11.   The veto ultimately could be just the start of serious bargining on a compromise, but so far, both sides are yielding no ground.

12.   They yield ground grudgingly.

13.   With neither the government nor the unions yielding ground, the disruption was spreading.

14.   But after almost constant hammering by Russian jets, artillery and helicopters, the rebels have yielded little ground.

15.   But his desire for faster reform apprently is being shackled by an old guard reluctant to yield ground without a fight.

16.   But the speaker made a major blunder in a budget battle with the president when Gingrich refused to yield ground and the government shut down.

17.   EVANSVILLE, Indiana -- Mailing letters and packages at the post office is yielding ground to new technology.

18.   Many believe the British-educated eye doctor genuinely wants change but is shackled by an old guard reluctant to yield ground without a fight.

19.   No one yields any ground in Hebron.

20.   On the question of the resumption of nuclear French testing, Chirac, in office only a month, refused emphatically to yield any ground.