On immigration, though, the national party's political self-interest isn't necessarily served by compromise at all.
General principles have to bend to accommodate the complexities of history, and justice is sometimes better served by compromise than by zealous intellectual consistency.
Defence initially refused access to all the documents, and said the statements "would only serve to compromise the effectiveness" of border operations.
Last year's whole-wheat chicken nuggets, she says, were, at 41 cents a serving, simply too expensive, so the schools will instead serve a compromise like grilled chicken patties (about 34 cents).
From the patient oblivious to his gaping pyjamas to incidents of serious sexual assault, anything that serves to compromise the safety and dignity of individuals can only prove detrimental to their mental wellbeing.
However, in many cases, unsupported solutions can also be very attractive because they can serve as compromise candidates.
The above shortcomings have served to compromise equity, quality, costing and efficiency all the way from project strategy down to the classroom.
Relationships such as these serve to compromise the quality of health care that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people receive, with this resulting in poor health outcomes for people with chronic illness.
In the latter especially, insufficient attention to all relevant aspects in detail (desegregation of cognitive domains, competence of staff by rank, properties by school and governorate), along with inability to detect evolving conditions in and around the CSP, has served to compromise equity, quality, costing and efficiency all the way from project strategy down to the classroom.
To anyone who thinks American politics will rise to meet the threat of debt default with any sort of genuine compromise serving the best interest of normal folk, think again.
Google has a conveniently self-serving compromise available for Facebook, that could short-circuit an investigation.
