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No controlling legal authority

My counsel advises me that there is no controlling legal authority or case that says there was any violation of law whatsoever.

Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones.

Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with maleness.

Resolved, That all laws which prevent women from occupying such a station in society as her conscience shall dictate, or which place her in a position inferior to that of man, are contrary to the great precept of nature, and therefore of no force or authority.

The principal has the ultimate authority for a school-sponsored event.

We need to move forward, and I think the faster we can have an Iraqi authority in charge of things, the better we can improve the situation,

When there will be a let-up in terrorist attacks, when the Palestinian Authority decides finally to take action against these groups, to disarm them ... then we will not have to bring justice to them.

We want to make sure we maximize our authority. This has always been a gray area because we're dealing with the fact that the lake is our water supply and we want to protect it. At the same time, state law gives certain rights to those who hold the mineral rights.

The plaintiffs want to blame the Port Authority for the murderous acts of fanatical terrorists who schemed for years and traveled thousands of miles

MAGDALENE, n. An inhabitant of Magdala. Popularly, a woman found out. This definition of the word has the authority of ignorance, Mary of Magdala being another person than the penitent woman mentioned by St. Luke. It has also the official sanction of the governments of Great Britain and the United States. In England the word is pronounced Maudlin, whence maudlin, adjective, unpleasantly sentimental. With their Maudlin for Magdalene, and their Bedlam for Bethlehem, the English may justly boast themselves the greatest of revisers.

Let me be real clear. We support coach McKay in practicing his religion privately. In fact, we defend his right to do that. It is only where he uses his authority as coach to promote his religious beliefs that we have a problem.

Let the scripture be your authority in determining what should be done and what should not be done. You should perform your duty following the scriptural injunction.

Las Vegas had an influence on this decision, but we have been studying a one-market pass since the authority was created (in February 2001). Our top priorities have been addressing transportation and hospitality issues, and now that we've made some headway in those areas, it was time to move ahead with a universal market pass.

Shared sovereignty doesn't work, because sovereignty depends on being able to exercise authority,

Severity breedeth fear, but roughness breedeth hate. Even reproofs from authority ought to be grave and not taunting.

Senior development specialists in the Treasury can be counted on one hand. America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions that would be needed to meet the commitments.

Senator, that's a question that I don't think can be answered in the abstract. You need to know the particular circumstances and exactly what the facts are and what the legislation would be like, because the argument on the other side -- and as a judge, I would obviously be in a position of considering both arguments: the argument for the legislature and the argument for the executive. The argument on the executive side will rely on authority as commander in chief and whatever authorities derive from that.

So long as there is terror, there will be no political process, ... Political process cannot coincide with terror. That's why we expect the Palestinian Authority to wage true, genuine struggle against terrorism.

She was putting a lot of pressure on herself in the early games. It all came together (against Pennington). She had good shots. She's gone to goal with authority before, but she was really moving the goalie and shooting where she wanted to shoot.

Some of my constituents have told me to not to restrict it to commuter hours, but I suspect the opposition from the authority would be even more intense.

Signs are a symbol of authority. They tell you when to go, what to do. No one really questions them. For an artist, it's totally interesting.

since Congress passed President Bush's trade promotion authority three years ago, we have lost one-sixth of our manufacturing jobs.

Since 1995, Governor Pataki has said he wanted the Port Authority to return to its core mission of transportation,

Since 1994, any herbal remedy sold as a dietary supplement -- no matter what their real purpose -- the FDA has no authority over them,

She can really rip the ball with authority to all fields.

She could be dogmatic, of course and Lord help you if you disagreed -- that was the tone of many of her reviews. But she spoke with great authority and great love. She loved movies and that was crystal clear every time you read her.

She does have to look to the authority figures around her and glean what to do,

Since you have to involve more than one national authority, it is recommended to start the procedure a year ahead of retirement age.

missed the opportunity last night to rebuild his moral authority and regain his credibility.

Modern parents want a warm and loving relationship with their children, and to be a source of encouragement, comfort and support. We want to be friends without children, not remote or frightening authority figures as our own parents may have been.

Mr. Rios used taxpayer-funded school equipment to copy and distribute to children an offensive statement. The principal exercised his authority to remove Mr. Rios as junior varsity baseball coach, and it certainly was an appropriate decision.

Much of what the industry is proposing is already law, such as producing ads that aren't misleading. What we clearly need is more authority and resources to ensure that all marketing, not just the amount spent on direct-to-consumer advertising, is honest and accurate.

meeting ... called by the U.S. to give their vision of the interim Iraqi authority. It will be a one-day meeting. And the U.S. will present its vision, and there will be a statement after the meeting.

My job is to keep people out of court. If there is a (medical) decision with no authority, you go to the courts.

One benefit of the law is that it gives schools the authority to do things they've wanted to do for a long time but couldn't.

Of course not, but the authorities decided it that way, and they are the ones that rule.

Nonetheless, struggle for civilian supremacy is still perilous and uncertain. (Wahid) is struggling for authority over the military.

Nonetheless, struggle for civilian supremacy is still perilous and uncertain, ... (Wahid) is struggling for authority over the military.

