A few businessmen acknowledged, almost reluctantly, that they might get a few more customers.
"It's acknowledged almost universally that the present oil policy and management has been a disaster," Mr. Salih said.
A deputy mayor from the governing Socialist Party, Assumpta Escarp, acknowledged almost apologetically that the law was aimed not so much at nakedness in the streets as at improper dress.
Sitting in the Mira hotel in Hong Kong, just days before exposing himself as being behind one of the biggest leaks in western intelligence history, he acknowledged almost all his options were bleak.
Mr. Harvey, who acknowledged almost immediately that the subpoena was a political and legal blunder, said today that the investigators had gone to Mr. Martin's house with the subpoena because they wanted to approach potential witnesses in a "confidential environment".
Mr. Shays acknowledged almost bitterly that he was losing the bulk of the 30 Republican freshmen, and he said it was because the party provided so much money for their races.
Richard Steiner, a consultant on oil spills, concluded in a 2008 report that historically "the pipeline failure rate in Nigeria is many times that found elsewhere in the world," and he noted that even Shell acknowledged "almost every year" a spill due to a corroded pipeline.
At the tail end of his statement, Mr. Levy acknowledged, almost as an afterthought, that "questions have been raised concerning fund-raising through my political campaign," and said he had accepted responsibility and was turning over his campaign balance to the district attorney.
This is yet another blow to Facebook: yesterday Michael published an article about a weeks-long issue with click fraud on the social networking service, which the company acknowledged almost immediately with a promise for a quick fix.
Mikal Gilmore acknowledged almost thirty years later, "the crises he faced in the mid-1970s chimged him", and depression was a key factor.
