Sentence examples for reigning authority from inspiring English sources

The installation artist Mike Kelley, whose work parodied both the reigning authority of macho Minimalism and the sentimentality of, say, Hallmark cards, was in many ways a product of this unique scene.

One might assume that Ms. Close, who has played her share of intimidating characters in films from "Fatal Attraction" to "101 Dalmatians," is the reigning authority on the "Damages" set.

"People adore this magazine," Ms. Lanfrank said, apparently as unworried about tooting her own horn as admitting she borrowed inspiration from Hamptons magazine, a reigning authority on glossy regional chic.

You have to give them something concrete they can do because their first question is going to be 'What can you do about it?' " In the aftermath of the terror attacks and the anthrax scare that followed, the foundation, which had been studying bioterrorism for almost two years, suddenly was the reigning authority on heretofore unthinkable events.

But his rambles are entertaining, and his reliance on the world's reigning authorities makes "The Cook's Canon" an easy-to-swallow introduction to gastronomic scholarship.

Both Parker and James began, in the late seventies, as unknown amateurs with privately printed newsletters, rapidly found a hungry and enthusiastic audience, and by the mid-eighties had become the reigning authorities among people impatient with the old wisdoms.

To keep the mines running profitably, the Taliban — as the reigning authorities in the area — often settle disputes between tribes with competing claims and levy taxes on exports and the mine operators.

Ms. Craven, 49, has become one of the Internet's reigning authorities on buildings and architecture, a resource for people who want to know about plumbing, Frank Gehry or the Taj Mahal.

It is true, however, that Mr. Snicket was stripped of several awards by the reigning authorities, including Honorable Mention, the Grey Ribbon and First Runner Up.

This is the antithesis of what happens in most countries, where the national government is the reigning education authority.

And, most stunningly, as the owner and benevolent despot of the Scheide Library, housed at Firestone in the Rare Books and Special Collections neck of the woods, he is very likely the reigning qualitative authority on our planet as regards stuff.