Thus perhaps the most famous article, the 80th, stigmatizing as an error the view that "the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with progress, liberalism, and modern civilization," sought its authority in the pope's refusal, in Jamdudum Cernimus, to have any dealings with the new Italian kingdom.
As attorney general, he will oversee terrorism prosecutions and domestic counterterror operations, areas in which the Bush administration has sought to broaden its authority.
VIENNA, Sept. 11 — OPEC sought to regain its authority over volatile oil markets Tuesday, agreeing to increase production by 500,000 barrels a day.
But a group of largely Russian fighters known as the Vostok (east) battalion which has emerged at the head of the resistance has sought to assert its authority over disparate rebel factions and instil discipline in the armed separatist movement.
The case has exposed divisions between members of the country's secular establishment, including the military and its supporters in political, intellectual and media circles, and the governing party of religious conservatives, which has sought to exert its authority since taking power.
Faced with the reality of its limited geographic appeal, the Dixiecrat Party sought to leverage its authority by denying both Truman and Dewey a majority in the electoral college, thereby throwing the election in the House of Representatives, where the Dixiecrats could broker a tie-breaking alliance in return for the abandonment of civil-rights enforcement.
From their experience with the British crown, the Founders had a deep fear of government and sought to keep its authority strictly limited.
Mr. Abbas's cabinet meets weekly without Mr. Arafat, and the new government is seeking to assert its authority.
Senate Republicans are taking aim at both the agency's financing and independence, seeking to constrain its authority over Wall Street.
The high court agreed to hear an appeal by the FCC, which is seeking to reaffirm its authority to declare a single "fleeting" utterance in violation of its indecency rules.
They say they trust neither Mr. Nujaifi nor the central government in Baghdad, led by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, which has been seeking to assert its authority in northern Iraq at the expense of the Kurds.
