at the Grolier Club 2012-09-11T21:57:05Z

Only after Dyson arrived and other dryer firms shook themselves awake did the contest acquire any edge at all. Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

The exhibition looks at how artists throughout history have acquired collections for personal and artistic reasons. Artists' personal collections on show 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

The people who acquired the film created a new company, and the film remained with the people who didn't choose it. The Carpetbagger: Even in Their 80s, Brothers Behind the Camera 2012-11-28T17:51:57Z

In addition to its big night for "Transparent" earlier this month, Amazon also announced it plans to acquire and produce about a dozen "original, prestige" films a year. Amazon to make 'Transparent' available free to stream -- but not for long 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Then there’s the potential competition as so many museums scramble to show and acquire work by Black artists. Mapping a Bold Vision for the California African American Museum 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

Two sculptures by Barbara Hepworth have been acquired by the National Galleries Scotland, and installed in Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Gardens. £49m of art donated in tax scheme 2013-11-14T10:12:19Z

The focus on how she got there is interesting, and at times quite fun, but it comes at the expense of the wisdom she acquired on the journey. Hacker for Hire 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

Curated by Nina Bozicnik, the Henry’s associate curator, it focuses on works acquired over the past 20 years, most of them created in that same time period. Photography is the star of the show at Henry Art Gallery exhibition 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z

He says the Boreas Pond lands the state acquired from Finch Paper will soon be open, and there will be new trails to Newcomb, Long Lake and Inlet. Adirondack gas station to reopen 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

The show also acquires a tougher edge with its attacks on exploitative newspapermen who, with their tall hats and accosting beaks, look like savage predators from a Ben Jonson comedy. I Was a Rat! – review 2013-02-17T13:49:00Z

He said the fact that the museum acquired a collard greens pot was especially meaningful: “It was a staple there for 60 years.” Why the African American museum’s food focus will go beyond soul 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z

As for Mr. Araki, his photographs of buxom women trussed up in ever more baroque rope bondage are as acquired a taste as Marmite. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

"With the market for the artist stronger than ever and alongside the interest in the current Tate exhibition, we expect collectors will seize the opportunity to acquire this early tour de force." LS Lowry painting to be auctioned 2013-08-09T06:41:05Z

In the three years since they began buying art, Mr. Lin, a Beijing-based collector, and his wife, Wanwan Lei, both 28, have built up a collection at lightning speed, acquiring over 300 works. Art Basel Hong Kong Opens to Less Frenzy 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

Holly, one of two newly acquired red river hogs, became so malnourished she died. Are zoo animals happy? There’s a simple empathy test we can apply 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z

We are absolutely delighted to be able to acquire this portrait. Portrait mistaken for 18th-century lady is early painting of transvestite 2012-06-06T14:16:21Z

Their first major gesture when they acquired the property was to double its size by adding a two-story screened porch. A Southern Home That Embodies Oh-This-Old-Thing Elegance 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

In April, an Indiana judge ruled that Stark had fraudulently used funds from the nonprofit for his own personal use and barred him from ever acquiring, owning or exhibiting animals again. ‘Tiger King’: Where Are They Now? 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

They played in a series of teenage rock bands, but took a turn toward rootsier music a few years later when Lansing acquired a banjo. Okee Dokee Brothers ride the river to a Grammy nod 2012-12-07T23:18:09Z

And last week it acquired the Cumnock Tryst: a music festival that for the strangeness of its name alone drew interest beyond the Scottish borders. Scottish Composer James MacMillan Opens Cumnock Tryst 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

In a strategic effort to reshape the narrative of American art, the Souls Grown Deep Foundation will help five museums acquire paintings, sculptures and works on paper by self-taught African-American artists of the South. Five More Museums Acquire Art From Souls Grown Deep Foundation 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

“Haunted” consists of works mostly drawn from the Guggenheim’s collection and acquired during the last decade. Art Review | 'Haunted': ?Haunted?: Photos and Appropriation at Guggenheim 2010-04-01T22:49:00Z

The duo’s architectural firm, which was acquired by Streetsense in 2013, focuses on locally owned neighborhood restaurants and the way they play off of one another. It’s not on the menu, but design is key to a restaurant’s success 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

It is capable of causing destructive pneumonias and, most recently, appears to have acquired the ability to spread from person to person. Coronavirus: how the lessons of Sars could save us today 2013-03-24T00:05:35Z

We asked them to maintain a food diary, where they recorded the amounts of fruits and vegetables they acquired each week. People who grow their own fruit and vegetables waste less food and eat more healthily, says research 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z

In Schain’s view, even the largest and most professionally run companies are being built to be acquired when major agriculture, alcohol and pharmaceutical companies consider it safe to profit. Cannabis capitalism: who is making money in the marijuana industry? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

"We started to acquire, which was so easy because the field was so very rich." Museum to showcase contemporary Latin American art 2013-03-21T15:01:09Z

It’s amazing to see the polish this brilliant dancer has steadily developed, even if she hasn’t yet acquired the full-ballerina air of taking responsibility for her entire stage world. Dance Review: Leaps and Bounds of At-Home Season 2010-09-16T04:15:00Z

A spokeswoman for the Getty said the museum legally acquired the pages, which is known as the Canon Tables, in 1994 from an anonymous private collector "after a thorough review of their provenance." Armenian church sues Getty museum over Bible pages 2010-06-03T22:22:00Z

Netflix acquired the streaming distribution rights to this Ellen Page drama, which finds the Juno star once again playing a reluctant mother-figure—in this case, to a baby neglected by an irresponsible parent. These Are the Sundance Movies That Will Be Big in 2016 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

Yet for all the hoopla, pickles remain an acquired taste that some are never able to appreciate. What’s behind America’s pickle craze? 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

Admittedly, that is a personal opinion, but on your behalf I have acquired it from reading Lawrence Wright's account of this phenomenon. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood & the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright – review 2013-01-30T12:00:02Z

He acquired his stash of sculpture, paintings and monuments the same way Napoleon did: by conquering nations and claiming the treasure. The Monuments Men is George Clooney’s Art of War 2014-02-06T14:25:53Z

Otto, whose father is the dictator of an unspecified Eastern European country, is eager to acquire a gizmo that will bring him world-dominating powers and paternal approval. ‘F9’ Review: Objects in Rearview Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z

For decades, the Met’s stated policy has been for curators to collect additional, available evidence to support the legitimacy and ownership history of artifacts before acquiring them. Cambodia Says It’s Found Its Lost Artifacts: in Gallery 249 at the Met 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

It's hard to find, and if you do find it, you're going to pay plenty to acquire it. This year's big Comic-Con collectible? Posters. Especially those by Mondo 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

The buyers have included specialists in beer and advertising history; Mr. Hughes acquired a canvas depicting a toucan, seal, ostrich and kangaroo celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 coronation. Art of Internment Camps Will Head to Auction 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

In acquiring the Paul Theroux archive, the Huntington is developing another literary continuum: travel and adventure writing. What do a Gutenberg Bible, Charles Bukowski and Paul Theroux have in common? 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

Another early-stages Bergdahl project is underway at Fox Searchlight, which acquired the rights to a Rolling Stone article titled “America’s Last Prisoner of War.” Bowe Bergdahl the Subject of Rival Films 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

Open Road Films is distributing the film after acquiring it at Sundance this year.  Pixar's 'Inside Out' opens to $3.7 million Thursday night 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

The intense privacy of female solitude acquires a macabre, yet formal power. The Modern Degas You Haven’t Seen 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

Now Grand Central Publishing has acquired the 859-page novel, which is based on the friendship between Mark Twain and the explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley. An epic, posthumous novel from Oscar Hijuelos to be published 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Many clients admit that he is an acquired taste but say his un-sexy look is surprisingly flattering. 2010-01-05T06:10:00Z

She burst on the scene with performances that would acquire a gloss of legend. Lorraine O’Grady, Still Cutting Into the Culture 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z

Both girls acquire adoring, cute boyfriends with skin tones a few shades darker than theirs, and Campbell convinces Danielle to transform the dance crew into a cheer squad. Theater Review: ‘Bring It On: The Musical’ at St. James Theater 2012-08-02T02:00:15Z

Joseph acquired the snuffbox from his brother and attached the miniature, Ms. Ramsauer said. Are Those Pictures Really Mozart? 2013-02-06T16:16:58Z

Researchers now wonder if the same applies to pudgy young humans unnecessarily dosed up for every viral infection they acquire. Before You Fill That Prescription, You May Want to Read These Books 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

Within the year, the network also acquired the rights to the Julia Child library. Not just Paris: How did the "celebrity who can't cook" become food TV's fastest growing genre? 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z

The auction could be the last chance to acquire such a large collection of the Nobel Prize-winning author's work, said Louis Daniel Brodsky, a poet and Faulkner scholar, who lives in St. Louis. Christie's to auction rare Faulkner collection 2010-06-18T17:27:00Z

Mr. Dershowitz hopes the pieces find new owners who appreciate their value — he said he’d be happy to talk to the winning bidders about the history of whatever they acquire. MoMA Plans a Fall Show Centered on Francis Picabia 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Along with the annulment, Mrs. Witherspoon is asking the court to order Taylor to leave all residences belonging to the family, return all possessions she has acquired and to pay court costs. Witherspoon's parents at odds over new marriage 2012-05-10T15:40:16Z

"It's so hard to judge the decision to acquire or not acquire the book." 'Fifty Shades' too steamy for some library shelves 2012-05-09T19:41:42Z

He promised to acquire a press pass that would allow her to attend campaign events with insider access. Joan Didion exposed political stories America is still telling itself in order to live 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

In a matter of weeks, he has acquired his mother’s knowledge of the natural world and her intense love for it. Review | Fresh off a Pulitzer win for ‘The Overstory,’ Richard Powers delivers another environmental ode 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

What might be only a lofty debate on military and political order versus individual impulse acquires a gently surreal tone. London Theater Journal: The Serious Season 2010-08-02T16:20:00Z

Since perishable ingredients — like fresh herbs and garlic — were difficult to acquire in that part of the country, Henson experimented with dry seasonings like garlic and onion powder, dried herbs and powdered pepper. The story of ranch, the "Cool American" condiment that has divided a nation (and taken over Etsy) 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z

Relativity acquired rights to the horror sequel for just $1 million. 'The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies' Reigns at the Box Office 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z

First, though, I would write my name – in a recently acquired italic hand, in blue ink, underlined with red – on the edge of the inside cover. Julian Barnes: my life as a bibliophile 2012-06-29T21:55:18Z

Since then the museum has acquired pottery, inscriptions and metal work from the site and the greatest Nimrud collection in the world is now in Bloomsbury. British Museum buys Assyrian treasures cleaned by Agatha Christie 2011-03-07T16:43:37Z

It has also pushed to acquire material from grass-roots conservative activist women and others left out of the dominant liberal-feminist narrative of women’s history. A New Home for Angela Davis’s Papers (and Her ‘Wanted’ Poster) 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

The university’s embarrassing loss eventually enabled the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, a large museum and research center in San Marino, Calif., to acquire its first major work by an African-American artist. Art by Sargent Johnson, Berkeley?s Loss, Is Museum?s Gain 2012-02-20T17:59:44Z

The publisher Ben Dunn, who acquired Jason's memoir for Century, is equally convinced that the right autobiography can still make a mark. John Cleese and David Jason reap Fifty Shades bonanza 2012-10-05T12:40:16Z

And I believe that there is some interest from other companies in acquiring it and distributing it. ArtsBeat: Once More, With Feeling: Joss Whedon Revisits 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog' 2011-04-18T12:30:06Z

Ms. Freedman counters that she was so convinced the paintings were real that she acquired three for herself, and that what later were viewed as warning signs were there for others to see, too. Knoedler Gallery Heads to Trial in Sale of a Fake Rothko 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z

That book, which was acquired by Metropolitan Books, is set for publication in April. New Book on Snowden Revelations From Guardian Writer 2014-02-03T22:58:31Z

If Republican voters acquire political intelligence between now and the next presidential primary, they will support, assist and encourage the nomination of Ms. Kardashian. Kim Kardashian is the GOP’s only hope: If American democracy is now a reality show, let’s bring in a real star 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

Oliver snipes at Jasper for being a drunken loser; Jasper eats pie with his hands and harangues Oliver about reading the self-help book he’s somehow acquired. | 'Oliver Parker!': Elizabeth Meriwether?s Dark New Comedy 2010-05-20T22:00:00Z

These papers were acquired by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in 2001 but not examined much after their cataloging in the library’s Billy Rose Theater Division was completed in 2006. Arts & Leisure: Notes of a Screenwriter, Mad as Hell 2011-05-19T15:34:47Z

To the delight of nerds everywhere, "Firefly" will be back on cable after being acquired by the Science Channel. "Firefly" returns to cable, Nathan Fillion weighs in 2011-02-18T20:19:00Z

The movie never satisfactorily explains how the musicians acquire their instruments, travel visas and concert attire in only two weeks. | 'The Concert': Radu Mihaileanu?s Comedy Focuses on Zany Orchestra 2010-07-29T21:15:00Z

“Even if the objects in question were not excluded from acquisition,” he said, “most of them would not be acquired anyway.” Antiquity Market Grapples With Stricter Guidelines for Gifts 2012-07-12T15:26:17Z

The document was preserved among the family papers which were acquired by the National Archives of Scotland in 1991. Vivaldi flute concerto discovered 2010-10-07T09:26:00Z

Mr. Russell acquired a following among White House and congressional aides and reporters. Mark Russell, Piano-Playing Political Satirist, Dies at 90 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

No wonder The Error World is subtitled A Memoir of Obsession and Desire, as his collecting obsession faded when the desire to acquire was sated. Simon Garfield: a life in books 2012-09-28T21:55:09Z

At high school, he acquired a reputation as a “wonder kid”. Cuba Gooding Jr: ‘I had 10 years in the wilderness’ 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z

Bonnie Triyana, a historian who is the secretary of Indonesia’s repatriation committee, said that it was not so simple just to look past the circumstances in which many fossils were acquired. Dispute Over Java Man Raises a Question: Who Owns Prehistory? 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z

“Only in its second half does the show acquire a distinct taste, and it definitely isn’t confectionary,” Ben Brantley wrote for The Times. ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ to Close on Broadway 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

His fascination for historic and cultural figures also led him to acquire their clothing. Is Nazi Loot Amid His 6,000 Oils, Some Grenades and Napoleon’s Toothbrush? 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z

With the help of deals made with Disney, McDonald's and other sources, Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History acquired the dinosaur. On the trail of the dinosaur rustlers 2013-01-19T20:00:04Z

In his opening remarks each week Mr. Suarez tells students that the purpose of Rare Book School is to acquire knowledge that will lead to wonder, which may then “incline toward love.” Rare Book School at the University of Virginia 2012-07-23T22:19:23Z

It wasn’t until the 20th century that the word acquired its modern secular meaning, when the influential sociologist Max Weber borrowed it to describe a key quality of leadership. A Gift From the Musical Gods 2011-08-17T14:36:45Z

The Whitney Museum of American Art only recently acquired its first painting related to it. How Do You Tell the Story of Roe v. Wade? 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

The show gathers dozens of objects that the California industrialist Norton Simon acquired from New York's famous Duveen Brothers Gallery back in the 1960s. Object Lesson: How a Norton Simon painting got an extra set of eyes 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

The Broad bought four of the new works on view, all portraits of the artist as aging Hollywood divas. It also acquired an older Sherman photograph from her rear-screen projection series, 1980’s “Untitled #71.” The Broad acquires 29 new works, keeping an eye on local artists 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

Paramount, which handled the original "Iron Man," is distributing the film, but the sequel is the first Marvel movie since Disney acquired the comics company. "Iron Man 2" primed for superheroic U.S. opening 2010-05-06T03:01:00Z

“On the Road” was last week acquired by IFC Films and Sundance Selects with plans for a release late this year. ?Battleship?: Dumbest military spectacle ever? 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z

Some saw the move as showmanship, arguing that female artists should be acquired by museums on a regular basis, as a matter of course. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Names New Director 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z

They then acquired the status, at least for some politicians, of designs for individual buildings, which they were not either. Memories at Ground Zero 2011-07-30T23:03:01Z

He had tried during the last few years to persuade institutions to acquire the collection, but none could muster the funds. Antiques: Jimi Hendrix?s Death Is Recalled at Museums 2010-08-19T21:44:00Z

If Savannah Capital acquires ACN, the investors will presumably shut down the news network and sell off its assets. 'The Newsroom' recap: Will pressured to expose whistleblower 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z

In the squabbling and eventual all-out feuding that ensues, characters who had seemed so easy to ridicule as stereotypes acquire a substance and specificity that inhibit both derision and facile categorization. Review: Opinions Collide in the Explosive Comedy ‘Eureka Day’ 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

After recent speculation, AT&T Inc. and the Chernin Group announced on Monday that their joint venture, Otter Media, will acquire a majority stake in the popular YouTube video network Fullscreen Inc. Chernin Group, AT&T take majority stake in Fullscreen YouTube network 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

The car-hailing company recently partnered with the scooter company, it did not acquire it. How to Travel Using an E-Bike or Scooter 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

It replaces a previous museum based around a private Dali collection that St. Petersburg acquired in 1982. Major new Dali Museum set to open in Florida 2011-01-11T12:24:09Z

One group offered newcomers advice on getting vaccinations, buying health insurance, and acquiring a driver’s license. The “Post-Truth” Publication Where Chinese Students in America Get Their News 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

Intoned with studied gravitas by a cable news reporter, that villainous lineup acquires a polarizing new entry in a sentient teddy bear named Winkie. | 'Clifford Chase's Winkie': A Teddy Bear on the Hot Seat, With Hysteria Swirling All Around 2011-03-13T21:45:10Z

It has acquired “Dream House” as a work and will present a new version of it at Dia’s building at 545 West 22nd Street in Chelsea from June 17 through Oct. Young and Zazeela’s ‘Dream House’ Is Getting a New Lease at Dia 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

Nielsen got into the radio measurement business last fall when it acquired Arbitron. Univision fires radio station executive over inflated ratings 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

“I could raise money, launch new brands, acquire more brands and keep going,” he said. The Great Amazon Flip-a-Thon 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

In the last three years, Apollo has acquired majority control in Endemol, the Amsterdam production giant whose shows include “Big Brother” and “Deal or No Deal.” Fox and Apollo Global Management in talks on TV joint venture 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

