Some say the explanation for public tolerance lies in the economy, the American people's sense of well-being.

If history is any guide, public tolerance of business irresponsibility will soon end.

There seems to be little public tolerance for anything the Giants do short of routing an opponent.

"The question is, do we have the public tolerance?"

Squeamishness about public tolerance may also explain why some advertisements still fall back on the tried and true.

It may have shaken off the last dust of the closet, but public tolerance for it is superficial at best.

Both the unions and government are watching keenly to gauge the public tolerance to today's the disruption, to influence their future strategies.

The Times, in an editorial, forecast the end of public tolerance for "architecture that is cheap or mean."

By the early 1900s, public tolerance for violence during labor disputes began to decrease.

But what mattered far more to him was whether the episode would reduce public tolerance for police abuses.