In any institution there has to be a final authority, that is, a "boss" — someone who can make the final decision and who can then expect to be obeyed.
In any institution there has to be a final authority, that is, a "boss" — someone who can, in a situation of common peril, make the final decision and who can then expect to be obeyed — and every institution is likely to encounter one sooner or later.
On matters relating to the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Fred Astaire and the music of old Hollywood and Broadway, Mr. Feinstein has established himself as a final authority whose photographic memory for names, dates, obscure lyrics and below-the-title credits few would dare challenge.
Tall, blond and gaunt with hooded eyes in a masklike face, Mr. von Sydow, now 83, has always projected the weight of a final authority, whether holy or demonic.
The Dalai Lama and China have repeatedly tussled over who has final authority on the issue of reincarnation.
One of the story lines that's developed around the case is that it is, as the Times put it, a major test of whether the courts or the president has the final authority over when prisoners there are released.
The fate of one of the youngest detainees at the Guantánamo Bay prison is emerging as a major test of whether the courts or the president has the final authority over when prisoners there are released.
On Wednesday, at a meeting described in detail in all Hebrew newspapers today, Mr. Sharon charged that Mr. Ben-Eliezer was defying the government, which under Israeli law has the final authority over the military, while the defense minister shouted that he had full authority to decide how far to go.
It has been submitted to KI's interim vice-chancellor Karin Dahlman-Wright, who has the final authority to rule whether Macchiarini and his colleagues committed misconduct.
