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The UAW, who represented the workers, said they would offer unprecedented concessions, sacrifices to just keep those jobs in Greenville.
I understood her to be saying that concessions confer only a little humanity where full humanity is due; that crumbs are not the same as a place at the table.
But again, consider this: the Civil Rights Movement in the United States navigated a minefield of political dangers, faced repression and overcame, won major policy concessions, navigated and innovated through risks.
The only concessions is that we did not pay to see it at the movies as we rented this on DVD from the video store.
Like in "Les amants du Pont-Neuf" two outsiders lives a love story without concessions.
As the credits start, the camera moves down from the moon to the parking lot, into the roller rink, past the concessions and across the rink to a small bandstand where a small band is doing their sound check.
Even keeping in mind the generous tax concessions that Australian film investors were given, there can be no reasonable explanation for this film being given the go-ahead.
Of course, Branagh had to agree to some concessions (a star-studded cast, and a 2.5 hour version for wider release), but why would the film studio allow Branagh to spend money on a 4 hour version that they knew few would see?
Riveting, moving, without concessions and Benicio del Toro is just extraordinary.
We're going to shoot on Sundays?' 'Well, to get you $500 I had to make a few concessions.'
This film made major concessions to political correctness in its portrayal of the Indians, who are depicted in a considerably more flattering light here than they are in Brian Moore's novel.
There are, of course, concessions to the modern world, unlike Laura Jesson, who was a full-time housewife and mother Claire has a job and for that matter her passion is kindled by a vet as opposed to a doctor, albeit one who treats lions rather than hamsters.
But for all those sad concessions to losing whatever Meyer might have made of this story, it's one of my favorites.
Being a fan of Jensen Ackles, I was willing to make a lot of concessions for this movie.
Indeed, many people mock the very notion of human rights, which is seen as leading to “loony” concessions that favor criminals and terrorists.
While many players, including Brazil, China, and the European Union, must make marginal concessions to close Doha, the focus will have to be on the principal naysayers.
Though the exact price remains secret, it appears that Russia offered major concessions, after nearly a decade of negotiations, to ensure the deal’s success.
But early signals suggest that if trouble develops, the party will choose a crackdown over concessions, and there is no guarantee that party unity will hold in such a scenario.
Thus, Putin is more reluctant than ever to offer territorial concessions, lest it tarnish his domestic image as a staunch defender of Russian national interests.
The US Congress cannot expect to use the threat of default – that is, a weapon of mass financial destruction – as a normal means of extracting concessions.
Unfortunately, because Obama himself has established a history of making concessions in the face of congressional brinkmanship, the debt-ceiling debate has morphed into more than just a short-term political fight.
Democratic institutions are designed for making deals between competing interests, with parliaments specializing in finding the right combination of concessions to enable agreement on a generally accepted solution.
The promise of a regional settlement that offers Israel the needed security guarantee – not to mention a considerable boost to its international standing – would make the painful concessions, including compromises on borders and Jerusalem, which are critical to the creation of a Palestinian state, more digestible for Israeli leaders.
With symbolic concessions – such as an agreement to import US-produced liquefied natural gas or promises to offer new guarantees for intellectual-property rights – it could convince Trump to stand down.
And if the US does agree to any military concessions, China’s strategic position will be strengthened.
While war often unites countries, peace tends to divide them, because it inevitably requires concessions and sacrifices.
The thinking behind this approach is that China will ultimately make concessions to regain its prized status as the only Chinese government that the US will recognize.
For example, will major trade concessions from China really do more to advance US interests than nullifying the North Korean threat?
Israel and NATO – Between Membership and PartnershipMADRID – The idea of integrating Israel into NATO has frequently been advanced as bait to encourage the Jewish state to make the necessary concessions for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement.
First, his regime might be planning to offer concessions that it has no intention of fulfilling.
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