But new technology has made it easier, he acknowledged, gesturing at a smartphone in the room.
"He was receptive and acknowledged my gesture".
Mr. Galliano acknowledged my gesture by stopping in front of me and giving a little bow.
He acknowledged the gesture, took a sip, and resumed his performance.
After Iran warmly greeted an American wrestling team in February, Mr. Clinton acknowledged the gesture by receiving the wrestlers at the White House.
But the Mets were magnanimous in their hospitality, and the Mayor just might have acknowledged their gesture with one of his own.
He acknowledged the gesture with a smile and wave and then disappeared backstage, which was closed to guests because he wanted to avoid a heavy emotional scene and questions about his departure.
When a student observed the death of Jam Master Jay of the hip-hop group Run-DMC by wearing the group's trademark tracksuit to the racism seminar, Obama acknowledged the gesture with a nod and a smile.
"If – and it is a big 'if' – the president needs to use an easing of sanctions to provide incentive to the Iranians, or to acknowledge a gesture on their part, our feeling is: it will be very difficult for the administration to deliver that," one senior European diplomat said.
Rather than acknowledge the gesture as free speech, President Donald Trump labeled players who protest "sons of bitches" and called on the league to "fire or suspend" them.
Putin has been kind enough to acknowledge the gesture, scheduling maneuvers in the area with Russia's own naval aviation assets — not that they'd be able to slow down a US carrier group all that much.
