He also wrote that widespread "partial acknowledgments" by tobacco companies that cigarettes are dangerous, and their efforts to reduce smoking by children and others "does not negate any liability for past" misconduct.

After the economic liberalisation of China from 1979, Zhang received widespread acknowledgment in the Chinese art community.

The bicentennial provided the occasion for many books, articles and films reassessing what happened here at the end of the 18th century, with fairly widespread acknowledgment that there was a lot more gore than glory.

There's been widespread acknowledgment that this wasn't an ideal process.

For some people, the stigma attached to psychiatric treatment may still stand as a barrier, despite the widespread acknowledgment that the events of Sept. 11 carried enormous emotional power.

Among the delegates," she said, "there will be a widespread acknowledgment that Medicare needs some reform.

In the wake of the national speak-out that followed the Clarence Thomas hearings, the number of sexual harassment claims soared, and there is widespread acknowledgment among experts that things have got better.

But even among those who said they had never disclosed such information to reporters, there was widespread acknowledgment that other prosecutors violated the rules.

There is also widespread acknowledgment that reducing or eliminating red meat from the diet cuts the risk of heart disease.

He found a widespread acknowledgment that ESPN-speak has entered the common vernacular of newspaper sportswriting.