Word: concessioner
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Save for a speech by victorious Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the ballroom floor was quiet until 11 p.m., when O’Brien emerged from her upstairs suite to deliver her concession speech.
Only one concession is made to the diner, but, unfortunately, it’s a substantial one, and one that prevents No. 9 from being a truly great restaurant. It’s a nearly absolute rule that good restaurants in the Italian countryside serve either meat or seafood. Italians...
Following Reich’s concession, the campaign e-mailed 14,000 supporters, encouraging them to get behind O’Brien.
The lesson is not that appeasement is always a failed strategy, but that it is a limited one. The Romans used goodwill gestures throughout their history. They found that when they sent a nice urn to a ally, the goodwill gesture could signal the desire keep a close relationship. There...
In their short history, collective suits have already shown their potential to penetrate the armor of the tobacco industry. In a 1998 settlement between the industry and 45 states, for example, tobacco companies agreed to pay out $206 billion in damages over 25 years, in addition to sponsoring anti-smoking...