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Sometimes one side is in a stronger position than the other: they have more [?].
For example: during a recent strike at Lamda Inc., the company was in financial difficulty and the public was on the worker's side, so Lamda was [?].The strikers' union knew this: they were [?]. The union [?]: objectives that were so important that they were unwilling to change them. They wanted a 15 per cent pay increase. Later they [?]d these demands, and said they would accept ten per cent. However, their demand for a week's extra holiday was [?]: they would not accept less. Lamda accused the union of making them negotiate [?]. Eventually Lamda [?]d to most of the union's demands and gave them what they wanted. The media said that Lamda had [?] and [?]. The feelings had been very strong on each side: the [?] was [?], and the negotiations were [?] and [?].