Word: concessioner
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Tierney blamed his loss on insufficient press coverage and a lack of aggressive fund-raising, but he chose to focus his concession speech on the positive aspects of his campaign.
Meanwhile, the six-member political directorate of the contras offered to travel to Managua to hold direct talks with the Sandinistas. "So far the Sandinistas have been able to comply with the easy part of the plan," said Alfredo Cesar. "We are starting today the hardball game." Ortega swiftly warned...
But Tiger Leader Velupillai Prabakaran, 32, caused problems from the beginning. Although the Sri Lankan army promptly returned to the barracks under the terms of the pact, the Tigers kept the bulk of their weapons and used them to deadly effect. Within six weeks of the pact's signing, Prabakaran...
But if Tom has made this concession to the realities of urban existence, he makes few others in his effort to turn a city into a museum.
Sources close to the talks said the GM pact closely parallels the one that the U.A.W. and Ford reached in September. That contract gave Ford workers a 3% wage hike in the first year, along with 3% lump-sum payments in both the second and third years. Far more important...