• 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

  • Within just a few weeks of the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in 1994, Jerusalem again became the front line of the country as terrorists from Ramallah, Hebron, Beit Lehem and beyond converged on Jerusalem to terrorize its people in shooting attacks and suicide bombings.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Jerusalem, the Eternal Front Line

  • 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

  • Cashing checks while inflicting damage is the bottom line for the Palestinian Authority and its global support network of intellectuals, lawyers and NGOs.

    FORBES: Why Hasn't There Been Another Palestinian Intifada?

  • 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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