Word: leeway
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...President was talking explicitly to Premier Khrushchev and the Soviet leadership. He assumed that the military build-up of the beleaguered island was no longer a matter of Cuban authority. And if he offered any political leeway (even the alternative of a back-down), it was to the Soviet suppliers, not the Cuban consumers...
...demand for ministers exceeds the supply, and the churches have no choice but to accept the kind of clergyman that the divinity schools choose to turn out. "This means that theological seminaries, if they can assert even a modicum of independence vis-a-vis the organization, have much leeway for doing at least some of the things that their Christian reason advocates they should...
...food and sake up and down the aisles. Not the least of Kodama's claims to fame is its split-second scheduling. Trains leave with the precision of a time signal, are allowed errors of only 15 seconds in passing major stations along the route. Five minutes' leeway is permitted on time of arrival but more than a minute of this margin is rarely used...
...President went on to say that Stevenson's performance at the U.N. was "admirable''; the U.S., he added, "needs you more" there than in the Senate. Further, said Kennedy, Stevenson would play "an expanding role" in determining U.S. foreign policy-meaning that Adlai might have more leeway in what he says, though Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk will still be in control...
...hour, he has submitted, half anxiously, half belligerently, a rough pencil sketch of his idea to Editorial Page Editor Robert Lasch. The two have a smooth working relation. "Bob," says Mauldin, "is like a good cop, there to protect you, not to arrest you." Mauldin is given unusual leeway in his work; the paper has never asked him to come out for or against anyone. On the other hand, says Lasch, "there have never been any serious disagreements. Mauldin does not consider himself bigger than the Post-Dispatch...