Bush administration officials knew of the earlier weapons transactions and chose not to shut them down, an official from southern Sudan asserted in an interview, and the cables acknowledge the Kenyan officials' assertions that they had kept American officials informed about the deal.
He acknowledges that the assertion might meet with skepticism but insists he means it literally.
This assertion simply fails to acknowledge the gains that hormesis has made within the larger scientific community.
The assertions made about carbon capture and storage do not acknowledge the reality of the situation.
Prose's assertions reflect both a profound misrepresentation of my work and a refusal to acknowledge the central role that cultural identity plays in my story.
The ASA acknowledged the charity's assertion that "e-petitions, consultations, press coverage and their own campaigning material" had "ensured consumers would be aware of the 70% cull benchmark, and would therefore be aware that not all badgers would be culled".
In a separate letter to Mr. Issa last month, Ms. Schapiro, while acknowledging the conversation, denied that assertion, saying that the S.E.C. lawyer had merely mentioned the provision to explain that there were multiple reasons the agency could deny Fox's request.
In this more recent interview, he backs away from that assertion, acknowledging "the literary riches which we are seeing arise in Asia and Africa," but warning that they may be corrupted "by the assimilation and the westernization of these authors".
Konrad S. Alt, Providian's chief public policy officer, said yesterday that the company was not acknowledging the truth or falsehood of any of the plaintiffs' assertions.
A spokesman for David Cameron acknowledged the UK had been granted deletions in advance of the publication, contrasting with earlier assertions by No 10.
By contrast, if I both say that assertions are actions governed by such and such norms, and that furthermore assertions are in fact made, I have myself taken a normative stance, acknowledging the force of norms.
