He had heard Lincoln say that he wanted to make it easy for the southern states to return to the Union.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

It also wants to make the government a majority shareholder in return for part of the emergency loans it has received.

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The Saudis said they will not make concessions beyond a 2002 Arab plan put forth by King Abdullah which offered recognition in exchange for Israel's return of the occupied territories and allowance of a Palestinian state.

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It has been canny with its liabilities, too: over a third of its deposits pay no interest, a trade-off its small-business clients are willing to make in return for sharp service.

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Suzanne Maloney, an Iran expert at the Brookings Institution in Washington, thinks Iran will eventually make concessions in return for a lifting of sanctions.

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Many Serbs thought their country's dealings with The Hague were part of a bargaining process, in which they would make concessions in return for rewards elsewhere.

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