Mounting legal bills from those lawsuits troubled some gun makers, who signaled a growing willingness to make some concessions, something Mr. Spitzer hoped to capitalize on.
The DVD concession is something the Writers Guild of America West and the Writers Guild of America East were unable to win.
The inclusion of this wildly self-evident stipulation — a sort of bland, unconscious concession — says something, in its small way, about the long-standing pervasiveness of American anti-anti-Communism, a quiescent orthodoxy that drove some conservatives to extremes.
Cross-examination during trials often amounts to a battle of wills: Witnesses take the stand, intent on sticking to certain talking points; lawyers have their own agenda, trying to elicit a concession or something that serves to question a witness's credibility.
Mr. Bush's only concession that something might be amiss was to say that "challenges remain in reducing the number of uninsured Americans" — a statement reminiscent of Emperor Hirohito's famous admission, in his surrender broadcast, that "the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage".
Speaking about the latest developments in parliament yesterday, Burnham described Home Secretary Theresa May agreeing to an independent review of the case for bulk powers as "a major concession" and "something which will build trust in this process".
So the use of the debt ceiling to extort political concessions is something new in American politics.
The I.R.A. are once again in the business of seeking to extract concessions for something they were supposed to have done many months ago".
Franco had tried to expunge Catalan and Basque identity; the bizarre creation of 17 autonomous communities was in part a way to satisfy Catalan and Basque demands for self-government while camouflaging the concessions in something wider.
"When you're calculating what it costs to buy something, concession packages have to be part of that calculation".
Maybe Washington has offered a major concession on Ukraine, something President Barack Obama may gladly concede given what a disaster the U.S. adventure in that country has become.
