Word: leeway
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...questions about his conduct with Lewinsky. The President had, after all, not only denied having an affair with her in his Paula Jones deposition; he couldn't remember ever having been alone with her, an assertion that does not allow much room for elaboration. So there was very little leeway for Clinton to change what he intended to say to Starr...
...double standard. But to avoid a bruising battle, Cohen is more likely to seek a compromise: "In the end, the Defense Secretary will probably set a minimum standard that functions as a floor rather than as a ceiling," says Thompson. "In that scenario the Marines would still have the leeway to apply a higher standard." After all, they just wouldn't be Marines if they were judged by the same criteria as civilians...
...control that Microsoft has been accused of exerting in the past -- and apparently continues to, for all its denials -- and its belated concession follows the company's pattern of giving up as little as possible as late as possible. But this apparent loosening gives only a narrow margin of leeway and actually invites scrutiny of other Redmond customs --and Gateway's too -- as other contractual restrictions close in to fill the vacuum: Gateway is making this option available only to subscribers to its Internet service, because so many other ISPs require their subscribers to use Microsoft's browser exclusively...
Camdessus: No. We have never hesitated to interrupt our financing when a country doesn't fulfill its commitment. Of course, we will have to do that with Suharto if--but I hope this will not be the case--he ignores his signature and his pledges. I have no leeway on this. There are conditions established by an executive board representing the entire world...
...have some friends who are now doing some very forced theses, because freshman year they picked the two subjects they like the best for their concentration," freeman said. "I wonder if we actually do students a service by giving them the leeway to do these concentrations...