While other N.F.L. general managers quietly tolerate agents as a necessary evil, Young loudly draws a harder line.

China and her neighbors have been quietly tolerating these incredible acts of aggression long enough.

It is appalling that China violates international law by sending defectors back to North Korea, but China does quietly tolerate a still considerable North Korean presence.

The executive added that Mr. Goodman had told associates that after years of quietly tolerating the upheavals on the show, he was simply "fed up."

But Professor Staples and other surveillance experts suggest the general debate should include "Tiny Brothers," a term he and others use to describe the many private security cameras that most people quietly tolerate or do not think about.

The French government quietly tolerated the group, especially during Franco's regime, when ETA members could face the death penalty in Spain.

Vietnamese say Mr. Cong, when he was agriculture minister, quietly tolerated free-enterprise farming on a wide scale.

After quietly tolerating the Muslim male right of having up to four wives, the Government has said France will recognize only one spouse and consider other marriages annulled.

After three weeks of quietly tolerating the American buildup, Soviet officials began questioning the nature of the United States military strategy this week.

Press reports indicate the public in Atlanta either highly appreciates Baton Bob or quietly tolerates him.