Nellie negotiated that sum down a bit and forced the Athens Stock Exchange to freeze trading of Alumil stock so that the kidnappers couldn't force her to liquidate the family's 70% holding.

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In sum, with a bit of give (mostly yours) and take (all theirs) things are settled peaceably.

ECONOMIST: A matter of give and take

Carwyn Jones will welcome the money but inevitably remind the UK government that it's giving back with one hand a little bit of the far bigger sum it's already taken with the other.

BBC: Stimulus - the Welsh, Scottish and Westminster way

White-washed mansions no higher than four floors, students from the respected Kiev-Mohyla Academy and street markets amid decrepit Soviet homes sum up the whole experience of being in Kiev: a bit eclectic, somewhat Soviet and still struggling between West and East.

BBC: Weekend in Kiev