There are days I wish I'd never compromised, days when I mourn the former texture of my hair.
The Thai military had initially pledged that Thursday would be a day of seeking political compromise, two days after declaring martial law in what it said was an attempt to force a political resolution.
"I had hoped Caroline would do better, you ghastly arriviste," said Mrs Ayres, "but we all have to compromise these days.
"I had hoped Caroline would do rather better than you, you ghastly little arriviste," Mrs Ayres said, "but we all have to compromise these days.
"Architecture firms are more than willing to compromise these days," said Roger Kogan, a management consultant and member of the American Institute of Architects' practice management committee.
The tortuous compromise, after days of behind-the-scenes negotiations at the UN human rights council in Geneva, was described by Human Rights Watch and the EU as a limited step forward.
The moves on Saturday offered little hope of fully resolving the standoff, in part because opposition leaders had ruled out — even before his concessions were announced — any rushed attempt at a compromise just days before the referendum.
The best way to tame the Islamists, as Turkey's experience shows, is to deny them the moral high ground to which repression elevates them, and condemn them instead to the responsibilities and compromises of day-to-day government.The second argument is that Egypt is too complex for the West to influence.
Any leader of a country in a situation like Liberia's will have to compromise every day in every way with giant donors like the World Bank, the E.U. and the U.S. State Department, not to mention the competing interests and demands of a war-ravaged population and a political class that is constantly fighting over a very small plate of spoils.
He called on all sides to compromise; the day before, he had visited the tiny prison cell on Robben Island where Nelson Mandela, one of whose great accomplishments was making sure that his country's second post-revolution election succeeded, was held for eighteen years).
