Word: concessioner
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As part of the plan, Aqazadeh offered an unexpected concession. In the past, Iran had insisted that its production quota be twice as large as that of Iraq, with whom it has been at war for the past six years. But this time Iran dropped its usual demand. Iraq would...
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and his anti-arms control alter ego Richard Perle fought hard against the modest concessions on offensive weapons ^ and even harder against any concession on SDI. "Anything that gives up strategic defense would be undesirable in every way," Weinberger insisted last week. Even if the...
Peres' concession put the focus squarely on Shamir, who was Prime Minister at the time of the bus hijacking and is scheduled to assume that post again in October under a power-sharing arrangement in which he and Peres are to switch jobs. Some observers are convinced that behind the...
Another concession on the union's partconsisted of the phasing out of some practices atthe Faculty Club such as overtime pay, a waitressthere said. Overtime pay for weekends will beeliminated by next June, she said.
It was the first time that Taipei had taken part in direct talks with Peking on any subject since 1949, when the mainland came under Communist control. And to some observers it signaled an unprecedented flexibility on the part of the Nationalist Chinese government. Under the accord, a crew from...