21.   A presidential spokesman justified the assertion of authority as a necessary precondition for economic reform.

22.   A presidential spokesman justified the assertion of authority as a necessary condition for economic reform.

23.   After the war, the Northern Marianas were administered by the United States under U.N. authority as a trust territory.

24.   Against this difficult backdrop, President Clinton is seeking once again to re-assert his authority as a broker of this conflict turned crisis.

25.   Agnello is regarded by federal law-enforcement authorities as a senior crime family apparatchik.

26.   Bush already had authority as commander-in-chief to send troops into combat, but he felt more secure doing so once Congress had pledged its support.

27.   But Mosabbah betrayed Abu Mezer, she argued, by falsely portraying him to the authorities as a terrorist in order to collect the reward money himself.

28.   But some federal prosecutors are pressing to go ahead before local authorities as a demonstration of the new federal law.

29.   But the governors, and the mayor, should look at the authority as more than a cash cow or manager of existing transportation systems.

30.   But the White House has made clear that Clinton will exercise his authority as commander-in-chief and send the troops, even if he is unable to persuade Congress.