1.   Blanton is one of several men who have long been suspected of involvement, though prosecutors acknowledge that they do not know exactly what role he may have played.

2.   But prosecutors acknowledged that some employees turned Fireman down and kept their jobs.

3.   But the prosecutors acknowledged that they had no physical descriptions that could be released to the public.

4.   Even if they persuade the Senate to invite the president, many House prosecutors acknowledge he is not likely to accept.

5.   Even prosecutors acknowledge that defense lawyers typically start at a disadvantage when they go up against experienced prosecutors.

6.   Federal prosecutors acknowledge that they have been stymied for years in enforcing a federal anti-gambling law that predates the Internet.

7.   Even some prosecutors acknowledge the folly in imposing sentences that may be little more than paper tigers.

8.   House prosecutors acknowledged for the first time that the Senate faces a stiff political challenge as it weighs whether to oust a popular president who has been elected twice.

9.   In court papers and during pretrial hearings, prosecutors have acknowledged that there is no direct identification of Simpson as the assailant and no murder weapon has been found.

10.   In January, Manhattan prosecutors acknowledged that a four-year-old confession in a murder case was flawed.