Word: overstepping
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...China covertly delivers nuclear fuel to Algeria or transfers M-9 missiles to Syria, it is violating specific, public commitments. The sale of missiles to Pakistan would not break any formal Chinese pledges but would overstep the guidelines set by the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) agreed on by 15 countries. Even though China is not a party to that agreement, under U.S. law the violation could trigger economic sanctions against Beijing...
...feel he really did overstep his bounds," says Karen I. Pelto, environmental affairs coordinator for the Charles River Watershed Association, which supports better water quality and public access to the river. "I'm not saying [(Scheme Z] wouldn't have been approved, but there would have been stricter requirements had Salvucci not been as powerful...
These letters, whether to prospective employers, Harvard alums, or other contacts should be in the language of the country unless you feel quite confident that the recipient is a fluent English speaker. Be careful, however, not to overstep the bounds of your language ability by having someone else write the letter for you. If your language ability is up to it, don't hesitate to use the phone...
...Secretary of Health and Human Services. To avoid possible confirmation complications, Sullivan renounced all claims to nearly $500,000 in severance pay and deferred compensation legally owed him by the Morehouse School of Medicine. Even Senate Democrats wondered aloud if Sullivan's excessive concern with appearances did not overstep the bounds of financial prudence. Meanwhile, George Bush's ethics commission solemnly debated whether a top Government official should be entitled to royalties if he composed a hit song in his spare time...
...suicide is shown on the news that night, a grisly reminder of the Philadelphia station that broadcast the public suicide of the Pennsylvania treasurer (who was under indictment) a couple of years ago. In that particular case, televison clearly did overstep an unspoken boundary by showing one of life's truly, indisputably private moments...