No government in New Delhi would countenance any change in the status in Kashmir.
Is the government's role in poverty so essential that they would countenance more in the way of obscene Suleman copycats?
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.
In his refusal to countenance failure there, Mr Bush seems to have understood this imperative.
Some sort of partition of Kashmir seems the most likely outcome of any peace process, though it is unlikely that either side will publicly countenance this in the short term.
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.
Although he has played successfully on the popular yearning for stability, he has not got to grips with the political impasse that brought the country to crisis in the first place: the refusal of le pouvoir to countenance any strong Islamic force in politics.
"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.
Their refusal to countenance the truth in the discussion of Israel Columbia, my alma mater just established an institute of Palestine studies.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: CUNY, Tony Kushner and Jeffrey Wiesenfeld
Their refusal to countenance the truth in the discussion of Israel -- Columbia, my alma mater just established an institute of Palestine studies.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: CUNY, Tony Kushner and Jeffrey Wiesenfeld
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.
On Iraq, America, with virtually only Britain in full support, has refused to countenance the idea that the time is coming to remove sanctions which are torturing a people but have so far left the ruling regime untouched.
Not only has his studied inability to defend the country attenuated many Israelis' faith in the state's ability to defend them, Olmert's refusal to countenance the public's demand that he resign after the war in Lebanon and his insistent postwar attempts to give away Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem to Fatah while wrecking the strategic alliance with the US have sown confusion and discord.
The truth is, they would never countenance that treatment if it happened in the classroom.
On the other side is the patriarchal countenance of the Great Helmsman later in life, looking every bit the god-like emperor he had become.
It was, said Vasari, "a portrait of Signora Giulia Farnese with the countenance of Our Lady, and in the same picture the head of Pope Alexander adoring her".
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.
For Castro cannot ever really countenance any foreign influence of any kind in Cuba.
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.
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