The authorities in the Philippines are trying to recover billions of dollars in assets they allege Marcos acquired illegally using public funds during his years in power. Philippine Authorities Seize Paintings from Former Marcos Home 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

Pabst Brewing Co., which signed up as the distributor of Not Your Father’s Root Beer in early 2015, acquired a stake in the company last summer and now owns the production rights. Alcoholic root beer keeps taking off. I find that hard to swallow. 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

He is showcased in the series’s best sequence, a tense, bravura scene in which Leonard rallies himself to help Beth acquire a crucial account. ‘Life & Beth’ Review: Further Inside Amy Schumer 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

The final section, called “Voices of Protest,” reminds you that craft still retains many of the hippie associations it acquired in the 1960s. Art Review: ?Crafting Modernism? at the Museum of Arts and Design 2011-10-27T22:19:42Z

After finally acquiring the rights, which she did by wheedling Warner Brothers, now the owner, she interviewed a number of male directors. A Mystical Novel of Golf Makes It to the Movies 2011-07-25T16:29:48Z

Sometimes they will even acquire instruments with a specific student's needs in mind, as was the case when they bought a violin that projected better for Porter's performance at the Bowl. Mandell Collection matches gifted musicians with vintage instruments 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z

The Matisse works aren’t the only collection of books the Morgan has acquired recently. Inside Art: Chinese Characters and Matisse at the Morgan; ?Hide/Seek? Heads to the Brooklyn 2011-05-19T20:51:21Z

If, like me, you don't have a life, then you will crouch in a corner of your bed secure in the knowledge that you will now never have time to acquire one. Rooms not of one's own 2010-04-13T09:37:00Z

The portraits of women posing with their fridges emerged in the late 80s, as people acquired more household goods. Negative views: collection of camera film captures changing face of China 2013-01-04T13:46:29Z

The university's loss eventually enabled the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, a large museum and research center in San Marino, Calif., to acquire its first major work by a black artist. Mislabeled work by African-American artist is museum's gain 2012-02-21T00:29:04Z

Well before a book is released, the manuscript meets its first, and toughest, audience: the acquiring editors at publishing houses. How to Get Published: A Book’s Journey From ‘Very Messy’ Draft to Best Seller 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

Having built both Prometheus and Covenant around Michael Fassbender’s turn as a primly gifted “synthetic”, Scott is clearly concerned with the point where circuitry acquires a soul. Alien: Covenant – why Ridley Scott's facehuggers and chestbursters will never die 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

Interspersed with works he’s acquired through trades with artist friends over the years are pieces of furniture from his mother’s Manhattan apartment, where he lived throughout his childhood, as well as paintings by his great-uncle. An Artist’s Life in Objects, From a Warhol Print to a Postmodern Lamp 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

This spring, the organization unveiled the Global Jukebox, a free, interactive web portal with recordings of more than 6,000 folk songs from around the world that Lomax recorded or acquired. The Unfinished Work of Alan Lomax’s Global Jukebox 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

And other companies acquired the rights to manufacture Stab-Lok products under different names. Despite previous safety concerns, this circuit breaker is still in homes 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z

On another, he had acquired a scar on his knee from a sea lion bite. My Five-Week-Long First Date 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z

Data shows off his lightning fast piloting skills, assisted by his newly acquired gut instinct. ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Series Finale Recap: Saying Farewell 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

Their educations have been minimal, but their wisdom, acquired through farm and household labor, child-rearing, prayer and intuition, is vast. ‘Women Talking’ Review: The Power of Speech 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z

The partners acquired AK-47s that the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo had confiscated from its North Kivu Province. Converting AK-47s Into Jewelry 2011-11-30T23:00:58Z

And last summer, he became an editor-at-large at Tin House, an independent publisher, where he’ll acquire and edit about three nonfiction books a year. How Hanif Abdurraqib Cuts Through the Noise 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z

"What I want to see is the museums not acquiring these things in the first place," said Patty Gerstenblith, director of the Center for Art, Museum and Cultural Heritage Law at DePaul University in Chicago. ArtsBeat: Museum Leaders Toughen Artifact Acquisition Guidelines 2013-01-30T23:00:09Z

Last year, the Getty Research Institute acquired Saar’s archive, for its African American Art History Initiative, deeming her “the conscience of the art world for over fifty years.” MOMA’s Heady Introduction to Betye Saar, “The Conscience of the Art World” 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

“The Tulipomania” tracks the introduction of tulips into Europe, the particular passion of the Dutch for these flowers, and the increasingly vast sums paid to acquire rare examples. Review | The 19th-century book that helps us understand the allure — and perils — of social media 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z

The description following “soufflé,” for instance, includes “Need oven!” which is another way of luring guests back for one once the restaurant acquires the right equipment. Review | From start to finish, A Rake’s Progress tastes like a keeper 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

And in March, it acquired Beluga, a startup that allows sharing photos and messages with small groups privately. Social networks find benefits in having fewer 'friends' 2011-05-10T01:54:16Z

The company earned the rights to remake the movie after acquiring Exclusive Media Group, whose library also boasts films such as Donnie Darko and Cruel Intentions. Christopher Nolan's 'Memento' Is Getting a Remake 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

The library’s Woolf collection began in 1958, when it acquired her diaries directly from her husband, Leonard. Rare Virginia Woolf Materials Sold to New York Public Library 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

All of it had been acquired by casino cash, skillfully laundered.” John Grisham’s ‘The Whistler’: a corrupt judge and a lawyer bent on stopping her 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

The case against True involved about 35 artifacts acquired by the museum between 1986 and the late 1990s - including bronze Etruscan pieces, frescoes and painted Greek vessels. Ex-Getty curator trafficking trial ends in Italy 2010-10-13T19:57:00Z

Even the most familiar music acquires fresh perspectives when heard with the soundworld for which it was conceived. OAE/Rattle – review 2012-06-11T13:26:23Z

Historical Society, at his quiet apartment in a suburban part of Oakland to watch him digitize a few of the home movies that the organization had acquired. The Moving Revelations of Gay Home Movies 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

Once the fiendish “Rose” Noble and his gang seize control of the well, our heroes’ only hope of acquiring riches beyond the dreams of avarice lies in surreptitiously digging a tunnel to the treasure vault. Review | Escape reality with these delightful old-time thrillers. You’ll forget 2020 is almost here. 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

Often Carey needs to see patients for only three or four sessions before they acquire the skills to relax themselves for treatment. 'I've had patients take their own teeth out': dental anxiety and the treatments that can help 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

Some of the proceeds will be used to acquire new art for its hotels. Richter painting sells for $37 million in NYC 2013-05-15T11:39:11Z

Ultimately, Mr. Talley wanted his memory contained not in the objects he acquired but how he chose to dispose of them. The Fashion Sale of the Century 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z

Most of the objects were acquired after the huge Judith Rothschild Foundation gift of 2,500 works to the museum in 2005. Art Review: Simple Truths in Matters of Life and Death 2011-03-24T21:40:03Z

It will be published by Crown, a Penguin Random House imprint, which acquired world publication rights of it along with a book by former President Barack Obama in February. Michelle Obama’s Memoir to Arrive in November 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z

The collection was won on consignment, not acquired. Christie’s to Auction Items from Peis’ Personal Collection 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

According to Kanye, Donda was only six years old when she was arrested at a sit-in demonstration to acquire better public accommodations for people of color. How should fans react to Kanye's perceived betrayals? It's complicated 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z

Lending to the poor has lately acquired a bad name, the catch-all of "sub-prime", with its inference of damaged goods, the "toxic loans", which, as we all know, got us into our current difficulties. Microloans in Hackney | Feature 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z

When he acquired the 3,100-square-foot space, which is in a severe postwar palazzo, a bit over a year ago, a primary objective was to banish the apartment's darkness. Fiat Heir Lapo Elkann Opens The Doors To His Provocative Milan Penthouse 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

His father had a modest library, and young Harry began acquiring books on his own. The Novelist Who Saw Middle America as It Really Was 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

And he was fascinated by the people: driven by a compulsion to acquire, yet seldom displaying any serious inclination toward power and wealth. The Flea Circus 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z

The Second acquired its “Little Russian” nickname because Tchaikovsky was vacationing in Ukraine when he wrote it in 1872. Music Review: Mariinsky Orchestra Plays Tchaikovsky at Carnegie - Review 2011-10-11T20:45:23Z

Through six seasons, the last of which premiered this January, Nashville has acquired something of a cult following, which helped salvage the show after ABC cancelled it in 2016. From Veep to House of Cards: what to expect from TV shows ending in 2018 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

During her lifetime, Mason sold around 10 paintings, had only six solo shows in New York, never had gallery representation and saw her paintings acquired by only three museums. Alice Trumbull Mason: America’s Forgotten Modernist 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

"The purchaser declined to produce them having spent a fair amount of money to acquire them and was reluctant to turn them over to the police until he was compensated for the purchase price." Vt. man pleads not guilty in Robert Frost theft 2012-02-13T21:30:48Z

I think it can be used to describe how American studios and networks have been acquiring South Korean and other content from East Asia to adapt for audiences in the United States. Hollywood, please stop adapting K-dramas. It's not just unnecessary, it's racist 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z

The handling of the subsequent metamorphosis, in which familiar objects acquire menace in slightly comical, almost cartoonish ways, is masterly. Poem of the week: The Candle by Katherine Mansfield 2010-07-19T11:11:00Z

More than anything, though, he hated Darwin’s views of historical biogeography, of the means by which living things had acquired their particular distributions on the Earth. Evolution, but different: Adventures of a Darwin-doubting botanist 2014-01-12T15:00:00Z

Concord Music earlier this year acquired Tams-Witmark, a musical theater licensing organization with titles including “A Chorus Line,” “Cabaret” and “Hello, Dolly!” Concord Music Acquires Samuel French in Big Push Into Theater Business 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

After acquiring Variety, he continued his spree, picking up faded properties at bargain-bin prices. You Don’t Know Much About Jay Penske. And He’s Fine With That. 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z

As if to counter this, Harry intercut his own efforts with those of several people who dedicate large portions of their day to acquiring freebies. Something for Nothing; The Route Masters: Running London's Roads; Iain Banks: Raw Spirit – TV review 2013-06-19T06:00:10Z

He acquires his bags from a network of shoppers in Europe with ties to Hermès boutiques, and resells them to customers in the Middle East and Asia. Who Would Pay $300,000 for a Handbag? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

Elements like an actor with a stutter and a real live dog acquire disproportionate cuteness. ‘Shakespeare in Love: The Play,’ in London 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z

Hachette, one of the "big five" companies in publishing, announced Tuesday that it will acquire the sixth-largest publisher, Perseus Books Group. Hachette buys Perseus as Amazon dispute bites J.K. Rowling 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

The museum introduced the traveling exhibition “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World” in 2011, and in 2017 acquired a collection from the puppeteer’s family for “The Jim Henson Exhibition.” Executive Director of Museum of the Moving Image Exits After 12 Years 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z

Last year, Amazon.com acquired streaming rights for CBS' Stephen King-inspired drama, "Under the Dome," which went on to become a summer hit. Netflix acquires rights to Warner Bros.' Batman prequel 'Gotham' 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

It was crumbling when the artist acquired it, so he wrapped it in strips of white cloth. Poetry, Power and Loss in Theaster Gates’s Survey 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

And the two dogs he has just acquired – a loan from a neighbour along the lake – prove consoling. Consolations of the Forest by Sylvain Tesson – review 2013-06-01T11:00:01Z

Christie’s did not identify the seller, other than to say it was a European private collector who acquired the work after its rediscovery in 2005 and lengthy restoration. Da Vinci portrait of Christ sells for record $450.3 million in New York 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z

“We’re conscious of the fact that we lend an imprimatur when we acquire pieces,” he told The Journal, “but that doesn’t mean we should avoid the domain.” Even as NFTs Plummet, Digital Artists Find Museums Are Calling 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z

Perhaps most importantly, it was the first major documentary acquired by Netflix as part of its strategy to build up original programming. Protesters, filmmaker traverse Egypt's transition in 'The Square' 2014-01-08T12:07:24Z

And my newly acquired ability to do backflips and moving splits could be worked into a grand finale for my next PowerPoint presentation. My Strictly diary: what should I do with all the frocks? 2010-12-06T20:00:00Z

Along with fascinating archival images, Noyes provides many examples of the devious ways mediums acquired background information and used special effects during seances. Beauty, magic and sibling love — in three new books for young readers 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

It was more like a community than a means to simply acquire information about a pop group. Belle and Sebastian's first fans connected online before the trolls arrived 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z

If Musk succeeds in acquiring the social media platform, she says, “it’s going to be a less-safe space — not that it is now. Potentially, it’s going to get worse.” Tesla owners love their cars. Elon Musk? Not as much. 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z

A Tate spokeswoman said the gallery would clearly be interested in acquiring the work but matters are at a very early stage. Joshua Reynolds' Omai to remain in UK after Ed Vaizey's intervention 2012-07-02T23:03:03Z

Cruz says the museum is changing its curatorial strategy to acquire more works by artists of color. Constance Rice, SAM’s new board chair, believed to be first Black woman chair of a major U.S. art museum 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

The Ernsts managed to escape their publishing deal after Cherry Lane was acquired by a bigger company. For D.C. pop band Shaed, the rock-and-roll dream is all about family 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

And suddenly, “Sakina’s Restaurant” has acquired a new, somber underlining, making us miss a time when ignorance was paired with benign disinterest rather than hate. Review: Aasif Mandvi Makes You Want to Stop at ‘Sakina’s Restaurant’ 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z

This personal quality is indeed something that Joyce has acquired in full measure since, and no one would argue the fact.” Joyce DiDonato, Standing on Her Own Just Fine 2010-03-20T04:45:00Z

The acquiring of it represents not just facts acquired but an actual shift in consciousness. I woke up at age 35 2013-03-22T00:00:00Z

One acquires ruckus points as one goes through life, learning how to handle things "when something goes down," he says. A hit on `Curb,' J.B. Smoove spreads his `ruckus' 2010-06-13T22:01:00Z

Over the past 30 years, he’s acquired lavish homes, private jets and a modern-art collection — the life of the One Percent of the One Percent. Mike Bloomberg deploys his billions to make a point, from a $1 million couch to a presidential campaign 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

Her work was acquired for the permanent collections of MoMA, the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, the Tate Modern in London and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Carmen Herrera, Cuban-Born Artist Who Won Fame at 89, Dies at 106 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

All had acquired a deep snow base from traditionally heavy downfalls in December and January. Skiing Quebec, Where the Chef’s Table Is Just a Schuss Away 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z

And Mr. Allen did acquire some work, including a small Wayne Thiebaud pastel of a tin of sardines. Seattle Art Fair Receives a Boost From Tech’s Big Spenders 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z

The document featured several cutting anonymous comments seemingly aimed at Dupont, including: “The current director seems to have no management competence, and no desire to acquire any.” Paris Opera Ballet Loses Its Second Head in Six Years 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z

Golden Cove has acquired a detective, Anahera discovers, a “problem” police officer named Will Gallagher who’s been put out to pasture for undisclosed reasons and so is a perfect fit for this problem town. Marilyn Stasio Finds Herself Rooting for the Bad Guy 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

Paramount, which handled the original "Iron Man," is distributing the movie, but the sequel represents the first Marvel theatrical release since Disney acquired the company. "Iron Man 2" opens at No. 1 in six overseas markets 2010-04-30T00:54:00Z

From memories acquired later I know that Marian enjoyed telling her granddaughters that she prayed for us every day, each of us girls by name. Religion ruined my childhood 2014-02-16T00:00:00Z

Some art historians, however, wonder whether an additional reason for their inclusion is that the Bargello Crucifix was acquired by one of the curators. 2 Crucifixes From the Hand of Michelangelo, Perhaps 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

Today there’s an international culture of collecting that has “sneakerheads” acquiring rare, vintage models for extraordinary sums. Review: Missing Sneaker Culture at the Brooklyn Museum 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

She and her classmates quickly “acquired boyfriends,” as she put it, so they could hitch rides on scooters. Celebrating Global Feminism With Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

Kara Swisher, a founder of Recode, the technology news company acquired by Vox Media last year, was going to interview her onstage. Joanna Coles: The Cosmo Woman 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z

"I figured I might as well just cut to the chase and I said, 'You know — Disney acquiring Pixar?' And there was complete silence," Iger said. How Robert Iger's 'fearless' deal-making transformed Disney 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z

Even though his music was an acquired taste and his records sold in small numbers, Mr. Scott became something of a cultural touchstone. Jimmy Scott, hard-luck singer with a haunting voice, dies at 88

Then in our second season, we acquired Abraham Higginbotham, who was also a writer on “Will & Grace” and a great — — PG: I love that: “We acquired him.” Table For Three: At Lunch With Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric McCormack 2013-07-26T15:41:22Z

It is put through a traditional rubbing and polishing technique until it is glass-smooth and acquires a sheen, almost a radiance. Francine Prose’s Oaxaca: An Immersion Course in Mexico’s Delights 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

At the turn of the 20th century, the Springfield Science Museum in Springfield, Mass., acquired an artifact that it labeled “Aleutian Hat” and socked it away. Museums Special Section: Golden Age of Discovery ... Down in the Basements 2014-03-19T20:40:34Z

Soon, the New York courtroom artist's 3,500 sketches could be heading to the Library of Congress, which said Wednesday that it planned to acquire them and is finalizing agreements with Church. Courtroom sketches heading for Library of Congress 2010-10-13T20:31:00Z

It also acquired “Street,” a video by the British-born artist James Nares that is already on view in the West Building’s Project Room, through July 6. Cy Twombly Works Donated to Tate Modern 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

Ms. Marciano, who grew up in Rome, acquired English more or less as her heroine Emma did, as a teenager infatuated with the language. Writing in English, Novelists Find Inventive New Voices 2014-04-25T12:00:01Z

Mr. Steinhardt agreed to a lifetime ban from acquiring antiquities as part of the case’s resolution. New York Returns 142 Looted Artifacts to Italy 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

James Pardey, another member of the Penguin Collectors Society, has more than 400 science fiction titles, acquired for between £1 and £4 each. Penguin Books celebrates 75th birthday 2010-07-30T12:46:00Z

