The easiest form of self-suppression is to have an idea and not write it, and we may well wish that more authors would exercise this prerogative.
"They have had a year and a half to exercise that prerogative and, now that they have blown through that deadline, most people would acknowledge that is a privilege they should relinquish … rather than get into additional political gamesmanship".
"It would be strange indeed if the United Kingdom government, exercising no internal power in Rhodesia, were given the right to exercise the prerogative of clemency".
Instead of ministers deriving their powers from parliament, they will continue to exercise monarchical prerogative powers.
When Mr. Sulzberger wanted to exercise his prerogative and make his likes and dislikes known, he usually did so through interoffice memorandums, signing them with the nickname he had carried since childhood, Punch.
The execution, the first in France for two years, and the twentieth in the last 20 years, took place a few hours after President Giscard D'Estaing had refused to exercise his prerogative of mercy.
Yesterday, a special committee of Hollinger International's directors sought to exercise boardroom prerogative by filing suit in the Delaware court to block Lord Black's deal, and by adopting a poison-pill provision that could make it financially undesirable for the Barclays to proceed with their purchase.
The monarch also has power to exercise her prerogative over the granting of honours, the regulation of the armed forces and ecclesiastical appointments.
At first, William hesitated to exercise his prerogative to dissolve Parliament because elections had just been held the year before and the country was in a state of high excitement which might boil over into violence.
"I think it is natural that you have people who are important, powerful people on the Hill, committee chairs, who want to exercise their prerogative," said Tad Devine, a longtime Democratic strategist.
