The Palestinian Authority, with its own deep-seated problems, had assumed authority over most of the Palestinian population.
Caitlin Flanagan wringing her hands over the imagined promiscuity of Aziz Ansari's accuser is not obviously connected to the man who hangs out on my timeline until I mention a perfume so that he can chide me about how much it costs, but both have assumed authority over how much another human being can or should want.
On one hand, he said, Mr. Bremer of the American occupation was widely seen as having assumed too much of the authority over Iraq.
Under the Reagan Administration, the budget office has assumed the authority to review the rules under an executive order requiring Federal regulations to be examined for their costs and other impacts as well as for benefits.
Mr. Ghonim pointed out on Twitter that, in the absence of a Parliament, the new president would presumably swear his oath of office to the military council, which has assumed legislative authority.
As a precursor to the deal, Windcrest had assumed taxing authority on the property from San Antonio.
But it soon became clear that King Gyanendra had assumed executive authority himself, a move that many say is illegal.
Notable invitees to the executives branch were James and Lachlan Murdoch, who have assumed increased authority over 20th Century Fox from their father, Rupert Murdoch.
The Regents plan, if approved by the Legislature, would be the first time the state has assumed complete authority over a school district.
The last sentence of Darwin's 1880 book, "The Power of Movement in Plants," has assumed scriptural authority for some plant neurobiologists: "It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the tip of the radicle . . .
They discounted the reports in the state news media that the military council had assumed legislative authority, and also wrote off the soldiers and the riot police officers barring entrance to Parliament.
