Word: ceding
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...peace process is being crippled by several factors. Israel's refusal, whether right or wrong, to cede certain parts of the Judean mountains because of their strategic importance in protecting against foreign attack is one of many obstacles, along with Netanyahu's acrobatic effort to appease the Israeli far right while brokering a pull-out from Israeli-occupied territory. Meanwhile, Palestinian negotiating potential has been damaged by the acts of extremists who prefer tactics of terror to dealing peaceably with the Israelis...
...rebel army is largely in disarray, and cocky fighters have had to cede some negotiating power to moderate Kosovo Albanians willing to accept expanded autonomy rather than complete independence. Now the West needs to get Milosevic on board...
...thus need to be treated firmly. They must be given rules, and when they break the rules they must be punished. What could be fairer than that? As His Honor has so profoundly said, "Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what...
...running from the bad guys, is complicated by the hotshot desk - job agent who was assigned to the case. Oh, and all the people of small-town America have the stupidity required to hold residence in these towns. They are also always ready to cede power to the smart fold from the big scary city during the one interesting crisis that has happened in their area in the last 50 years (which they will of course gossip about for centuries to come). Goodness...
...second step away from legislative ineptitude involves making the council's leadership less protected by the privileges of incumbency. Up for debate on Sunday is "The Moderator Bill," which we support. Although we realize that the council president currently has the power to cede the chair during meetings, we feel that a technocratic moderator ought to be in charge of the weekly meetings in the style of the British Parliament. We do not believe that this will depoliticize the meetings' agenda to a great extent, but we do think that this will encourage more substantial debate and discussion than currently...