The response was gracious and even warm, despite his own acknowledgment that members of the audience probably had serious differences with him.
You can hear in the tone of McEwan's "Acknowledgments" his warm admiration for the experts he has consulted, and his handling of the technical detail in each of these worlds always seems intelligent: quick to pick up on the essentials and the principles of what's at stake, the texture of the insider's knowhow.
Kassie Siegel, a lawyer for the Center for Biological Diversity, said the listing decision was an acknowledgment of "global warming's urgency" but would have little practical impact on protecting polar bears.
For instance, if you look up coulibiac in the 1938 edition of Larousse Gastronomique, you will find plenty, including an initial account of the dish's origins, a warm pastry with fish inside, an acknowledgment of its Russianness, and a grainy photograph of a loaf-like entity, twelve steam slits on top, sitting bluntly on a platter, emanating rustic veracity.
A number of survey questions, conducted by several polling organizations — including Mr. Krosnick's own recent survey — show demonstrable drops in Americans' acknowledgment of and concern about global warming.
Even so, the summit made some progress.Much has been made of the G8 leaders' statement agreeing that global warming is really happening and Mr Bush's unprecedented acknowledgment that mankind's actions are indeed playing an important role in it.
With increased acknowledgment of global climate change and warming, governments, consumers, and firms are responding collectively to create today's low-carbon economy.
But when he first walked to the bullpen to warm up, fans responded generously, loudly, and Cone raised a hand in acknowledgment.
The reader senses a similar journey on the part of Zachary Lazar, who in his acknowledgments thanks several people in Israel for giving him a "warm welcome," who writes so intensely about that country, and whose own photographs of the region are used to illustrate his text.
In a departure from Cardinal O'Connor's practice of introducing local dignitaries at the beginning of his homily, Archbishop Egan saved his acknowledgments of Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik and Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, each of whom received a warm round of applause, for the end.
