But there are worrisome signs that the West might make unnecessary concessions to get the cooperation of the Serbian leader, Slobodan Milosevic.

After three straight clean sheets, Spurs looked shaky at times, with the line of the back four disorganised and some unnecessary concessions of possession.

Prime Minister Papandreou has courted Tirana in recent years with what his opponents here depict as unnecessary concessions that have won no guarantees for the Greek-speaking minority.

Or should the West continue a policy of encouraging liberalization in the nations on a country-by-country basis without offering Moscow reassurances that could prove to be unnecessary concessions?

The thug-love choruses and hip-hop beats seem like an unnecessary concession to hip-hop listeners; besides, Cham never sounds better than when he's got an old-fashioned digital dancehall beat to work with.

He realized that he had made unnecessary concessions to George.

But they insist that they will not make unnecessary concessions or sacrifice America's economic interests for the sake of a quick deal.

At that point, Justice Antonin Scalia jumped into the argument almost as if to make sure that Mr. Olson did not make any unnecessary concessions on the Bush side.

That is an unnecessary concession to the farmers who constitute their grassroots support.

Several diplomats complained today that the Carter mission had made unnecessary concessions and had gotten too little in return.