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J.F.O. McAllister: Almost by definition, any change of policy is a concession of ineptitude. Today during prime minister's question time in Parliament, Tony Blair conceded that this thing was far bigger than anyone had anticipated, and that there had been a lot more movement of cattle and sheep than...
The McCain-McConnell duel, at least, ended Thursday with a concession. Campaign finance reform's least apologetic enemy gave up the fight in full-on supervillain mode, thrusting his pointer at a chart of the fund-raising future and growling to supporters - particularly Democrats - that they would rue the day...
According to Lewis, shuttles will probably have to run all night to accommodate late-night visitors to the building. This would come at a considerable cost--and would be an incidental concession to the council, which has argued unsuccessfully for 24-hour shuttle service in the past.
Such failings may have been forgiven if Arafat had been able to deliver in the political arena. But after 33 years in power, all Arafat could bring the Palestinian people were an ambiguous set of treaties known as the Oslo Accords. Hailed in the West as a breakthrough, the Oslo...
Matt Rees: This is just another point on an extended Barak timeline. On February 6, right at the end of a rather long-winded concession speech, Barak said, more or less: "By the way, I intend to resign from the Labor party and the Knesset and take a break from...