Once they had created enough brainy turbulence, Mr. Shorter stepped up, with just a few authoritative notes or long swirling lines, and, usually at the end of a section, a melody statement that arrived like a cry of pain or a benediction.
The V-8 model Mustang convertible we tested was powerful and fast, with an authoritative exhaust note.
Mr. Kouyaté's leads — at the same volume as everything else he played — were high, trebly phrases, wet with echo, dipping occasionally for a run of authoritative low notes.
Spiced pigeon, again cooked sous-vide, came with artichokes and ale sauce, and was, again, an authoritative, rich, note-perfect piece of cooking.
Paul Kildea, in "Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century," an authoritative new biography, notes that, accounting for inflation, the composer's royalties have doubled since his death, in 1976.
It is important to note that the fatwa comes from a source that is likely to be considered authoritative by large numbers of Sunni Muslims.
Bryn Terfel, authoritative if unsubtle, is matched note for note by the fabulous Stephanie Blythe as Mistress Quickly; also excellent is Patricia Racette as Alice Ford.
Her voice seems to come out of a happy nexus of heart, soul and brain that lends an authoritative weight to every note.
The authoritative European Football Yearbook noted that their triumph "brooked no argument.
Atmospheric Lee Friedlander photos, and authoritative enthusiasm from liner-note writer Ashley Kahn round out a formidable collector's item.
