Word: leeway
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...Will Abe tinker with Japan's constitution, and allow greater leeway for the country's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to act abroad? "I'd like to draft a new constitution with my own hands," he told an LDP convention on Sept. 1, when he declared his candidacy for party president. He won't get the chance to do that; but Abe will almost certainly reinterpret the constitution in a way that allows the military to engage in collective self-defense actions with allies, a move Koizumi?no softie on defense?never pulled off, even while he dispatched Japanese forces...
...time and effort necessary to have the paper completed by deadline.” Make sure these circumstances are purely academic, like an influx of papers or tests.Then respectfully request an extension of a day or two. Make the time period as vague as possible to give yourself some leeway; the last thing you want is to be facing another strict deadline. Craft the tone so that it’s not overly apologetic, but simply regretful. Most importantly, close with a line asking what the penalty will be if an extension cannot be granted. Showing your teaching fellow...
...first years of the law, Bush administration officials rejected most attempts to give states any leeway in complying with the law. But as support has flagged among educators and in state legislatures, the Education Department has shown signs of leniency. It is now considering allowing states to create special exams for students with disabilities, rather than mandating those students to take the traditional state tests. The law originally required school districts to allow students to transfer from a school if its test scores lagged for two straight years; now those schools don't have to provide transfers for those students...
...from the get-go he was the perfect person for me to be working with,” on her thesis entitled “At the Critical Crossroads: Lionel Trilling and the Transformation of the Public Intellectual.”“He gave me the leeway to talk about my own opinions rather than just give dry academic research,” Atlas said.Goh agreed, describing how throughout the “drama” of his thesis, with issues such as the loss of a chapter due to computer problems, he “couldn?...
Other than that I have enjoyed the light family atmosphere at the ballparks.There is also some leeway in taunting the opposing players...