In the fall of 1988, Seinfeld received the ultimate acknowledgment for a comic: NBC called, wanting to develop a show with him.
In the ultimate acknowledgment of making it, this kid from Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia, now 63, scaled The Forbes 400 list four years running.
So, in reality, it wasn't advice at all, only an acknowledgment of Helen's ultimate inefficacy in the face of the Cards You've Been Dealt.
Still, we idealize the practice; we imagine it to be "a natural, healthy thing," in Menand's words, "a sign of vigor and purpose, a statement, about life, that we care, and that non-diarizing or, worse, failed diarizing is a confession of moral inertia, an acknowledgment, even, of the ultimate pointlessness of one's being in the world".
You may accept intellectually -- or for the cameras -- that you have a "problem," but that acknowledgment can be the ultimate form of denial.
The 32-year-old called the honour the "ultimate accolade", adding he felt it was acknowledgment not only of his achievements in 2012 but over the past 12 years.
In addition to an acknowledgment at the reception, you could take the ultimate gracious step and ask the groom's parents to be co-hosts at the wedding with you.
It's now a museum that tells Crandall's compelling story, including her ultimate vindication — the state awarded her a pension in 1886 in acknowledgment of the earlier injustice.
In general, forgiveness as love or compassion is part of a larger narrative that also emphasizes the roles of confession or acknowledgment of one's sins, purification via atonement for them, patience with wrongdoers (Exodus 34. 5–8), and the ultimate mysteriousness of forgiveness (McCord-Adams, 1991).
And while any violation that is found will be the ultimate responsibility of the building owner -- even though the violation may have been caused by the tenant -- the official acknowledgment that a violation exists will generally give the landlord the legal basis she needs to force the tenant to rectify the situation, move, or face eviction.
