Grounds
Grounds noun - Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.
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Requests
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Similarly, Muldoon's requests for military grade weapons to control the animals in an emergency were constantly diluted by Hammond on grounds of cost.
Source: Literature / Jurassic Park -
He's even said that he has refused requests to have sex in the Blue's Clues 'Thinking Chair' that he was given, on the grounds that it would feel like a bunch of parents were watching him do it.
Source: Contractual Purity - Pleasantville. The anti-color laws violate the First Amendment and the authorities refuse to give the hero a lawyer when he requests one on the grounds that they want things to remain pleasant.
Source: There Is No Higher Court
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