Obama needed to earn the authority to tell hard truths, and that could only be done by first acknowledging the various grievances and perceived wrongs that have accumulated over the years, on all sides (in this way, the Cairo speech was the foreign equivalent to the speech on race that he gave in Philadelphia during the campaign, with many of the same rhetorical moves).
By putting African money into the war chest against poachers, Africa will have earned the moral authority to stand beside China and other countries of the Far East and unapologetically demand the closure of domestic ivory markets.
In lesser hands "The Obamas" would be an act of astonishing overreach, but Ms. Kantor, who covered the Obamas for The New York Times during the 2008 presidential campaign, and is currently a Washington correspondent for the paper, has earned the voice of authority.
It was a bold move that earned the ire of the authorities.
Derby city council has called for the right to impose a levy on large supermarkets, which it says could earn the local authority an estimated £2m a year.
He has earned the right to his authority, of course.
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority earned the admiration of many of his people by pressing his case for statehood upon the Security Council, rejecting American requests to withhold the application and refusing to return to negotiations with Israel without a freeze on settlements in the West Bank.
Harbhajan's batting was notable for an exceptionally aggressive 18-ball innings in the First Test in Bulawayo, where he struck four fours and three sixes in a cameo innings of 37. Harbhajan's difficulties were compounded when he earned the ire of cricket authorities by publicly attacking Chappell and defending Ganguly after the team returned to India.
She believes that she has earned that authority by putting the most effort into it.
Yet Phailin is becoming better known for what it didn't do - thereby earning the Indian authorities some rare praise for their preparedness.
