21.   The accords leave it to Israel to decide how much ground to yield.

22.   Then came another long game, with Hingis yielding no ground.

23.   Clinton, criticised at home for being too soft on the Russians, for his part yielded no ground on enlargement, his top foreign policy priority.

24.   Meanwhile congressional members were set to reconvene Wednesday for their second year in the majority and some were loathe to yield ground to Clinton.

25.   The chemical giants yielded ground on profit-taking following the hefty gains of last week.