• It is essential that there is a dividing line between the authority of officialdom and players, and Cooper has a valid point when he suggests the latter must not be mishandled.

    BBC: Rennie must not face rap

  • The two larger parties have a clear line of command, a leader whose authority is rarely, if ever, questioned by colleagues.

    BBC: Decline of India's political leviathans

  • The council had earlier lodged a "holding objection" to the proposals, but planning chiefs pointed out that only a small part of the line would come into the authority's area, having a minor effect.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | Council's pylon decision delayed

  • One big change that results from trying to manage a larger organization is a shift from a command and control environment in which the CEO makes key decisions to a delegation of authority to business-line executives.

    FORBES: Managing Growth: How WhiteHat Security Wins As It Tops 100 People

  • The Egyptian government is still trying to convince Hamas to accept its most basic criteria calling for a small number of European and Palestinian Authority monitors at the crossing, in line with the agreement that was signed with Israel when its forces withdrew from Gaza in 2005.

    BBC: Smugglers' alley key to Gaza conflict

  • Members of the authority said the financial strategy was to avoid harming front-line services but conceded that cuts in staff numbers were "unavoidable".

    BBC: Cheshire Police cuts could top 700 posts

  • Both leaders, the senior-most Republican in the land, third in line, okay, a powerful figure with great authority, sat in a room with the President of the United States and worked out a detailed compromise.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • But the Bronx's decision to throw its support behind Mr. Lhota, a former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, signals Mr. Carrion's chances of getting a major-party ballot line are dimming.

    WSJ: Joseph Lhota Gets Bronx GOP Endorsement

  • In fixed-line telecoms, for example, the report shows how the state-owned Telephone Organisation of Thailand and Communications Authority of Thailand have exploited their double role as regulators and operators to the detriment of competition.

    ECONOMIST: Give it a chance

  • When a local authority grants planning permission on a piece of land, the plot's value rises in line with the market's estimate of the value of the proposed development, and the value of neighbouring properties tends to fall.

    ECONOMIST: Building in Britain

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