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The engineer apparently lacked the authority to apply on behalf of the Authority, which in 1986 refused to ratify his actions and withdrew the application.
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Yes, and when wild and foolish people talk hysterically of our defiance of all authority, let us calmly show we best understand the basis of Authority -- which is Truth, and most highly reverence its presiding spirit -- which is Liberty.
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Attorney Todd Graves said the Justice Department has broad authority to investigate public bodies, including the Authority.
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Attorney Todd Graves said the Justice Department has broad authority to investigate public bodies, including the Authority.
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(Chapter 5) Conquering the fear factor - Getting your organization to embrace personality Finding your authority Authority to some degree is like respect.
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Attorney Todd Graves said the Justice Department has broad authority to investigate public bodies, including the Authority.
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"Moreover, the authority notes that the check issued by the Authority in January 2010 in respect of the year 2010 licence application fee was dishonoured by your bank," said CMA in part of its communication.
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Attorney Todd Graves said the Justice Department has broad authority to investigate public bodies, including the Authority.
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When long Use obtaineth the authority of a Law, it is not the Length of Time that maketh the Authority, but the Will of the Soveraign signified by his silence, (for Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent;) and it is no longer Law, then the
Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633
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The Kingdome of God was yet to come, in a new world; so that there could be no authority to compell in any Church, till the Common-wealth had embraced the Christian Faith; and consequently no diversity of Authority, though there were diversity of Employments.
Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633
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