• To him, hacking is almost a sport, played against someone in a position of authority.

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  • The trial at Ipswich Crown Court heard Benson abused his position of authority and groomed the girls.

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  • We have a whole range of people who are not serving politicians but actually people who are in a position of authority.

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  • "I was looking for someone in a position of authority to whom I could let off steam in confidence, " he told the court.

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  • If necessary, hire a handler for them, move their cube or office, and publicly communicate that they are temporarily removed from a position of authority.

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  • Is there really no one in a position of authority who understands the importance of our political and moral voice at this potential turning point in Middle East history?

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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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  • Even though our previous experience with inflation is still a living memory for tens of millions of people, hardly anyone in a position of authority can fathom what is now hitting him.

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  • His great strength is that he can speak from a position of authority, being that rare creature who has found success both as an intelligence agent and as the operator of an enduring business.

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  • If we've seen one thing proven in tech in the last five years, it is that no one--especially no one in a position of authority--has yet been able to accurately predict where the Internet is going.

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  • "Picture this, that you lived in a community in which your friends slowly started to die all around you and you couldn't get anyone in any position of authority...to pay attention, " said Larry Kramer, a playwright who became one of the foremost anti-AIDS activists.

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  • When I learned about the upcoming moon landing, I asked someone in a position of authority if it would be possible for me to order my own copy of The Times (which cost 10 cents) covering this piece of history and have the money debited from my candy account at the camp store.

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  • "I would suspect that it's because of his position as a sort of an avuncular authority figure, your old Uncle Ted, who's sort of a gruff guy who cares about you, but he doesn't wear his heart on his sleeve about it, " Mitchell said.

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  • Hagel also said the Wilkerson case raises the question of whether it is necessary or appropriate "to place the convening authority in the position of having the responsibility to review the findings and sentence of a court-martial, " particularly when military law allows for a rigorous appeal process.

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  • The former professor of veterinary science, whose position as head of the Egyptian mother organisation carries moral authority across the region, beamed for the cameras recently as he greeted Anne Patterson, the American ambassador to Egypt, with a hearty handshake.

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  • Instead of holding state-wide authority, the chief information security officer was often in the position of coordinating cross-agency resources.

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  • The truth is Gov. Bush took the conventional conservative position that hate crime legislation was a dangerous increase of authority for prosecutors.

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  • Mr Coleman has also lost his position as chair of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA), a role that came with his status as an Assembly member.

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  • The White House didn't provide details concerning whether the SBA's current administrator, Karen Mills, would be granted a higher authority or additional responsibilities as a result of her elevated position.

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  • But so far, no scientific authority in a position to judge has seen more than a fraction of the objects.

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  • After a brief hiatus, Mr. Wheatley will take a temporary position as a managing director of the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority.

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  • She has been a non-executive director of Northampton's primary care trust and its health authority and currently holds the same position at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust.

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  • And we exchanged ideas about how we can advance those negotiations, and I've shared the importance of providing support to President Abbas and the Palestinian Authority so that they can be in position to have fruitful negotiations with the Israelis that can bring about, in a timely fashion, a two-state solution.

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  • To defend his own position, Mr Arafat has given America details of his plans for a 100-day reform of the Palestinian Authority.

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  • Finally, Authority includes the number of links back to the influencers material from other sites, their position in other online ranking tools, and their respect or standing within the community.

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  • For example, last spring, we reached a consent decree with the Hertford County, North Carolina, Public Health Authority to resolve a claim that the Health Authority rescinded an offer of employment and refused to hire a woman for a Health Educator Specialist position after learning she was pregnant.

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  • Judge Jerry Smith of the 5th Circuit responded to the president's comments by ordering the Department of Justice to submit a three-page, single-spaced memo stating the administration's position on judicial authority to invalidate unconstitutional laws.

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