Gelb, a former U.S. official and New York Times correspondent, acknowledged that a move to decentralization faces hurdles, starting with the need for Iraqi politicians to show a leadership they haven't demonstrated thus far.
But this is a crowd who always acknowledge a good move regardless of the driver and have the right to some vocal schadenfreude.
While retailers were hesitating to acknowledge a slowdown, a move that would hurt their stocks further, the market was already taking bets on who would successfully weather a recession.
That was simply a strategic move that acknowledged a weakness — Jeter's propensity for grounding into double plays — and it worked out fine when Jeter emerged as a leadoff dynamo, hitting.334 and reaching base at a.406 clip as the Yankees rolled to their 27th World Series title.
As part of the agreement, which is expected to be announced today, the firm would acknowledge wrongdoing, a move that will bolster prosecutors' case against the former KPMG partners and others.
In deciding on the weapons package, the Pentagon, whose officials had been suggesting that they proceed ahead with the Aegis ships, finally acknowledged that such a move would be too provocative, a senior administration official said.
They also acknowledged that such a move will be critical to protecting Iraq's assets, or the government's main source of revenue — oil exports — could be thrown into disarray when the United Nations resolution expires Dec. 31.
Mr. Jackson said he would lobby Congress to intervene, but he acknowledged that such a move threatened to upset some of his local supporters, who may be put off by the prospect of subverting local autonomy in Washington.
But if it were acknowledged that such a move is reversible, the point would be that, in triggering article 50 by executive act, the government would not be subverting statute at that point, it would not be rendering the ECA a dead letter, inevitably leading to a loss of rights.
The appointee, Candice Jackson, also acknowledged that such a move could harm vulnerable kids, according to a document obtained by HuffPost.
