The authority in question is, in principle, intellectual or epistemic (based on expertise); but the distinction between epistemic and hierarchical authority was always blurry, and the latter could (and often did) prevail in practice.
The view that fat was to blame prevailed, and in doing so it created an entirely new genre of food - "low-fat" products.
In France, Italy, and Spain the syllables became attached to fixed pitches (fixed-do system): do meaning C; re, D; mi, E; fa, F; sol, G; la, A; and si, B. Elsewhere a movable-do system prevailed, in which do always represented the first pitch of the major scale (thus allowing the singer to associate syllable names with given intervals, as in the old hexachord system).
Mobile phones prevail in areas that don't have proper Internet connectivity, but smartphones are still limited.
It should be noted that the physical conditions that currently prevail in the reservoir do not allow for the existence of two-phase (water/steam) conditions.
Republicans narrowly prevailed in filibustering "don't ask" in September.
A similar formula has prevailed in LA: don't give the production the oxygen of publicity.
If the strategic character of this industry in our economy and the chaotic conditions which have prevailed in it do not justify legislation, it is difficult to imagine what would.
Even so, that level of cash flow would be astounding at a $60 oil-price assumption compared with the $100-a-barrel that prevailed in 2008 (don't forget U.S. natural gas averaged almost $9 per million BTU that year, too).
Though Mr. Obama did not prevail in his emphasis on stimulus, he did arrive in Canada with three victories under his belt.
He later added: "We didn't prevail". In an interview with reporters Friday, Pelosi did not back down from her negotiating tactics.
