And so when steps are taken that are in that direction, we have acknowledged that as positive.

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He acknowledged that "ultimately we are going to need to reduce - if not very largely eliminate -our use of oil but it is not going to happen overnight".

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On the other hand, think about what might happen if we each acknowledged that all of our efforts are indeed making a difference, that we are putting ourselves onto a new, better track as a nation.

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But in fact, our unconscious thought processes are far more sophisticated and influential than we have previously acknowledged.

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To be sure, the Army acknowledged that that had been the case last November but, we are assured, the problem had been rectified in the intervening months.

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President Obama acknowledged this when he spoke about the need to retool our education system such that we are producing workers with skills to participate in the new digital powered manufacturing industry.

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