The report said that while Japan will continue to deny the existence of a dispute, it will make a subtle concession by acknowledging that China also makes a claim to the islands, something that it has previously refused to do.
This, warned Baffoe, was being unhesitatingly replicated in Africa by companies racing to secure concessions without acknowledging the issues it could raise at local community level.
On Thursday, in a remarkable concession, Steven P. Jobs acknowledged that the company had abused its core customers' trust and extended a $100 store credit to the early iPhone buyers.
He was elected to represent East Renfrewshire as part of Labour's 1997 sweep to victory, and in his concession speech acknowledged to Kirsten Oswald, the new MP, that he knew what it was like to come from behind to triumph in the seat.
Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn -- who govtrack.us ranks as "a far-right Republican" based on the bills he has sponsored -- said, "it is a concession, I acknowledge that" and "I was glad to see that lower number". And what did John Boehner do with this compromise -- the compromise that far right Republicans acknowledge is Democrats reaching across the aisle?
And the union of government employees will have to understand the importance of making concessions to acknowledge the fact that the current path of credit downgrades and debt is unsustainable".
"This is not a speech of concession, because concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true or proper," she said as she ended her campaign.
"This is not a speech of concession, because concession means to acknowledge an action as right, true or proper," Ms Abrams told her supporters in a speech on Friday.
To his credit, Dodd never pretended these were substantive or productive concessions, instead openly acknowledging that the moves were intended to garner votes.
"Concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true, or proper," Abrams told the crowd of reporters, staffers, and supporters.
