Last fall the city itself acknowledged the yawning gap between high school graduation rates and true college readiness.

Last year the city acknowledged by late spring that it had accumulated a surplus of more than $500 million.

The city has acknowledged that citizens have the right to record the actions of police officers.

But by 1990, the city acknowledged that legally the men were free to come and go.

In this light it is plausible that these 'city states' could at one time or other have acknowledged the pre-eminence of a 'first among equals'.

The hospital and the city acknowledged past problems and said they had all been corrected.

Nonetheless, one city official acknowledged that "if you die in a sensational way, it seems to attract more attention."

The city has long acknowledged that its concentration of cultural institutions is a boon to the local economy.

The city acknowledges that the new strategy carries significant financial risks.

In hundreds of violations, the city acknowledges, owners never filed certificates.