11.   Alumnae, such as Emig, are furious that the college has recently begun insisting that it has ultimate authority over the money.

12.   Amnesty International also wants the Justice Department, not the State Department, to have ultimate authority on whether to investigate and bring charges against suspected foreign torturers.

13.   And though he has the ultimate authority, indiscriminate use of it would cause resentment and disruption of the creative process.

14.   At the same time, conser- vative clerics are still able to exercise ultimate authority.

15.   Bishops are the ultimate authorities in their dioceses, and the Vatican is usually reluctant to intrude on their territory.

16.   Bostic said it is imperative for the police chief to have the ultimate hiring authority, rather than trusting a citizens personnel department.

17.   Both require jury participation in the sentencing process but give ultimate sentencing authority to the trial judge.

18.   But he has no intention of handing over ultimate authority now that it is here.

19.   But nationally, conservative clerics still control dominate major institutions, and ultimate authority lies with the senior religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

20.   But Thompson said he still firmly believed that school principals should maintain ultimate authority over all aspects of their schools, including supervision of security.