He opposed their attack on Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, unsuccessfully urging the king not to yield to demands for the earl's execution.
King Ferdinand was forced to yield to demands for the introduction of the Spanish constitution, which limited royal powers, decreased centralization, and reduced the influence of the capital.
Houthi rebels besieging Yemen's president, Abed Mansour Hadi, and much of the capital, Sana'a, say they expect him soon to yield to demands that he share power and stall planned constitutional changes.
The country has been in a chest-thumping mood since last weekend, when Poland and Spain broke up a summit meeting on the new European constitution by refusing to yield to demands by France and Germany that they accept a new, less favorable voting system for the European Union.
He wants to see whether Apple is forced to yield to demands by China Mobile that it split the cost of its handset subsidies with customers.Investors are also wondering whether Apple will give in to pressure to return more of its giant cash mountain to shareholders through such things as share buy-backs.
The journalist Barbara Slavin referred readers to an interview with Mr. Rowhani she conducted in 2005, when he said Iran wanted better relations with the United States, but insisted that "his country will not yield to demands that it permanently stop its effort to enrich uranium".
British authorities said Jonathan has refused to yield to demands of an exchange, the AP reported.
Chancellor Gerhard Schröder of Germany, in a deal that salvages two pillars of his ambitious economic agenda, has yielded to demands by the conservative opposition to scale back a proposed tax cut and to loosen entrenched labor laws.
Less than a week after the governing Nationalist Party was dealt a humiliating electoral defeat, President Lee Teng-has has yielded to demands that he step down as chairman of the party, several senior party officials said tonight.
At a meeting to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in May, the United States yielded to demands by Arab nations that the final document urge Israel to sign the treaty — a way of spotlighting its historically undeclared nuclear weapons.
In his speech, Mr Singh made a moving appeal for unconditional dialogue, but did not yield to this demand.For some Kashmiris, that was one of several disappointments.
