That was a lot of time wasted on a night when there were so many deaths to acknowledge, including those of Cory Monteith of "Glee" and James Gandolfini of "The Sopranos".
He added that the uncertainty that would follow would be bad for the economy, and therefore bad for businesses: "Whether or not people are in favour of Brexit, most people acknowledge, including quite a lot of the Brexit campaigners, that you are going to pass through a period – it could be two years, three years - of uncertainty.
But as people from all walks of life, Republicans and Democrats, now acknowledge – including Governor Haley, whose recent eloquence on the subject is worthy of praise – as we all have to acknowledge, the flag has always represented more than just ancestral pride.
The negotiations are particularly difficult because there are costs that the government can't acknowledge, including the bribes that exporters must pay at roadblocks, Haws added.
Though the company is guarded about the names of those buried in its coffins, those it does acknowledge include Harry S. Truman, Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy, Hubert H. Humphrey and Nelson A. Rockefeller, Vince Lombardi and Cardinal Terrence Cooke.
There are ample incentives, she acknowledged, including offers of foreign aid, for tribal leaders to hang together.
It is widely acknowledged – including by the Filipino government's Climate Change Commission – that climate change is exacerbating these problems.
There would be costs, he acknowledges, including, perhaps, wider experimentation and addiction, but he contends that restrictions on marketing, elevated vice taxes and a proliferation of treatment beds instead of jail cells could hardly fail more spectacularly than has prohibition.
That has held up some audits, he acknowledged, including that of Visiting Nurse Service, which is "still being reviewed and discussed with the entity and its lawyers to see what areas we agree on or disagree on".
A new Web site, by Columbia University, showcases 52 historic African-American sites and people in the city, ranging from the familiar (the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan) to the rarely acknowledged, including Downings' Oyster House and the Colored Orphan Asylum.
And while the reinnervation technique does not require regulatory approval because it is done with surgery and existing devices, it has limitations that even its creator acknowledges, including that it is not possible for every patient, is costly, and takes months for the rewired nerves to grow and become effective.
