Gerdau workers here say they do not always like the new system, and managers concede that some adjustments are needed to link the two cultures.

"I don't know what I'm thinking right now," the manager conceded.

But managers concede that better business will depend largely on what happens next both within the United States and abroad.

But three years later, managers and workers concede that they had been too optimistic.

The manager conceded that the Twins had of late become too concerned with the Cardinals' speed.

But the manager also conceded the possibility that Cone would skip his next scheduled start.

Its managers concede that they cannot compete with Western companies on quality or technology.

Though dismayed, senior managers and the company's labour-relations staff have conceded the point.

Surrey's manager conceded victory to Guadalupe in the fifth inning after talking with his players.