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1.   authority n.
    The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.One that is invested with this power, especially a government or body of government officials:land titles issued by the civil author...
 

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1.   Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
    self-sustaining public corporation established in 1921 by the states of New York and New Jersey to administer the activities of the New York—New Jersey port area, which has a waterfront of c.900 mi (1...
 
2.   Tennessee Valley Authority
    (TVA), independent U.S. government corporate agency, created in 1933 by act of Congress; it is responsible for the integrated development of the Tennessee River basin. The history of TVA began in the early...
 
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