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Compounding the problem, the DSM’s authority is not limited to health-care institutions.
But America’s real strength, more than its military and economic power, is its “soft power,” its moral authority.
But the IS was not content to eliminate Alawite power there; rather, it has taken aim at any challenge to its authority as the true representative of the Sunnis in the Levant and beyond.
Moreover, all countries should recognize the authority of the international courts, such as the International Criminal Court, to facilitate prosecution of those who violate humanitarian law.
There is no point is drawing up a Plan B if there is no authority or capacity to execute it.
Madmen in AuthorityPRINCETON – In The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, John Maynard Keynes famously worried that, “Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.”
When Israel withdrew its forces from southern Lebanon in 2000, the international understanding was that the Lebanese government would re-assert its authority in the evacuated area.
UN Security Council resolution 1559, which explicitly called for the disarming of all militias and the reassertion of Lebanese government authority in the south, went unheeded.
That vacuum of legitimate authority created the present crisis, and it must be extirpated.
New regulatory authority from Congress has encouraged the view that regulators will soon be able to handle a Lehman-size failure smoothly.
The authority of conventional politicians and traditional media is slipping away fast.
“Having made our authority in Hong Kong clear, I will find a way to let the people there have the local leader they want.
But what makes it unique – the link between the CCP’s authority and its ability to sustain economic growth – does not make its gloating any more rational.
There is a missing ingredient: a fiscal authority.
For a fully functioning financial system, you need not only a monetary authority, but also a fiscal authority – a treasury.
The fiscal authority is missing.
And everything would be much simpler and function better if a fiscal authority was actually constituted, which requires political action.
The European Parliament has the authority to oppose any candidate.
My investment fund is now managed by a team that has full authority to make the decisions.
Abuse of public authority for private gain is not acceptable.
In a region where official salaries tend to be very low, government employees at all levels have been found to leverage positions of authority for personal gain.
Hamas must withdraw its armed men from all security headquarters they occupied, return power to the legitimate authority, and apologize to the Palestinian people.
BEIJING – The Chinese government’s very public display of compassion and transparency in response to the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province appears to have strengthened its authority and its bonds with ordinary Chinese people.
Increased resolution authority will help, but only a little: in the last crisis, US government “blinked,” failed to use the powers that it had, and needlessly bailed out shareholders and bondholders – all because it feared that doing otherwise would lead to economic trauma.
For, even as the central banking authority administered the price of liquidity, the price of risk was left to the tender mercies of the market.
The Treasury has asked for authority to purchase $700 billion of mortgages to get them off of the private sector's books.
Not surprisingly, governments that perceive the creation of a global public forum as a threat to their authority are seeking to impose restrictive policies to interfere with freedom of expression.
Towering levels of corruption damage not only the authority of government at home, but the very standing of Georgia as an independent state abroad.
These include an enabling policy environment, in which the government is supportive and sets clear goals for education sector reform; vocal backing for these changes from strong political champions; wide stakeholder engagement, especially in the design and implementation phases of the reform; decentralization of authority for education; flexibility on the part of donors; and the ability to measure the changes’ impact on youth employment and entrepreneurship.
Working under the authority of the High Representative on Foreign Policy, who under the terms of the new reform treaty will also become a Vice-President of the European Commission, this post would reinforce synergies within the EU.
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