Word: leeway
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Rosenthal said that he hopes he will have substantial leeway as a doctor to discuss responsible drinking with students...
...first, Raines seemed like the right man for the right time. The 9/11 attacks--which occurred six days after he took the job--required firm, aggressive leadership, and Raines mobilized the staff for all-out coverage. But the heads of the Times's bureaus traditionally had leeway in deciding what stories to cover, and as the crisis ebbed and Raines' top-down crisis structure became business as usual, it began to rankle. He shook up the staff, giving choice assignments to cronies. He was brusque and domineering. He launched a crusade against the Augusta National golf club's exclusion...
Unlike the other institutes for advanced study, which have had the leeway to develop space that meets the needs of their programs, Radcliffe remains entangled in space constraints. Many Radcliffe-owned buildings are rented out, providing the Institute with considerable income but also limiting its ability to develop a central place for fellows to convene and work, which Faust views as essential to the fellowship program’s growth and success. FAS currently holds leases to three major buildings in Radcliffe Yard—Byerly Hall, Agassiz Theatre and the Rieman Center...
Before the Patriot Act, authorities could examine library records only after proving in open court that there was probable cause to suspect that a crime had been committed. The Patriot Act gave the government wider leeway by expanding the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), legislation that created secret courts to review applications for domestic wiretaps and searches in the name of national security. Now the government needs merely to convince a FISA court that looking at book-borrowing histories or library Internet usage is relevant to an ongoing terrorist investigation, whether or not a crime has been committed...
...disappointed as his father did. Bush picks nominees considered ideologically sound and understands the political value of fighting for those, like Charles Pickering and Priscilla Owen, labeled ultraconservative by Democrats. By sticking with his core supporters on the issues they care most about, Bush has given himself leeway to disappoint them on what Norquist calls "second-and third-tier issues." That's what he did last year when he signed the McCain-Feingold campaign finance-reform bill, which conservatives despised. "Were we unhappy?" asks Norquist. "Yes. But I vote on taxes. Were gun owners unhappy? Yes. But they vote...