Some legal tinkering by politicians, however, allowed the creation in 1954 of what is euphemistically called the "Self-Defense Forces (SDF)." That military now has grown into a formidable fighting machine authorized to keep more than a quarter-million ground troops, sailors and airmen in uniform.
Somewhat akin to the argument which has been considered is the objection that the deputy marshals authorized by the act of Congress to be created and to attend the elections are authorized to keep the peace, and that this is a duty which belongs to the State authorities alone.
Because of the Philippine-American War (1899 1902), the president was authorized to keep the strength of the regular army at a maximum of 65,000 members, and in 1901 this figure was raised to 100,000.
International peacekeeping forces may be authorized to keep warring parties apart pending further negotiations.
From now on, the center will be authorized to keep that information for five years.
International peacekeeping forces may be authorized to keep warring parties apart pending further negotiations (see United Nations Peacekeeping Forces).
In 1603 the powerless but prestigious imperial court, which over the years had dutifully assigned Ieyasu titles that reflected his growing power, appointed him shogun (generalissimo), thereby acknowledging that this most powerful daimyo in Japan was the man officially authorized to keep the peace in the emperor's name.
After the world was officially declared free of smallpox in 1980, countries destroyed their smallpox stocks or shipped them to two labs authorized to keep them, one in the United States and one in Russia.
At the time, he maintained that he had been divinely authorized to keep the car.
The homeowner was also not authorized to keep deadly snakes at the Thousand Oaks home, officials said.
