In Sweden a constitutional provision requires that nearly all public documents (including the proceedings of authorities that make appointments) be open for public inspection, thus providing a check upon corruption or favouritism.
In the end, however, it is Turing's abuse at the hands of the authorities that makes him such a powerful, and cinematic, figure – and one whose story can have an ever more resonant effect on contemporary society.
There are, of course, authorities that make no such claim.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board, an obscure but powerful authority that makes the rules for corporate accounting, is about to change that.
The text cuts the line about having fallen "into the vale of years", but he has a quiet, easy authority that makes up for that.
This brief but poignant speech raised serious issues about the nature of authority that made all that had come before seem inconsequential.
But their Latin language still possesses a compressed authority that makes the stone inscriptions of that fallen empire speak with silent gravitas.
His writing conveyed a genial connoisseurship of the music and a quiet authority that made him widely respected among both musicians and listeners.
In glasses and a short, tight dress, Ms. Hong has perfected the sexy librarian look, carrying a certain authority that makes her a natural for the job.
June 30 2010 The rock icon Sting has made genuinely serious efforts to engage with classical music: his John Dowland album, "Songs from the Labyrinth," had a craggy authority that made it worth a Deutsche Grammophon release.
