A Fed chairman on the verge of losing a vote usually fashions a face-saving compromise.

The three-party talks proposed by China appeared to provide both sides with a face-saving compromise.

But if the screws tighten, analysts here said, they expect the leadership to look for a face-saving compromise.

The solution reached in Gdansk was a face-saving compromise for both sides.

The move was seen as a possible face-saving compromise.

The formula reported by officials today was a face-saving compromise.

Chief Buthelezi has spurned one face-saving compromise after another and driven former supporters to despair.

In many places, such an arrangement might be viewed as artful face-saving compromise.

The administration had climbed down just a bit from its rhetorical high horse, and it appeared that a face-saving compromise might be in the works.

I suspect they will reach a face-saving compromise that is only the basis for further discussions.