Although many economists believe the Germans are wrong-headed in refusing to countenance substantial purchases of government debt by the ECB, there is some logic to the prohibition.
In line with a vow he had made to himself as a young man to remain inscrutable to all but his most intimate friends, he cultivated a cold, haughty manner in public and refused to countenance any questions about his often decisive role in the family business.
Returning from a fractious Euro summit in Rome, she let rip against her European counterparts, refusing to countenance any increase in the power of the European Community and outraging many colleagues.
Although the Israelis say they would be willing to depart in exchange for security guarantees, they know that Syria would not countenance a negotiated withdrawal in the absence of a wider settlement including the Golan Heights.
We remain the most charitable people on earth, but it's quite simply not in our DNA to countenance the actions of Suleman, a woman who chose to be artificially inseminated, and who chose to practice what is called "assisted reproductive technology" in order to put what she presumed to be six more children on this earth that she can't care for economically.
"But he is also president and commander in chief, and he will not countenance the leaking of classified information that can harm our men and women in uniform, harm Americans who work on our national security, harm counterterrorism operations, " Carney said.
Still, some on the federal bench refuse to countenance such tactics in their more brazen variations.
ASEAN's members will not countenance any reduction in sovereignty for the sake of deeper economic integration.
During the row over health care, the right demanded smaller deficits but refused to countenance any cuts in medical spending on the elderly.
Party leaders like Representatives John Boehner and Paul Ryan have explicitly said they will not countenance big cuts in the military budget, regardless of what other tradeoffs have to be made.
Disclosure laws in the financial industry simply do not countenance such deception.
The truth is, they would never countenance that treatment if it happened in the classroom.
Besides, Mr Sharon has been prepared to countenance such a retreat before: in 1982, as defence minister, he ordered the evacuation of 5, 000 settlers from the Sinai desert, as part of a peace deal with Egypt.
They'll countenance some very limited tax raising powers in peripheral areas, in return for borrowing rights.
At his first press conference for legal correspondents he laid down in writing what questions he would or would not countenance.
Europe's earlier refusal to countenance default gave some lucky bondholders a year in which they could get repaid in full with loans granted by official creditors.
Approaching the wall, his countenance darkened, and he stood before it in silence for several minutes before turning to us saying, 'We have got to find a way to knock this down.
Photographs of the era reveal his features as handsome, but Frick's countenance was intimidating, and that had been no hindrance in his dealings with business rivals and union organizers.
There is a policy vacuum in Britain with austerity the only policy that its Government seems able to countenance.
After all, it was the developing world's refusal to countenance cuts that led America to turn its back on Kyoto in the first place.
Undeniably Jewish by name and by countenance, Hank Greenberg (1911-86) was not avid in his religious practice.
He would now be prepared to countenance a less-than-final agreement that would leave Jerusalem in abeyance for the time being.
When women say we are no longer going to countenance back alley abortions, unequal pay, or under-representation in the halls of justice, politics or finance, the intention alone can move mountains.
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That is the task before them: to countenance the land of the dead like Orpheus, and to carry on in the land of the living.
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In a few unforgettable scenes, he nails the image of a guy who hardly dared to countenance escape, and never left.
In each of them, she was without lines of her own, but her mute, stricken countenance became an important part of the historical impression being created and preserved.
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