Sentence examples for was first authorized from inspiring English sources

According to the Army's Web site, the Medal of Honor was first authorized in 1861 for sailors and marines and the next year for soldiers as well.

The center's presence, which was first authorized in legislation passed by the state Parliament in 1999, has been opposed by local businesses.

The warrantless domestic eavesdropping program was first authorized by President Bush in the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, officials said.

United Nations peacekeeping troops finally began spreading out in force along Lebanon's border with Israel today, after weeks of haggling over just where the border is and 22 years after their presence was first authorized.

"When the Endangered Species Act was first authorized, you had eagles, peregrine falcons and gray wolves," said Dr. Everett, the president and founder of the Endangered Species Recovery Council, a California-based conservation group.

The referendum was first authorized in 1987; so far it has raised $600 million, which has been used to preserve open space and farmland; for water quality protection and land preservation initiatives, and to lower property taxes and sewer assessments.

In the United States free-trade zones were first authorized in 1934.

Indeed it was for contraband g ods that search warrants, carefully hedged about, were first authorized by Congress.

It would have been appro priate for Mr. Rosenthal to have investigated the success of condominiums since they were first authorized in 1964.

Even as questions have lingered, Mr. Flanagan's office has sought to put the issue to bed, noting the payments to vice chairmen were first authorized in 2015 by his predecessor, Dean G. Skelos — a fellow Long Island Republican who was later convicted of federal corruption charges.

THE violence, property damage, intimidation of innocent bystanders and the obvious inability of Atlantic City officials to cope effectively with the recent strike by hotel-casino employees should cause every legislator to reflect again upon the original promise of urban revitalization when casinos were first authorized for that city.