But the Turkish Defense Minister, Turhan Tayan, brushed aside European objections.

Peter Mandelson, the European Union's top trade negotiator, said the new ruling had vindicated European objections.

But analysts doubt that the music business could be sold because of likely European antitrust objections.

Stung by the criticism, the White House insisted that Washington was simply beating a tactical retreat in the face of Western European objections.

Worldcom executives, however, consider the European objections to be the most serious problem facing the deal.

The U.S. has given up, at least for now, its idea of arming the Bosnian Government because of European objections.

Mr. Clinton insists he favors lifting the embargo, but he has repeatedly retreated in the face of European objections.

You know the Central European objection - the flaw of the partnership - is the lack of automaticity at the end.

An American diplomat trying to keep European objections from delaying Mr. Bush's timetable for disarming Iraq said he heard similar complaints all the time.

Partly because of the European objection, the sanctions the President can issue have been greatly watered down.