Word: concessioner
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Offering something for almost everybody, he had little trouble getting reelected. Invariably, he outspent and outcampaigned his Democratic opponents, who never quite knew what hit them. Yet he could not translate his state success to the national scene. His liberal New York constituency differed too markedly from the conservatives who...
You may receive an invitation to join the Hasty Pudding Club, but you should remember that certain bleak financial prospects dictated that concession to liberation. You might also keep in mind that a similar situation prevailed when Harvard chose to teach men and women in the same lecture halls rather...
The 16-minute speech (see box) was delivered with remarkable restraint, given the circumstances, and without a trace of demagoguery or self-pity. There were no attacks on his old enemies, no visible bitterness. There was also no concession of anything more serious than "mistakes" in his handling of Watergate...
Now it is up to Greece, Turkey and Britain, the three co-guarantors of Cyprus' independence under a 1960 treaty, to work out a peaceful solution for Cyprus. Turkey sent Foreign Minister Turan Günes to the Geneva peace talks with orders not to agree to any withdrawal...
To try to carry out that policy, Sisco reportedly proposed in Athens that Sampson be replaced by a more moderate Cypriot as President, that Makarios be allowed to return to the island in his priestly capacity and that the Greek officers commanding the Cypriot national guard be withdrawn. The most...