Then and now, it's hard to watch Dorothy be told by such revered authority figures--who have all authority over the fate of her well being, as doctors do--tell her she is not sick when we, as the audience, have been clued in that she is sick.
Several candidates cited the fact that authority over the fate of the flag lies with the state's politicians, not Washington, in order to avoid giving their own opinion.
But while supporters believe emergency managers, unencumbered by political infighting, are freed to make the tough decisions that local governments cannot make on their own, critics consider the entire notion of an outside manager anti-democratic, handing all-encompassing authority over the fate of a place to someone whose sole goal is to cut costs.
Shortly after taking office, he inquired with the French authorities about the fate of three Ustaše implicated in the 1934 assassination of King Alexander in Marseilles and sentenced to life imprisonment.
However, the United States is in ongoing discussions with the Russian authorities over the fate of Edward Snowden, according to White House spokesman Jay Carney.
Hong Kong Security Secretary Lai Tung-kwok said the territory was still awaiting a response from Chinese authorities on the fate of the men, and would ask again "if necessary".
If you look at what's happening in Syria and Iraq and everywhere else, people like Abbas" — Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority — "would share the fate of Qaddafi.
The leaders have the sole authority to determine the fate of legislation, the amount of state money that lawmakers receive for their districts, the type of committee assignments they get and even the size of their paychecks.
In Tehran, the ultimate decision-maker is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, who despite being unelected and a top religious authority, can change the fate of the ongoing talks overnight against Rouhani's wishes.
The pressure the administration put on Egyptian authorities to resolve the fate of the Americans working for nongovernment organizations provoked an angry reaction in Cairo.
