The story of Dawn Gantly, a 70-year-old expatriate from Britain, is typical, tempering optimism with economic hardships, independence with personal concessions.
The President's personal concessions included the scrapping of an economically flawed "national car" program he had awarded to one of his sons, an expensive airplane-building project controlled by a close family friend and cartels on the distribution of cement, paper and plywood that are controlled by the President's inner circle.
Mr. Gore abandoned his quest for the presidency with a deeply personal concession, invoking his faith, his father and his dedication to social justice.
John Kasich formally suspended his presidential campaign on Wednesday, paving the way for Donald Trump to clinch the Republican nomination with a personal concession speech that barely touched on the political maelstrom his decision unleashes.
For others, the decision to take a bus, while not the most efficient, linear way of getting from here to there, may reflect certain personal values and concessions about life in New York.
This included little things like eating the pizza I didn't order, but it also extended to more serious personal and professional concessions that had larger consequences.
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Most likely, if teams and leagues had to pay for their own stadiums, the stadiums would still be built, he said, but at a cost that could be repaid from the rights to personal seats, naming and concessions.
A group of states suing Microsoft, citing recent testimony from a company executive, have told a federal court that Microsoft has used the Bush administration's antitrust settlement as "a sword to extract valuable concessions" from personal computer makers.
In February, it was revealed that the Student Loans Company SLCC) was paying its chief executive, Ed Lester, through his personal-service company under concessions granted by HM Revenue & Customs.
Mr. Pettersen said he wanted only to assemble neighbors with diverse opinions about the park and had no personal interest in the concession.
