41.   Others worry about an onset of vigilantism that mirrors a rise of militancy in the Palestinian territories, potentially undermining the authority of the government.

42.   One-way television is useful to Big Brother, but two-way communication devices undermine central authority by communicating with one another.

43.   Pollard also contended that male co-workers attempted to undermine her authority.

44.   Searight says Lataillade and Franklin constantly undermined her authority, although both she and Hall said the specifics would have to wait for the courtroom.

45.   So long as the drug trade flourishes, law enforcement officials said, it will fuel political rivalries, foster corruption and undermine the authority of the central government.

46.   Such willingness to undermine congressional authority is a shift in tactics for DeLay.

47.   That theory, of course, also helped undermine the authority of astrology, as Thomas Kuhn, the renowned historian of science, argued.

48.   That, in turn, would serve to undermine the authority of Arafat.

49.   The government, meanwhile, has undertaken some reforms that are boosting its legitimacy, but which in time could undermine its authority.