Sentence examples for idea of compromise from inspiring English sources

"His idea of compromise is, 'Do it my way,' " said Mr. Boehner, the highest-ranking elected Republican in the country.

And yet today Reagan's professed followers go out of their way to avoid association with the very idea of compromise.

" 'Kumbaya' lets you ridicule the whole idea of compromise," said John G. Geer, a political scientist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville who is an expert in negative campaigning.

What Nusseibeh represents is the persistence of the idea of compromise, a certain sympathy not only with his own people but with the Other.

But Mr. Clinton offered no concessions on any issue he brought up, and left the impression that his idea of compromise was for the Republicans to give in.

The minister smiled to himself as if the idea of compromise was something he was happy never to have to conjure with.

Mr. Russo said, "I am now trying to introduce ideas of compromise, or collaboration".

Mr Djindjic is already trailing the idea of a compromise whereby the Hague court might oversee a trial in Serbia.

He refused to be photographed for this article, and the picture — which he came up with on his own — was his idea of a compromise.

Conversation around the idea of a compromise heated up, as we debated whether this was a legitimate way to resolve the case.

Mr. Jalili campaigned on the idea of no compromise, explicitly referring to negotiations with the West over Iran's nuclear program, but which may also have been seen by the weary electorate in Iran as a cornerstone of his domestic intentions.