1.   Bush, after telephoning his congratulations to McCain, acknowledged his defeat at a rally last night at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown.

2.   But the Chechens never acknowledged defeat and, they argue now, never really accepted Russian domination.

3.   But today the government acknowledged defeat by slashing the budget.

4.   Camdessus acknowledged defeat at a press conference last Thursday.

5.   Even so, it took months of daily demonstrations and marches for him to acknowledge his defeat in those local elections.

6.   Galindo acknowledged his defeat on Monday in a moist-eyed news conference.

7.   His willingness to acknowledge defeat won admirers.

8.   In acknowledging defeat, Iliescu said that he and his party, the Party of Social Democracy, would provide a critical but constructive opposition.

9.   Jammer refused to acknowledge defeat.

10.   LVMH refused to acknowledge defeat.