I like the idea of a 20-year-old whose classmates believed she was, aged 10, a witch, and who acquired her jaundiced view of the world after she witnessed the events of 11 September 2001. Foe (No 1,003) 2011-04-12T16:23:41Z

Though Steve Jobs will be released two years after Jobs, Sony Pictures acquired the rights to the biography roughly a year before production began on Jobs. Watch Michael Fassbender Channel Steve Jobs in the New Biopic Trailer 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

My brother, Bob, and I were able to acquire it for Miramax. Harvey Weinstein Remembers Gabriel García Márquez 2014-04-23T14:38:13Z

The Jacksons spent three decades building the collection while also acquiring tribal and Southeast Asian art, antiquities, beaded purses, oyster plates and works by William S. Burroughs and Rockwell Kent. Antiques: Artifacts of the Titanic at Auctions as 2012 Centennial Nears 2011-10-06T22:54:35Z

Barnes acquired some magnificent works, but few of them have any room to breathe. Perspective | Bill Viola’s videos show what art can do and expose what the Barnes Collection lacks 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

“Handmaid’s Tale” already has drawn more new subscribers to Hulu than any other original or acquired show, Hulu said at a Television Critics Association event in July. Hulu's big Emmy night marks a streaming milestone 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

However the house has acquired some new artefacts over the years of work. Strawberry Hill will open doors to public once again 2010-09-23T16:23:00Z

But mostly you see the things that Hoentschel acquired and arranged. Art Review: ‘Salvaging the Past,’ on Hoentschel, at Bard Graduate Center 2013-05-09T20:53:25Z

She knocks a coffee table for good luck, hoping to acquire a fourth generation. Carole King’s musical odyssey 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

It began acquiring works as early as 1900 and became the first museum in the country to present African objects as art rather than ethnographic material. Inside Art: Robert Adams Chooses Photos for National Gallery 2012-08-02T20:13:47Z

The neck itself thrusts cleanly up from the cool composure of the shoulders, the throat acquires special exposure, and the head is invariably carried with distinction. Dance Review: Paris Ballet Opera’s ‘Giselle’ at Lincoln Center 2012-07-15T21:45:22Z

And when did the BBC acquire a job lot of Fair Isle sweaters? Judith Mackrell on cultural detoxing 2011-01-05T22:16:01Z

In his teens, Austin considered becoming a boxer and soon acquired the nickname Rocky, which stuck. Austin Kalish, a Writer of ‘Maude’ Abortion Episode, Dies at 95 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

The more desirable toys cost up to 300 kidZos — which, KidZania hopes, you will acquire by investing at the park bank and making repeat visits. London KidZania: Where all work is all play 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

Ms. Adlon launches into the story of how she acquired the painting “Wine Fine” like a punk docent riffing in her own museum. ‘Better Things’ Is Pamela Adlon’s Personal Gallery 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z

“And yes, the challenge is usually not in finding the movie but in acquiring the rights,” she said. Library Cards Unlock Film Vaults 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

Ford acquired it in 1927 and his family later donated it to the Minnesota Historical Society, which has consigned it to Swann. Antiques: At Antiquarian Book Fair, Photos of Obama Ancestors 2012-04-05T22:12:59Z

In a letter written to Ms. Freedman in 2007, Ms. Rosales said the secret collector acquired the works on the advice of David Herbert, an art dealer who died in 1995. Federal Inquiry Into Possible Forging of Modernist Art 2011-12-03T03:33:26Z

The works by this cohort are what usually causes the most eye-rolling, and, admittedly, some of their art is an acquired taste. The Pre-Raphaelites: The Original Artisanal Hipsters 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

Getting comfortable with delegating and working more collectively has been an acquired skill. Without Heirs, Larry Gagosian Finally Plans for Succession 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z

At the time the Metropolitan Opera was looking for some place to build a new home and its trustees approached Junior about acquiring the site. Rockefeller Center’s Art Deco Marvel: A Virtual Tour 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

Davies had already acquired a reputation in experimental circles with his confessional short film trilogy – Children, Madonna and Child, and Death and Transfiguration – which had taken him almost a decade to complete. Distant Voices, Still Lives and A Zed and Two Noughts: watch the double bill 2012-11-16T10:00:00Z

And only days before her death, Ms. Herrera learned that the National Gallery of Art in Washington had acquired two of her works, Mr. Bechara said. Carmen Herrera, Cuban-Born Artist Who Won Fame at 89, Dies at 106 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

Ingress players must actually visit the portals and press a “hack” button to acquire the keys needed to create a control field. Ingress, a Mobile Game From Google 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

The exhibition also featured dance elements, which, as the weeks passed, acquired gathering importance. Merce Cunningham Lives On in Philadelphia Museum Show 2013-01-23T23:19:41Z

Men tend to acquire HIV later in life, from women who were infected when they were younger. UN calls for urgent action to protect young women from HIV/Aids in Africa 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

The Miami company acquired this in 1987, dancing it engagingly at Brooklyn College on its first New York visit, in 1988. 2010-01-12T07:13:00Z

That hasn't stopped hordes of consumers from lining up to acquire panda tchotchkes. The rise and fall of Bing Dwen Dwen, Beijing's insidious Olympics mascot 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z

And so it was that Mexico's fascination with its "long nasty history" acquired, in this revolutionary period, a pathological dimension. Mexican modernism and the politics of painting 2013-06-29T07:59:01Z

Which means we have a duty to think carefully before acquiring one. Are pets really good for us – or just hairy health hazards? 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z

Swigging Schlitz from a bottle, the pockmarked laureate of the underground discoursed on one of the few traits that, as is well known, one may possess though never acquire. The Uniform Cool of Charlie Watts 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

Ms. Miller, so exquisite in her expansive use of her upper body, needs to acquire more lower-body strength if she’s to become the ballerina of central Balanchine roles, for which she seems otherwise ideal. City Ballet Closes Its Season With Power and Glow 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

In 1950, he joined Eagle Lion in New York as its assistant foreign sales manager, and a year later Eagle Lion was acquired by UA. Former United Artists head Andy Albeck dies at 89 2010-10-04T02:57:00Z

Garziglia told me that it has hurt his business, revealing the company’s inner workings to the world and derailing at least one deal he had to acquire space on a radio tower. This American sells Russia radio airtime. The U.S. says that makes his firm a foreign agent. 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

Operators of private and nonprofit camps say they are in conversations with coronavirus test manufacturers about acquiring the necessary materials. Cozy Campfires. Capture the Flag. Coronavirus Tests? 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z

It's a pity the word "hybrid" has acquired pejorative overtones, because that's exactly what this delightful production offers. The Tempest ? review 2011-08-15T17:30:01Z

A young man had acquired a semiautomatic rifle and used it to massacre children, again, which meant that an onerous clock had begun ticking for Sen. Chris Murphy, again. Chris Murphy’s gun-control crusade has arrived back where it began 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

He wanted to have MacAndrews & Forbes “as his nest egg,” she writes, “and then he wanted to acquire some other public company, for presenting his face to the financial world.” The Debt King 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

The Cyrus cylinder, made of clay and inscribed with cuneiform, was found on a dig in Babylon in 1979 before being acquired by the British Museum. Babylonian relic to visit US with historic message of tolerance 2012-11-27T19:03:48Z

The owners recently acquired a second disused church, United Methodist, which sits across the street. Former Churches Blessed With New Lives in Pittsburgh 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

In 2015, the Library of Congress announced that it had acquired Mr. Lewis’s personal archives. Jerry Lewis, Mercurial Comedian and Filmmaker, Dies at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

The Wooster Group, now in its 46th year, has acquired a reputation for cerebral, often opaque productions, and it’s true that the company’s shows can be puzzling. Review: ‘The Mother’ Rises Up Again in the Name of Revolution 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

Nearly 10 years ago, the L.A.-based Gschwandtner acquired a collection of old instructional films on the textile arts. Her quilts are made of 16-mm film. Here's what they reveal, frame by frame 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

Hollywood has changed so much in the interim that 20th Century Fox, the studio that financed “Avatar” and Cameron’s megahit “Titanic,” was acquired by Disney right after the sequel finally went into production in 2017. James Cameron and the Cast of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Hold Their Breath 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z

Here was a place where all her acquired toughness could be channeled into a higher calling than stepping in where her father had failed. Tammy Duckworth Was a Survivor Long Before Her Helicopter Was Shot Down 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

Paramount acquired rights to the book in 2005, and the project languished in development until Green became a publishing phenom and "Fault" grossed more than $300 million at the worldwide box office. Rebecca Thomas to direct adaptation of John Green's 'Looking for Alaska' 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Last month it acquired a wider and sadder renown as the town closest to the epicenter of a deadly earthquake. Umbria, Italy’s Best-Kept Culinary Secret, Is Budding 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

In addition, there is a series of abstractions inspired by the patterns of construction boards she acquires at Home Depot. How Ed Sullivan, girls gone wild, a manicured alligator and blind painting shaped the art of Kim Dingle 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

The letters, which are available to researchers in the library's Reading Rooms, will join its existing Pinter archive, which was acquired in 2007. Library acquires Pinter letters 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

Some of the individual tales may hit the emotions harder or stay in the mind longer, and some viewers may never acquire a taste for his talky, elliptical, melancholy style. ‘The Woman Who Ran’ Review: Conversations With Friends 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Morris’s dancers are a lovable crew, though they’re dwarfed by the three backdrops by the British painter Howard Hodgkin, in which a few amplified brush strokes acquire the compelling beauty of magnified feathers. Review: Choreographers Should Stay Away From Mozart. Except Mark Morris. 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

After the show was acquired by the WB network, Sherman-Palladino insisted on holding out until they found the ideal performers for each role, regardless of their prior experience or fame. Why ‘Gilmore Girls’ Endures 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

Her family had acquired them at a sheriff’s auction in the late 1950s. Antiques: Vintage Thomas Molesworth Furniture Heads to Auction 2013-09-05T20:00:56Z

Many were clearly anxious to seize the opportunity to acquire the “unique” variant. Auctions: London Auctions Highlight Insatiable Appetite for Contemporary Art 2011-02-18T17:00:06Z

Fortunately not, for it would be given a reprieve by another of France’s famed fabric houses: Pierre Frey, which acquired Le Manach last spring. | Woven in Time 2014-04-07T17:00:32Z

The acoustics are cathedral-like; as these unaccompanied voices penetrate every part of the space, they acquire an awesome, disembodied power. Clod Ensemble: Silver Swan – review 2012-11-27T13:02:24Z

Suddenly, the most sacred genesis tale of Modernism — the invention of abstract painting — has acquired a female actor who actually got there several years ahead of the revered triumvirate of Kandinsky, Mondrian and Malevich. The Best Art of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

Working Title Films, which made rom-coms like “Notting Hill,” “Bridget Jones’s Diary” and “Love Actually” — acquired the film and TV rights for the memoir in 2017, when the book was still at the proposal stage. Dolly Alderton Gives Female Friendship the Rom-Com Treatment 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

Being half Jewish and fearing the growing power of Nazi Germany, in 1935 Sybille acquired a new last name — and a British passport — through a quickie, unconsummated marriage with a man she never saw again. Review | ‘Sybille Bedford’ is a gossipy appreciation of an oft-overlooked literary great 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z

The building is now festooned with the logos of Barclays, which acquired Lehman after its bankruptcy, and the trading floor was filled with a new crop of bankers, plugging away at their desks. Arts & Leisure: ?Margin Call,? From J. C. Chandor, Looks at Wall Street 2011-10-12T11:01:11Z

In 1958 when I began serious documentary recording and field research it was not my plan to acquire such a mountain,” he wrote in an open letter to the magazine “Blues Unlimited” in 1976. Mack McCormick, Student of Texas Blues, Dies at 85 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

The city also acquired 34 new hotels, offering 1,982 rooms over the last two years. In Athens Creativity in Art, Food and More Rises 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z

But on the stage it acquires the excited, self-delighted giddiness you associate with really good yarn spinners. | 'Peter and the Starcatcher': Peter Pan (the Early Years), With Bounding Main and All 2011-03-10T03:30:25Z

The Met acquired "The Actor" in a 1952 donation, but according to the complaint failed to properly investigate its provenance. New York's Met is sued over Picasso sold in Nazi, Fascist era 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

The firm had recently acquired the rights to sell a powerful stimulant then called “benzedrine sulfate” and was trying to create a market for it. Overselling A.D.H.D.: A New Book Exposes Big Pharma’s Role 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

In short order I acquired a fake ID and followed her advice. On LGBTQ allies and angels, and Stonewall at 50 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z

Each of us, it transpires, acquired the skill under very different circumstances: some started early in life, some later; one learned in Scotland, another in Kashmir, on a mountain with no ski lifts. Tim Dowling: I’m away, so my wife has time to decide whether to leave me 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z

Nevertheless the bear soon acquires a name, Raju, and a character, and when Lakshman runs away from the cares of village life, from his family and his debts, Raju becomes his only companion. A Novel That Echoes Naipaul, Exploring the Limits of Freedom 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

It was acquired by its consignor, an unnamed “North American private collector,” as long ago as April 2, 1979, at Sotheby’s London. Auctions: Klimt Painting Sells for $40.4 Million 2011-11-03T13:58:06Z

The museum was also one of several to comply with an Italian campaign in recent decades to reclaim artifacts, returning an Attic red-figure vase it had acquired in 1983. Italy Says Ancient Statue in U.S. Museum Was Stolen, Not Lost at Sea 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

Others were striking finds, like the massive gilded copper candlestick the DIA acquired from a Belgian art dealer in 1922. Detroit Institute of Arts' New Gallery: Islamic Works 2010-03-09T00:45:00Z

Through the tumult of the Civil Rights Movement, Mississippi acquired a reputation as the nation’s least progressive state—violent, brutal, racist. Susan Glisson 2013-09-12T13:51:29.517Z

Mr. Davis acquired a reputation as a seer, though in the preface to a 2006 reissue of that book he resisted that characterization. Mike Davis, Who Wrote of Los Angeles and Catastrophe, Dies at 76 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

It was there that he led the project to acquire and restore Chaplin’s Mutual shorts, in which Chaplin’s Little Tramp character evolved from a purely slapstick figure to a rich, comedic personality. David Shepard, Film Preservationist, Dies at 76 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

Ordering the No. 14 Sandwich doesn't make Poppy or anyone else who acquires that taste a freak. We tried the bizarre "Only Murders in the Building" sandwich and have thoughts 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z

The letters were acquired by the National Archives of India in an auction and have been available to scholars; they were sold by descendants of Mr. Kallenbach. Book on Gandhi Stirs Passion in India 2011-03-31T22:00:02Z

They are dresses, 24 of them, most acquired from donors in Connecticut and New York. | Connecticut: At the Bruce Museum, Gowns as Works of Art 2010-07-10T00:08:00Z

Arts & Letters Daily, which was acquired by The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2002, currently receives about three million page views a month. Denis Dutton, Philosopher, Dies at 66 2011-01-01T03:57:45Z

An Irish baronet acquired the shoes while serving in the British Army at Great Lakes forts, and he posed in a similar pair for a portrait around 1800. 2010-01-15T06:40:00Z

MGM also is acquiring all of Downey, Burnett and Hearst's interests in television shows "Survivor," "The Voice" and "The Bible," among others. MGM buys 55% stake in production firms of Roma Downey and Mark Burnett 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

Ordonez acquired her green thumb growing up in an isolated village in northern Thailand, where everyone worked the soil to sustain themselves. This gardener has the secret to tomatoes in May. (Hint: It’s not a greenhouse.) 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

“At this fair you can acquire the performance.” It’s the Art Form of the Moment (but It’s a Hard Sell) 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z

Harvey Keitel is the illiterate settler who acquires the instrument after it is abandoned on a beach, then offers to return it to Ada in exchange for lessons — one for each key. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Shakespeare Live! From the Royal Shakespeare Company’ and ‘Sense8: A Christmas Special’ 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

The network is also working to acquire up to a half dozen other specials, including ones on Princess Diana, another on her two sons and one on royal lineage. Cable networks plan flood of royal wedding shows 2011-02-18T21:06:08Z

Have they not now acquired a different aura, given their impact on generations of artists, from Canova and Rodin to Henry Moore? Who Owns the Elgin Marbles? 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

Unfortunately, although the musical dwells on Frank’s workaholism — hardly the most newsworthy aspect of the tale — it fails to delve enough into the scientific curiosity that drove him to acquire more than 200 patents. Review | ‘On Air’ at Creative Cauldron is a tuneful, engaging tour through little-known history 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

A nocturne showing two male figures standing at the edge of a circus ring, the painting had been acquired directly from the artist and is estimated to sell for between $50,000 to $70,000. Will Global Jitters Dull the Glitter of New York’s Art Gigaweek? 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z

A few eyebrows were raised when The Finkler Question, dealing with antisemitism and philo-semitism among metropolitan types, won the Booker, but it just about supported the weight of Jacobson's newly acquired eminence. Zoo Time by Howard Jacobson – review 2012-08-30T07:00:42Z

At the same time, I’m trying to acquire a new studio next door to a new apartment we bought. Milton Glaser’s Unseen Design for New York: ‘Together’ 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z

She noted that a fair visit by a curator can be considered a success even if nothing ends up being acquired from a particular fair. The Art Fair Curators Love 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

It seems as if this minimalist-loving generation, known for its disdain of acquiring possessions, may be going soft. Holiday cards are having a moment, thanks to their popularity with millennials 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z

This emoji set was acquired through a licensing agreement with DoCoMo that lets the museum display the images in a range of forms. Look Who’s Smiley Now: MoMA Acquires Original Emoji 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

They were acquired by Canadian car collector and investor Miles Nadal who plans to display them at his private automobile museum in Toronto, Sotheby’s said. At $437,500, Nike running shoes smash auction record for sneakers 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

"He's all about acquiring power and controlling and manipulating a lot of people," he said. Ralph Fiennes says Harry Potter's evil Lord Voldemort just 'lonely' 2011-07-14T12:45:32Z

I did unearth a fair number of duplicates, originally acquired as possible gifts for worthy friends. Review | All the books in my 300 boxes sparked joy. The lockdown made me rethink why I was keeping them. 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z

In 2015 it announced it would release around half its usual 18 movies a year and would acquire fewer titles at film festivals. Playmobil film producers hit back at Weinstein Company 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

