Harris, who has the necessary happy countenance of the successful politician, would suffice if, as I suspect, she turns out to be more moderate than she now appears.
They have been perfectly happy to countenance the idea of curbs on capital movements such as a financial transaction tax, and have no problems with imposing tariffs to prevent the dumping of Chinese steel.
Curiouser still, is that some of the world's think tanks who shout the loudest that human-caused climate change might not even be a thing, or at least a thing not worth worrying about, are happy to countenance geoengineering as a solution to the problem they think is overblown.
What is worrying is the complacency in the centre ground, expressed by respected political commentators like David Brooks, Thomas Friedman and Bill Keller in the New York Times, the FT's Gideon Rachman and the Independent's Steve Richards, who seem happy to countenance losing a little liberty to make the world safer.
But Olivi is happy to countenance representations of this sort.
Until recently, I had always been told I had a happy, enthusiastic countenance.
But he is happy too to countenance the view that the three divine persons could be distinct by non-relational properties (on this, see conveniently Cross [1999a], 65 67).
Self-appointed religious leaders fail to see that this soullessness — not the dreaded liberal elite who insist on saying "Happy Holidays" or refuse to countenance discrimination against gay customers — is a threat to the moral fiber of a democracy that requires a modicum of common sense and human decency to function.
True, there was a welter of emotion to be countenanced, but I was happy to be doing it and became lost to the outside world.
The broad middle classes, it seems, draw the line at paying extra to fund public services and refuse to countenance any major redistribution to the poor, but are quite happy to pay out if told that their environmental roof is about to fall in.
The manager who says he is truly happy with his squad, that he has the best player possible for any position and could not countenance spending a little bit more, has not been invented yet.
