But with little personal money to buy costly television ads, Mr. Torricelli was forced to raise campaign funds aggressively or essentially concede defeat.

OPEC ministers essentially conceded today that they had given up their plan for an "automatic" adjustment if oil prices ranged outside a band of $22 to $28 a barrel.

Schools Chancellor Harold O. Levy essentially conceded defeat of most of the plan.

Reginald Brack Jr., the president of Time Inc.'s magazine group, essentially conceded as much yesterday.

Moscow went to war to suppress a secessionist rebellion in Chechnya, then essentially conceded military defeat while refusing to accept Chechen independence.

After that, Valentine essentially conceded the blowout, replacing the entire infield.

Thomas Edison forms a disc company, essentially conceding to the new format rather than his long-time business of cylinders.

It took some guts for Lange to pursue a project that essentially conceded that modern boots, by their very design, are an implicated cause of a major injury.

Such language would essentially concede control of the deployment of New York City's police force to a Legislature sitting in Albany, city officials said.

One surprise Friday was that Pereiro, who holds the race leader's yellow jersey, essentially conceded the time trial.