Sentence examples for extraordinary leeway from inspiring English sources
The Americans would have none of it, though, and MacArthur, enjoying extraordinary leeway over Japan policy, worked closely with Hirohito to set up suitable fall guys for the Tokyo War Tribunal and keep the throne out of the picture.
But applicants are given extraordinary leeway, especially if their parents are not college graduates, they are members of a minority group or they possess an extracurricular talent in high demand.
As the economy has shed jobs — 533,000 last month alone — and his party has been punished by irate voters, the weakened president has granted his Treasury secretary extraordinary leeway in managing the crisis.
At the time, its operatives were allowed extraordinary leeway in forging contacts with Islamic militants in Afghanistan and in the disputed territory of Kashmir, according to senior Pakistani officials and a broad range of published accounts, including the book, "Holy War Inc".
Namely, that as Chief Executive, President Obama has extraordinary leeway under our current immigration laws to prevent the deportation of certain immigrants if it is not in our national interest to deport them.
These men have extraordinary power to decide how much leeway the government will be given to roll back civil liberties in order to fight terrorism.
At a time when Americans are willing to vest extraordinary power in the president, to trust him with life-and-death decisions, to give him him considerable leeway in curbing civil liberties and spending billions, this is a time when questions and debate are what patriotism demands.
LEEWAY COTTAGE, by Beth Gutcheon.
