Names acknowledged the colonising associations sponsors (Hutt Valley, Wakefield, Port Chalmers, Ashburton), ships (Bombay), government officials (Featherston, Rolleston, Invercargill), politicians (Foxton, Fox Glacier, Gisborne) and church leaders (Selwyn).
The visiting performers from around the country though knew the names, acknowledged the inspiration and influence, particularly the Red Hot Chili Peppers who brought on the standards from The Meters, The Neville's and Radiators to play a couple of songs with them.
The teams and drivers, discreetly, were much less keen, with some of the sport's marquee names acknowledging the human rights arguments, but agreeing, in the end, to follow the lead of Mr. Todt and Mr. Ecclestone.
Agents in 56 FBI offices across the US reached out to the field's leading names, acknowledging their efforts and learning about what they do.
But another resident, who declined to give his name, acknowledged ethnicity has been an element in neighborhood disputes.
The senior administration official, who asked not to be named, acknowledged that international opinion has still not coalesced on the best way to deal with the FARC.
One striking worker at the Manesar plant, Satyawan, a 24-year-old who has been working at Maruti for five years and uses only one name, acknowledged that good factory jobs were few and far between.
Law Department officials, who discussed the policy but did not agree to be quoted by name, acknowledged that in a majority of federal court cases that it settles, courthouse records no longer disclose how much the city paid out.
Security officials, speaking on condition they not be named, acknowledged the operation had taken place on Thursday when the rebel troops fought a heavy but unsuccessful battle for control over the state radio and television station.
One man who would not give his name acknowledged that he knew some of the young men but described them as good kids who had never been in trouble.
A federal prosecutor who has worked with Ahmad, and who declined to be named, acknowledged the risk of extending the protections of the U.S. legal system to accused jihadists.
