Officials from France and the European Union, however, would be more likely to countenance his candidacy, diplomats here said.
Just how much love lost their will be between the teams today remains to be seen, but neither is likely to countenance losing so a draw appears the most likely outcome.
Analysts say outsiders were skeptical of taking over a company with huge debts, entrenched unions and a controlling shareholder -- the government -- that is not likely to countenance draconian remedies.
Similarly, if policymakers tried to do the job solely through refundable tax credits like the EITC, the cost to the government would be well beyond what they likely would countenance.
But in October 1562 the queen nearly died of smallpox, and, faced with the real possibility of a contested succession and a civil war, even rival factions were likely to have countenanced the marriage.
While Ankara had initially sought to remove Assad, its goals have shifted to thwarting Kurdish aspirations along the Turkey's southern border – although it likely "still wouldn't countenance an all-out Assad win," Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told VICE News.
The result is a revenge attack of the sort that Schultz himself seems likely not to have countenanced, or, at least, not to have been ready to participate in.
Unfortunately, today's calm makes it less likely that German politicians will countenance such a shift, with the result that the euro zone's troubles will fester.It may sound churlish to dwell on the potential for politicians to spoil the party when, at last, the news is better than expected on both sides of the Atlantic.
Given that Germany won't countenance anything like debt relief at this point, we are likely set to see a continuation of this game of political cat and mouse through this week's Eurogroup finance ministers' meeting on Thursday, and beyond to the end of the month.
If you have an unfriendly countenance, people are less likely to be receptive to your friendship.
