Focusing on the action rather than the outcome forces us to acknowledge that so long as we are putting in the work, we have fulfilled our commitment.
They say the fact that he has refused to acknowledge her for so long shows his poor attitude to women.
Oh, and one other thing: perhaps even his detractors, and there are many, will soon have to acknowledge Jamie Vardy – who not so long ago was playing non-league football and is clearly still learning, and improving with every game – is actually a better player than they are currently prepared to admit.
But, Mr. Marrero acknowledged, it will probably take so long to happen that his four young children will be the ones who benefit.
News Corporation, however, a company historically less transparent, and less resistant to public pressure, got itself in terrible trouble when it took so long to acknowledge the phone-hacking scandal.
The deliberations of the prize-giving committee at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden are confidential, and it is unclear why it took so long to acknowledge Dr. Edwards's achievement.
As President Obama condemns the "cozy relationship" between federal regulators and Big Oil, we might question why New York regulators and the companies charged with polluting Newtown Creek took so long to acknowledge the problem.
"I've been known as such a selfish player for so long," Smith acknowledged Monday, "I just wanted to show everybody that I can be a team guy and it's all about team".
James B. McGreevey, the governor-elect, strongly attacked the State Department of Health and Senior Services for taking so long before acknowledging that a problem existed here and before coming in to close the wells, install monitoring equipment and begin the scientific sleuthing.