Evolutionarily speaking, we are probably hard-wired to be more brutally animalistic when trying to acquire solely for ourselves rather than for others. Don’t blame commercialism for your shopping madness 2012-11-28T01:00:00Z

Whether executed to one’s taste or not, whether acquired in bulk or one by one, book décor seems to say: Ideas are free and welcome here. Hotels for Book Lovers 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

He has since acquired a few more square feet, in the form of Club Cumming, a nightspot in Manhattan’s East Village. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

We would acquire not one or two pieces, but all available pieces. Special Report: Watches: High-End Watches as an Investment Strategy 2010-03-17T20:30:00Z

In some instances, American publishing houses have had to quickly acquire rights and commission translations. He Won the Nobel. Why Are His Books So Hard to Find? 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

Glacial, spectral, static yet constantly in motion, the sprawling works of the late mid-20th century composer have always been an acquired taste, despite their strange, luminous beauty and unparalleled scale. Perspective | As time loses its meaning, the music of Morton Feldman gains new resonance 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z

With these analogies to yoga, the notion of “pulse music” acquired new meaning, as Mr. Reich’s music of the ’70s began to evoke and incorporate the pulsing of bodies rather than those of machines. Steve Reich at 80: Still Plugged In, Still Plugging Away 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

It is a subtle acquired taste of vegetarians. Not Strictly Salad, but Close Enough 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

In December, Authentic Brands Group, which is based in New York, acquired exclusive rights to Monroe’s likeness, image and estate. Noticed: The Image of Marilyn Monroe Is Everywhere ? Noticed 2011-09-23T21:58:50Z

Perhaps you could only acquire a carnivore’s licence once you had spent a day in an abattoir. Jay Rayner: thou shalt eat veg! 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z

“We’re looking at organizing each room by decade and to look at how much work by women artists was acquired in each decade, and what types of works were acquired.” Kaywin Feldman wants the National Gallery to be relevant to everyone. But first they have to come back. 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

By acquiring the group, Sotheby’s hopes to increase profits, build private sales and expand its client base. Sotheby’s Reports $11.2 Million Loss in Fourth Quarter 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

The library acquired the archive — 166 linear feet — from Russell’s estate, which is shepherded by Tom Lee, Russell’s partner. Inside the Trove of the Genre-Buster Arthur Russell 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Your Earth-friendliest choices for serving food and drinks are reusable ones you buy or acquire. How to throw a party that’s easy on the Earth 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z

Rick Elice, an advertising veteran with writing aspirations, had been in touch with a former client who had acquired an option on the Four Seasons' catalog. 'Jersey Boys' has been a windfall for all involved 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z

The transition acquired a kind of sweep, not without a touch of excitement. Wendy Whelan, Tyler Angle and Others on Collaborating 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z

The Seattle music community was shaken last year by news of a Canadian developer’s plans to acquire the Showbox property and build a 44-story residential tower at the site. Seattle’s Showbox music venue granted landmark status 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

Some 313 sets were printed, and the set acquired by the museum is considered one of the best impressions. British Museum given $1.6M set of Picasso etchings 2011-11-29T13:05:21Z

According to Mr. Ryan’s obituary in The Washington Post he started acquiring toy soldiers in the 1920s, “an interest fueled by reading pulp adventure stories about World War I.” Antiques: A London Apartment Done Up in French 2010-04-22T22:32:00Z

In 1990, Ray acquired a department-store mannequin and affixed it with a new head, whose soft features and oversized glasses made him look just like the artist. Charles Ray Is Pushing Sculpture to Its Limit 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

In order to release their acquired energy, these molecules undergo chemical reactions — and in the skin that means there are biological consequences. How do the chemicals in sunscreen protect our skin from damage? 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

After World War II he and a friend started a station in Fresno, KYNO; he eventually acquired full ownership. Gene Chenault, Who Changed Rock Radio, Dies at 90 2010-03-04T07:14:00Z

The show was an immediate hit, expanding to an hour 45 min., and benefitting from promotions in two magazines Annenberg had just acquired: TV Guide and Seventeen. Remembering Dick Clark: The Bandstand Years 2012-04-18T22:50:00Z

His i.am+ tech firm acquired an Israeli start-up in 2016 and he has made repeated visits to the country to connect with its vibrant tech scene. Black Eyed Peas frontman defies Israel boycott calls 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z

He needs to outgrow his selfishness and acquire the resources of empathy. ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Review: The Third Reich Wasn’t All Fun and Games 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

The largest beneficiaries of the divestiture were JetBlue and Southwest, which both acquired some of the abandoned slots and are adding new and more frequent flights from National to their route maps. Routes cut and added at Reagan National Airport

Were there terms in 2015 that acquired new shades of meaning? 2015 in language: “We can get up in each other’s faces so easily” 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z

Utgoff is irresistibly compelling, instilling in his character a silent yet singular presence worthy of the “superhero” status that he ultimately acquires. ‘Never Gonna Snow Again’ Review: You’re Getting Warmer 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

In 1915, Pablo Picasso acquired a small Cubist still life painted by his casual friend and acolyte, Diego Rivera. LACMA's uneven new Picasso and Rivera show reveals an unprecedented, must-see discovery 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Whatever she sings acquires the fierce, confessional intensity of someone who barely lived to tell the tale. Bettye LaVette Performs Her Album ‘Worthy’ at Café Carlyle 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

The film, which Relativity Studios acquired for $3.3 million, is expected to bring in around $10 million, according to industry projections. Box office: 'Focus' tops Friday, set for $20-million opening 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z

An autograph collector acquired the letter in the 1970s and kept it framed in his home until recently, when it was passed to a bookseller and subsequently sold to a French collector. Letter From Camus to Sartre Unearthed 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

And when a baleful Mr. Ball takes center stage on his own to reflect on an art form — and a girl — both of which are now lost, Mack’s lamentations acquire their own sonorous power. One Musical Knockout After Another 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

“It is well worth knowing some of the healing properties of common foods when traveling,” she said, noting that acquiring and using conventional medicines in certain countries can be complicated. The Getaway: Sick on the Road? Try the Grocery Store 2012-08-22T14:35:05Z

Then I acquired a family, which rather changed things. John Simm: this much I know 2013-05-25T18:00:01Z

Warner also acquired movie rights to Tartt's debut novel, "The Secret History," several years ago. 'The Goldfinch' movie nets 'Tinker Tailor' scribe Peter Straughan 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

The book publisher announced Thursday that it had acquired her autobiography, titled "Heart Like a Wheel," after her Grammy-winning, multiplatinum album. Linda Ronstadt to write memoir 2011-07-28T19:01:09Z

Someone, possibly a construction worker, acquired it and set it in a courtyard where it remained until 1943 when it was acquired by an archeologist, who owned it until his death in 2000. Centuries-old Ten Commandments tablet goes under hammer for $850,000 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

Through the program, the museum and foundation plan to commission and acquire a new piece every two years — specifically by artists who work with video, film, performance and sound. Philadelphia Museum of Art Chooses Rachel Rose for New Commission 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

The second is the short documentary “Fantastic Man,” directed by Jake Sumner, in which it is told that Mr. Onyeabor amassed enough capital to acquire synthesizers and press his own records during that time. Music Review: The Songs of William Onyeabor, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2014-05-04T21:29:33Z

By the late ’90s, MCA had been renamed the Universal Music Group, acquiring PolyGram, which owned Verve; all of that new conglomerate’s jazz holdings, including Impulse, were organized under the Verve Music Group. Critic’s Notebook: Signs of a Turnaround for Impulse Records 2014-04-22T21:43:47Z

Go to see the newly acquired etchings by William Blake at Tate Britain, or take a look online. William Blake's picture of God 2010-08-17T13:00:00Z

Merlin Entertainments, which acquired the Tussauds brand in 2007 for $1.9 billion, reported lackluster attendance last summer to its attractions in Britain, which include the London Eye, after terrorist attacks in London. The Politics of Waxing 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

It’s not that everyone acquires this soppy desire to be equal to everybody else. Sharing is in our nature 2012-08-13T11:45:00Z

He and Mr. Benezra, already planning a more modest expansion, swiftly explored the possibility of acquiring more space and reopened negotiations. Fisher Collection at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 2010-06-05T08:48:00Z

Previously, she was the chef and owner at the Beatrice Inn next door, which she acquired from Graydon Carter. Angie Mar’s Latest, Les Trois Chevaux, Opens 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z

At the River Café, the London restaurant where she acquired her most significant culinary training, she had learned that it was possible to run a kitchen with civility and respect. April Bloomfield Breaks Her Silence About Harassment at Her Restaurants 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

A surge of emotion is created with each repetition, and, every time, the word earns its place by acquiring a faintly different meaning, and tracing a movement from impersonal register to intimate. Poem of the week: Poem by John Cornford 2010-10-25T09:06:00Z

An avid traveler, she even ended up living in Italy for four years, learning the language and acquiring some cooking skills. Buzz Over Ayana Mathis’s ‘Twelve Tribes of Hattie’ 2012-12-10T22:42:33Z

The first Hapsburg emperor, Charles V, and his son Philip II had the taste to match their resources, and acquired the best of the best. A 7-Hour, 6-Mile, Round-the-Museum Tour of the Prado 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

Yohen is a name for pottery that acquires its character from chance events in the kiln. In 'Yohen,' Danny Glover is like a bull in a pottery studio 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

How do you acquire most of the art here? A Couple With a Glass-Filled House (No Stones, Please) 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

The artworks they choose will be acquired for the Guggenheim and will also be the focus of exhibitions that open at the New York museum and then travel to two other cultural institutions. Guggenheim and UBS Project Plan Cross-Cultural Program 2012-04-12T02:00:00Z

Ms. Mueller, an independent scholar and collector of Chinese export porcelain in Indianapolis, has been gathering data about how some 18th-century china acquired markings falsely suggesting that it belonged to American Revolutionary War heroes. Antiques: Scrimshaw in New Book From New Bedford Whaling Museum 2013-01-10T21:54:56Z

Red Hat, a company specializing in Linux software, acquired Tiemann’s company in the late 1990s, and he moved from Silicon Valley to Red Hat’s home base of North Carolina. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z

It bears the arms of the first and only Viscount Stafford, and so the collection must have been buried later than 1640, when he acquired his title, but before the Great Fire in 1666. Cheapside Hoard of 17th-century jewels set to dazzle at Museum of London 2013-06-04T14:40:41Z

Instead, he was wearing shiny black jeans, an Adidas bomber jacket, and a recently acquired paper Medieval Times crown that rested on his dyed-blond curls. The Snapchat Story of iLoveMakonnen 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

Her arm positions still need to acquire more formal grace, but her new mixture of grandeur and impulsiveness is highly engaging. Dance Review: ‘Apollo,’ ‘Orpheus’ and ‘Agon’ at City Ballet 2012-09-19T21:19:09Z

I defy anyone even to glimpse the set that has been created for this production — part of the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival that ends this weekend — and not acquire an instant hangover. | 'The Sun Also Rises (The Select)': For Whom the Glass Is Always Half-Empty 2010-09-16T22:25:00Z

Success enabled him to acquire things — not status symbols, but machines, vehicles and other inventions that propelled industry and culture forward. Pioneer Village in Nebraska, a blast from a highly inventive past

This puts heritage speakers — those who might acquire language skills informally through their immigrant parents — and translators of color at a disadvantage. Who should translate Amanda Gorman’s work? That question is ricocheting around the translation industry. 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z

He also acquired hair-cutting experience, and when he returned to Kingston in 1931, he opened a barbershop there and within a few years turned to making art. John Dunkley, an Outsider Artist Deep in the Heart of Jamaica 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Two lots down another object, this time truly Egyptian, verified the new luster acquired by Egyptian historic sculpture with a documented record meeting the Unesco criteria. Auctions: Wanted: Antiquities Beyond Reproach 2010-12-18T08:00:02Z

He also acquires all sorts of used books just for their “inclusions”— clippings, photographs, love letters. Review | I love books about books. Here are seven of my current favorites. 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

The pieces the Langs acquired were among the best these artists made, with strong exhibition histories and connections to other collections. Seattle Art Museum gets major gift: A prized modern-art collection estimated at $400 million 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z

She'd noticed that some editors tended to acquire books that arrived in a more or less complete state. The lost art of editing 2011-02-11T14:05:33Z

While at Yale, he wrote the short story "Sadie," which appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, and he soon acquired an agent. Writer-environmentalist Peter Matthiessen dies 2014-04-06T01:17:22Z

The Walker acquired Mr. Durant’s sculpture with the intention of installing it outdoors permanently in its renovated sculpture garden. Dakota People Are Debating Whether to Burn ‘Scaffold’ Fragments 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

Even when he does display vulnerability, busting out his trademark family yarns, the sentiment feels consistent with his newly acquired maturity. Childish Gambino Grows Up with Royalty Mixtape 2012-07-13T15:00:39Z

In 2019, for example, the Baltimore Museum of Art pledged to acquire only work by female artists for a year. Museums Change Their Approach to Showing White Male Artists 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

Stephanie Friede’s earthy dramatic soprano reveled in the music of the Dyer’s Wife, whose shadow the Empress initially hopes to acquire. Opera Review: In Austria, Stellar Cast Makes Strauss's 'Frau' Shimmer 2010-12-22T13:28:52Z

Almost four decades after the public controversy aroused by her removal of the work, the Whitney acquired it for its permanent collection. Art: A Life of Melting the Status Quo 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z

Along the way readers are treated to some highly tactile descriptions of the sorts of singular skills members of the Seals must acquire. Books of The Times: Muscle Memory: The Training of Navy Seals Commandos 2011-05-08T20:08:05Z

“We are troubled to learn of his views, and they were not known when we acquired his work,” said SAM spokeswoman Cara Egan. Seattle artist finds personal opinion, art an uncomfortable mix 2013-03-23T22:33:44Z

In 2017, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, gave a groundbreaking speech during a visit to Burkina Faso in which he pledged to make returning unjustly acquired items to African countries “a top priority.” How Germany Changed Its Mind, and Gave the Benin Bronzes Back 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z

An art collector particularly fascinated by Dalí, Mr. Morohashi acquired some 330 paintings, sculptures, prints and other works by the artist. Pablo Escobar’s Wife Says This Painting May Have Saved Her Life 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z

Vintage Books, part of Random House, acquired it in March 2012, and released the books in paperback in the space of less than a month. Impatience Has Its Reward: Books Are Rolled Out Faster 2014-02-11T03:28:38Z

Next year, the Baltimore Museum of Art will only acquire works for its permanent collection that are created by women, chief curator Asma Naeem said. Baltimore Museum of Art will only acquire works by women in 2020 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

And then we have this, from Somerset Maugham: "To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all of the miseries of life." Reading is overrated 2011-02-17T15:48:22Z

At the very least, women would acquire representation in government equal to their majority share of the population. Trump has somehow gotten more vile: It’s no wonder women don’t like him, and his new Hillary attack ad won’t help 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

In what followed, the texture of the score acquired new fullness, with particular richness in the cello lines. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at the Koch Theater 2013-01-16T22:42:20Z

“Heart of the Storm,” the Brigman photograph he acquired at an auction — and exhibited here — synthesizes her artistic trademarks. A Pioneering Photographer, Bare in the Back Country 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

For all the complexity The Simpsons’ humor has acquired — and the show is indeed better for it — it remains at its core a story about family. When Peter Met Homer: A First Look at the Family Guy–Simpsons Crossover 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

Beckett won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1969 for "writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation". Beckett manuscript sells at auction 2013-07-10T11:44:24Z

Earlier this year, the New-York Historical Society acquired “We the People,” in which the first three words of the Constitution are spelled out in shoelaces, many of them donated by the public. The Artist Nari Ward on the the Goat as a Symbol of Democracy 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z

One hazy image, in which Sinatra lights Kennedy’s cigarette or cigar, seems to encapsulate the moment when Washington acquired the cachet of Hollywood. Phil Stern, photographer of stars during Hollywood’s golden age, dies at 95 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

It is unusual for a star entertainer to acquire a news and commentary website. Chance the Rapper Buys Chicagoist, Becomes Chance the Publisher 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

With one of her newly acquired human limbs grotesquely contorted over her shoulder, the former mermaid looks like an insect that’s been flayed alive. Arts: Taking a ?Little Mermaid? to Dark New Depths 2010-03-20T00:33:00Z

Those “Tristan” excerpts are perhaps the most eagerly anticipated part of “Jessye Norman: The Unreleased Masters,” coming from Decca — part of Universal Music Group, which acquired Philips years ago — on March 24. Jessye Norman Rejected These Recordings. Should They Be Released? 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

In a statement, Univision said Saturday that the decision "was based on a desire to have a clean slate" as it attempts to grow the acquired websites. Univision deletes Gawker posts tied to litigation 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

These positions, plus his unabashed relish for the nice clothes, cars and houses acquired with his commercial success, got Stoppard tagged as a conservative establishment figure. Review | ‘Tom Stoppard: A Life’ documents the professional successes and glamorous social life of a storied playwright 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z

You may be reminded of jerky, as the thin slices of pork acquire a firm texture in the 30 minutes or so they spend over the embers. Southern Barbecue With a Fiery Dip and a Deep History 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

She started acquiring the collection in 1960, when she had a tiny, short-lived gallery in the French Quarter. The Queen of a Cherished New Orleans Restaurant Calls It a Night 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

AT&T is near a deal to acquire satellite broadcasting giant DirecTV. AT&T nears deal for DirecTV 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

It wasn’t until early 2021 that Ms. Salamah felt financially comfortable enough to buy a pair and has since acquired two more. Granny Panties of Yore Reinvented for a New Customer 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

His voice, previously so pleading and persuasive, acquires malice as the force of his hatred of the FBI becomes apparent. Crime fiction roundup - review 2012-12-21T08:00:01Z

Here Magellanes and Tallchief are the only non-Russian-speakers; we quickly understand when the Russian characters are speaking English to them, because then and only then do they acquire Russian accents. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Nikolai and the Others,’ a Theatrical Portrait of Balanchine 2013-06-10T21:45:47Z

I first acquired breaststroke in my early 20s, in extraordinary circumstances; taught in the creek of a rainforest in eastern Australia by Clionna, a swimming instructor from Ireland I’d befriended while backpacking. ‘I launch naked into the unknown’: writers on the joy of wild swimming 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z

