Last month, Israel's prime minister, Ehud Olmert, met with Mr. Abbas and offered a number of concessions aimed at strengthening him.

During negotiations, the MSzMP offered concessions aimed at having Pozsgay elected.

The Republicans got concessions aimed at rewarding effort, including very modest community service requirements.

Despite the continued indifference of the Labour Party the Communists had made many concessions aimed at attracting support from Labour members.

Most significantly, perhaps, cracks are appearing in labor's hard stand against concessions aimed at raising productivity.

Mr. Gorbachev's announcements, in a speech to Finnish leaders tonight, was the latest in a series of concessions aimed at building good will in the region and increasing pressure for wider disarmament in Europe.

In a last-ditch bid to head off defiance of South Africa's first free elections, the African National Congress agreed tonight to constitutional concessions aimed at appeasing Zulu and Afrikaner nationalists.

Sky Television, a British network, reported that Mr. Abu Sharif had proposed concessions aimed at convincing Israel to negotiate with the P.L.O.

In a three-hour long speech to supporters and international journalists in Tripoli, Gadaffi offered a handful of concessions aimed at those supporting the opposition forces who control more than half the country.

And he recently forced journalists to make concessions aimed at increasing productivity.