21.   While the House held firm, the Senate forced a compromise, without ever putting the fate of the refuge to a vote.

22.   When they stick together, their swing votes can force compromise on unwilling fire-breathers of both the left and right.

23.   You were figuring that antitrust considerations would force a compromise that would leave both railroads stronger.

24.   Chirac held out for a Frenchman, forcing a compromise.

25.   He said such a move would frighten investors, disappoint the West, force massive compromises to the Communists, and lead to sharply increased tensions at home.

26.   Mandela has refused, and invited Clinton and the African leaders for the signing ceremony in a bid to force a compromise.

27.   The United States said Wednesday that it had failed in its attempts to force compromises in a proposed treaty on banning land mines.

28.   Mitchell suggested he might try to force a compromise on the thorny issue of paramilitary disarmament that has blocked progress since the talks opened last June.

29.   Should Sino-US relations continue to slide even further, Wu could also become a useful bargaining chip for Beijing to force compromises out of Washington.

30.   Sources close to parliament said that more liberal members forced a compromise requiring that the law have a limited time duration to avoid any excesses by the conservative government.