Moffett notes that both companies are confident the deal canpassmuster, noting among other things that German-owned T-Mobile will become American-owned.
Portugal may be denied its next tranche of rescue money if Lisbon doesn't come up with fiscal measures that canpassmuster with the country's Constitutional Court.
Even if Macau canpassmuster with Wall Street and U.S. regulators, the bigger question may be what it portends for China whether its roguish success rides on the kinds of epic corruption that the Party recognizes as one of its most urgent threats.
In this way, they can promulgate laws and judicial rulings that would simply never passmuster with the American people or a majority of their elected representatives.