1.   Several Bolshevik commissars favoured such a compromise, but Lenin and Trotsky were adamantly opposed and negotiations broke down.

2.   And it is far from clear whether a coalition can be formed around such a compromise.

3.   A spokeswoman for the AFL-CIO in Washington left the door open to such a compromise.

4.   But Reed objected to the way The Times in a front-page article Saturday characterized the conditions under which he would accept such a compromise.

5.   But state officials said such a compromise would allow Microsoft to continue to use its Windows operating-system monopoly to overpower competitors.

6.   But such a compromise is probably months off.

7.   Democrats and Clinton might support such a compromise.

8.   Hours later, a senior Iraqi official denied such a compromise was ever raised in the Russian-Iraqi talks.

9.   If such a compromise is on the horizon, Palestinians have not been prepared for it by their leader, and it would come as a shock.

10.   If Milosevic accepts such a compromise, U.S. and NATO troops would still be required to keep the peace, at least initially.