1.   And, a base spokesman acknowledged the cooler ban did not prohibit knapsacks, soft-sided fabric coolers or wagons.

2.   Their spokesman acknowledged the valuable role played by the Friends but argued the letters bordered on blackmail.

3.   An NBC spokesman acknowledged last week that the cons easily outnumbered the pros.

4.   An Aetna U.S. Healthcare spokesman acknowledged Wednesday that the company charged the new HMO rates in error.

5.   An ESPN spokesman acknowledged that some of the remarks intended to be funny did not come across that way.

6.   An Israeli army spokesman acknowledged that the compound was without running water now.

7.   Asked on Friday about this seeming contradiction, spokesman Warfield acknowledged the Dole voted for the mandate.

8.   At the White House, a spokesman acknowledged the unusual nature of the effort.

9.   A Delta spokesman acknowledged the incident, described in a pilot union newsletter and posted on the Internet.