This mundane department store position created a connection — with Munir as the unwitting middleman — that would lead to his brother acquiring a gun. What is it like to be the brother of Robert Kennedy’s assassin? The life of the other Sirhan. 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

But after spending more than half my life in the city, what discernible skills I’d acquired were all but forgotten. Young Farmers Conference at Stone Barns Center 2013-01-03T22:25:03Z

In addition to working on "Lantern," Guggenheim executive produced "No Ordinary Family," a highly regarded ABC pilot starring Michael Chiklis about a family that acquires unique abilities. Guggenheim to write "Da Vinci" action feature 2010-04-28T06:38:00Z

He had recently acquired a Beechcraft Model 18 airplane so he and his touring band, the Bar-Kays, could fly around the country to play shows on weekends, letting him regularly return to Memphis. The Enduring Power of Otis Redding’s ‘Dock of the Bay’ 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

“It’s taken a tremendous amount of work, acquiring real estate, negotiating with local government officials, going through the environmental process, arranging our financing, negotiating with the Maloofs,” he said. Win or loss this week for Hansen’s NBA quest 2013-04-15T04:33:14Z

The podcast, admittedly an acquired taste, becomes a web series. What’s on TV Thursday: A Climactic ‘Nashville’; a ‘Blacklist’ Spinoff 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

These days, acquiring Czech modern art proves more expensive than dangerous. Special Report: Art in Perspective: Market Surges for Works by 20th-Century Prague Artists 2011-03-03T12:23:45Z

The teenagers acquired the wood through a stroke of luck. Maya Lin’s Dismantled ‘Ghost Forest’ to Be Reborn as Boats 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

“Over time they’ll acquire a richer patina and tell their own stories.” A Jewelry Designer’s Moroccan Inspiration 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

Lobster bisque acquires its richness not from cream but from chicken stock blended with extra-virgin olive oil and chopped shrimp. Tom Sietsema’s 7 favorite places to eat right now 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

Plants consume inasmuch as they produce, and they aren’t the least bit particular about the origins of the minerals they acquire. Why it’s impossible to actually be a vegetarian 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

The donation realizes a longtime goal for museum Director Michael Govan, who wanted to acquire at least one of Los Angeles' landmarks of residential architecture. LACMA's acquisition of Lautner's Sheats-Goldstein house is big, but there's precedent 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z

They acquire furniture, get a dog and agree that the husband will take care of home repairs and pest control while the wife will do the dishes and the laundry. It’s the End of Marriage as They Know It and They Feel Fine 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z

Besides classic American painters like Stuart Davis, Thomas Hart Benton, Marsden Hartley and Florine Stettheimer, there will be many works acquired over the past decade, often by artists in the Whitney’s signature Biennials. The Whitney Museum, Soon to Open Its New Home, Searches for American Identity 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

In addition she has acquired a rich assortment of other choice bits, scattered through the action like so many baroque pearls. Elaine Stritch and Other Matrons of ?Night Music? 2010-07-23T02:12:00Z

The National Gallery of Art says it acquired the pastel as a donation in 2001. National Gallery of Art Returns Picasso Work to Settle Claim 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z

“In a sense, what we’ve really acquired is a new communication platform,” she said. Look Who’s Smiley Now: MoMA Acquires Original Emoji 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

The host acquires products and other materials from a growing number of sex-toy providers. America’s new sex toy revolution 2013-03-09T16:00:00Z

A forthcoming juried exhibition, “Inside Outside, Upside Down,” running from July 17 to Sept. 12, builds on Mr. Phillips’s commitment to presenting, acquiring and promoting the work of artists from the D.C. metropolitan area. Art Created 100 Years Apart, Linked by Trauma, Offers Solace 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

JetBlue acquired Spirit in October; the deal may not be finalized until 2024, a year after the delivery of the planes. Perspective | Down on 2023? We get it. But here are some things that might improve. 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z

"This is a once-in-a-career opportunity, so I feel extremely privileged in being able to acquire it for the museum – it is a major acquisition for us." Martian meteorite contains pockets of the red planet's atmosphere 2012-02-08T17:40:12Z

Tuesday morning, had warm words for those across the Channel, as he responded to the news that Studiocanal has acquired UK theatrical rights to The Alan Partridge Movie, due for release on 16 August 2013. From A-ha! to ooh-la-la: Alan Partridge film to get Studiocanal backing 2012-06-26T11:57:28Z

We're extremely excited to be part of Somerset's campaign to acquire this extraordinary treasure. Roman coin hoard valued at ?320,250 2010-10-17T17:55:00Z

The Museum of Modern Art acquired a large body of Ms. Export’s work in 2012, after organizing a film retrospective in 2007. Who Is Valie Export? Just Look, and Please Touch 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

As light and pleasant as a Rohmer work often was — attractive people falling in love, at least with the idea of love — it was a taste not everyone cared to acquire. 2010-01-12T04:00:00Z

In later scenes, the colors acquire a gorgeous impressionistic glow that conveys a child’s wondrous sense of discovery. ‘My Name Is Hmmm ,’ a French Road Movie 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

She trained as a colonial historian at the University of Pennsylvania and acquired policy credentials as a staff member of two high-level government commissions on immigration policy. Favoring Immigration if Not the Immigrant 2011-05-08T22:39:54Z

Dance drama acquires a different character in each of this ballet’s three acts. A New ‘Winter’s Tale’ for Royal Ballet 2014-04-11T13:19:32Z

These can arrive via humans, pets, uncooked food or even plants, meaning that a high proportion of foodborne infections are acquired directly within the home. Dirty tea towels are breeding grounds for harmful bacteria — here’s how to clean them properly 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z

But we are acquiring solar technology, desalination, many things that will reduce the harm we do to the planet and therefore increase its capacity. ‘We will get regular body upgrades’: what will humans look like in 100 years? 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z

The building was acquired only in the early 1990s when the Handel House Trust was set up. ArtsBeat: Anna Nicole, Jimi Hendrix and Handel in London 2011-02-15T18:00:32Z

Pat Jr. should pay more attention to the young woman, Tiffany, who has acquired a reputation as an easy lay in her depression after her policeman husband died. Silver Linings Playbook: Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence Go Dancing on the Edge 2012-09-11T13:00:54Z

Happy House acquired its euphonious name in 1956 in honor of a doo-wop song Mr. Robinson wrote for Lewis Lymon & the Teenchords titled “I’m So Happy,” a hit in the Northeast. Bobby Robinson, Harlem Music Impresario, Dies at 93 2011-01-12T05:12:52Z

Culling a collection to acquire other works is routine for museums, including the Brooklyn Museum, which last November sold “Pope,” a Francis Bacon painting from its collection, at Sotheby’s for about $6.6 million. Brooklyn Museum to Sell 12 Works as Pandemic Changes the Rules 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

He acquired art of all kinds in record-breaking quantities. Art Review: A Man of Contradictions, With a Collection to Match 2011-02-03T23:00:07Z

“Digger,” the debut feature by the Greek writer and director Georgis Grigorakis, is the familiar story of a local eccentric facing off against mercenary industrialists desperate to acquire and tear down his property. ‘Digger’ Review: A Man Defends the Land Against Development 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

But they quickly realize that these industry big shots are interested in developing other ideas with them, not in acquiring the movie the Duplasses made using $10,000 borrowed from their parents. Two Dudes With a Camera 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

He later acquired a sheaf of Picasso drawings that allowed him to organize the exhibition “90 Works on Paper” for the artist’s 90th birthday in 1971. Ernst Beyeler, Top Dealer of Modern Art, Dies at 88 2010-02-27T01:40:00Z

It was acquired by a British newspaper just after her engagement Prince Charles, but someone at the paper wrote "not to be published" across it, presumably because it would've embarrassed the royal family. 'Not to be published' Diana photo sells for $18K 2013-01-25T16:27:08Z

At first she steered his projects to completion, but she soon began acquiring books on her own. Jane Garrett, Book Editor With a Prizewinning Touch, Dies at 88 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z

The first edition of "Rain Room" was commissioned and acquired by RH Contemporary Art, a division of RH Restoration Hardware. 'Rain Room' installation simulating downpour coming to LACMA 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

Bukowski's papers were acquired by the Huntington Library in Pasadena, a research library and museum whose tremendously valuable collections include a Gutenberg Bible. Celebrating Charles Bukowski, 'poet laureate of L.A. lowlife' 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

For a small museum like the Colby College Museum of Art, in Waterville, Me., acquiring a set of Picasso etchings is a big deal. Julian Schnabel Moves to Pace Gallery From Gagosian 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

The library also acquired a manuscript of “The Faithful Bull,” a tale that Hemingway wrote for Mr. Ivancich’s nephew. ArtsBeat: JFK Library Unveils Hemingway Letters 2012-03-28T19:57:08Z

After the article appeared, the Wadsworth issued a statement, promising to “review our accession process and make every effort to ensure that art we acquire is what it purports to be.” ‘I Cheated,’ Says Woodworker Who Fooled the Antiques Experts 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z

Taxi drivers who signed up for the MRIs from July through October said they were happy to discover there was another way to use the memorization skills they’d acquired through the Knowledge. London cabbies’ brains are being studied for their navigating skills. It could help Alzheimer’s research. 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z

Marina Charny, the owner of Wild, a gluten-free Italian restaurant, planned to use a former garage she acquired next to her Park Slope location as a party room. Park Slope, Brooklyn, Gets a Beer Garden Built Into a Garage 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

What was it about the rustic style of late buncheong that so appealed to the aristocrats and common people who avidly acquired it? Art Review: Vessels of Clay, Centuries Old, That Speak to Modernity 2011-04-07T20:56:46Z

Last year, Bob Dylan’s archives were acquired by the George Kaiser Family Foundation for a group of institutions in Oklahoma, including the University of Tulsa, for an estimated $15 million to $20 million. Bruce Springsteen’s Archive Is Headed to Monmouth University 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

I like to imagine that Hercules vanished while at the top of his game to acquire something he desired more than fame — his freedom. The man who fed the first president — and hungered for freedom 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

A handful of local museums, including the Hollywood Museum, have been known to acquire collectibles at auction. Hollywood auction draws devoted fans, rich collectors 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

Sports are represented in the form of tiny windsurfers and badminton shuttlecocks, and he has acquired some oddities, like helicopters, pencil stubs, abacuses and matchbooks. When Form Meets Function: Cuff Links Throughout the Centuries 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

“These pieces are just as strong as her well-known work,” said David Ebershoff, the Random House vice president and executive editor who acquired the book. ArtsBeat: New Collection of Shirley Jackson Works to Be Published 2014-04-14T17:04:42Z

“But the only way to acquire the maturity and experience is by playing them.” Musicians Grapple With Beethoven 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

“Batman & Robin” has acquired a reputation as one of the worst blockbusters of all time, and it’s not entirely unearned. Don’t Forget That Joel Schumacher Briefly Saved Batman 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

I had gotten to New Zealand using British Airways miles acquired entirely with bonus miles from signing up and using a Chase credit card. Frugal Traveler Blog: Fiji for the Rest of Us 2012-05-01T20:26:09Z

“When and under which circumstances Hildebrand Gurlitt acquired the work remains unclear.” Swiss museum, Cezanne heirs reach deal over painting in Nazi-era trove 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

Every Thursday, the "Read" button changes to "Download" and suddenly your iPad acquires the entire content of the current edition – in seconds. Publishers take note: the iPad is altering the very concept of a 'book' 2010-12-19T00:06:11Z

By the end of the dance, the stage has acquired multiple airy trails — like the visual echoes left by virtuosic Hula-Hoopers. Beyond Ballroom: Twyla Tharp’s American Classicism 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

The Bargello section of the exhibition focuses on more recent collections: treasures acquired in the 19th century by a number of Florence-based collectors, connoisseurs and dealers. Amid an Anti-Muslim Mood, a Museum Appeals for Understanding 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

He wasn’t the first artist I acquired — Roy Lichtenstein was — but Pollock is really the basis of the whole collection. They Met Over Coffee and Jackson Pollock 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

Soon he acquired the bodybuilder's familiar ripped look. Townie: A Memoir by Andre Dubus III ? review 2011-07-29T10:43:00Z

As a teenager, Derrida had fantasised with some of his friends about blowing up their school with some explosives they had acquired. Derrida: A Biography by Benoît Peeters - review 2012-11-14T08:00:01Z

He acquired catgut for the strings and eventually traded cigarettes from Red Cross provisions to a guard for a bow.  National Symphony Orchestra violist plays heirloom built by grandfather 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Speaking with the British accent she acquired as a girl at an English-language school in Baghdad, Iraq, where she grew up, she recalled her long history with expensive baubles. Patricia Kluge’s Third Act Is Sparkly 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

Netflix, which acquired the series at an early stage in production, is releasing it Wednesday in 190 countries. ‘Bodyguard’ Was a Sensation in Britain. But Can It Conquer America? 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

At the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, she acquired calligraphy scissors that close into a single pointed blade, at once elegant and lethal. How Elegant, How Lethal 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z

It will acquire new works, house existing art, and borrow from major institutions. Aspen Institute Center Devoted to Bauhaus Artist to Open in 2022 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z

Redelmeier and his team wanted to examine the risks of the concussions acquired under those circumstances. Concussions can prove deadly: A single brain injury dramatically increases risk of suicide 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

It also sent Fox Searchlight, which paid a record $17.5 million to acquire “The Birth of a Nation,” into battle position. ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ Nate Parker’s Heralded Film, Is Now Cloaked in Controversy 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

For all her superficiality, Bergman’s Charlotte came across as a woman whose preening vanity was just one of many notes in her character; Ms. Buckley’s cool, crisp Charlotte never acquires any tempering emotional depths. | 'Autumn Sonata': A Fraught Mother-Daughter Drama 2011-04-28T22:18:19Z

“The question is how quickly you are able to get past distressing emotions so they don’t themselves acquire an independent effect on your life, and become a problem in themselves,” Patel said. Busting the myth that depression doesn't affect people in poor countries 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

Neon, the shop that brought Oscar-winner “Parasite” to the U.S, acquired “Flee” for distribution. ‘CODA,’ ‘Summer of Soul’ win top prizes at Sundance Awards 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z

Any time a small, unregulated platform was acquired by a bigger one, he said, the new company would invoke a “morality clause” and attempt to shake people like him from using it. Tumblr Fans Abandon Ship as Tumblr Bans Porn 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Deadline Hollywood first reported that the studio was closing a deal to acquire film rights to Addario's book Monday afternoon. Steven Spielberg to direct Jennifer Lawrence as war photographer 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

Sure, some people might find urchin gonads an acquired taste. This trendy ingredient has become the foie gras of the sea 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

The physical health pain that is connected to wounds I acquired during my early years is the kind of stuff I never post about. “I have kidney stones. My hair is falling out”: Wendy Osefo of "Housewives'" talks reality TV stress 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z

It was here that she acquired her creative affinity with seasonality — and the constant flux of nature still inspires and informs her scents. Foraging for Spring Scents, With a British Perfumer 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

More than that, the basic connection between music, space and dancers acquired a shocking immediacy and fullness. Review: Pacific Northwest Ballet and Three by Balanchine 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

“Silence All the Noise,” which does not yet have a release date, was acquired by W.W. Caster Semenya working on memoir, ‘Silence All the Noise’ 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z

If the video was thought back then to be artistically crucial, rather than merely sensationalistic, it’s difficult to fathom why the Whitney art collection didn’t acquire a copy from its “landmark” show. A shabby wall-text marks debut of new Whitney Museum 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

A year before she arrived in 1903, Leo was already there and acquiring Cézanne and Renoirs, and he let her tag along. Modern Is Modern Is ... 2011-06-03T20:27:28Z

In “Serenade,” she currently dances the role of the ballet’s heroine, the one around whom its rushing series of pure-dance incidents acquires the strongest sense of narrative. New York City Ballet Performs George Balanchine Classics 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

He also had to acquire some new skills. Up Close: Interview With David Armstrong, Photographer 2011-08-30T22:50:33Z

“When I acquire my wealth,” Mac’s told me year after year, “I’m going to have clean starched sheets on my bed every night — and commission Cliff to build us a dining-room table.” A new table, a new life for food writer Nancy Leson 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z

As food has acquired cultural capital, cooking well at home, formerly mundane women’s work, has become nearly as prestigious as cooking well in a good restaurant. Books of The Times: The Manly Art of Cooking Has Its Bards 2011-05-31T23:55:18Z

In the following decades, the quarter, named for a Baroque Carmelite church on the square, acquired a seedy, neglected patina. Surfacing: Savoring the Revival of Vienna?s Second District 2010-06-02T17:36:00Z

Weeks, who died late last year, had acquired the only known copy of the film from the Houdini estate in 1947. Once thought lost, Harry Houdini's 'Grim Game' film reappears 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

She acquired the novel following a major auction between publishers – "every publisher in London was after this," she said. Brandford Boase award goes to My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece 2012-07-05T17:17:00Z

In September, the companies announced that Otter Media will acquire a majority stake in the popular YouTube video network Fullscreen Inc. Verizon orders original programming from AwesomenessTV, DreamWorksTV 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

There might be temporary pauses involving sports championships and illicitly acquired alcohol, although these are relatively rare. Daniel Handler's new novel 'All the Dirty Parts' is raunchy, original and real 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

Most of the pieces were acquired before 1960, and some have not been out of storage in years. Art Review: ‘American Modern: Hopper to O’Keeffe’ Opens at MoMA 2013-08-22T22:04:13Z

I suspect by the time the production moves into the West End later in the year, the performance will have acquired rather more of the Satanic danger that is part of Richard's complex make-up. Richard III – review 2012-07-25T23:10:05Z

He already possesses the first, with plans for acquiring the second. Review | Flashing blades, secret passages, mistaken identities: ‘A Gentleman of France’ is a classic adventure tale 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

Bob Guccione, the publisher of Penthouse, announced that he had acquired the rights to photographs of Miss America in the nude and would be publishing them in the September edition. Resignation of Miss America lays bare nation's neuroses: from the archive, 24 July 1984 2013-07-24T06:30:00Z

Fortunately, the play acquires an intriguing new layer that jump-starts its stalled engine about midway through its running time of less than 90 minutes. Theater Review: In Will Eno’s ‘The Open House,’ Dysfunctional Dynamics 2014-03-04T03:00:03Z

The film, which debuted at Telluride last month and was acquired by Sundance Selects, screened at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. Ethan Hawke 'Seymour' documentary is intimate portrait of pianist 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

