Word: flout
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...same token, several representatives of the normally tight-lipped judiciary have recently spoken out against the government in ways that seem to flout the limits of impartiality. Neither side appears to see the real danger in Turkey's ongoing clash between political Islam and staunch secularism: that the democratic institutions the country has built up over 85 years might be irrevocably undermined. What Turkey urgently needs is to rally behind the principles of democracy, regardless of how this current saga plays out. For that to happen, both sides are going to have to learn to build a consensus together instead...
...bigger challenge for FIFA is that in their current form, the proposals are flat-out illegal, because they flout the European Union's rules permitting workers the freedom of movement among member states. FIFA's plan drew a "red card" from Vladimir Spidla, E.U. Employment Commissioner, ahead of the Sydney meeting...
...spew the most pesticides, erode the most soil, grow the most fattening foods, and use their handouts to buy out smaller farmers and depopulate rural America. Only 1% of Americans are farmers, and the largest 5% of those farmers vacuum up three-fourths of the subsidies. The subsidies also flout our international trade agreements, and end up severely damaging the non-agricultural sectors that make up the other 99% of our economy...
...America (RIAA), is disappointed in you. His clients have made available, in Marks’ words, “exciting new digital models that offer fans, including college students, their favorite music how they want it and where they want it.” Yet still, wayward students, you flout him, resorting to illegal free downloads without stopping for a moment to consider buying the $20 CD. Marks goes on to paint a harrowing portrait of a world free of music, consumed by collegiate greed: “thousands of regular, working class musicians and others out of work, stores...
...second term ends in 2009 has divided the ANC: One camp is led by Mbeki himself, who is constitutionally barred from a third term - but is still considering whether to find a way to run again, or to throw his weight behind a designated successor. Mbeki certainly hopes to flout the ambitions of his estranged former deputy Jacob Zuma. Mbeki sacked the populist Zuma following a series of corruption allegations and a rape charge against the deputy president, although he remains the deputy leader...