Word: concessioner
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Despite all this, and Socrates' repeated attempts to antagonize the jury, the vote against him was close, 280 to 220. Under the rules of the Athenian assembly, a second vote was needed to determine the punishment Socrates would receive. By Stone's account, Socrates gave the jury no choice but...
The court said surrogate arrangements would not be illegal if the mother were not paid and if the agreement allowed her to change her mind after the birth of the child. But in practice that concession may not amount to much. How many women would be likely to bear a...
But union officials, although hopeful, remain skeptical of the real benefits of the contract. While the university's concession to union demands for job reclassification was "certainly a change in heart, I don't know if it's a real change in attitude or just caused by the threat of...
At the heart of that debate is the question of whether the Sandinistas can be trusted. A skeptical White House dismisses Sandinista concessions as cosmetic and insincere. "Each step they have taken, each reluctant reform, is still easily undone," Reagan insisted. Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut challenged that view...
It was a reluctant concession for the U.S., which regards the fighters as a crucial link in the defense of NATO's southern flank. But Socialist Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez insisted that the withdrawal was necessary to comply with a promise to reduce the U.S. military presence in Spain in...