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It was a religion that steadfastly refused to admit or countenance homosexuals, so when young Evans came out to friends and later to his parents, it seemed obvious that he would have to move out and make his own way at 17.

Despite the advanced age of the candidate, the Trump campaign was characterized by petulance and immaturity, adopting the countenance of a spoiled rich kid sneering at his mom for telling him to do his homework.

Morsi was an awful, incompetent leader, but the country’s authoritarian elites simply could not countenance the messy consequences of participatory democracy.

The state Supreme Court on Saturday, however, refused to take up the case, holding that the timing of the petition came too close to the election: “This Court will neither impose nor countenance substantial alterations to existing laws and procedures during the pendency of an ongoing election.”

It’s an appropriate last play for Flynn to direct in his role as the leader of a theater committed to showing us our collective countenance, warts and all.