He acknowledged that there should have been a conversation with NBC executives, saying that the donations had merited public acknowledgment and perhaps an internal warning.
I've been surprised to find myself listed as a co-author on a draft social science paper when all I did was send quick comments that would barely have merited an acknowledgment in a footnote in a philosophy paper.
In wars since 1945, American combat mortality figures have sharply declined, while the exclusivity of the American claim on memorialization has intensified, as if U.S. soldiers were the only casualties in Korea or Vietnam or, more recently, Iraq, and the deaths of many thousands of civilians killed in those distant conflicts merited no acknowledgment and carried no meaning.
Mr. Obama's statement was an acknowledgment that the opposition had made sufficient progress to merit recognition.
Dolezal's actions are the acceptance of a hierarchy of identities that are more deserving of merit, love, the visible acknowledgment of pain, validity, the pursuit of happiness and access to wealth and opportunity.
Each of these works merits a shrug of acknowledgment at most.
Obama manages to throw a bone to the right, however, with his endorsement of merit pay and an acknowledgment that a small number of teachers should be shown the door.
The court correctly notes that a natural reading of this term indicates that it has two elements (which correspond to its two words): (1) merit or intrinsic worth; and (2) a public acknowledgment of that merit by society or the art community.
If Republicans were to vote for Democratic legislation, it would represent a tacit acknowledgment that some Democratic ideas merit support — not the message Republicans want to send right now.
But the court held the tax code explicitly requires "a contemporaneous written acknowledgment" for any charitable gift over $250, and refused to weigh the merits.
"The acknowledgment by the N.F.L. that these underlying cases that are pending in Philadelphia have some merit is a big deal," Demetrio said.
