I acknowledged him as I walked by, much as I would acknowledge a single magpie, with a dip of the head and a murmured incantation.
So, I acknowledged him: "You made a mistake.
I acknowledged him by moving my things off what I was now forced to regard as his seat -- that whole "I know you're right but I'm not happy about it" thing that New Yorkers do when public-transportation etiquette has been challenged but not broached.
I would acknowledge him in the street if I saw him but that's about it".
Now, I've only read a little bit of Asimov, but as an occasional sci-fi fan, I certainly acknowledge him to be one of the founding fathers of the genre.
(He doesn't deserve a name, she explains. "He hated the fact that I called him dude, because I didn't acknowledge him as a person").
When I eventually acknowledged him (I think I gave a small nod) he got off his bed and with clenched fists came over and offered to fight me.
His status was not high, so I did not acknowledge him, contenting myself with a dozen pages of snobbish asides that I hoped would be interpreted as witty irony, before arriving back at my rooms.
As a matter of fact, Republicans who have run this state like Gov. George Pataki, who's in this audience, I want to acknowledge him, have turned this state around, have helped to create hundreds of thousands of jobs and opportunity for New York, have driven down the welfare rolls that have helped New York.