In the last five years, she has progressed from creating designs for other artists to acquiring “the confidence to write a narrative.” Up to My Eyeballs in Art at Superblue 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

Step a little closer and its surface reveals three or four tones of green, along with suggestions of dings, cracks and drips acquired over the years. Alex Hay, Comeback Painter 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

Hussman Jr. took over as publisher of the Arkansas Democrat at the age of 27 shortly after his family acquired the Little Rock newspaper in 1974. One of the voices objecting to Nikole Hannah-Jones’s hiring at UNC: A newspaper baron — and major donor 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

"I lied all the time," she says, perched on a sofa in the lumber-filled basement of the offices of her magazine, whose name, the Believer, has suddenly acquired a sharper edge. A life in writing: Vendela Vida 2011-07-08T21:55:12Z

Most of the additions have been acquired within a year of their production. The Broad Museum Picks Up Its Art-Buying Pace 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

Overnight I acquired a new and unwelcome persona. Actress Sally Farmiloe dies aged 60 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

It was not just about the carefully acquired songs and Houston’s crank-the-volume voice — it was the whole engineered package, illuminated by her astonishing beauty, that captivated MTV viewers and fans. Review | ‘Whitney: Can I Be Me’ tries and fails to bring meaning to the late singer’s legacy 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

Our local butcher acquired an 8kg bird which is air drying in the fridge tonight. How Americans in Europe are celebrating Thanksgiving 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

Nearly 20 years ago, a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art led efforts to acquire an Italian Renaissance roundel that dates back to about 1500. Met Buys Italian Renaissance Bronze After Two Decades on the Hunt 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

When expansion outpaced business several years later, the brand — which was mired in financial troubles — was acquired by Steve Madden. Inside Betsey Johnson’s Malibu Dream House 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

He was so fluent it almost seemed acquired – like Eliza Doolittle, of whom Zoltan Karpathy said in “My Fair Lady, “Her English is too good, he said/which clearly indicates that she is foreign.” What Brian Williams Should Have Asked Snowden 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

One painting among the original seven, “Penance,” was destroyed in a fire at Belvoir, and another, “Baptism,” was acquired by the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1946. Inside Art: Kimbell Art Museum Acquires Poussin?s ?Ordination? 2011-09-09T00:01:00Z

The Babble series will combine advice from the site's editors with bulletins from the parenting frontlines. Babble.com, founded in 2006, was acquired five years later by the Walt Disney Co. E-books planned from parenting site Babble.com 2013-02-11T05:09:07Z

The Nigerian publishing house Cassava Republic acquired international publication rights to the novel, and released it in South Africa, Kenya, Germany, Britain and earlier this year in the United States. A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z

“Not every program that they acquire would be something that we would deal with at a national level,” Liwanag said diplomatically. ‘Elmo Knows Where You Live’: A History of the PBS Pledge Drive 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

The mystery of her character’s behavior keeps acquiring new layers, and she brings to each new revelation an intensity and precision that transfixes. Theater Review: ‘The Other Place’ at Samuel J. Friedman Theater 2013-01-11T03:00:14Z

"Whoever does acquire it would become the biggest player in the industry," he said. Cinépolis may join bidders for Regal Entertainment 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z

This production allows too much dead air between lines, so that statements about people finding their dignity acquire signpost significance. Theater Review: ‘The Trip to Bountiful,’ at the Stephen Sondheim Theater 2013-04-24T02:00:06Z

Still, Tribeca organizers and industry executives agree the old financial model of a film creating buzz at festivals and being acquired for theatrical release needs changing. Indie films await sign of VOD, Web download success 2010-05-05T19:52:00Z

In time, the famous blond hair thinned and the long, fine-boned face acquired a few lines. Philip, in role with no job description, was queen’s bedrock 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

Duckett hopes to be able to acquire some works from the exhibition for AAMP’s permanent collection but wants community feedback before making strategic decisions. What Would Ben Franklin Say? Artists Weigh the Dream of Democracy 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z

It’s a line from “The West Wing,” and she acquired it during the dark days, she said, of “Bush-Cheney, first term.” Anne Lamott, Leftie Guru of Optimism 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z

“It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop, through Dungeons & Dragons and comic books that I acquired much of my vocabulary.” Ta-Nehisi Coates to Write Black Panther Comic for Marvel 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

The controversy over the portrait, which the Leopold Museum acquired after the war, contributed to Austria passing a 1998 law that stipulates the restitution of property taken from the country's Jews by the Nazis. Schiele art back in Austria after ownership feud 2010-08-23T17:46:00Z

Exhibitions next year at Dumbarton House, in honor of the Colonial Dames’ 125th anniversary, will honor the women’s preservation achievements, though sometimes — despite their best intentions — they acquired the wrong kinds of antiques. At Historic House Museums, Time for a Face-Lift 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Darger collected lots of stuff and displayed scores of pictures in his cluttered apartment, but there is nothing in this exhibition to suggest that he acquired objects he considered independent artworks. Art Review: Henry Darger at the American Folk Art Museum 2010-05-13T21:51:00Z

Rau in New Orleans, said he had acquired the painting from two brothers who had inherited it after their father’s death recently. A Model and Her Norman Rockwell Meet Again 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

After Roth’s death, the library acquired more papers, including correspondence, drafts, research notes, autobiographical notes and other personal effects. What Happens to Philip Roth’s Legacy Now? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

Edinburgh's illustrious National Gallery didn't acquire its Botticelli, "Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child," until 1999, while Glasgow's "The Annunciation" has been a star in its museum collection for more than 150 years. Santa Barbara's 'Botticelli, Titian and Beyond' a quirky gem 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

He still owns the remaining 28, which are on loan, and has not spoken publicly about the collection, which he acquired through dealers and at auctions. A Long Way Home for ‘Looted’ Art Is Getting Shorter 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

The following Saturday, Mr. McCarthy acquired tickets to see the Broadway show “The Cherry Orchard,” starring Diane Lane. There Was Something Funny About Them 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

“We have not yet acquired the wealth of a Florentine bank,” he tells Giulia. Television Review: The Power Brokers: Fathers, Sons, Dynasties 2011-03-31T20:00:05Z

Copyright Office because trademarks are acquired through first and continuous use and works that are copyrightable by law are covered from the moment a creation is finished. Jewelry Counterfeits: The Age-Old Problem Just Keeps Growing 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z

As we went our arguments acquired depth and subtlety in response to criticism. We want Robert E. Lee’s name off our school — and in return, we were greeted with hateful Internet trolling 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

There’s a reluctance to acquire them by any harder way. 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z

It’s also a great way to stay on top of things and acquire more projects. 10 Ways to Stay Motivated During Your First Job 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

When Monroeville wanted to put on the stage version of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” rather than ask Lee for an exemption, the town acquired the dramatic rights the same as any other theatre company. Harper Lee and the Mysteries of Monroeville 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

Psychokinesis, about a man whose accidentally acquired superpowers turn out to do more harm than good, is directed by Yeon Sang-ho, who previously won international plaudits for his animated drama The King of Pigs. From Alden Ehrenreich to Zazie Beetz: the 40 rising film stars of 2018 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

People don’t get sick from acquiring the bacteria — it’s already in the gut of some healthy individuals, kept in line by other bacteria. Motherlode Blog: The Rabbit Hole of the Rare Childhood Diagnosis 2013-02-01T19:34:26Z

After buying a 16-millimeter projector at 12, he discovered that film rental companies, hard hit by television, were selling off their stocks, and he began acquiring films for $1 a reel. David Shepard, Film Preservationist, Dies at 76 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

Most characters the unicorn encounters reflect a problematic impulse to acquire rare creatures rather than fight for their survival. "The Last Unicorn" at 40 is a poignant prophecy and reflection of today's eco-grief 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

When you’re a household name for 56 years, you acquire more than one reputation. Who’s a Liberal? 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

A clue may lie in the sources that Davies has used for this book: in the main the letters came not from their original recipients, but from private collectors who had acquired them at auction. The John Lennon Letters, edited by Hunter Davies - review 2012-10-10T12:16:01Z

The nonprofit has leased the property to the club since acquiring it in 1933 and hosts four open houses at the club each year, which before the pandemic included guided tours of the mounds. A Push to Move the Golf Course Atop a Native American ‘Stonehenge’ 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z

Whether it's as simple as paying for a bottle of wine or as dicey as acquiring a fake passport, he turns money-changing hands into a shell game, always secretly pocketing a healthy profit for himself. 'Two Faces of January' a twisted tale driven by talented trio 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

As stipulated in his will, artworks he acquired — which make up about two-thirds of the Frick Collection — cannot be lent to any institution. Inside Art: A Loan Extends Museums’ Global Reach 2014-02-13T21:01:43Z

“But he was mostly fixated on love and society, like he’d say our society is all about acquiring and keeping — not that it had stopped him from acquiring and keeping me.” Books of The Times: Chilling Abduction in Chevy Stevens?s ?Still Missing? 2010-07-04T21:49:00Z

Players would want to acquire more and more cards in order to remake the game and find their own unique expressions within it. The Twenty-Five-Year Journey of Magic: The Gathering 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

“Now all of these works are available again, so people are happy first to be able to see them at various exhibitions and then to bid on them and maybe acquire them.” Mozart score among hundreds of manuscripts to be auctioned in Paris 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

The obvious difference now is the presence of “difference” itself in the form of art — a lot recently acquired — from Africa, Asia, South America and African America, and an unprecedented amount of work by women. Best Art of 2019 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

Sheila Hicks, who learned weaving techniques from Anni Albers at the Yale School of Art, is here with two glorious, recently acquired sculptures of beige and coral linen, bundled like ponytails and heaped like doubloons. Textiles Designed With Warp, Woof and Wit at MoMA 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

Museums, as you might think, are very good at telling the good art from the questionable, and almost never acquire forgeries. The secret lives of works of art: What percentage of a museum’s holdings are likely to be fakes? 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z

Eventually she acquired a helper, and the trial became grueling for one woman and her son. Turkey: The One Essential Guest 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z

Shorn of the trappings of power, Mr. Feore’s Lear acquires a spiritual majesty that is in piteous contrast to his physical and psychological frailty. ‘King John’ and ‘King Lear’ at the Stratford Festival 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

And Kassabova reminds us that borders are also dangerous places, “where power suddenly acquires a body.” Travel Books Take You There and Back 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

When book-hunting in Rome, Louvain, Basel, Venice and London, the young Spaniard didn’t simply acquire the canonical classics or a few rare manuscripts. Review | The story of Christopher Columbus’s son, the ultimate completist 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

Heller wrote in his autobiography "Then and Now" about acquiring the typewriter, which he bought at Macy's in New York. SC library shows 'Catch-22' author's writing tools 2012-06-17T17:01:04Z

Emma Stone’s Easy A had a similar message about how easy it is to acquire a label, and how hard it is to get rid of. Does Booksmart spell the end of high school stereotypes? 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z

"Y'all" might serve an important function, but it has acquired negative connotations. ‘Y'all,’ that most Southern of Southernisms, is going mainstream – and it’s about time 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z

You will be aware of course, that we have been fortunate in acquiring a zoo within the last few hours. Andy Mulligan's school rules 2011-08-05T15:34:00Z

The painting, acquired in 2005 by a consortium of businessmen, was recently restored. Leonardo's 'lost' Christ, sold for ?45 in 1956 ? now valued at ?120m 2011-07-12T18:06:57Z

He relies on their very particular sets of skills, skills acquired over very long careers. ‘Billions’ Season 7, Episode 4 Recap: Flight Risk 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z

Museums acquired works in a frenzy in the decades after World War II, usually without researching their ownership histories. Why two American museums are fighting to keep art stolen by the Nazis 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

There were some questionable casseroles and strange Jell-O salads that she first acquired knowledge of as a Navy wife in the 1960s. My grandmom’s potato chip cookies are just as quirky as she was 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z

Hopkins joined the RAF photographic unit and while serving in Italy he acquired a Leica, which he would use for the rest of his career. Unsung hero of photography Thurston Hopkins turns 100 2013-04-12T14:56:00Z

At Shangri La collecting and designing were essentially the same activity; Duke acquired pieces with an eye to placing them in the house. Art Review: ‘Doris Duke’s Shangri La’ at Museum of Arts and Design 2012-09-06T21:15:21Z

As Mr. Norman told the story, Mr. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman had acquired the film rights to Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels at about the same time. Monty Norman, Who Wrote 007’s Memorable Theme, Dies at 94 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

They work harder on building build a seductive movie image than on acquiring a fat bankroll. Appreciation: Arthur Penn, the Miracle Worker of 'Bonnie and Clyde' 2010-09-30T18:15:00Z

Flatiron Books, which acquired the book in April, announced Monday that the former vice president will promote the book as part of his "American Promise Tour." Joe Biden's Memoir 'Promise Me, Dad' Arriving November 14 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z

The museum continually acquires new work, and those items will be added to the online collection. Freer, Sackler galleries going global by showcasing entire collections online 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z

But that museum, which was taken over by Wells Fargo when it acquired the National Bank of Alaska in 2000, closed its doors in 2020, a casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. As One Alaskan Museum Closed, a Native Heritage Center Prospered 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z

To his surprise, he soon acquired thousands of followers. James Rebanks, Man of Sheep, Man of Letters 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

In the past decades, the long empty afternoons also yielded cut-price books by the dozen, which I acquired for an imagined alcoholic retirement. Stewart Lee: my life on the shelf 2010-07-31T23:07:00Z

He must learn how his supposedly idealistic father acquired these millions. Book World: ‘The Fixer’ by Joseph Finder 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z

The set of prints acquired by the Getty is called “Views and Panoramas of Beirut and the Ruins of Palmyra.” Getty acquires first photos ever taken of ancient ruins ISIS recently destroyed 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z

In short, the man had taste; he recognized quality when others didn’t — as in 1976, when he acquired the film rights to J.R.R. Saul Zaentz: What Does a Producer Do, Anyway? 2014-01-09T17:04:41Z

But rather than quickly sell their building to the “white development people” who they say are already showing interest, Ms. Drouillard said they hope to find a way for people of color to acquire it. In the Twin Cities’ Robust Dining Scene, Few Black-Owned Businesses 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

To combat that, they might become more selective about acquiring content. This Movie Is Streaming Only. Should We Lower Our Expectations? 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

In spite of falling crime rates, more people are acquiring guns for personal and home protection than ever before. Shoot first, ask questions later: The destructive downside to America’s cult of DIY personal security 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z

Once King acquired his own guitar, it became his closest companion. Marcus King, a Bluesy Rocker Who Stared Down His Own Crossroads 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

Paintings used to be bought straight out of the annual exhibitions, acquired within a few years of being made. Seeing the Past from the Future 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

Some of my clinical preoccupations centre on how we acquire a physical, corporeal sense of self. Patterns of pain: what Covid-19 can teach us about how to be human 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

The body was never recovered, but in 1971 Glasgow acquired the missing figure's severed head. Santa Barbara's 'Botticelli, Titian and Beyond' a quirky gem 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

Renaissance has made a bid to acquire the name of the company, which folded, after 70 years, in 2013. Julius Rudel Gala Benefits City Opera Revival Hopes 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

After his book was reviewed in The Times and elsewhere, Mr. Sepinwall said he was contacted again by Touchstone, which was now interested in acquiring it. ArtsBeat: Stay Tuned: A Self-Published Book About TV Gets a Major Publishing Pick-Up 2013-01-02T22:43:05Z

“St. Jerome” was tested using similar methods by Orion Analytical, a materials analysis firm specializing in art, which Sotheby’s acquired late last year. Second Old Master Painting a Fake, Sotheby’s Says in Lawsuit 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

She then devoted 11 years to acquiring a college degree, taking a course or two a semester at the University of Oklahoma. Doris Eaton Travis, Last of the Ziegfeld Girls, Dies at 106 2010-05-12T06:05:00Z

Despite the books’ contemporary themes, said Cohen, the center’s academic director, it has been an uphill battle to persuade mainstream trade publishers to acquire titles by women writers who are generally unknown and previously untranslated. How Yiddish Scholars Are Rescuing Women’s Novels From Obscurity 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z

Warner Brothers had acquired the rights, with Johnny Depp slated to star as the robber, Lin Ford. Charlie Hunnam Is a Cat Person 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z

Local businesses acquire customers, customers get a deal and Groupon gets paid. Can Groupon survive? 2012-07-16T18:04:00Z

Yet, remarkably enough, the buyers’ keenness to acquire anything considered desirable became clear within minutes. Sotheby's Sale Leaves Its Audience Dazed 2010-06-29T14:30:00Z

The Getty faced a similar situation when it sought to acquire an early Rembrandt self-portrait from a dealer. Getty Museum aims to acquire 16th century Parmigianino painting 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

By making those costumes rare or expensive, they reduce the possibility of interlopers: those without the money or passion to acquire "genuine" artefacts. Victorian socialites who used fancy dress to excess 2013-06-11T15:58:00Z

It’s easy to see that Conrad was originally planned as a nondancing part; the dancing of the others acquired dimension by contrast. Dance Review: ‘Le Corsaire,’ American Ballet Theater 2013-06-05T22:00:27Z

Sections have acquired new labels, and a new one called Next is devoted to DIY films. 2010-01-29T07:18:00Z

Will the tough guy acquire the sensitivity to connect with his teen players? New this week: ‘Big Shot,’ ‘Mare of Easttown’ and ‘Monday’ 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z

After the filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, a friend, acquired City magazine in 1974, he persuaded Ms. Field to write for it. Carol Field, Italian Food Expert, Dies at 76 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

After a book is edited, the acquiring editor becomes its cheerleader at the publishing house and beyond. How to Get Published: A Book’s Journey From ‘Very Messy’ Draft to Best Seller 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

He has just joined the Forensic Science Club, where he’s acquiring the skills necessary to solve a series of “staged crimes” at his middle school. Young Sleuths Hot on the Trail of Their Own Identities 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z

This brings his son, Derek, to the country to find him, acquiring the assistance of Emma, her boss and a valiant reporter. Review | For your playlist: The best new audiobooks of the month 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

The Irish folk musician Dónal Lunny said later that Bush had him play it over and over for three hours until it acquired the right “bend.” The Enduring, Incandescent Power of Kate Bush 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

