By this, they mean an end to sanctions, approval for Iran's civilian nuclear programme and the unfreezing of billions of dollars in assets.
Neither the journal itself, nor its cover, however, were submitted to me for my sanction and approval before publication.
Examples are sanction, either "approval" or "punishment"; oversight, either "watchful care" or "silly mistake"; and awful, which has traveled from awe inspiring (now awesome) to "really miserable".
He noted Tuesday that the issue remained what kind of "official sanction, or approval, is going to be granted by the government, if you will, to particular relationships".
Moment, in this sense, seems like one of those Janus words with opposite meanings, like sanction (penalty; approval) or sanguine (bloody; optimistic).
"It is simply ridiculous that multiracial children should have to have the sanction and approval of other minority groups in order to have their own identity," Ms. Graham testified before Congress in 1997.
Although US President Barack Obama cannot fully lift that sanction without approval from Congress, his executive action eases several provisions.
Lawmakers signed a bill in August 2017 that not only placed sanctions on Russia but limited Trump's ability to negotiate on sanctions without congressional approval.
The House of Representatives voted for a wide-ranging bill Tuesday that will slap further sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea, while also limiting President Trump's ability to waive these sanctions without congressional approval.
US senators have reached an agreement on legislation imposing new sanctions on Russia, including a provision that would prevent the White House from easing, suspending or ending sanctions without congressional approval.
The president issued two statements outlining his concerns with the bill, which he called "seriously flawed," primarily because it limits his ability to negotiate sanctions without congressional approval.
