111. Since the decision to endorse Boutros-Ghali was taken by an OAU summit, African ambassadors lack the authority to change that position. 112. The appeals court said the judge lacked authority in the case because it involved events that occurred in Europe and were not directed at Ohio. 113. The agency lacks authority to issue recalls on its own. 114. The commission found that civilian review boards are chronically underfunded and usually lack authority to act on their own. 115. The court said Congress lacked authority to enact the law. 116. The electoral commission was asked to conduct a recount by the court but the commission said it lacked the authority to recount the votes. 117. The FDA said for decades that it lacked authority to regulate tobacco so long as cigarette makers did not claim that smoking provided health benefits. 118. The government, however, said it lacked authority to order the removal of the crosses. 119. The government lacks the authority to force the companies to buy the rodents back since the farmers engaged in the scheme voluntarily. 120. The international police force in Bosnia, operating under U.N. auspices, like the Hague tribunal, is unarmed and lacks authority to apprehend the suspects. |