51.   Doves in the opposition were angry with Netanyahu for freezing the Wye process last month in hopes of extracting further concessions from the Palestinians.

52.   Grams held up the nominations for months but then allowed them to clear the Senate after extracting further concessions from the State Department on employee accountability for infractions.

53.   He said Barak used negotiations with the Likud to extract concessions from Shas, an ultra-Orthodox party and the third-largest in the Knesset.

54.   He said it was more likely Syria hoped to extract political concessions from Israel.

55.   He said the IRA was trying to extract more concessions from Britain on military cutbacks and changes to the mostly Protestant police force.

56.   If they cannot stop NATO expanding, Russian officials are seeking to extract concessions before the enlargement.

57.   In the past, Russia closed its pipelines to extract political concessions from other former Soviet republics and equity in energy projects they negotiated with others.

58.   Israel accuses Syria of using Hezbollah to try and extract concessions in the deadlocked Israeli-Syrian peace talks.

59.   Israel has long charged that Arafat has directed the violence in hopes of extracting concessions from Israel in negotiations.

60.   Israel has said Arafat orchestrated the violence to extract concessions from Israel.