Chess, Ms. Spiegel said, recognizes many kinds of intelligence.
The Israeli government, he said, recognizes that "as president of the United States, I don't bluff".
The award, he said, recognizes Dr. Damadian for "taking amazing technology that he has legitimate claim for inventing and taking that technology to market successfully".
"The legislation," Ms. Womack said, "recognizes that a unionized work force is not always appropriate for certain agencies or subdivisions of government, including employees who engage in investigation, intelligence, counterintelligence or national security".
The choice of Mr. Lieberman, Gore advisers said, recognizes that the Republicans will try to make the president's character a campaign issue, and they hope the move will shield Mr. Gore from such attacks.
The Fed, he said, "recognizes that considerable risks can be involved in the purchase of equity on margin, especially in volatile markets, and believes that lenders and borrowers need to assess carefully the risks they are assuming" in using margin debt.
