An acquaintance there asked her to carry a small package back to New York.

An acquaintance I bumped into last week, for the first time in about four years, asked me, "When did you get so young?"

Then, in 1979, an acquaintance asked him to collaborate on a screenplay.

She explained that in 2007, a hiking acquaintance had asked if she had ever done anything she still regretted.

If an acquaintance asked where she was, say she'd gone out of town The Unicorn Trade on a visit.

An acquaintance named Charley Jones asked if he could come along.

After my return from a week off last year, for example, many friends and acquaintances asked me where I had been.

An acquaintance who worked for the Arizona Republic had asked Sherri, on a promise of anonymity, to share her story.

Still curious, the acquaintance asked for specifics.

That is a question that friends, acquaintances and readers have asked repeatedly over the past few years.