He has proffered none himself and he shows no signs of looking for a face-saving exit from Kuwait.

But Libya's eccentric tyrant is urgently seeking a face-saving exit.

He and his advisers did not initiate use of force; they left a face-saving exit for Nikita Khrushchev.

He heard, as I did, the faint threat in the cousinly concern, and at least it gave him an excuse for a face-saving exit.

A face-saving exit is possible.

Mr. Ebbers, instead, has forcefully grabbed control while giving his counterpart a face-saving exit.

But there appears to be an expectation that the Secretary can and will explore at least a face-saving exit for Baghdad.

Mugabe wants out but can only get out with a face-saving exit.

But some Western diplomats suspected that Mr. Yeltsin was waiting until the lawmakers were in utter disarray before offering them a face-saving exit.

This is further evidence that President Hafez al-Assad is looking for a face-saving exit from his present isolation.