21.   But the small size of this study and the possibility that only the sickest veterans participated undermines its authority.

22.   Digital media undermine the authority of print-based fact by discarding ideas of verifiability and authenticity in favor of such technologically germane notions as relativity and fakery.

23.   Dr. Mohammad Akhter, who represents the American Public Health Association on the committee, said a complex section of the settlement would undermine that authority.

24.   Extreme inequalities of wealth and widespread corruption, often related to drugs, undermine the authority of the established order.

25.   Federal officials tend to blame questionable constitutional arguments that undermine federal authority.

26.   Furthermore, if members of the old regime try to undermine the authority of the state or the rights of any individual they can be prosecuted.

27.   He faulted the school board for becoming involved in politics and staff appointments and undermining the authority of the superintendent.

28.   He is told of an unusual situation that could undermine his authority in the locker room.

29.   He believes that he has been the victim of a Republican plot to undermine his authority and destroy him personally, they say.

30.   He shrugged, however, when asked if pervasive bribery might finally undermine the authority of the North, leaving the southern region quasi-independent from central authority.