Sentence examples for consolidated authority from inspiring English sources

After the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, Attorney General John Ashcroft consolidated authority for terrorism prosecutions in Washington.

What began as stylistic necessity has become a mannerism: while Merwin's poems have turned more sociable and didactic, they still seek the consolidated authority of the flowing and the deep.

But in the nineteen-thirties Congress was unable to mount a response to the rise of Nazi Germany, and during the Cold War the prospect of sudden nuclear attack further consolidated authority in the White House.

But emotional flash points in this campaign have centered on three issues: mayoral control, specifically whether the State Legislature gave Mayor Michael Bloomberg too much power when it consolidated authority over the schools in City Hall in 2002; failing schools and when to close them; and the role of charter schools, which receive public money but are exempt from some state regulations.

Barack Obama signed on to the approach, but it cost counterinsurgents the trust of the White House, which under Obama has consolidated authority over foreign and defense policy.

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān pacified the country and consolidated his authority.

Once back in power Aliyev quickly sidelined political foes and consolidated his authority.

Meanwhile, in Anatolia, Murad had extended his power as far as Tokat and consolidated his authority in Ankara.

In 740 or 741, after having consolidated his authority in Khurasan and carried out tax reforms that eased the social unrest, Nasr ibn Sayyar advanced into the middle Jaxartes valley, making for Shash.

At the same time, the results have slowly consolidated and legitimised the authority of Hun Sen, Cambodia's prime minister of 18 years.

Hordes of wealthy tourists had replaced seafarers, and those privileged travelers moved through a world characterized by consolidated state and corporate authority.