The national mind-set that condones this sort of extremism was cultivated and encouraged under the military dictatorships of Gen. Mohammad Zia ul-Haq from 1977 to 1988 and Gen. Pervez Musharraf from 1999 to 2008.
"Miscegenation and racial mixing were actually encouraged under the guise of 'blanqueamiento' — the concerted whitening of the nation," Dr. Edwards said.
Direct imitation of Chinese costume and acting techniques was encouraged under the reign (1847 83) of Emperor Tu Duc, and it is probable that the present form of hat boi dates from this period.
Supporting private business is now encouraged under the general license that lets Cuban-Americans visit relatives, and in 2009, President Obama established a new policy letting Cuban-Americans visit the island whenever they want, and send unlimited remittances to relatives.
In Langhorne, Dr. Richard Leshner, a cardiologist, said he feared that accountable care organizations — groups of doctors and hospitals, encouraged under the law, which are supposed to work together to coordinate patients' care and thus cut costs — would strip individual doctors of their autonomy.
For example, the Basel II equity capital requirements allow every country to treat the debt of other governments with some caution (although, without doubt, more caution is needed than was actually used in the past, or even than is encouraged under the new Basel III agreement).
On the contrary, looting was encouraged under the logic that the collections would be safer elsewhere.
Career-related interventions in high schools were encouraged under the 1994 School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA).
The elaboration of such sector specific rules is not only feasible, it is encouraged under the Regulation.
Besides intensifying the domestic natural gas exploration, the importation of natural gas from Kazakhstan and Burma should also be encouraged, under the premise of ensuring energy security.
