61.   Because many credit counseling organizations have set themselves up as nonprofit entities, the Federal Trade Commission has no authority over them.

62.   Berlin is a businessman who had authority over some of the accounts at the bank that are the focus of the investigation.

63.   Bishop Wuerl once was bishop coadjutor in Seattle, appointed by Rome to exert greater papal authority over the liberal former archbishop in Seattle, Raymond Hunthausen.

64.   Beijing still claims authority over the prosperous island and routinely asserts its right to take Taiwan back by force, if necessary.

65.   Berlin is believed by American investigators to have had authority over the Benex account at the Bank of New York.

66.   BP Amoco would also get managerial authority over Sidanko and its subsidiaries, essentially giving it control of the Chernogorneft field.

67.   -- give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and states increased authority over utility mergers.

68.   A close ally of the president, Ridge will have the power to coordinate these federal agencies at the highest level and authority over their budgets.

69.   A federally appointed financial control board now has budgetary authority over District affairs.

70.   A bill introduced last year by Harkin would give the Agriculture Department regulatory authority over manure treatment and its use as fertilizer.