International acknowledgment of achievements is always appreciated.
Martin Shapiro received the 2011 Berkeley Citation, the highest acknowledgment of scholarly achievement awarded by University of California, Berkeley.
She waved in thanks for the gesture, as much an acknowledgment of lifetime achievement as for the chance at an eagle that she just had given herself.
"A fair reply to what we have done would have been some acknowledgment of the achievement," said Mullah Muhammad Hassan, the governor of Kandahar Province and one of the Taliban's top figures.
Along with the recognition awards, those celebrating milestone anniversaries were given special ribbons to wear, and their names were projected on a giant screen in acknowledgment of their achievement.
Along with their recognition awards, those celebrating milestone anniversaries were given special ribbons to wear, and their names were projected on a giant screen in acknowledgment of their achievement.
The former prime minister will receive the doctorate at a graduation ceremony on Friday as an acknowledgment of his achievements including "world-leading gun law reform, leadership in East Timor and contribution to Australia's economic reform".
Caught between the acknowledgment of their past achievements and the possibility of future opportunities, aspiring leaders often view the present as a time to prove that they deserve both.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers star Franco Harris said on Friday that Penn State's acknowledgment of Paterno's achievements was a "good first step" but said he'd like to see a formal apology to the Paterno family from the board of trustees.
Controversy surrounded its presentation, as many of the wounds caused by Kazan's testimony before HUAC remained open even after the passage of so many years, and some of those in attendance refused to clap or stand in acknowledgment of Kazan's achievements.
In acknowledgment of IBM and Watson's achievements, Jennings made an additional remark in his Final Jeopardy! response: "I for one welcome our new computer overlords", echoing a similar memetic reference to the episode "Deep Space Homer" on The Simpsons, in which TV news presenter Kent Brockman speaks of welcoming "our new insect overlords".
