One possibility is that he genuinely thinks such a concession will win Republican votes for some kind of emissions cap.

Was it a concession to winning at all costs, or the signature of forgiveness?

This concession won the support of Stupak and members of his group and assured passage of the bill.

A little concession to help win him over.

One concession, however, the vrouw had won from the commandant, who, knowing what was about to happen to me, had not, I suppose, the heart to refuse.

We're now coming to the end game where rights and concessions won over a century of struggle are being withdrawn.

Saudi Arabia was actually underwriting a quarter of the cost, a concession won only four days earlier by Secretary Talbot.

The concession still did not win Mr. Koch the six votes he needed.

They now had land on lease, and their concessions won at Beijing included the building of railway lines throughout China.

The new agreement allows the city to continue to transfer workers between agencies and job titles - a concession won in the first agreement.