This time President Nicolas Sarkozy has held firm on the retirement age, and given ground only at the margin.
In previous crises over decommissioning it has always been the Ulster Unionists, led by David Trimble, who have ultimately given ground.
The Republicans have also given ground elsewhere in the foreign operations budget.
Mr Chirac has given some ground, promising a referendum on Turkish entry in 10-15 years' time.
The RFU wants greater control over the players and while Premier Rugby has given some ground the two sides, after a brief period where it looked as though they were edging closer to an agreement, are once again at each other's throats.
"Given the saturated ground there is potential for the rainfall to lead to considerable disruption in some areas, " a spokesman said.
The basic effect is that given that the ground at night is generally cooler than the atmosphere, thus the air near the ground is cooler than the air higher up.
But even if he wins a six-year term as president, Maduro would not be on solid ground, given the country's profound economic and security problems, Shifter said.
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Given the realities on the ground, we may not be many years before the last.
You know, some people would contest that, obviously, given the situation on the ground in southern Lebanon.
Once somebody took me to a big department store in London and the entire ground floor was given over to perfume sales.
The World Bank estimates that, in projects that use foreign contractors, only 10-25% of funds given are spent on the ground in Afghanistan.
The BBC's Alex Capstick said security was tight, with the opposing teams - Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso - being given police escorts to the ground.
And it could have been worse had Michael di Venuto (31 not out) not survived a controversial incident when on six, Michael Lumb claiming a low catch at first slip off Dimitri Mascarenhas, only for the batsman to stand his ground and be given not out.
The current war would have been easier if Turkey had given America permission to use its ground bases.
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The choice of Turkmenistan's capital as the meeting-place for the talks suggests that thought had been given to the finding of neutral ground.
He was treated for 30 minutes on the pitch, with players ushered away from the Crown Ground pitch as he was given oxygen and put on a drip.
Kallis stood his ground and appeared incensed when given out by the third umpire, but there appeared little doubt either that he had edged in flat-footed fashion or that the ball had carried through low to Prior.
But this is not enough, the aid organisations say, given the need for urgent relief on the ground, and the reluctance of most US banks to process any payment meant for Iran.
Participants produced a ground shaking map of the Dead Sea region and training courses in PSHA, HAZUS, David Boore's Ground Shaking and other software have been given.
Schemes being pioneered in several American cities face legal challenges on the ground that, since many of those given vouchers choose Catholic or other religious schools, this violates the constitutional separation between church and state.
Given this, nations globally can compete on somewhat equal ground in the sport.
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Given how hard it is to get movies off the ground, why are so many adapted from works that cry out to be made into movies in the first place?
He told me about a recent trip to Haiti, where he observed that despite massive amounts of donations and charity given since the catastrophic earthquake, the situation on the ground has improved only marginally.
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But Mr Blair is conscious that in defence matters, Britain, France and Germany may have little choice but to work together more closely, given America's recent reluctance to commit any more ground troops to Europe's potential war zones.
Even though the treatment given to Muamba at Tottenham's White Hart Lane ground is widely credited with helping to save his life, the English Premier League said they are to review medical procedures in the wake of the 23-year-old's collapse.
Given that, I urge and expect them to find common ground so we can accelerate, not impede, economic growth.
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Given the reluctance of western governments to face the messiness of ground warfare in mountainous terrain, military aid to Montenegro would presumably take the form of air support.
Broad and Anderson would no doubt have arrived at the ground thinking it was a good day to bowl, given largely overcast skies and the notorious swinging conditions beside the River Trent.
Given that: why not have the television hosts become interlocutors for common ground?
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