Certainly, I acknowledge that a large number of Americans suffer from anxiety attacks when it comes to the costs of expanding Medicaid and the imposition of taxes on benefit-packed Cadillac insurance policies, just as I understand that many are highly allergic to the very mention of government telling us that we must buy a health insurance policy.

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U.N. officials privately acknowledge this is a big number that may be hard to fill.

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Still, both parties acknowledge that an even smaller number of seats are in play this year: between 50 and 75 seats are considered to be very contested.

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However, a number of physicians do acknowledge that the publication does have a strong reputation for unbiased, trusted and reliable information.

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There are a number of other people that I just want to acknowledge here.

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But behind the scenes at TfL, work has been going on to reduce the number of incomplete journeys and that indicates they do acknowledge it is an issue.

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We've got a number of other special guests that I just want to acknowledge.

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As the authors acknowledge, there is little chance of business-as-usual halving the number of hungry by 2015, a goal enthusiastically endorsed by world leaders in 1996.

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Though companies still largely acknowledge a dependence on the social network for acquiring users, at least in the U.S., a number are starting to consider other options, such as off-Facebook dedicated game portals like FarmVille.com.

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