The changes are not without risk, those involved acknowledge.
This incident, everyone involved acknowledges, is based on Mr. Maupin's long-ago encounters with Rock Hudson.
My own private balancing act has involved acknowledging the fate of my murdered grandparents and trying to live a modern American life.
Still, everyone involved acknowledges that seedlings are a far cry from the wonder of a tree that was already ancient at the time of Jesus.
Even so, all those involved acknowledge that persuading people to remain inside a building that has been attacked or threatened has become much harder after the collapse of the twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
A pilot programme in 24 areas, selected for their very high imbalances, saw the average ratio fall from almost 134 in 2000 to just under 120 in 2005 – still high, as the experts involved acknowledge, but a substantial improvement.
Only now, it seems, are those involved acknowledging there is something deeply rotten within the culture of the RFU's elite player squad which cannot be healed simply by the appointment of a new coach or two.
In the meantime, surgeons say, there is a danger in overselling the technique before it can be systematically tested, especially since the work is being supported by two small robot companies that, even surgeons involved acknowledge, have financial pressures to be upbeat and enthusiastic.
Kathy's successful therapy, which required many months, involved acknowledging her anger at her mother, using that newly released energy to break free of her mother's grasp, and abandoning forever the "monster-God" whose vengeance her mother had appropriated to keep Kathy "a good little girl".
