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compromising

kom pruh mahy zing

  • v  make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; we all must compromise"
  • v  settle by concession
  • v  expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
  • a  making or willing to make concessions
    loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet
  • s  vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion
    she found herself in a compromising situation
News & Articles

  • Reid says no one in D.C. willing to compromise
    By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun Legislation, as Sen. Harry Reid often says, is the art of compromise. But lately, Reid has not been in a compromising mood. “Who would I negotiate with?” Reid said last week when asked about his recently expressed reticence to [...]
    June 17, 2013 - Lake Tahoe News
  • Dealmaker Reid says no one in D.C. will play along, but would they?
    Legislation, as Sen. Harry Reid often says, is the art of compromise. But lately, Reid is not in a compromising mood. “Who would I negotiate with?” Reid said in an interview with the Sun last week, when asked about his recently expressed reticence to parley with Republicans over how to keep student loan rates from rising on July 1, an issue on which Republicans and Reid’s Democrats differ. “I ...
    June 16, 2013 - Las Vegas Sun
  • Sparks man arrested in alleged Facebook scam to extort compromising photos of teenage girl
    A Sparks man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly posing as 17-year-old boy on Facebook to get compromising photographs of a 16-year-old girl and then threatening to share them with the girl’s classmates if she didn’t provide more or meet him.
    June 13, 2013 - Fernley Leader
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in United Press International
    The goal is to set one national standard that will rapidly increase fuel efficiency without compromising safety by an average of 5 percent each year between 2012 and 2016,Obama said.
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton in FOXNews
    Clinton, who called both Zardari and Sharif over the weekend to press for a resolution, said Pakistan's decision was "a first step of what has to be an ongoing reconciliation and compromising of political views that can stabilize civilian democracy...
  • Dana Perino in Los Angeles Times
    The president believes medical problems can be solved without compromising either the high aims of science or the sanctity of human life,Press Secretary Dana Perino said.

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