The good news is that because it is not a licensed product, it can do things that iRiver might not officially condone, namely compressing DVD movies - even copy-protected ones - into a Clix-friendly format.

The secret protocols caused Hitler to be in the humiliating position of having to hurriedly evacuate ethnic German families, the Volksdeutsche, who had lived in Finland and the Baltic countries for centuries, while officially condoning the invasions.

MORE than two decades after the birth control pill launched a sexual revolution in the United States, the Japanese Government is close to officially condoning its use.

Hubert closed his eyes briefly, for while the Church did not officially condone the coup de grace, no one could deny its existence-and its preference to the prolonged agony that Murdoch now faced.

In 1997 the Legislature officially condoned the fights, ordering the State Athletic Commission to draw up rules to govern them.

At a subsequent meeting between General Otis and General Mikhail Zaitsev, the commander of Group of Soviet Forces Germany, General Otis made it clear that the U.S. Army believed that Nicholson's murder "[was] officially condoned, if not directly ordered."

City officials did not officially condone the activities but rather unofficially regulated them.

Although unable to officially condone the actions of the young women, the dean offers a chance for Tobey to carry out Paxton's "punishment" while turning a blind eye.