There is something appealing practical (and in my own opinion therefore northern) about this initiative; as well as acknowledging fine art, it wants to encourage fine artists to find ways to make a living, rather than inhabiting garrets in a soulful but financially unrewarding fashion.
Or maybe he's just selling amusing "novelty items" (as his certificates acknowledge, in fine print), like pet rocks, which are perfectly legal.
In the meantime, we can only acknowledge a fine day for Wigan Athletic, one that might even prove a rallying point for those who have so long been cast in the role of cannon fodder.
He is the only chef of his calibre doing this kind of mass food production, and he is quick to acknowledge that fine dining does not prepare you for commercial production.
Rudolph W. Giuliani is an estimable mayor, and his successor should acknowledge a fine job over the last eight years and clearly state what he will do to continue the city's progress over the next four years.
It is still a common assumption that Billie Holiday wrote the song; indeed her authorship was asserted in her 1956 ghostwritten autobiography Lady Sings the Blues, but the work was ghostwritten to an extent she would later acknowledge in fine laconic manner: "I ain't never read that book".
We acknowledge the fine efforts of the health screening group at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
And I want to acknowledge the fine work by the team that represents Rotary International at the United Nations, led by Bob Coultas with the assistance of Sylvan Barnet, Don Treimann, Andrew Morzello, and Joan Fyfe.
Although he acknowledged that fine dramatic work was once again beginning to emerge, finding audiences for those types of narratives was difficult.
The Help, which sees Spencer play an outspoken African-American maid, has been heavily criticised for its simplistic view of the civil rights struggle in the early 60s, but critics have also acknowledged the fine performances of its ensemble cast.
