But Safelite has pledged not to squeeze the workers - and Mr. Lazear said that was a crucial concession.

He had won the crucial concession.

Mr. Chavis considered this a crucial concession since his wife, Martha, is expecting the birth of twins in days.

Mr. Rubin insisted that the legislation had been rendered acceptable by small but crucial concessions he had won from Republicans.

Craig S. Cooley, a lawyer for Mr. Malvo, made a crucial concession early in his own opening statement.

Sri Lanka's crusty President, Junius Jayewardene, has gone for broke in offering a crucial concession to end a savage civil war.

But it made a crucial concession to the Pentagon: the decision for an automatic review of each case will not be publicly disclosed.

It was in those dark days that dogs and owners wrested an informal but crucial concession from the Parks Department.

The mechanics at United had been rebelling against management's cutback demands, most spectacularly in a vote last November in which they rejected crucial concessions.

The rescuers were determined legislators on Capitol Hill, chief executives who refused to throw in the towel and union leaders who came through with crucial concessions.