61.   The experiment ended last year with the passage of the federal law giving new authority to the states.

62.   The government wants to give employers authority to cut severance pay, make it easier to hire and fire employees and increase productivity.

63.   The government is weighing a bill that will give it authority to order some finance companies to merge with weak ones.

64.   The law gives chiefs authority to carry concealed weapons.

65.   The proposed GOP House legislation that Clinton agreed to sign would give states authority to reject the legality of same-sex marriages performed in another state.

66.   The proposed GOP House legislation that Clinton has agreed to sign would give states authority to reject the legality of same-sex marriages performed in another state.

67.   The nub of the difference between the White House and Republicans is just how far to go in giving states authority to create their own welfare programs.

68.   The resolution is also meant to give authority to the peacekeeping force and the civil administration that is planned for Kosovo.

69.   This April, the Appeals Court gave Brown authority to order ballistics tests on the rifle found near the site where King was killed.

70.   Thus the law, in its original form, gave HUD authority only to investigate complaints.