1.   The second was his unrivalled ability to project his authority to Algeria and to the army.

2.   He was just one of those people whose presence projected authority, perhaps.

3.   It projects authority.

4.   Nolte projects raspy authority when he lumbers into a roomful of mobsters and deals with the one who usually eludes retribution.

5.   A trim, small man who projects the authority of a family patriarch, Mastroberardino took over the family winery during World War II while in his teens.

6.   Last weekend he attended a Caribbean summit for the first time, projecting benign authority and lecturing against U.S. domination.

7.   The warlords divide control of northern Afghanistan and pose some of the biggest challenges to the interim government as it tries to project its authority.

8.   The warlords divide control of northern Afghanistan and pose some of the biggest challenges to the interim government as it tries to project its authority around the country.