A face-saving compromise. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It was a face-saving device for President Musharraf. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2007] Reference
I think it was some sort of kind of face-saving thing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2003] Reference
He, too, needed Iran's help for a face-saving way out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2008] Reference
They're looking for a face-saving way out for Wolfowitz. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 17, 2007] Reference
I think we'll eventually find a face-saving way to get out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2007] Reference
The Iranians then have a face-saving way to turn them over. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2007] Reference
Is it just that he can't and this is just a face-saving deal?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2006] Reference
Dole relented after winning a couple of face-saving concessions. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Crime] Reference
It also could provide Sadr with a valuable face-saving solution. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2004] Reference
Privately, officials were asking India for a face-saving way out. From Wordnik.com. [The War In Thin Air] Reference
Then they, at that point they may look for a face-saving way out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2003] Reference
Are they just looking for some face-saving measure for Iran here?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2006] Reference
Especially in North Korea, it's face-saving for a sovereign state. From Wordnik.com. [Detention in Pyongyang] Reference
So, they are really pretty much looking for a face-saving way out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 17, 2007] Reference
So that was that, and why did I give him a face-saving exit?. From Wordnik.com. [Seasonal Discord] Reference
The negotiations were marked all the way by haggling over face-saving details. From Wordnik.com. [A Crash In The Clouds] Reference
And so this is something of a face-saving truce for the interim Iraqi government. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2004] Reference
And after nearly a decade at war, any face-saving way out sounds intuitively appealing. From Wordnik.com. [Malou Innocent: Are Our Goals in Afghanistan 'Fairly Modest'?] Reference
Will Abbas walk, or will a form of face-saving formula enable him to stay at the table?. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Elsner: Mideast Peace Talks Go Better Than Expected Despite Hamas] Reference
He didn't say -- I think they're all looking for some sort of face-saving layout of it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2006] Reference
That deal gave the Serbs a face-saving excuse to retreat, and made airstrikes less likely. From Wordnik.com. [Counting Down] Reference
And it looks like perhaps both sides are looking for a face-saving way to back off -- Lou. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2001] Reference
In fact, a new, more liberal constitution is in the works, a possible face-saving solution. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting the Veil] Reference
Some Japanese officials see the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a face-saving occasion to end aid. From Wordnik.com. [GIVER OR TAKER?] Reference
Arab concerns about dignity, honor and face-saving don't count for much in Netanyahu's world. From Wordnik.com. [The Neighborhood Bully] Reference
True enough: the face-saving gesture comes just as her show was canceled by four more stations. From Wordnik.com. [Newsmakers] Reference
The blowback was worrisome enough that diplomats were scrambling to find a face-saving solution. From Wordnik.com. [The Wider War] Reference
Carter's mission to bring Gomes home could again provide another face-saving opening for contact. From Wordnik.com. [Carter In N. Korea To Release Boston Man] Reference
You know, there's all this easy talk about face-saving culture of China, but this is power politics. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2001] Reference
In Iraq, even if nobody's saying it openly, that search for a face-saving interval has begun already. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: Indecent Interval] Reference
Over the weekend U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan traveled to Baghdad to seek a face-saving solution. From Wordnik.com. [Did Saddam Blink?] Reference
As a face-saving measure, both sides agreed to defer a decision on Chechen independence for five years. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Be Apocalypse Again] Reference
This commission approach has potential pitfalls: it might create a face-saving package that does little. From Wordnik.com. [A Quick Solution to the Budget?] Reference
In the end, the administration will probably find some face-saving deal to buy off a few caucus members. From Wordnik.com. [Buying Off The Black Caucus] Reference
A face-saving way to try to salvage the controversial deal and avert a damaging showdown with GOP leaders. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 27, 2006] Reference
One option they're giving him as a face-saving measure, I'm told, is to basically he can get a subcommittee. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2008] Reference
BLITZER: Some suggested it was simply a face-saving exit strategy, if you will, as opposed to the real reason. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2005] Reference
A face-saving job would have to be offered and removal made well before the '92 convention, lest it look panicky. From Wordnik.com. [Will Quayle Be Dumped?] Reference
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