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Meanwhile, some of Flushing's Afghans worry that their chance at the American dream might be flouted by the U. S. government.

Although the ban is often flouted, particularly at street stalls and small shops, it is widely praised for helping to change attitudes.

At the time, I believe the Union had an official cutoff age of 18 for soldiers, but that was often flouted and people often lied.

The voting age in India is 18. Girls can legally marry at 18 and boys at 21, although the law is often flouted, especially in rural areas.

But even in death, Mr. Wasserstein seems to have flouted any such worries.

Hence the fact that China's environment and energy rules continue to be flouted by localities focused solely on growth.

At some Spanish resorts tourists who flouted the law would be sternly escorted back to their hotels by the Civil Guard.

Although many of the provisions have been flouted, it has increased worker consciousness, said Li Qiang, a New York-based labor expert.

The first principle of the use of force, which the British, French and US governments have flouted, is to ensure that it is effective.

For Posner, intellectuals should stick to things they know, advice he flouted in his own book.

No easy task, to be sure, judging by how euro-area countries flouted the fiscal targets in their Stability and Growth Pact.

The Palestinian Authority also stands to gain stature if its leadership enforces its sovereignty in a place that has flouted authority.

he watched her with amused twinkling eyes , yet in spite of himself sad that she flouted him.

Some politicians moaned that the show flouted Indonesian cultural traditions of respect for authority.

Why should Mr Mugabe even consider meeting this array of conditions, when he has so blatantly flouted or rejected them in the past?

And the army's ceasefire deals have often been flouted; Mr Fazalullah has torn up at least two of them.

Surprisingly, the overtaking on the right regulation is flouted with alarming frequency.

Critics of the government's involvement maintain that bondholders have been punished, union workers coddled and laws flouted in the process.

In heated competition with each other to lend money, banks have flouted both basic risk-management practices and government regulations.

Those who claim to respect international law cannot avert their eyes when those laws are flouted.

He flouted President Reggan in 1982 by leading the charge to shore up the recession-plagued housing industry.

Endowed with a flair for the theatrical, she has called the judge a monster and the trial a farce, and merrily flouted court protocol.

Doctors who have flouted the official ban on the treatment have faced prosecution and even harassment by Kremlin-backed youth groups.

In this way Israel has flouted all the big agreements under American and international auspices.

It suggests a treating with contempt She flouted my offers of help and friendship .

She flouted all my offers of help and friendship.

In the countryside, too, the rules are being flouted.

These rules are widely flouted, of course.

Not only does the country have lower standards than the West, but even the rules on the books are routinely flouted.

Sometimes, in order to obey one maxim, the other maxims may be flouted.

But these are widely seen as a soft option, and are often flouted altogether;