By the time the bill arrived at Mr. Obama's desk, however, it was caught in the controversy over major institutions' acknowledgment of problems in processing documents for tens of thousands of foreclosures.
He recognises that the speed of change is not fast enough, but sees a growing acknowledgment from major corporations that they cannot continue to rack up profits without taking account of planetary boundaries and social justice.
The effort by McConnell Clark and its partners "is groundbreaking," an acknowledgment "by major funders that scale isn't cheap and that the order of magnitude needed to scale up to make real and lasting changes will take collaboration," said Kirsten Moy, director of the economic opportunities program at the Aspen Institute.
In January, editors at Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology, discovered that an unsolicited manuscript submitted by a prominent researcher involved significant contributions from a pharmaceutical company employee named in the acknowledgments — a major role in the manuscript that should have qualified the employee to be listed as an author of the paper.
"When the New York State Theater was raising funds for its renovation in 2008, the opportunity to rename the theater in acknowledgment of a major gift was offered to potential donors," said Rob Daniels, a spokesman for the New York City Ballet.
The 72-to-37 72-to-37 72-to-37 acknowledgment by the major parties that the experiment in direct elections, which was first used in 1996, had failed to strengthen the office of the prime minister as its proponents had hoped.
"It is a very, very significant acknowledgment of a major problem on the part of Wal-Mart that they are now going to do this," said Kurt Barnard, a retail consultant.
USA Network had been providing fan favorite programs for years without seemingly the hint of any type of acknowledgment during the major award season.
Republicans on Capitol Hill were describing the fight as an effort to cut future budget deficits — a major shift in strategy and an acknowledgment that they were expecting the defunding push to fail.
"The name Shekau has become a brand name for the terrorists' leader," military spokesman Major-General Chris Olukolade said on Thursday, an acknowledgment that however many Shekaus they kill, the violence is unlikely to end.
