TO avoid bad publicity, companies sometimes capitulate to a shareholder's demands in discussions before the shareholder files a resolution.

But long before that," Masashi said, "whatever is left of the Chinese government will have capitulated to our demands.

This month, however, Random House startled the industry by essentially capitulating to its authors' demands.

Some expressed fears that the police union would capitulate too quickly to the city's demands.

To give them that victory by capitulating to the hijackers' demands would foster more terror.

Key opposition figures were exultant tonight, declaring that the Government had capitulated to their demands.

So they had little choice but to capitulate to Mr. Giuliani's demands.

The government capitulated after 10 days to the mutineers' demands, agreeing not to cut the army's strength.

On March 14, the day before the annual shareholders meeting, the banks capitulated to Disney's demands.

The high court, in its ruling, said the states had panicked in capitulating to the criminal's demands.