"What often happens is that the person who is actually transporting the thing acquired it in a third country, " she said.

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After falling short of expectations following its somewhat helter-skelter IPO debut, Facebook simply shook off the whole thing and acquired itself some good Karma.

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"It's always cool when you can see him have success before you and then you go up and do the same thing, " said Justin Upton, acquired as part of a seven-player trade with Arizona in January.

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Of course, technology is one thing, but talent isn't so easily acquired, and that's what I'm most excited about.

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Sperling, a man religiously opposed to having a social life, continues to log six 18-hour days a week, even though he has now acquired three assistants, who are already pasty-faced with fatigue and have gained the nicknames Thing One, Thing Two and Thing Three after characters in The Cat in the Hat.

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