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  • n  one chap's arbitrary assertion
  • n  an authoritative declaration
  • n  the power or right to give orders or make decisions

  • You won't be able to move them, reread them, download them to your Palm Pilot and you certainly won't be able to lend them to a friend without their say-so.
  • This included Akinola's, which does nothing without his say-so.
  • Two-thirds of the patients quit--probably unnecessarily--on their doctor's say-so in preparation for surgery or because of minor intestinal bleeding.

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