But we acknowledged so much in common, with delight.
The situation is unusual, he acknowledged – so much so that The Times will run a reported story that mentions it in Thursday's paper by Eric Wilson.
And even now, when we know so much about things they could or would not acknowledge, and when we know so much about their private frailties and agonies, their will to work and to master still astonishes us.
That child will acknowledge you so much, and say 'you raised me to become a certain person, you educated'.
Over a recent lunch, some three months after they finished work on "Jezebel James," the Palladinos remained upbeat about their new series, though they acknowledged that so much had happened in the interim — the writers' strike, for one thing — they felt a certain distance from the entertainment business at large.
However limits to this are acknowledged, given so much sexual abuse is not officially reported.
Representatives of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration acknowledged that so much methane in the water could draw down oxygen levels and slow the breakdown of oil in the Gulf, but cautioned that research was still under way to understand the ramifications.
Pretty much everyone in the business is quick to acknowledge that with so much money at stake, it's understandable that producers want to work with people they know, and with people who have already had box-office success.
Now, many politicians are reluctant to acknowledge ever having so much as opened a book, for fear of being called elitist, as damning a word as exists in the current political lexicon.
The steady listing of personal and political flaws makes one wonder how it is that, as both authors acknowledge, New York got so much cleaner, safer and more prosperous with Mr. Giuliani in charge.
