Sistani and Moqtada are natural foes, for personal and ideological reasons, and Sistani, because of his immensely greater religious authority, commands a much larger following among Iraqi Shiites.
Of growing importance in the weeks ahead could also be the respect and authority commanded by the investigation board convened to examine the debris, flight data, photographs and other evidence of what might have contributed to the disaster.
Despite his long-running battles with broadcasters such as Kyle Sandilands and Alan Jones who have racked up plenty of licence breaches, Chapman believed the authority commanded attention and the cowboy antics slowed during his tenure.
This is a London in-joke, since the portrait is clearly based on the elegant English literary theorist and convinced anti-Zionist Jacqueline Rose, "a woman whose quiet authority commanded respect not only in England but in America and the Middle East, wherever anti-Zionists — Finkler would not have gone so far as to say anti-Semites — were gathered".
Phasma, or the Chrometrooper as fans have dubbed her because of the custom silver armor she wears as a sign of her authority, commands the Stormtroopers of the First Order.
Seven of the fragments could be interpreted as words related to power ("power", "direct", "lead", "authority", "control", "command" and "rich").
Independent surveys, including those by the Pew Research Center and Ipsos, consistently show that the Chinese central authorities command a high degree of respect and support within the country.
Key independent surveys, including those by the Pew or the Asian Barometer over the past decade, show a consistent pattern in which the Chinese central authorities command a high degree of respect and support (above 75percentt) within the country.
She made it about halfway up the pole when authorities commanded her to come down, but she continued to go up and remove the flag, which was padlocked in place.
