They'll countenance some very limited tax raising powers in peripheral areas, in return for borrowing rights.
Still, some on the federal bench refuse to countenance such tactics in their more brazen variations.
No coalition to defeat terrorism can include countries that countenance campaigns of hate and vilification.
For Castro cannot ever really countenance any foreign influence of any kind in Cuba.
"If you'd had an actual, vigilant client, nobody would countenance these temps, " says Gilman.
In his refusal to countenance failure there, Mr Bush seems to have understood this imperative.
The truth is, they would never countenance that treatment if it happened in the classroom.
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ASEAN's members will not countenance any reduction in sovereignty for the sake of deeper economic integration.
The existence of the Laffer Curve is something that some political types simply will not countenance.
No government in New Delhi would countenance any change in the status in Kashmir.
He has a reputation for honesty and an unbending refusal to countenance corruption or pork-barrel politics.
But the Turkish government is reluctant to countenance a trial of Mr Ocalan outside Turkey.
And he certainly won't countenance a redivision of Jerusalem to what existed before the 1967 Six-Day War.
Verizon is not going to countenance the big blow to its U.S. market share without a response.
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Undeniably Jewish by name and by countenance, Hank Greenberg (1911-86) was not avid in his religious practice.
That would probably require mergers with or takeovers by foreign banks, which the government will not countenance.
It refused to countenance a default by Greece, or even debt restructuring, for fear of market contagion.
For decades the jeweler didn't countenance anyone who couldn't afford a diamond the size of an ice cube.
In any case, political concerns would make an extended siege hard for Messrs Bush and Blair to countenance.
But the anti-growth forces will not countenance a bigger airport on Maui and, so far, they are winning.
To say thank you for all of the blessings that have been showered upon your grateful and smiling countenance?
Are the unions so cynical that they can't countenance a politician who's intellectually honest and sincere about reforming government?
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There is a policy vacuum in Britain with austerity the only policy that its Government seems able to countenance.
No great movement could succeed without the countenance and direction of the saloon-keepers.
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The German government was not prepared to countenance that ahead of an election.
The summit showcased the Soviet determination not to countenance the use of force to settle the Persian Gulf crisis.
Is the government's role in poverty so essential that they would countenance more in the way of obscene Suleman copycats?
Would taxpayers countenance unemployment assistance and retraining for the over-degreed and over-connected who suddenly found demand for their services nonexistent?
He would now be prepared to countenance a less-than-final agreement that would leave Jerusalem in abeyance for the time being.
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