21.   To get the required two-thirds vote in the Senate, President Clinton had to make painful political concessions.

22.   Through fear of loss of Chinese trade they make business and political concessions that are against their interests, economically and morally.

23.   Why force him to swallow painful political concessions dictated by Washington that would leave him weakened?

24.   While Arafat is under pressure to rein in militants, many Palestinians want to continue attacks against Israel until they can win some political concessions.

25.   With a locally-elected government in place, Indian officials believe they will be in a stronger position to resist international pressures for political concessions to the insurgents.

26.   Wisely, Arab-Israeli working groups have turned to the politically possible, identifying realistic measures that require few political concessions but that could improve economic fortunes.

27.   But instead of paving the way to peace, the Jaffna victory stiffened opposition among Sinhalese hardliners and the powerful Buddhist clergy to making political concessions to the Tamils.

28.   But it was not clear if such political concessions would be acceptable Hindu nationalists or to the Muslim militants demanding either independence or union with neighboring Pakistan.

29.   But he warned that Beijing might try to extract some political concessions.

30.   But North Korea has shunned that approach, opting instead to demand food aid from donor countries in exchange for political concessions.