51.   Federal authorities took over the case before Badri could post bond in the state case.

52.   Exceptions are a thing of the past, and the authorities are taking a hard line.

53.   Federal authorities already have taken strong steps, including implementing new rules allowing immigrants to be detained indefinitely during a national emergency.

54.   For decades, the Mexican authorities took pride that kidnappers could not operate freely here as they have in other Latin countries like Colombia and Brazil.

55.   Franceska Perot, spokeswoman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, said federal authorities take possession of a silencer very seriously.

56.   Generally, however, forgery is too hard to track down, involves too many small purchases and just seems too insignificant for the authorities to take seriously.

57.   From the northwestern city of Novgorod to the western territory of Yakutia, authorities are taking a page out of the socialist playbook and intervening to set prices.

58.   He pledged to undertake an investigation, but within hours Zedillo announced that federal authorities would take over the case.

59.   He likely could have attained a similar status in the US had the authorities taken the trouble to encourage him.

60.   He had an earlier arrest warrant for a similar charge, and the authorities took him into custody and kept him overnight.