21.   A solution would require compromises by the Serbs and Ibrahim Rugova, the ethnic Albanian leader in Kosovo, Milo said.

22.   But any proposed resolution would require compromises certain to prompt stiff opposition in at least one of the countries.

23.   But he said it would require compromise on both sides.

24.   Democracy requires compromise.

25.   For Gore it would require big compromises on his ambitious spending increases for schools, expanding Medicare with a prescription drug program and enhancing Social Security.

26.   He would need them even more if lawmakers also tackle changes in Medicare and Social Security, political hot buttons that would require bipartisan compromise.