"We want to get this done," said Senator Sherrod Brown, Democrat of Ohio, who at one point in the debate had declared that the public option would become law and there would be no further concessions on it.
He is said to have played a large role, along with other Soviet scientists, in convincing Gorbachev that S.D.I. wouldn't work, and that although Reagan won't make concessions on it, it doesn't matter because of the unlikelihood it will work — and that, if deployed, it could easily be overcome by additional offensive weapons (just as its American critics say).
Earlier this year it won concessions on debt it owes to foreign governments under which it is freed from interest payments until March 1991.
While the government offered tentative concessions early on, it has since carried out a ferocious crackdown, killing hundreds, arresting thousands and besieging four cities.
While the government offered tentative concessions early on, it has since carried out a ferocious crackdown, killing hundreds, arresting thousands and besieging four cities. "The decision of the government now is that they decided to fight," Mr. Makhlouf said.
Reports indicate that Google has offered to make concessions on how it orders its search results, including the fast-growing mobile platform, after pressure from Joaquin Almunia, the EC's antitrust commissioner.
Iran has refused to agree to concessions on what it says is its rightful pursuit of peaceful nuclear energy.
A day after defaulting on a $3 billion debt payment to the International Monetary Fund, Argentina said today that it had clinched a three-year aid package from the fund without having to make any major concessions on points it considers crucial to help revive its moribund economy.
Reach Pact After defaulting on a $3 billion debt payment to the International Monetary Fund, Argentina clinched a three-year aid package from the Fund without having to make any major concessions on points it considers crucial to help revive its moribund economy, Argentina's president said.
Mr. Solana said today that without a concession on the settlements, it will be difficult to persuade the Palestinians to resume security cooperation.
