11.   Real authority rested with the new vice president and defense minister, Colonel Paul Kagame, a talented young military strategist who led the rebellion.

12.   So ultimate authority rests not with any popularly elected president but with a cleric elected by his peers.

13.   There will be no civilian-military strife and there should be no ambiguity as to where the ultimate authority rests.

14.   Ultimate authority rests with the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who owes his position to the clerical hierarchy.

15.   Legislative authority rests in the lower house, or Peoples Assembly.

16.   President Clinton promised U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan last week that he would settle the arrears, although the final authority rests with the Republican Congress.

17.   President Clinton promised U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan last week that he would settle the debt, although the final authority rests with the Republican-dominated Congress.

18.   The decree permits the governments of Serbia or Montenegro to object to a particular extradition case, although the final authority rests with the federal Justice Ministry.

19.   The measure permits the governments of Serbia or Montenegro to object to a particular extradition case, although the final authority rests with the federal justice ministry.

20.   He said that he had no authority to divulge names or information and that such authority only rested with investigators from the military police.