Perhaps if we viewed these as national security concerns, such budget cuts would not be countenanced.

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There is even an outside possibility of a televised debate between the candidates - something Mr Chavez never countenanced.

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Rate increases in 1987 did nothing to shore up the dollar's value, but did make the economic outlook cloudier alongside a falling unit of account that the Treasury countenanced.

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He said he thought Dr. Seuss, whose work served as a sort of blueprint in rhyme for the creation of a just post-World War II civil society, would have countenanced the occasion.

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Anyone who countenanced racist behavior would be fired.

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Among the allegations: Chapin, who retired from Winchester, Calif-based HHV several years ago, siphoned off money to other pet charitable causes that amounted to self-dealing, paid himself too much in compensation, and countenanced improper accounting maneuvers that made HHV seem far more financially efficient than it really was.

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