Early in 2000, the department acknowledged for the first time that workers had been made sick or died because of their occupational exposures.

The country is in a recession, the White House acknowledged for the first time.

Quark's approving glance acknowledged the girl for the first time.

He turned to acknowledge me for the first time.

An announcer acknowledged for the first time the American ultimatum to his enemy.

Quemin glanced at his friend, acknowledging him for the first time.

He acknowledged for the first time that the city is in a fiscal crisis.

Jane acknowledged for roughly the hundredth time that the party was a success, wasn't it.

Still, Stern acknowledged for the first time that progress was being made to end the lockout.

Unemployment is being acknowledged for the first time, with the Government reporting last month that 41,000 people are looking for work.