"We receive orders and carry out attacks immediately," he said, insisting that their militia commanders had been given authority by Iraqi security officials.
Also, the United States Supreme Court is expected to soon decide the issue of whether the F.D.A. was given authority by Congress to regulate the tobacco industry.
Officials acknowledge that a frustrated Kerry still has not been given authority by the White House to bring any meaningful pressure to bear against Assad or Russia, placing him in a weak negotiating position.
The insurance superintendent was given authority by the same act to investigate affairs of the foreign companies, such investigation to be at the expense of the company, and if he found the condition of any one unsound, to close up the business of the company by application to the circuit court of the county in which it had its principal office.
He embraced the truth that the authority of the Gospel he proclaimed with his mouth was given authority by the nature and character of the life he led.
The company was given authority by its owners to apply for a 20-year concession to collect tolls on a new bridge; if the tolls gave a profit beyond covering the debt of the bridge, it was to be used for further construction of roads on Sotra and Øygarden.
Wodrow and his fellow trustees were given authority by the Virginia General Assembly to settle disputes regarding the town's land lots and to "open and clear" the town's "streets and lanes" in accordance with the original survey and plan for Romney.
Casey and his fellow trustees were given authority by the Virginia General Assembly to settle disputes regarding the town's land lots and to "open and clear" the town's "streets and lanes" in accordance with the original survey and plan for Romney.
One believes in a religious authority, because they have been given authority by their superiors, who in turn get their authority from their subordinates.
To help IBRA squeeze Suharto's cronies, the agency was given authority to seize assets, by force if necessary, without having to go through Indonesia's corrupt courts.
