Word: leeway
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...recently contentious issue of trade policy, Wen said that talks with President Bush were highly productive, noting that the President had agreed to give China more leeway in its development...
...school, Jean Chamoux has seen a wave of Muslim students enroll as families look for more tolerant alternatives to French public schools. "Two decades ago," he says, "Muslim leaders requested the same kinds of considerations other religions enjoy: designated sections in cemeteries, construction permits for places of worship, some leeway in the observance of Ramadan or the wearing of head scarves. Those were denied. Today, the children of those leaders are demanding - not requesting - their right to freedom of religion as citizens of Europe." To many Muslims, last week's episode in Italy suggests that some religions are more free...
...Under pressure from the state of Lower Saxony, which owns a 22% stake in the automaker and occupies two seats on its supervisory board, VW in 2001 agreed to hire 5,000 unemployed people and work with local government agencies to train them. In return, VW will have greater leeway in setting their hours according to production demands. Part of the deal also entails that workers form teams to solve assembly-line glitches. Cost-cutting isn't enough, though. For VW to grow profits, it will need to sell plenty of those higher-margin luxury cars. And to do that...
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...