However, White House officials disagreed about what constituted a tolerable level of deficit spending in the long term.
The question, then, is who decides what constitutes a "tolerable" level of repression in the absence of a democratic system?
Re "A Blasphemy Spreads: Debts Are O.K". (Arts & Ideas pages, Jan . 19: While there is controversy about the tolerable level of debt, the reason for debt makes a difference.
That is because the tolerable level of a pollutant is gradually lowered, and lowered again, until the air — or water, or whatever it is — is clear.
The highest tolerable level of the measurement system variability (σm) is firstly assessed by means of PTR∗ in the quarter of plane (Tol, σm).
Mr. Howard and the Liberal Party have a successful economic record to run on, with low inflation, modest growth and a tolerable level of unemployment.
Realising that no risk is really ever appropriate, the ICMSF (2002) has suggested to use the term "tolerable level of risk" (TLR).
More realistically, it may be set in terms of a policy standard or a supposedly tolerable level of risk.
Network and security policies can be configured to achieve tolerable levels of performance according to application needs.
This requires four vessels, in order to accommodate a demanding maintenance and safety cycle, as well as tolerable levels of crew training and seashore harmony.
In the past several years, more and more state and local governments have adopted privatization as a way to balance their budgets, while maintaining at least tolerable levels of services.
