In the end, both sides gave ground in the argument.

最后，双方在辩论中都作了让步。

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People tend to forget that Ronald Reagan often gave ground on policy substance - most notably, he ended up enacting multiple tax increases.

人们往往忘了罗纳德·里根经常在实质的政策上面和反对者们达成妥协——尤其是，他曾最终颁布多重增税法案。

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Japan is refusing to apologise for detaining a Chinese fishing boat captain, showing no signs of softening in a dispute between the two economic powers after Japan gave ground and released him.

日本拒绝就抓扣中国渔船船长事件向中方道歉。日方在日中两个经济大国间争议上的立场，未出现任何软化的迹象。此前，日本作出让步，释放了中国船长。

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And the challenge that we gave to ourselves is can we do that packaging in such a way that lays a ground work for community learning coming out of people who got involved in looking at the experiment of knowledge updates.

我们自己面临的挑战是,究竟能否,借用技术打包,为知识更新实验的,观看者的群体学习打下,坚实的基础。

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Mr. Bush gave ground on this point in the House compromise passed last week.

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France's prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, said that he would refuse to back down but gave ground in a separate dispute with striking teachers.

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The union gave ground on some issues, but refused to budge on pensioner benefits, fearing that it would have to make concessions with other steel makers too.

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