Many people assume that a tie indicates a person of authority.

许多人想当然地认为领带象征着权威。

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At last the Mouse, who seemed to be a person of authority among them, called out, 'Sit down, all of you, and listen to me! I'll soon make you dry enough!'

最后，那只老鼠——它在它们中间好像很有权威似的——喊道：“你们全部坐下，听我说，我很快就会把你们弄干的！”

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A person walking on the shore at Ashkelon on the coast west of Jerusalem made the discovery, the authority said.

当局称，这是一名在耶路撒冷以西的阿什克伦海岸行走的人发现的。

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Fifty percent of participants indicated that they have discovered a colleague engaging in wrongful behavior and 32% of participants indicated that they have discovered a person of greater authority engaging in wrongful behavior.

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It tested what would happen if a person in a position of authority ordered a subject to deliver a 400-volt electrical shock to another person, would the subject follow orders?

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If he is really serious about preventing this famine, he should designate an individual with Hooveresque abilities to ramrod this massive relief effort, a person who will have the full authority of our government to mobilize and direct whatever resources are necessary.

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