The most authoritative official statement on Re-education Through Labor's fate since January, by a political and legal affairs party leader, Chen Jiping, suggests that the system will be entirely scrapped by the end of 2013.
The judge makes plain that the outcome would likely have been different had the government offered an authoritative official statement that "protected First Amendment activities occurring by Americans on American soil".
For a quarter of a century he was the editor of the American Contract Bridge League's Bulletin, and he is currently editor in chief of the sixth edition of the comprehensive and authoritative Official Encyclopedia of Bridge.
But in another, less ridiculous way, it arrived when there was basic always-on Internet access in every major population center (this point is by no means authoritative or official, just a convenient one to consider).
In contemporary Greek it denoted a weighty, authoritative, royal, and official message.
"If the president isn't signing the document, then I don't think we have an authoritative request," the official said.
Chances are, though, that an official authoritative app from the FAA will give pilots a lot more confidence than third-party services.
He then devotes himself wholeheartedly to his martial arts practice and creates several official and authoritative techniques including the "five step, thirteen lance piercing kick", which is a development of Shaolin Fanzi boxing, and the "Zhou Tong cudgel".
The group, which included leading influenza researchers and public health officials, has no authoritative power.
What laws are in force in that system depends on what social standards its officials recognize as authoritative; for example, legislative enactments, judicial decisions, or social customs.
