And though Latin Americans are sceptical of negotiating with a president who lacks fast-track authority, it is, after all, at the end, not the start, of talks that that authority is required.

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Hull tried to exert their authority at the start of the second half but it was Wigan who hit back with two quick tries to put them in command.

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From the start Spitzer took a broad view of his authority, looking to reform industries rather than just put the bad guys in jail.

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Others detect the start of a trend whereby Chinese car manufacturers will assert greater authority over their Western and Japanese partners.

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This was the start of a long career in which Mr Barnett became acknowledged as a leading authority on China.

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Both companies have earned authority in the United States because of their huge success, their start-up cultures, and their disruptive track-records.

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So its members may at last start to see it as their role to be a check on the abuse of executive authority.

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They note that in October 2000, soon after the start of the latest Palestinian uprising, Garner signed a statement blaming Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority for orchestrating the violence.

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Several banks have sent letters to the British Banking Authority, the trade organization that was in charge of Libor from the start, about their plans to leave the panel, according to a report in the Journal.

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The telecoms ministry is currently seeking clarification on some of the proposals from regulator the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), which recommended the new auction prices start at more than ten times the figure carriers paid in 2008.

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This, in turn, would allow the authority to appoint "a similar number of new teachers giving them a career start".

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Last week, the Financial Services Authority announced that all of the big four High Street banks had agreed to start a complete review of all such interest rate products sold to unsophisticated business clients.

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