31.   His authority allowed him to bully F.W. de Klerk, the last apartheid president, into taking ANC demands seriously.

32.   In Coleman, authorities allow students and parents to assemble at a flagpole near an end zone for prayers before kickoff.

33.   Initially, authorities allowed the networks to broadcast reports from a state-controlled TV station.

34.   Israeli authorities have allowed the Red Cross to visit all the detainees except Sheik Obeid and Dirani, who have been kept isolated.

35.   Japanese financial authorities have not allowed a bank to fail in almost a half-century.

36.   Last week, the officials said, the Romanian authorities allowed the number of daily flights to increase from two to three.

37.   Ludington was being held in a facility for juveniles, and authorities would not allow an interview request to be made to her.

38.   She feared that authorities would not allow her to keep her baby or to remain with Sotelo.

39.   South Carolina authorities will not allow a group of protesting veterans to march through the state on their way to Washington.

40.   State authorities allow the capture of a few wild fish each spring.