Although the occupation often remains a sensitive subject in the twenty-first century, contrary to some interpretations the French as a whole have acknowledged their past and no longer deny their conduct during the war.

In response to questions about " subjective immortality ", Max Tegmark made some brief comments: He acknowledged the argument that " everyone will be immortal " should follow if a survivor outcome is possible for all life-threatening events.

" In a 1930s interview Constance Bennett replied to questions about her own demands, with the comment that Colbert's idiosyncrasies were far more excessive, but Bennett acknowledged that it was an integral part of Colbert's success.

During questions from the Belgian parliamentary commission into this decision he repeatedly acknowledged no regrets about the decision.

In his letter of 27 May 2007 to the Catholics in the People's Republic of China, Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged their faithfulness to Christ and the Church, " sometimes at the price of grave sufferings ", but also expressed concern at some aspects of ecclesial life in the country, in particular the division caused by " the significant part played by entities that have been imposed as the principal determinants of the life of the Catholic community ", so that " persons who are not ordained, and sometimes not even baptized, control and take decisions concerning important ecclesial questions, including the appointment of Bishops, in the name of various State agencies ", with a consequent " demeaning of the Petrine and episcopal ministries ".

In 2005, prompted by questions posed by Schaap's son, Jeremy Schaap, Fischer acknowledged that the relationship was significant and that the elder Schaap had been a " father figure " to him.

Pending any definitive answer to these questions and the precautionary principle, the linear no-threshold model is acknowledged worldwide as the appropriate basis for radiation protection regulations.

For the last quarter of a century he had been the acknowledged dictator in all questions of Dutch literary taste.

Both Cohen and Meyer acknowledged how silly the " angel skeleton " idea was due to simple questions raised such as why an angel died and why bones were left behind, but they went forward with the idea anyway.

The desire to represent local life and history of the Caribbeans onstage were produced, and the theatre ’ s capability to entertain and to raise concerning questions were acknowledged.

Responding to questions about slavery, the Polisario has acknowledged the survival, " to a limited extent, of certain practices related to antiquated thinking " and said it was " determined to combat and eradicate them whenever they emerge and no matter what shape they take.

Scholars continue to debate the degrees to which racial categories are biologically warranted and socially constructed, as well as the extent to which the realities of race must be acknowledged in order for society to comprehend and address racism adequately.

Bridgestone had dominated in 2007 and Michelin riders Valentino Rossi, Nicky Hayden, Dani Pedrosa, and Colin Edwards all acknowledged shortcomings in Michelin's race tyres relative to Bridgestone.

* The 1839 Grand National is acknowledged to be the first official running of the race, the three earlier races being termed the Great Liverpool Steeplechase

" On May 14, 2003, while he was still Times executive editor, Howell Raines acknowledged at a massive meeting of Times news staffers, managers, and its publisher, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., that Blair had gotten the breaks he had enjoyed because of his race.

Waltrip himself preferred the nicknames " D. W ." or " D-Dubya " but he acknowledged Yarborough by displaying an inflatable toy shark in his pit at the next race.

In response to the petition, church leaders acknowledged that while they disagree " on many fundamentals " they join the HRC in condemning any " acts of cruelty or attempts to belittle or mock any group or individual that is different – whether those differences arise from race, religion, mental challenges, social status, sexual orientation.

It is generally acknowledged, however, that to act Stannerly is to show respect for yourself and others ; be a friend, show good will towards others regardless of race, color or creed, and to follow the rules set forth by the school administration.

The declaration enshrined the principles of peaceful transition of power and equality for all, the first of such agreements by acknowledged black and white political leaders in South Africa and was heralded by many as a breakthrough in race relations in South Africa.

His coach, Loren Seagrave, acknowledged that the sprinter's starts were poor, but that Gatlin's finish to the race remained strong.

He later acknowledged that had no chance of winning, but entered the race " to gain experience " and " to be educated by an expert ".

Three-quarters European in ancestry ( as their mother was mixed race and their father Irish ), and identifying as Irish-American Catholics, Patrick Francis Healy and his siblings were among many successful mixed-race Americans of the early 19th century who also acknowledged their African or " black " ancestry.

He collaborates with the Jurchens to exploit his own race ( the Han Chinese ) and pretends to have acknowledged his ethnicity.

The Lotus-Ford team, while unhappy with the obvious favoritism displayed by race officials toward Jones and Agajanian, also acknowledged Jones ' clear superiority in the event.

Watson based her campaign on the Liberal government's record of investing in education and health care but acknowledged that she was in a tight race considering that the provincial riding encompassed only half her former city riding.

Lt. Col. J. M. Wikely acknowledged Arain presence in the military ; " They ( Arains ) may be designated as a fighting race which has produced many Civil and Military officers who have rendered good services to the nation.

Finally, the Court of Appeals concluded that " the voting restriction for trustees is rooted in historical concern for the Hawaiian race ... carried through statehood when Hawaii acknowledged a trust obligation toward native Hawaiians ... and on to 1993, when Congress passed a Joint Resolution ' apologiz to Native Hawaiians on behalf of the people of the United States for the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii ... and the deprivation of the rights of Native Hawaiians to self-determination '.

Morgan, in particular, acknowledged that certain forms of society and culture could not possibly have arisen before others.