No officer of the company has to sign or attest that the information in it is correct and there is no authority at the federal government level to enforce it. My best advice is if you can open and run your own business, do that instead of owning a franchise. Check out our website and see the potential problems with franchise agreement provisions and the problems that franchisees face.

Murdered children, child prodigies - those stories strike the population at a different level than stories of adults experiencing similar things. The same goes for young people at protests. There's a deeper impact when you see a kid confronting authority or risking arrest because of his beliefs.

My goal is not to cause somebody grief or to make anyone upset, ... My goal is to love these guys and put them in a situation where they can grow up to be the best men they can be. We are an authority over them, and I have influence over them, and I take that responsibility seriously.

No Palestinian official should talk about or threaten bloodshed, but yet it is a routine pattern in this region for the Palestinian Authority to, in effect, incite violence,

Now they call in all of the authority figures they can find and hire them-the cost has gone up. The picture may or may not get better, but definitely, it gets more cumbersome.

Needless to say, we are relieved to know that your local authorities treat such crimes with the seriousness that they deserve.

RFID in passports is a terrible idea, period. But on top of that, the State Department is acting without the appropriate authority and without conducting any form of credible cost-benefit analysis. It's asking Americans to sacrifice their safety and privacy 'up front' for a dangerous experiment that it hasn't even bothered to justify.

RFID in passports is a terrible idea, period, ... But on top of that, the State Department is acting without the appropriate authority and without conducting any form of credible cost-benefit analysis. It's asking Americans to sacrifice their safety and privacy 'up front' for a dangerous experiment that it hasn't even bothered to justify.

Permit limits are designed to prevent wastewater discharges from polluting nearby water bodies and harming drinking water resources and habitat. We are confident the Tribal Authority will promptly make the needed corrections to bring these plants into Clean Water Act compliance.

Plus, the response from Sept. 11 was a lot different. You had (government officials) out there with a sense of control and authority, despite what we saw in 'Fahrenheit 9-11.' Here, the complete lack of authority immediately becomes the type of stuff that comedians are great at doing.

One thing is sure. Women and girls will have their first vision of a female network anchor who is an authority on her own. Since we learn by example, there's no telling where that iconic image may lead.

No additional requirements are imposed on landowners and this board is not given any powers or authority other than to decide which projects meet the specified criteria.

Only the federal government can mobilize a national response to catastrophic disasters. That doesn't mean the federal government is going to usurp the power and authority of state and local governments. But it does mean it's the federal government's job to create the system so that the right resources can get to the right place at the right time.

Only the Ohio Supreme Court, of any court, has the real authority to answer the question.

One of the clear-cut rules for employees is to follow a chain of command, ... Pat has trouble dealing with authority when he has to abide by it.

I was still haunted by my last minute adjustment before qualifying. I am still trying to get the brakes all dialed in. I still couldn't come into the braking zones with authority until half way through the race. I caught back up and it was just a matter of 10 to 20 feet every braking zone because the Performance Friction Brakes were working well once it was dialed in.

I grew up in South Carolina. There are a lot of things about state government that we're not proud of where we rank. The ports authority is not one of them.

If we didn't have those programs, we would have an additional 80-plus people at any given time housed in custody, which would put us well into the 300s, and we can only hold 305, ... This year we have an average of 275 inmates a day. If we didn't have these programs, we would have 80 more people on top of that average. The Corrections Standards Authority rate of capacity of the facility is 296.

If they don't have access to a computer, they can come to the Housing Authority and we will help them. We're hoping people take the opportunity to go online and fill it out there.

If they remained in our control, we know where they went, ... If they were taken out by the authorities, we don't know.

If they're defying authority in regards to this immigration protest, they're going to be suspended, regardless of their ethnic background.

If they fail to agree on a common position and action is taken without the authority of the Security Council, the legitimacy and support to any such action will be seriously impaired, ... If, on the other hand, they can come together even at this late hour to address this threat in a united manner and they show compliance with the previous resolutions, then the council authority will be enhanced and the world will be a safer place.

If this does proceed, this is a validation of a lot of people's hard work who were involved in the creation of the Port Authority and saving the Air Force base. It would essentially bring jobs to the old airport authority.

If this lawsuit ends up favorable for Durham County, then that would be interpreted as definite authority through case law.

If this is what takes to get the Port Authority back to the table, we're happy to offer them some new thoughts to get the conversation going.

If we develop our own, it will probably be our dollars. If we turn to the authority, there will be strong support from the state and water management district. So there is some real incentives to look to the authority first.

I have heard of local authorities without a single engineer.

I have heard it being talked about, ... My understanding is its to make things run more efficiently, to give me the authority to do my job.

I have charged these two distinguished leaders to harness the energy of the entire board and put forth strong, aggressive initiatives, ... The Louisiana Recovery Authority will help me bring the entire state together in the effort to rebuild Louisiana. It will be a unified voice with the single focus on rebuilding. It will show the nation that we can work across all of the old boundaries that once kept us apart.

