31.   The Chinese government has acknowledged sporadic problems of mismanagement but says the first phase of resettling people has generally gone smoothly.

32.   The Bosnian government has acknowledged that the United States exerted heavy pressure to hand over the men.

33.   The Chinese government has acknowledged that there have been tens of thousands of encounters between police and practitioners since Falun Gong was declared illegal last summer.

34.   The government acknowledged the accident only on Monday, saying the mishap had occurred on Sunday.

35.   The government acknowledges that its efforts at prevention have been less successful.

36.   The government acknowledges that the pension shift will impose an additional burden on shareholders in the railroads but argues that it will save them money in the long run.

37.   The government has acknowledged a serious problem and vowed to step up inspections and to close down unsafe mines.

38.   The government has acknowledged it underestimated the effects of the April tax increase, since it had expected the economy to resume its recovery by the summer.

39.   The government has acknowledged that El-Hage had no role in the bombings.

40.   The government has acknowledged that El-Hage, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Lebanon, had no role in the bombings.