71.   This card-check strategy, as it is called, is likely to produce more clashes with management, labor leaders acknowledge.

72.   Tuesday, Christian Democratic leaders acknowledged that there may indeed have been improper financial dealings and that these may have persisted until as recently as a year ago.

73.   Union leaders acknowledge that their aging members and guaranteed annual income are hurting the port by keeping its costs higher than those of its rivals.

74.   Victory was sweet, as opposition leaders readily acknowledge.

75.   Union leaders acknowledge that the delegates might narrowly reject the merger by not giving it the required two-thirds majority when they vote on Sunday.

76.   While complaining that U.S. foreign policy has shown little concern about Christian persecution overseas, evangelical Christian leaders acknowledge that Christians have been equally remiss.

77.   Yet orchestra leaders themselves acknowledge that the committee never really figured out how to organize itself effectively.

78.   Opposition leaders acknowledge that they are far outnumbered by the Taliban, and that victory largely depends on help from U.S. war jets bombarding Taliban positions.

79.   Party leaders acknowledge the public wants to see politicians who are competent in economic affairs.

80.   A former close associate of the president told U.N. war crimes investigators that Croatia played a far more direct role in the Bosnian war than leaders have previously acknowledged.