Clay also began to think about a compromise that might settle the differences between the two sections of the country.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

The group is supposed to reach a compromise acceptable to at least fourteen of the eighteen members by December first.

VOA: special.2010.11.19

It said the Missouri Compromise was a violation of the United States Constitution, and that Dred Scott was not a free man.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Then,in eighteen fifty, Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky offered a compromise to avoid secession, and a likely war between the North and the South.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

A committee of thirteen men was named to write a bill based on Henry Clay's compromise.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

They called him a traitor. Yet most people of the North accepted Webster's appeal for compromise.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

One part of the compromise permitted California to enter the Union as a free state.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

Representatives of his party and the Democrats met secretly to work out a compromise.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

Southern supporters were afraid that if a statehood bill for California was passed first, then northerners would refuse to pass the other parts of the compromise.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

This compromise brought a cry of anger from opponents of slavery in Kansas.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

They considered the compromise a simple law for the return of valuable property.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

The signing of the eighteen fifty compromise cooled the debate for a time.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

As a compromise, Brigham Young was named governor of the new Utah territory.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

Finally,on the thirty-fourth ballot, seventeen of the delegates voted for a compromise candidate.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Representatives of the two parties met secretly to work out a compromise.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Those who supported slavery had a different idea of the compromise.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

The Senate approved a compromise version of this House bill.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Clay was a firm believer in the idea of compromise.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

He was a compromise candidate of the Democratic Party.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky offered a compromise.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

Democrats in the House of Representatives announced they had reached a compromise on just how to pay for the costly reform measure.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

The Palestinian official says any compromise by Mr.Abbas on the settlement issue would impede the creation of a viable independent Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

U.S.mediators face huge gaps as they try to broker a return to talks, with neither side showing signs of a willingness to compromise.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Dore says the candidacy of any members of the ruling council would compromise the transparency, credibility,and fairness of a vote now scheduled for January 2010.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Alkatiri says he resigned as part of compromise to prevent a civil war.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

"It would be very bad for the U.S. and even worse for our allies in the region, because that would affect the political culture of the region to show that resistance ideology has scored a victory and that moderation and compromise are not as successful as resistance ideology,"

VOA: standard.2010.03.18