concession

Examples of concession in the following topics:

• Making Concessions

  • Here is an example of using a concession to introduce a flaw in another scholar's argument: "Smith's analysis of Danish politics provides an excellent account of the tensions within the state, particularly Hamlet and Claudius' competing claims to the throne.
  • Acknowledging the value of an opposing view is known as "making a concession. " Since most arguments we take the time to entertain have some merit, it is good to point out what is right about them before simply stating what is weak or flawed.
  • Indicate these difficulties with a phrase that signals your concession.
  • No matter what phrases you use to make concessions, your goal is the same: To demonstrate that you have considered the opposing viewpoint fairly, that you can recognize when the opposition brings up a good point, and that your argument still holds true despite this valid objection .
  • Sometimes, making concessions can involve finding points of agreement, building a bridge between your views and your opposition's views.

• Introduction to Committers

  • Committers are an unavoidable concession to discrimination in a system which is otherwise as non-discriminatory as possible.

• Business norms and religious beliefs

  • The result is that Americans become impatient, push for a closure, and often make business concessions they later regret.

• Capitalism in the U.S.

  • The Singaporean government has introduced limited political concessions, suggesting that authoritarian capitalist systems may transition to democracy in time.
  • For example, authoritarian regimes have been able to manage economic growth without making concessions to greater political freedom.

• Unconscious Perception and Influences on Behavior

  • Subliminal advertising was first created by James Vicary in 1957, a market researcher, when he inserted the words "Eat Popcorn" and "Drink Coca-Cola" into a movie to study the impact it would have on movie concession sales.
  • This phenomenon demonstrates the power of unconscious information (i.e., the subliminal message) to influence our perceptions (i.e., enhancing the desire for popcorn), which then shape our behavior (i.e., buying movie concessions).

• In the 1980s and 1990s

  • Even with these political concessions to farmers, questions remained whether the less controlled system would endure.

• Athenian Society

• Reporting Equity Investments

  • Companies objected to the removal of the option to use pooling-of-interests, so amortization was removed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board as a concession.

• The XYZ Affair

  • When Adams sent a three-man delegation, Charles Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry, to Paris to negotiate a peace agreement with France, French agents demanded major concessions from the United States as a condition for continuing diplomatic relations.

• Make Connections

  • Transitions can signal addition, example, contrast, comparison, concession, result, summary, time (often chronologically), and place.