The 2-year-old Willow joins Commander, a recently acquired German shepherd puppy who follows two other German shepherds, Champ and Major. Willow Biden joins long and varied line of White House pets 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

All of these things and more — a total of 343 boxes containing her personal papers and documents — have been acquired by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Schomburg Center Acquires Maya Angelou Archive 2010-10-26T20:15:00Z

Spider-Man -- as a franchise reboot that takes the boy back to his roots as a gawky teenager who acquires the web-spinning capabilities and super strength of a spider. Andrew Garfield calls Spider-Man a role for life 2011-07-23T05:18:46Z

In the 1980s Mr. Caesar acquired a new addiction: healthful living. Sid Caesar, Comedian and One of TV’s First Stars, Dies at 91 2014-02-12T22:07:12Z

The association acquired the land and commissioned the building at a time when the Mall didn’t exist as it now does. The curious story of the National Mall’s lone privately owned plot 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

A Blaine subplot, definitely not a throwaway story line, shows that he’s found a food source – skater boys and street kids, oh no! – and acquired a creepy nickname, “the candy man.” 'iZombie' recap: It's double trouble for Liv in 'The Exterminator' 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

These, says Baldwin, were acquired from an oral surgeon who had fallen on hard times and was living near Hemet. L.A.'s Velveteria museum shows there's more to plush paintings than Elvis and clowns 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

I share with them scars I have from childbirth, from injuries I acquired as a child. Naked with strangers, finally unafraid 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z

Lilac acquired their site at a reduced rate from the council, and received a grant from the Homes and Communities Agency to support the planning application process. The future's communal: meet the UK's self-build pioneers 2013-05-07T06:29:01Z

The crisp, refrigerated creations are generally viewed as condiments or acquired tastes. Firefly’s fanatical fermenters aim to help you feel better 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

The city’s museums must also begin acquiring permanent collections; some collectors here would prefer to see the museums invest in art, not architecture. How Art Basel Is Remaking Miami 2011-11-29T13:00:33Z

Favourite festivals Cropredy, Cornbury Grungy groupiesClad in vintage, faded festival garb, festooned with stains acquired at the Isle of Wight or Reading in days of yore and worn as badges of honour. Festival dads show their attitude at Latitude 2012-07-14T15:42:21Z

While the brand never lost its cachet, the company did fall on hard times, and in 2011 it was acquired by Kravet. Michael S. Smith Devises A Sophisticated New York Showroom for Brunschwig & Fils 2014-01-15T05:00:00Z

She's acquired horn players, a proper light show and even more theatricality. Vampire Weekend and?Janelle?Mon?e ? review 2010-12-05T21:31:00Z

One of the high points of the speech was Ferguson’s discussion of his own newly acquired U.S. citizenship. Craig Ferguson’s History Show, “Join or Die” 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Arranged in piles and lanes to form a kind of graveyard, they represent similar boxes housed at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, which acquired Fryer’s papers upon his death in 2003. Review: A Secret History of Gay Life Uncovered in ‘217 Boxes’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z

Photograph: University of Southampton The hoard is still going through the Treasure process, and the British Museum hopes to acquire it. X-rays reveal secrets of Roman coins 2012-07-09T14:24:04Z

In the documentary-feature category, the winner was “American Factory,” about a factory outside Dayton, Ohio, that was acquired by a Chinese billionaire and the cross-cultural conflicts that result. ‘Parasite’ makes Oscars history as the first foreign-language film to win best picture 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

Midwestern Emily is sent to Paris after her American company acquires Savoir, a French firm, with a view to easing the transition and imposing American values on the Gallic workplace. "Emily in Paris": Why it’s so hard to admit love for the show despite it being so popular 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z

And they offer a welcome respite for theatergoers who have yet to acquire a taste for energetic hillbilly hokum. Review: ‘The Robber Bridegroom’ Is Heavy on the Twang 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z

But it was strange: Once the show dispensed with the Russian émigrés and their tired coats, the models’ faces acquired the waxy perfection of mannequins or Rudy lookalikes. On the Runway: The Russians Are Coming (Again?) 2011-01-22T01:59:03Z

They demonstrated that through energetic reading one could acquire learning and culture, and that it was worth any amount of effort to do so. A daughter’s loving homage to her famed, flawed father 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

He can still picture the print — in gold, brown, emerald, mustard — acquired at a fabric store near Union Square he’d once been afraid to enter. 5 Shows, 94 Actors, 450 Costumes: Emilio Sosa Dresses Broadway 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z

The key, as you suggest, is to acquire a Zen state of calm. Worst co-worker ever 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z

He has never gotten over the thrill of being a fan, even as he has acquired fans of his own. Fanboy goes to Hollywood in Simon Pegg's memoir 2011-06-17T19:57:06Z

After the Menil acquired the piece, a quieter, backroom campaign was launched against the artwork by a handful of powerful Houston art world brokers. When two guys married a tree 2013-01-29T12:45:00Z

There are three main categories of CJD: spontaneous, which occurs simply by bad luck with age; familial, which is due to inherited genes; and acquired, which is transmitted in some way. Can people catch Alzheimer’s? Possibility cannot be ruled out 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

At 20, he and a friend opened an antiques shop on Magazine Street, filling it with furniture and decorative arts acquired on trips to France. A Painter Resurrects Louisiana’s Vanished Creole Culture 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

Because there was no exhibit space ready for them, two newly acquired hornbill birds were kept in a shack for seven months. Are zoo animals happy? There’s a simple empathy test we can apply 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z

Contemporary parallels recede, though, as the struggle between Stanley and Blanche acquires momentum. Review: A Darwinian ‘Streetcar’ With a Feminist Streak 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

The only way forward is for Sands Films to acquire the building. Fancy owning a piece of film history? 2011-07-29T22:02:48Z

They began to expand, acquiring suppliers and hiring workers. Three New Memoirs Bring the Farm to the Page 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z

In May, Dia:Beacon, the temple to minimalism in New York’s Hudson Valley, will present a long-term installation of four recently acquired works covering the span of her career. The 'whoa' moment and Mary Corse: The painter who toys with light is finally getting her due 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

“Every expectation we have is that they are not acquiring Fox to turn it into some form of a PG company,” he added. Fox TV producers offered assurances ahead of Disney merger 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

The fact that a museum acquired an antiquity in good faith does not matter, even if the seller or donor was not aware an item was looted. For U.S. Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z

Production of the new trains follows several years of rigorous testing and a complicated purchase and financing strategy in which the CTA is acquiring the rail cars under three options. CTA's new trains pulling into the station 2011-10-24T12:46:00Z

The effect is chilling, as if the character had suddenly acquired an independent life of her own, and was returning the disapproval her director has been encouraging us to feel. Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Summer With Monika’ 2012-05-27T03:41:56Z

A Web-based e-mail address is an easy thing to acquire and an entire online identity is just a few clicks away. Motherlode Blog: When Should a Child Get an E-mail Account? 2013-01-11T16:26:07Z

Deutsch acquired the tablet for temporary display through an agreement with the Israel Antiquities Authority and then bought it outright after a legal settlement, Heritage officials said. Centuries-old Ten Commandments tablet goes under hammer for $850,000 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

To say that beets are an acquired flavor would be an understatement. 33 best vegetarian soup recipes because baby, it’s cold outside 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z

It was one of three awards for Sky Atlantic, which also won for two acquired programmes, Game of Thrones and Girls, both of which are made by US cable channel, HBO. Bafta TV awards: Olivia Colman wins twice on otherwise unpredictable night 2013-05-12T21:51:37Z

This odd little faux talk show/comedy is an acquired taste and thrives on awkward moments. March 13 TV Picks: ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’ on IFC 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

They had gathered themselves into the classroom, massing, acquiring more decibels than 50 small throats could otherwise muster. Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z

In the lastyears he has acquired three floors at 21 Place Vendôme, the house where Schiaparelli had her boutique, studio and salon. On the Runway Blog: Keeping Elsa Schiaparelli Small 2012-05-10T20:26:16Z

Both artists see a legion of copy-cats trying to capitalize, thanks to the ease of acquiring programming software and recycling beats."There is a lot of cookie-cutter stuff," Deadmau5 said. SXSW 2013: Hawtin, Deadmau5 see cracks in EDM's rise 2013-03-13T16:09:00Z

One of these details acquires hideous poignancy later when a soldier is shot in the head; he survives but his head assumes the "dented and misshapen" aspect of the moon. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z

The Palestinian minister of tourism and antiquities, Rula Maayah, who met with the American delegation, said, “This artifact is important as it acquires its real scientific and archaeological value in its authentic location.” U.S. Officials Repatriate a Looted Relic to the Palestinian Authority 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

She died in 2007, and Mr. Wilson hopes a museum will acquire her collection. A Wriggle in Time: Historical Artifacts of Belly Dancing 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

His father, a jeweler, had acquired the surname from relatives who immigrated to England and received an Anglicized name. Martin Gilbert, preeminent Churchill biographer and Holocaust historian, dies at 78 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

The book, titled “The Great Imprisonment,” was acquired by Tim Duggan Books, a new nonfiction imprint of the Crown Publishing Group. Eric Schlosser to Publish Book on American Prison System 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z

It was eventually acquired by Knopf Books for Young Readers, which also published “Brisingr” and “Eldest” and other works in the “Inheritance” fantasy series. YA favorite Christopher Paolini writes science fiction novel 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

Disney's studio also aggressively used characters from Marvel, the comic book and toy company it acquired in 2009 for $4 billion. Hit movies expected to boost Disney quarterly results 2014-02-04T22:28:13Z

He will continue to acquire and edit new projects as publisher. Random House names a new publisher and hires a top editor from Knopf 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

They acquired a majority stake in what was left of the old Hollywood movie studio RKO Pictures, working mostly in production and distribution for the next decades. Dina Merrill, actress and philanthropist of aristocratic poise, dies at 93 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

It makes sense that, among the artworks Mr. Deitch has acquired, those he chose to show a guest depict a messianic prophet and radical metamorphosis. A Risk-Taker?s Debut 2011-04-22T22:34:11Z

The Evening Standard says she has talent and may get somewhere if she acquires some technique. David Kynaston’s ‘Modernity Britain: 1957-1962’ 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

The process of acquiring a collection of strong new work can help bring that into focus. Review | The ballet dancers dived into the ball pit. That’s when the evening really took off. 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

Food logistics acquired its own professional organizations, conferences, and academic departments. Super Storm Sandy wiped out some restaurants for months but one midtown pizzeria served days later 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z

He and Paul Sevigny acquired an ownership stake in Don Hill’s last year and reopened it with little remodeling. All-Night Sendoff for a Clubland King 2011-04-06T23:39:28Z

The Modern acquired the work, its first and only Clark, in 2014. MoMA Upends Its Collection to Celebrate Late Careers 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

In its announcement of the deal on Wednesday, Sony gave few details, other than it was acquiring the “complete collection” of Simon’s compositions, including his work with Simon and Garfunkel and his solo material. Paul Simon Sells His Entire Songwriting Catalog to Sony 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

In each ballet, however, this movement acquires a different character. Understanding Balanchine’s ‘Jewels,’ a Perfect Introduction to Ballet 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

The ability to detect a sour taste in foods likely came from our aquatic ancestors, who acquired the ability to determine the safety of their environment by detecting abnormalities in acidity. What’s behind America’s pickle craze? 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

However, since he acquired ownership through leveraged funds, the club are barely able to meet the annual repayments on their debt, despite their success on the field. On the Money With Robert Peston 2010-06-07T05:45:00Z

The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam persuaded the family to cancel the auction, and it raised an undisclosed sum in the estimate range to acquire the lot, which also includes movie memorabilia. Antiques: Auction Lots, Including Frank Family Letters, to Be Shown 2012-12-27T22:11:36Z

But when our agency acquired financial and medical clients, they tapped me. Are literary classics obsolete? 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z

Of course, even though the numbers are initially meaningless, they acquire meaning once Fischer is told they’re important. Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z

I think there is something about the way black males are being portrayed in the images that I acquire that you don’t see in public. African Photos Are the Backbone of a Living Room Gallery 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z

“Homeland” similarly twists together ideas of the personal and political, beginning with the title, a word that has acquired ominous overtones in the shadow of Sept. Laurie Anderson?s Heart, Politics and Processors 2010-06-25T16:17:00Z

The latter allows them to acquire the necessary social skills for living in regular society. Gifted and Talented and Complicated 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

Then there are sock puppeteers who fabricate phony personas to acquire authority or sympathy. In ‘Virtual Unreality,’ Charles Seife Unfriends Gullibility 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

Other problems with New York’s virus response get less ink, including the state’s struggles to help nursing homes acquire enough protective gear or staff. Cuomo book on NY pandemic outbreak short on state missteps 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

Henry Clay Frick acquired a total of eight, five of which are in the show. Van Dyck at the Frick, Documenting Aristocracy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

Charlie’s soulless rat-a-tat-tat delivery acquires a semblance of feeling only when he is wheedling Grace to follow his wishes. | 'Love Ranch': Attraction and Possibility When Sex Is Just Business 2010-06-29T22:43:00Z

The Seattle Symphony made major strides under Mr. Schwarz, acquiring a reputation as a fine ensemble, producing numerous recordings, building its endowment and moving into the highly praised Benaroya Hall. Ludovic Morlot Is Seattle?s New Conductor 2010-06-29T22:04:00Z

Nevertheless, the show — a double bill of Mr. Plein’s namesake line and Billionaire, a label he acquired in 2016 — went on. Dressing Up With Alexander Wang, and Replacing Kanye West at Philipp Plein 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

Or does the solution lie in the corporation acquiring a soul? Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

Thus, while working on ‘Japan Fashion Now,’ we made a special effort to acquire contemporary Japanese fashion” for the late 2010 event. F.I.T. Museum Director Brings Critical Eye to Clothing 2012-02-10T11:08:01Z

Your child will be immune to such influence until s/he acquires the language to understand it, so luxuriate in that for a while. Carolyn Hax: Blue? Pink? Parents-to-be are in no hurry to find out. 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

His works were acquired by the , the Whitney and the Guggenheim. Nicolas Carone, Abstract Expressionist, Dies at 93 2010-07-29T06:19:00Z

It sold out its original three-week run and was extended. 20th Century Fox then acquired the film rights and the show was set to transfer from the stage to the screen in 1975. Forty years of the Rocky Horror Show 2013-06-20T06:18:41Z

Apple Studios acquired the film last year in a deal reportedly worth $130 million. Will Smith film departs Georgia over voting restrictions 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z

Benedict said she sent her nudes to Moore in hopes of attracting more people to her webcam sites, acquiring fame and making boat loads of cash. The 6 most disturbing "The Most Hated Man on the Internet" revelations from Netflix's docuseries 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z

Phrases like "I've got nearly 17 hanging baskets in this back garden" and "Everyone's very, very nervous" echo through the action so that they acquire a poetic intensity. London Road – review 2012-08-13T15:25:21Z

It's worth acquiring the CD for this track alone. Rachmaninov: Preludes & Melodies ? review 2011-07-30T23:05:34Z

What was objectionable about all this wasn't Heston – he's an acquired taste, but on the whole I can take him – but the fundamental conceit that what he was doing was in some way useful. TV review: Heston's Fantastical Food; Dara Ó Briain's Science Club 2012-11-06T22:00:02Z

Disney acquired Fox in March 2019, and New Mutants got lost in the shuffle until Boone re-emerged in December 2019 to confirm Disney would be releasing the film as originally shot. The New Mutants: what should we expect from the cursed X-Men horror film? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

I had arranged for her to go hunting with me and had acquired the finest horse in the county for her to ride. The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – digested read 2013-04-07T17:30:01Z

Japanese American National Museum officials wouldn't say if a donor or donors bought the collection for the museum or how much the artworks cost to acquire. George Takei helps L.A. museum acquire internment camp artifacts 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z

In the sense that we have accompanied the performers on a long journey, this piece of narrative theatre acquires dramatic power. One Thousand and One Nights ? review 2011-08-22T12:34:36Z

She began making an annual conference presentation, "The Internet Report", which acquired legendary status in the industry because it distilled from the froth some elements of reality. The real cost of the smartphone revolution 2012-06-02T23:05:40Z

Meanwhile, Grimes’s irresistibly attractive Scotland Yard man is busy solving the murder of his newly acquired friends David Moffit, an American astronomer, and his wife, Rebecca. Child Sleuths and Child Victims 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

It begins when Brink, whose head injury in a high school football game left him with “sudden acquired savant syndrome,” is summoned to a forbidding New York State prison by its head psychologist, Thessaly Moses. Murder in a Moneyed Fire Island Enclave 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z

His precocious daughter, who just turned 13, has acquired her first boyfriend, and Junior doesn't approve. Review: `Little Elvises' compelling, suspenseful 2013-01-29T00:31:05Z

As luck would have it, their British editor was then working for Houghton Mifflin and eagerly acquired the couple’s now-legendary book. Curious George turns 75: Why the monkey and the Man in the Yellow Hat endure 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

In 2008, Mr. Latchford, who had homes in Bangkok and London, collaborated on a book called “Khmer Gold: Gifts for the Gods” that was filled with photos of the ancient splendors he had avidly acquired. Cambodia Says It Has Recovered Looted Gold Jewelry Once Worn by Royals 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

The photos were acquired by the Getty Research Institute last week. Essential Arts and Culture: The critic's life, vintage plays and vintage couples 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

Indeed, when Pericles is old and gray, and Marina and Thaisa are back in his embrace, the play acquires its most moving and memorable colors. ‘Pericles’ shows how ‘lesser’ Shakespeare can be more 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

The United States Navy acquired Shukhov’s patents a century ago to build lattice masts on its dreadnoughts. Critic’s Notebook: An Engineering Landmark Faces Demolition in Moscow 2014-03-16T17:07:29Z

Still, it is rare for museums to consider the “extra level of identity” a painting owned by another artist acquires, says Anne Robbins, the show’s curator. Beyond influence 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

He acquires his pieces through a dealer network and his own Web site, docpaysthemost.com. Antiques: An Antiques Sale at Ross Art Group 2013-04-18T20:02:45Z

The piece won Libertíny, now 32, the fair's Designer of the Future award; museums, including New York's MoMa, began to acquire his work. Hive talking: Tomás Libertíny's bee art 2012-07-09T19:31:01Z

As they decide what else they will acquire, they will have to figure out how to display their new treasures. National Gallery aims to integrate Corcoran works, keep its legacy alive 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

