In a New York Senate committee hearing last Thursday, King acknowledged that his son, Carl, managed several fighters.

King has acknowledged Robertson as one of his influences.

The King acknowledges her late father's renown as a doctor, but refuses to entertain false hope.

You mean that if the King won't acknowledge the child, you'll have to keep it?

In despair at the prospect of a civil war, the King later acknowledged, he briefly pondered abdication, as he would again during other crises.

In a sideways reference to his own description of investment banks as casinos, King acknowledged it is almost impossible to measure risk and for regulators to keep up.

King, for example, has acknowledged holding "quite a few" options on Douglas, reportedly for five or six fights.

Furthermore, King did not acknowledge the gift during a routine eligibility check by university officials in the summer of 1996.

"I believe that," King acknowledged.

The King having suitably acknowledged the honour done him, was next reconciled to Gorgonzola, and they two presently opened the ball together.