The group is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture.

Sharing the language and culture of the Shang, the early Zhou rulers, through conquest and colonization, established a large imperial territory wherein states as far as Shandong acknowledged Zhou rulership and took part in elite culture.

Cassette culture received something of a mainstream boost when acknowledged by the major music press.

In the early 20th century, the newly founded Republic of China established Chuanbian Special Administrative District ( 川邊特別行政區 ), which acknowledged the unique culture and economy of the region largely differing from that of mainstream northern China in the Yellow River region.

Hapgood along with author Erle Stanley Gardner investigated the collection of clay artifacts known as the Acambaro figurines and became convinced they were made thousands of years ago by an unknown culture, a conclusion he acknowledged was rejected by reputable archeologists and paleontologists.

Kuttner acknowledged “ de facto enroads ” before Glass-Steagall “ repeal ” but argued the GLBA ’ s “ repeal ” had permitted “ super-banks ” to “ re-enact the same kinds of structural conflicts of interest that were endemic in the 1920s ”, which he characterized as “ lending to speculators, packaging and securitizing credits and then selling them off, wholesale or retail, and extracting fees at every step along the way .” Stiglitz argued “ the most important consequence of Glass-Steagall repeal ” was in changing the culture of commercial banking so that the “ bigger risk ” culture of investment banking “ came out on top .” He also argued the GLBA “ created ever larger banks that were too big to be allowed to fail ”, which “ provided incentives for excessive risk taking .” Warren explained Glass-Steagall had kept banks from doing “ crazy things .” She credited FDIC insurance, the Glass-Steagall separation of investment banking, and SEC regulations as providing “ 50 years without a crisis ” and argued that crises returned in the 1980s with the “ pulling away of the threads ” of regulation.

In 2005, even Disney acknowledged feng shui as an important part of Chinese culture by shifting the main gate to Hong Kong Disneyland by twelve degrees in their building plans, among many other actions suggested by the master planner of architecture and design at Walt Disney Imagineering, Wing Chao, in an effort to incorporate local culture into the theme park.

" It recognized the bookstore as " a landmark that attracts thousands of book lovers from all over the world because of its strong ambiance of alternative culture and arts ", and it acknowledged City Lights Publishers for its " significant contribution to major developments in post-World War II literature.

In early 2008, current CEO John Riccitiello acknowledged that this practice by EA was wrong and that the company now gives acquired studios greater autonomy without " meddling " in their corporate culture.

As the dependency of culture on nature, and the ineradicable presence of nature in culture, are gaining interdisciplinary attention, the difference between cultural evolution and natural evolution is increasingly acknowledged by cultural ecologists.

Though Negativland are seldom acknowledged as musical antecedents of mashups, lacking perhaps the sense of fun many contemporary practitioners seek in their craft, their struggle against various forms of " censorship " ( in their terms ) and legal coercion ( for instance, their single " U2 " was one of the first pieces of music to be withdrawn for its use of unauthorised samples ) has made them poster children for some mashup commentators who approach the issue from a more critical perspective, and with an eye to the complicated cultural issues raised by both accidental and deliberate plundering within music and culture generally.

" King went on to describe his view on this subject, which acknowledged the role that cultural or artistic products such as Rage play in influencing individuals, particularly troubled youths, while also declaring that artists and writers can not be denied the aesthetic opportunity to draw upon their own culture — which is suffused with violence, according to King — in their work.

The way Antarah responded to his father in Arabian culture does not mean that he was afraid of fighting, rather that when Antarah's father did not acknowledge him for all those years, Antarah was aiming to get his freedom and to be acknowledged by his society, and he earned that.

While these writers were all more or less academic, and appealed to the cultured few, four poets of the people addressed a far wider public: Verdi ( 1779 – 1820 ), of Bordeaux, who wrote comic and satirical pieces ; Jean Reboul ( 1796 – 1864 ), the baker of Nîmes, who never surpassed his first effort, L ' Ange à l ' enfant ( 1828 ); Victor Gelu ( 1806-188 ~), relentless and brutal, but undeniably powerful of his kind ( Fenian ci Grouman ; dix chansons provençales, 1840 ); and, greatest of them all, the true and acknowledged forerunner of the felibres, Jacques Jasmin, whose poems, both lyrical and narrative, continue to find favour with men of the highest culture and literary attainments, as with the villagers for whom they were primarily intended.

Nevertheless, she acknowledged in retrospect that the experience had been the most valuable part of her time in Paris: " I realized in what way the family had fulfilled their task of instilling French culture into at least one of their British charges.

He nonetheless acknowledged, two years later, that the registry had changed Ottawa's culture of lobbying for the better.

After the Stonewall riots in the United States in 1969, gay male culture began to be publicly acknowledged for the first time.

In retrospect, it also revealed his misunderstanding of Aboriginal culture, whose tribes acknowledged no leaders with whom a binding treaty might be negotiated.

*" It is now acknowledged that inculturation is a theological term which has been defined in Redemptoris Missio 52 as the on-going dialogue between faith and culture.

Given that Gallerani gave birth to a son acknowledged by Lodovico in May 1491, and the association of weasels and pregnancy in Italian Renaissance culture, it is also possible the animal was a symbol of Cecilia's pregnancy.