All wars COME to an end, at LEAST temporarily. But the AUTHORITY acquired by the state hangs on; POLITICAL power never abdicates.

The term 'alpha female' originated in my FIELD of ANIMAL behavior, but has acquired new meaning. It refers to women who are in charge, for example, by flirting and dating on their own TERMS. It is also used maliciously for a loud-mouthed, controlling woman who has no PATIENCE with deviating opinions.

Emotionally damaged men all too often rip apart their own lives, and those of their partners and CHILDREN. I SEE both PHYSICAL FITNESS and emotional strength as virtues, but they are acquired by entirely DIFFERENT means.

I was a news REPORTER for 16 years, SEVEN of them a FOREIGN correspondent in the MIDDLE East, AFRICA and the Balkans. Perhaps the most useful equipment I acquired in that time is a lack of preciousness about the act of writing. A reporter must write. There must be a story. The mot juste unarriving? Tell that to your desk.

You GO through pain. You feel uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uncomfortable until you change. I acquired a different OUTLOOK.

In VIEW of the experience I had acquired in the field of CHEMICAL industry, CERTAIN ITALIAN government and industrial bodies entrusted me in 1938 with the TASK of instituting research and development studies on the production of synthetic rubber in Italy.

I turned to the novel, an ARTISTIC FORM which had in former days been neglected and had thus acquired a bad reputation, but which during the nineteenth CENTURY had DEVELOPED and elevated itself to the ranks occupied by drama and the ancient epic.

At this PERIOD the enthusiasm of the amateur was fast giving WAY to a more STEADY COMMERCIAL instinct, and I let no opportunity slip of improving my position, but I felt that I was still labouring under the DISADVANTAGE of not having acquired some technical profession.

Compassion is a PRACTICALLY acquired KNOWLEDGE, like dancing. You MUST do it and PRACTICE diligently day by day.

When I decided to leave the MILITARY, I realized that the skills I acquired there were transferable to the commercial world both in LEADERSHIP and the information technology field. I made the decision to MOVE to ORACLE because of its STRONG leadership role.

In 2003, Travelex acquired Thomas Cook Financial Services. We only had USE of the Thomas Cook name for FIVE years, so I had to increase PUBLIC awareness of Travelex to migrate all Cook operations over to it. It was a SUCCESS.

I have ALWAYS LOVED blizzards, if only because of the driving EXPERIENCE - which is definitely an acquired TASTE.

Once you've acquired a criminal record, you can be discriminated against LEGALLY in employment, housing, and ACCESS to EDUCATION and public BENEFITS. You're relegated to a PERMANENT second-class status, forever a 'criminal.' Inflicting this amount of unnecessary pain and suffering is not cheap.

Over time, SHOP CLASSES sort of disappeared or GOT marginalized in the states. I don't really know why. Now with TECH like 3-D printers and CNCs, SHOPS have acquired a new shine.