Mr Zapatero's troubles began in late December when the Basque assembly voted for the Ibarretxe plan, which seeks to introduce Basque citizenship, an independent judiciary, a penal system, devolved responsibility for social security and the power to sign international treaties.
The High Court's precedents say Congress can attach conditions to federal funds, akin to a contract, but Congress cannot use the spending power to force states to sign it.
Those powers include considerable patronage -- the ability to appoint bishops, government ministers, heads of public bodies and so on -- as well as the power to go to war, sign treaties and change the law through the little-understood Privy Council.
It's too soon to tell whether the Mets' recent power surge is a sign of things to come or an aberration.
Such a system would give the prime minister both the electoral mandate and the political power to deploy troops in trouble spots, and to sign treaties which are likely to be ratified by the parliament.
Transatomic Power is an encouraging sign that this is beginning to happen.
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President Obama is set to sign an executive order giving himself the power anyway.
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You should also sign a power of attorney allowing someone else to take over financial matters if need be.
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Every adult, young or old, should also sign a power of attorney allowing someone else to take over financial matters if need be.
In a sign of their growing power, dads out to end the stereotype recently scored a knockout blow against a pair of TV ads.
Binder has told officials that employees signed "power of attorney" forms that gave Binder the ability to sign their names, people familiar with the matter said.
The building owner will sign a long-term power purchase agreement to buy the electricity the solar array generates and will pay 5.5% interest on the loan Mosaic provides to install the panels.
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You must have a Power of Attorney attached to the return that specifically authorizes the representative to sign your return.
The one problem with that observation: The group is from L.A. Which, come to think of it, is a great sign that power-pop fused with punk is thriving here, as well.
This gives an idea of the power available to anyone who wished to develop something like a translator for sign language, or a way of studying motion to develop physical therapy strategies.
"The fall in the core rate... might be the first real sign that the weakness of households' spending power is starting to bear down on underlying price pressures in the High Street, " said Jonathan Loynes of Capital Economics.
But they can't just expect parliament to sign a blank cheque on these things, to give governments the power to detain people for months without charge, does require specific evidence that that is necessary, alongside a whole range of other measures, that certainly are necessary, in order to combat terrorism.
We continue to call on President Saleh to sign the accord that he said he would sign, and to transfer -- to begin the process of transferring power immediately.
What this study appears to indicate is that violating norms is viewed by others as a sign of power, even if the observers would otherwise judge those violations as rude or flatly wrong.
Jordan can't comment on anyone else, but guard D'Von Campbell, who played at junior college powerhouse Hutchinson (Kan.) and power forward Junior Etou, a cousin of NBA big man Serge Ibaka, are expected to sign letters of intent.
Kerry and Lieberman have apparently been waiting for a sign from above to release their climate and clean energy jobs bill, the American Power Act.
Now all 14 of its 'berths' - areas of sea connected by cable to the shore - are booked, a sign of growing interest in this fledgling source of power.
Meanwhile, the new government says it will sign long-term contracts with Norway's power-intensive light-metals and timber industries to help keep them in world business.
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