"This is important authority designed to stop taxpayer dollars from going out the door when there's a credible allegation of fraud," Mr. Cook said.
The Renaissance debate over the superiority of Aristotle or Galen was part of this rivalry: Aristotle was regarded by physicians as an important authority because of his philosophical system, but Galen had offered in his works more precise observations of the human body.
More important, authority officials said, the church wanted the $20 million up front, rather than in stages.
Yasser Tabbaa, a specialist on Islamic art and architecture in Syria and Iraq, said of him, "He was a very important authority on possibly the most important archaeological site in Syria".
An especially important authority was Maximus Confessor, whose account of the return of all things Eriugena copiously borrowed.
Claudius Galen became the most important authority on medicine and anatomy.
"Really, implementation depends on the US meeting its legal international law obligations, and in the past the US has recognized that the statements of the commission and the requests of the commission are important authority".
The House of Representives passed, H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which includes provisions that would make NNSA a more autonomous agency, taking important authority away from DOE, and severely undermining nuclear security and safety.
During the time of Maria's childhood, the father was an important authority figure in most families.
It is interesting to realize, that the focus on processes was uncontested by a majority of regulators, this despite of serious early warnings from important authorities in science, mainly of US origin.