I have encountered those who feel that libraries have served their purpose and are no longer needed. There are those who consider them a soft target when it comes to local authority budget cuts. In certain political quarters, there is a refusal to see that our public library service needs active protection.

I don't go that deep. It's all about our budget. We answer to a higher authority -- which is our lender.

I don't have any authority, but it's like the younger kids on the team think I do. I guess it's because I've been around so long.

I don't feel good about taking the platform, merely on account of my celebrity. I believe that the people I support are in a position to make a better argument for the cause, based on facts and their expertise, than I am on the authority of my celebrity.

I don't know who Mr Des Smith is. He doesn't speak with any authority for the Government at all.

I don't believe this government has the moral authority to govern.

I came to the conclusion that under the current circumstances, it would be in the best interest of the Housing Authority if I left at this point.

I am in charge and all our civilian authorities are in charge, and my relation with General Mladic has improved and of course General Mladic sometimes looks defiant, but he is not defiant -- only he has to be concerned about our safety. Everything goes really well, all of my orders are carried out, and even (my) personal relationship with General Mladic has improved, so there is no threat that there will be disarray in the Serbian republic.

I believe the president should have been given the authority he was given. I believe it's a very good thing that Saddam is gone. ... I think at the time it was the right thing to do to give the president that authority. I think if we'd have given John Kerry that authority we'd be in a very different place because he would have built a coalition to be successful.

Certain characteristics about 'Marbury v. Madison' are, I think, indisputable. Marbury was the first Supreme Court decision ever to strike down an act of Congress as unconstitutional. Marbury stands for the authority of the Supreme Court to have and to exercise that power.

But for the most part, we have concluded when we looked at this profile that we needed to recognize that we are not baseball guys. We are baseball fans and we have a passion for the game. I've been one in my life that has wanted to become associated with people who were experts and then were given the responsibility and authority to act on their expertise. For the most part, that's what we're going to do.

because our constitutional system really places the primary authority in each state with the governor.

I had made a god of my own reason... Even if theoretically I now acknowledged the authority of God and the Church, in practice I was still the ruler and the judge. I was the centre of my own existence, and my isolation from the rest of the world was due to the fact that I had deliberately shut myself up within the barriers of my own will and reason.

I felt like I needed to (get more aggressive), ... I need to make these guys scared of my forehand, and that's what I tried to do today. I tried to serve with a little bit more authority and ended up hitting my second serves great.

I find it hard to believe France does not want to bolster the authority of the United Nations... but the United Nations must solve this problem, not just put it off.

I can't openly say that human rights are violated in Cuba. I don't have either the moral authority or the knowledge that would allow me to say so.

Get the plane on the ground. Let the authorities deal with the hijackers. As in a mugging, the thing you don't want to do is grab the pistol out of the mugger's hand. Give the mugger your wallet. In a hijacking the proper thing to do is sit tight and not challenge the hijackers.

For students in Iowa, I think it sends the wrong message. I think it undermines our credibility when in one area we have the authority to set standards, we have such a minimum that is, in my opinion, embarrassing.

From our vantage point, the business agreement is done. All that remains is for the sports authority to secure the support of key community leaders, which they have assured us they can do. It's time to let the people decide.

From our point of view, Iraqi authorities have done a very good job in responding to the outbreak and have been very transparent about what is known about the human disease.

If a party loses its local authority base, it won't be long before it runs the risk of losing power nationally.

If at least someone is trying to find jobs for people, then you have ... stability and maybe in the long run you will help the (Palestinian) Authority per se.

I don't think we should just give up stuff. We have a responsibility to the authority -- not just the city.

From the outset the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other federal authorities have provided virtually all the resources that would be necessary and appropriate and could be used effectively,

Global warming is real, it's happening now and President Bush has the legal authority to regulate the pollution that's causing it. He just doesn't want to. The Supreme Court must overturn the lower courts judicial activism and give this case a proper hearing.

I give them a lot of running room and authority to do their jobs. All of that I tried to leave for my senior people and I've found ... generally that works very well. Get the best people, give them plenty of authority and let them develop their own ideas and organizations and go with it.

If we were here talking about dangerous dogs smoking, the city would have authority. This is not about smoking. This is about which level of government can regulate it.

If the U.N. intends to softly encourage the transition to IPv6 via policy -- or merely wishes to coordinate or 'track' the deployment of IPv6 over time -- the impact will likely be minimal, ... But if they are going to take a stronger approach -- which they could theoretically do with the new authority -- the impact would once again be tremendous.

If the Taiwanese authorities refuse peaceful negotiation to solve the reunification issue, China will have no choice but to take all measures, including the use of force, to defend its territorial integrity.

If the stories in the media over the past week are accurate, the president has exercised authority that I do not believe is granted to him in the Constitution, and that I know is not granted to him in the law that I helped negotiate with his counsel and that Congress approved in the days after September 11.

If the investigation is to be completed, it is essential that the government of Syria fully cooperate with the investigating authorities, including by allowing interviews to be held outside Syria and for interviewees not to be accompanied by Syrian officials.

If the health authority can't handle the call, it shouldn't stop there,