However, White House officials disagreed about what constituted a tolerable level of deficit spending in the long term.

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The problem remained at a tolerable level through most of the American Century.

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The reality is that only very fast economic growth will bring unemployment down to a tolerable level in a reasonable length of time.

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When Eve intercepts these tweaked photons, she can gather information on them while keeping the error rate she introduces just below a tolerable level.

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As it happens, the same growth rates that are needed to bring unemployment down to a tolerable level in a reasonable length of time will also bring the deficit down fast.

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The outcome is that - compared to a tolerable risk level of one in 100, 000 (in any one year) - we have actually come out with a risk of one in 112.

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In some applications a lower level of security is tolerable, says Mr Thieme.

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As the range of the newest-generation Gulfstreams increased, Gulfstream engineers designed a structure that would allow a more tolerable 6, 000-foot cabin level.

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Even then, some level of impurity must be tolerable.

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