Airlines typically have three tiers of elites, though some have added a fourth level like Delta's Diamond Medallion tier, introduced last summer, or Continental's Presidential Platinum Elite status, new for 2010, in a tacit acknowledgment that expanding elite programs needed a new peak.
One might ask why Ulin expanded the essay at all, except that the uninspiring answer — because an editor offered to publish it — is presented up front, in Ulin's acknowledgments.
Making matters worse, Spicer added a feeble acknowledgment that building new settlements or expanding existing ones "may not be helpful" in achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Today we are much closer to a general acknowledgment that government must encourage business to expand and grow.
Foremost, though, was his acknowledgment of the need for Berkshire to expand its non-insurance businesses, a broad collection that most prominently includes the railroad Burlington Northern and the electric utility MidAmerican.
MIXED REACTION ON PLAYOFFS Commissioner Bud Selig's acknowledgment Thursday that the playoffs would almost certainly expand next season from 8 teams to 10 drew a mixed reaction in the Yankees' clubhouse, with players generally favoring the addition of an extra wild-card spot in each league while wondering how the new format would look.
Because we are not as prepared as we need to be". In an acknowledgment of the threat, Congress in November voted to broadly expand the Defense Department's anti-drone powers within the United States.
The Obama administration said the report demonstrated that Iran "continues its effort to expand its nuclear program and move closer to a nuclear weapons capability," an acknowledgment that, at least so far, the sanctions have not forced Iran to change its direction.
The Republican National Committee is studying how to improve the party's image, expand its appeal to voters and improve how campaigns are conducted, a move that signals a direct acknowledgment that party leaders are intent on trying to heed lessons from the 2012 election cycle.
Hopes that big providers might offer consistent quality at scale have faded, to be replaced by an acknowledgment that keeping chains small or medium-sized may prove more reliable.Supporters of academies want to see the best chains expand, driving out bad ones.