A totally unexpected and totally successful surprise from Jones: a novel about a black man in early-19th-century Virginia who acquires a plantation and then acquires slaves. Jonathan Yardley’s favorite books

Both operas, already given rave reviews from Cardiff and Covent Garden, acquired fresh definition and energy in the Albert Hall. BBC Proms 1 to 7 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z

I’ve always considered skiing an expensive way of acquiring a broken leg. Zurich, for a Song 2010-09-24T18:42:00Z

“They would never promote it, and I’d be surprised if any streaming service out there would acquire it except for our partners at Criterion.” Signaling a shift, ‘Drive My Car’ rides into the Oscars 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

He is alone in the world; he was an orphan, and he never acquires a wife or children. Joan Acocella: Tolkien’s “Beowulf” 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

What strikes me is how the commercial theatre of yesteryear acquires an archaeological fascination over time. London Wall – review 2013-02-05T17:38:00Z

Still, as Shimu’s efforts ramp up and appear increasingly futile, “Made in Bangladesh” acquires a quiet power. ‘Made in Bangladesh’ Review: A Quiet Power in Collective Efforts 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

Vulcan acquired World Class Driving several months ago; they operate one combined fleet of 18 vehicles. Supercar Driving Tours 2010-06-18T22:00:00Z

Helen acquires two scary friends who push her toward the bank robberies in which she participates. Bombs and Bank Robberies: A Political Novel of the 1960s 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Because of the books e-popularity, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, acquired the rights and published them April 3. 'Fifty Shades' too steamy for some library shelves 2012-05-09T19:41:42Z

During his Pan Am days, we learn, he acquired an ambition to own a company and not just lead it. 'Eccentric Orbits' chronicles the stunning failure (and improbable revival) of the Iridium satellite phone 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

The musical’s lush, familiar ballads, Brantley added, “acquire freshening nuance and anchoring conviction here.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘One Child Nation’ and ‘Great Performances’ 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

“Becoming” was part of a package deal for Penguin Random House, which acquired the publication rights to memoirs by both Ms. and Mr. Obama for an astounding $65 million. Michelle Obama Will Publish a New Book This Fall 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

Union Station acquired a new place to eat in July, an import from Boston with a brand that might ring a bell: Legal Sea Bar, a notion from Legal Sea Foods. Review | Seafood with a need for speed inside Union Station 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

Along the way, Ball acquired a comfortable lifestyle, with "a mansion in Essex and a Rolls-Royce in the drive". Kenny Ball 2013-03-07T17:31:53Z

Earlier this week, Netflix moved to reduce its reliance on licensing intellectual property from rivals by acquiring comic book company Millarworld. Netflix and Amazon on edge as Disney plans own streaming service 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

They acquired all of Aristocrat that year and renamed the company Chess. Phil Chess, Whose Record Label Elevated Unknown Blues Musicians, Dies at 95 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

They acquire, slice & dice your personal information as if they were running sausage factories – and your personal life is the unlucky pig Together, they prove that nothing private is secret: the whole world is watching! Four ways your privacy is being invaded 2012-09-11T13:44:00Z

Shortly after he acquired that first professional camera, in 2009, he decided he would take a picture a day and post it to a blog. How a camera, a blog and Eastside Luv led Rafael Cardenas to capture the art of everyday L.A. life 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

Stranded on a desert island, Crusoe strips his wrecked ship of everything useful, builds a fortified cave-retreat, acquires goats and a pet parrot, plants barley and corn, learns to fashion clothes out of animal skins. Review | Three hundred years later, does ‘Robinson Crusoe’ hold up as a classic? 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

Many of the pieces he kept were cannily acquired in the mid-20th century, when the ornate style described by Wilson as "explosions of panache, craftsmanship and sometimes sheer wackiness" was regarded as pathetically old fashioned. Ashmolean museum in Oxford bequeathed £10m hoard 2013-01-31T14:59:27Z

Mayor Bill de Blasio has vowed to eliminate the practice for humane reasons, but the film suggests that some of the opposition actually stems from real estate developers’ desire to acquire the stables’ land. 3 Film Festivals Brimming With Animal Magnetism 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

In addition to an effort to acquire gifts of art — "50 masterpieces for 50 years" is the working tag line — fundraising for the new building will begin in earnest. Plans for a new LACMA seem to be aligning, but first some questions 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

Exhausted, I propped myself on an armchair my mother had acquired when moving out of my father’s house nearly a year ago. The First (and Last) Time She Didn’t Come Home 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

With Alex’s help, Josh sheds his antisocial attitude and acquires some self-esteem when his techno remixes spark the dance team to new heights of terpsichorean inspiration. Review: In ‘Bravetown,’ a Bad Boy Redeems Himself Through D.J. Magic 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

As we near its conclusion, we recall that Arthur, by marrying a widow, has acquired her children. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill 2012-02-10T22:55:08Z

But acquiring the Dalí was particularly momentous, she writes, given his stature. Pablo Escobar’s Wife Says This Painting May Have Saved Her Life 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z

What Cameron has done to acquire his image seems relatively mild. Cameron Carpenter: rhinestone cowboy 2010-05-20T22:30:00Z

At every step along the way, he acquired the sort of knowledge that culminated in what have become known as the Tate-LaBianca murders. ‘Manson’: twisted ambition, manipulation and murder 2013-08-16T20:15:06Z

You get into that weird area where characters acquire a kind of quasi-truth. Insiders’ TV: writers and producers share their tips 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z

It was the timing of the case as much as the contents of the opinion that explains the significance it has since acquired. Multiple choice 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

The company struck a deal to acquire six television stations in the Lone Star State from London Broadcasting Co. for $215 million. Gannett buys six Texas TV stations 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

Still, that didn't stop many from taking to social media to share and comment on the illegally acquired files. Madonna says music that leaked online is not a finished new album 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Hearing the tales of excess — filmed refreshingly without judgment — is like listening to once-deprived children reveling in a newly acquired pile of toys. Hip-hop was poised to conquer fashion. Why did it stop short? 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

This is one reason she acquired so many of the region’s aged buildings. Critic's Notebook: The Art of Collecting Collections 2011-05-19T21:00:31Z

The Broad in Los Angeles is acquiring some of the “Free Capri” pieces. After a Record Sale, Mark Grotjahn Changes Course 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

Some are subsets of larger collections, like the archive of the activist and scholar Angela Davis, acquired in 2018 by Harvard University. Brown University Acquires the Papers of Mumia Abu-Jamal 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

For instance, the measure would immediately ban people from acquiring additional exotic animals. Hanna berates Ohio legislators on exotic pet laws 2012-02-09T22:08:11Z

It wasn’t the acquirer — Meredith Corp., publisher of such wholesome lifestyle magazines as Family Circle and Better Homes and Gardens — or the acquired, Time Inc., that generated concern and speculation. Koch Brothers’ involvement in Time Inc. purchase raises concerns 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z

MoMA acquired the installation this year, but its first showing will be Nov. 17 through Feb. 8. Inside Art: Meals as Art at MoMA; David Altmejd at Peter Brant?s Gallery 2011-10-27T22:47:46Z

Harry Potter takes a more nuanced approach: magic powers can be both acquired and inherited. The Last Jedi: can Star Wars’ Rey break Hollywood’s obsession with privilege? 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

Thomas Hoving, a Met curator who later became its director, acknowledged after leaving the museum that, in the quest to acquire trophy artifacts, the pursuit occasionally trumped all other concerns. Amid Criticism and Seizures, the Met Sets Plan to Return Looted Art 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Carlyle, who will restage the dances and create linking passages between the sections, said some of the dancers would sing, as they do in “West Side Story Suite,” which City Ballet acquired in 1995. City Ballet to Celebrate the Broadway Side of Jerome Robbins 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

The beverage company acquired Topo Chico in 2017 and significantly widened its distribution, making it one of the most popular sparkling waters today. Topo Chico’s Sudden Success 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

Four of the 10 companies Bain acquired declared bankruptcy within a few years, shedding thousands of jobs. A closer look at Romney's job creation record 2011-12-04T03:23:00Z

The piece was later acquired by the Walker Art Center and installed in its Minneapolis Sculpture Garden in 2017 without any outreach to the Dakota people. With a Drone on the High Line, an Artist Re-emerges From Controversy 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z

The wonks who had managed to acquire the book began to flaunt it, in some sort of primal, peacocking nerd ritual. Forget Harry Potter. In D.C., people lined up at midnight for Michael Wolff’s Trump exposé. 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

Language is acquired gradually, and High says that she’s personally seen evidence of understanding even before the 1-year marker at which most children can point to pictures that correspond with spoken words. Read to Your Baby, Say Doctors — But Which Books? 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

“Your role as an acquiring editor is to work quickly,” said Dawn Davis, the former Simon & Schuster editor who ultimately won the auction. How to Get Published: A Book’s Journey From ‘Very Messy’ Draft to Best Seller 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

This other, staggering “Body and Soul” was the prime discovery of the Savory Collection, a trove of archival recordings acquired in 2010 by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. The Playlist: The Weeknd, Leonard Cohen and Dirty Projectors All Want It Darker 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

But the marble had belonged to the great English designer Robert Adam and was acquired in 1776 by the second Earl of Shelburne. Special Report: The New Art Season: Art Anchored in History Will Soar This Season 2011-09-07T10:30:06Z

“The Invisible Man” will most definitely be staying put, its false jollity an acquired taste. Theater Review: Slamming Doore, Heavy Sledding 2011-01-11T13:00:02Z

As with other acquired skills, the way to become proficient is to practice daily. Bouncy Noodles, Bright Greens, Quick Broth: A Perfect Bowl 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

“It’s the perfect complement to our collection,” said Ms. Poulet, who said that Henry Clay Frick never acquired Meissen porcelain. Inside Art: MoMa PS 1 Plans 9/11 Exhibition 2011-07-28T20:48:32Z

The pork acquires a delicacy of texture and flavour that leads some to mistake it for veal, and the milk disappears to be replaced by clusters of delicious, nut-brown sauce. The 20 best Italian recipes: part 3 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

“That’s when museums and philanthropies and governments should work together,” he said, “to ensure that the item is acquired and cared for and kept safe until it can be returned to its rightful owner.” Islamic State Destruction Renews Debate Over Repatriation of Antiquities 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

He talked grandly about bringing "soul" back to art, about acquiring the greatest collection of old masters and Renaissance paintings. The art world's Bernie Madoff, and his deceptions 2010-10-24T06:16:00Z

Both the dancers and the repertory were quickly revitalized, as Ms. Bennetts acquired works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and contemporary choreographers and held a choreographic competition that garnered applicants worldwide. Critic?s Notebook: Ascendant Ballet Troupe May Trip Over Finances 2011-03-18T21:57:44Z

Or the Haida may have acquired it from an American whittler. Antiques: Antiques Dealers on TV (Casting Calls Posted) 2011-03-24T21:17:07Z

In acquiring this land, Chillida found a home not just for his sculptures but for himself. Sculpted by time: Eduardo Chillida museum reopens in San Sebastián 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

“I could see a world where the people in power start to become afraid that acquiring diversely means they are more at risk,” she wrote. In Y.A., Where Is the Line Between Criticism and Cancel Culture? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

Monet’s motivations in acquiring art were very different from those of the average buyer. A Glimpse Inside Claude Monet’s Private Art World 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Once inside the palazzo, you’d have to make conversation about the beautiful objects your host collected, his etched glasses, his gold sconces, or bawdy statuettes of lovers acquired from the porcelain factory in Meissen. On the Trail of a Lover Boy in the Age of Enlightenment 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

In 2005, Paramount Pictures and Brad Pitt’s Plan B productions acquired the rights to the story. Daniel Destin Cretton makes another sincere beauty with “The Glass Castle” 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

Lines like “we’re actually adults now” acquire an inevitably thudding irony. Weaving Politics and Passion in ‘Love in Idleness’ and ‘Limehouse’ 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

This is what he has acquired from Ramadanman and Burial – that ability to take a moment and make it linger. Jamie Woon: 'I've always wanted to make pop' 2011-01-27T22:00:01Z

He acquired the yacht from the Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison. Brooklyn’s David Geffen Comes Home, With Cash to Spare 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z

More than a sense of fun, Ms. Taylor has acquired a sense of mischief and a willful defiance of others’ expectations. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Companion, Diana Taylor, Gives a Rare Interview 2013-12-27T23:22:28Z

Years after her peak, down on her luck and consigned to the remainder table, Israel fumbles upon a unique method of acquiring both the income she needs and the validation she craves — literary forgery. Melissa McCarthy, as you haven't seen her: Why her "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" Oscar nod is a thrill 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

After premiering at the 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival last week, his film was acquired by The Weinstein Company, ensuring its release in theaters across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and France. Movie theater still king, but filmmakers slowly warm to online 2013-09-16T11:43:58Z

This exhibition includes only 39 works from the several hundred Allen has apparently acquired, so perhaps it’s not entirely representative. A Microsoft billionaire gives the public a rare view of his art 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

Specifically, the report found that 12.8% of households — or 17 million households — struggled to acquire enough food last year due to a lack of resources. 17 million U.S. households faced food insecurity in 2022, according to new report from the USDA 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z

“It’s inhuman actually, and eventually in the end you will acquire animalistic psychology,” Chambers said. A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

Last fall, Alden acquired 32 percent of Tribune’s stock and was granted two board seats in exchange for not buying any more of the company until the end of June. Heath Freeman is the hedge fund guy who says he wants to save local news. Somehow, no one’s buying it. 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

They got jobs at the same company, making six-figure salaries and partaking in the American pastime of acquiring cars, TVs and other gadgets. Ryan Nicodemus: ‘We’re not soulless; we’re not against having fun’ 2012-12-13T01:21:21Z

In most coastal states, if your sand castle lasts on a beach more than four days, you begin to acquire legally binding rights to the land underneath the castle. Style Invitational Week 1403: Who was that masked man? 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

For all the challenges of cursive, young children acquire the skill “very fast, as soon as they get exposure,” she said. From punishing to pleasurable, how cursive writing is looping back into our hearts 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

But in Dystel’s time, the editions were controlled by different companies, meaning that a paperback publisher needed to compete for acquiring works. Paperbacks pioneer Oscar Dystel dies in NY at 101 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

Miyeko Murase, Mrs. Burke’s principal art adviser, was a consultant to the Met, and many of the works in the collection were acquired with the museum’s needs in mind. Metropolitan Museum and Minneapolis Institute to Share Large Collection of Asian Art 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

Children who get devices much earlier today, she said, often as young as 3, “jeopardize a critical period for learning to read emotions and may never acquire these skills.” Hey, Kids, Look at Me When We’re Talking 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

By 2005, Baldwin had acquired roughly 1,000 paintings — modern pieces from throughout the South Pacific, Mexico and the United States. L.A.'s Velveteria museum shows there's more to plush paintings than Elvis and clowns 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

Despite ongoing efforts to popularize them, and to the bewilderment of those of us who are addicted to them, they remain an acquired taste. Tenors show two facets of recital tradition 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

It began acquiring Picasso only late in the game, and even then it didn’t come up with the idea on its own. Art Review: ?Picasso in the Metropolitan Museum,? a Retrospective 2010-04-29T22:48:00Z

The voyagers also acquire strange new powers, as teenagers tend to do. (Very) Adult Animation About Mixed-Up Kids 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

There are other less than familiar sights: drawings that MoMA acquired in the 1950s but has seldom exhibited, and others that it has acquired since, some quite recently. Beyond Abstract Expressionism: MoMA Rethinks the Art of the 1950s 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

But Mr. McFarland said hadn’t been doing as much reading since he began home confinement and acquired a Mac desktop computer with a Westinghouse screen. Billy McFarland Is Out of Jail and Ready for His Next Move 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z

"The Rabbit Who Wants to Falls Asleep" was initially self-published and became a word-of-mouth hit, with grateful parents leading the way, even before Penguin Random House acquired it in 2015. Author of 'Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep' writing new book 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

Over the years, Darnielle has acquired bandmates and polished his production, but his songs still harbor a sort of ragged intensity — one that is mirrored by the fervor of his fan base. What to Do in New York City in August 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

Security footage acquired by San Francisco’s KPIX5 shows the moment the tea shop customers were attacked. California man attacks tea shop customers with homemade blowtorch, hatchet, terrifying video shows 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z

In one scene a member of their group acquires a duplicating machine to help with printing leaflets. Music Review: ?Kommilitonen!,? a Juilliard Opera Premiere - Review 2011-11-17T23:15:52Z

“As a naïve person,” he said, “I had apparently somewhat ignorantly acquired one of the nicest private collections of Cambodian antiquities.” Netscape Founder Gives Up $35 Million in Art Said to Be Stolen 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z

I took it upon myself to bestow the shred knowledge I’d acquired. Kyle Mooney: The First Time I Was Upstaged at a Talent Show 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

Moreover, the Association of Museum Directors has strict guidelines dictating that proceeds from such sales can only be used to acquire more work, not to cover operating costs like staff salaries. Clean House to Survive? Museums Confront Their Crowded Basements 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z

The show includes 18 works by 15 artists acquired during the past seven years – work that Met curators think will endure historically. Review: Metropolitan Museum Looks at Photos That May Last 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

Likewise the horns in the piano concerto acquired new definition. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at the Koch Theater 2013-01-16T22:42:20Z

Northampton Council said it will share 45 percent of proceeds with Lord Northampton, whose family acquired the item in Egypt in 1849 or 1850, and donated it to the Northampton museum in 1880. Egypt challenges sale of valuable ancient statue 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

Gina Duncan, an advocate with Equality Florida, said Planned Parenthood’s affiliates in Florida have been instrumental in pushing other providers to acquire the knowledge to care for trans patients. How defunding Planned Parenthood could wipe out transgender healthcare 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

Sky Television acquired the network in November of that same year and quickly halted production for good. 20 epic fails from the history of pop culture 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

The auction probably was the last chance to acquire such a large collection of the author's work, Louis Daniel Brodsky, a poet and Faulkner scholar, said in an interview before the auction. William Faulkner collection auctioned in NYC 2010-06-22T17:04:00Z

Here, however, her eyes acquire a hollow vacancy and her face resembles a once-illuminated city suddenly plunged into darkness as she gives us a riveting portrait of the ravages of deception. Passion Play – review 2013-05-07T22:00:01Z