41.   Such a grouping would be threatening to Omar, the Taliban leader, who lacks tribal authority and comes from a very small Pashtun group, the Hotak.

42.   Such a move would force Clinton to sign the bills or shut down government because it would lack authority to spend money or borrow money.

43.   The administration is revising its plan because a federal judge ruled that the president apparently lacked legal authority for the original version.

44.   The Berlin Wall that President Clinton threw around Cuba last summer was dictated by no legitimate foreign policy concern, lacks constitutional authority and cannot be justified.

45.   --The agency lacks authority to test products before they make it into the marketplace.

46.   The commission lacks regulatory authority over municipal utilities, federal hydroelectric plants and rural electricity cooperatives.

47.   The FAA can declare the stadium a hazard but lacks the authority to stop construction.

48.   The D.C. Court of Appeals said it lacked authority to revisit Supreme Court precedents on the issue.

49.   The Gore lawyers argued that the Legislature lacks the authority to take such an action because Congress set Election Day as a uniform national date for selection of electors.

50.   The high court refused to consider an appeal, arguing that a Florida federal judge lacked authority to approve the class-action settlement.