She repeatedly challenged the Sumo Association's policy by requesting to be allowed to fulfill her traditional role as Governor.

She finds the motel, which Menzies recommended to her, has no other guests and is staffed only by a mentally challenged night manager ( Dennis Weaver ).

She staunchly opposed the Republican's Head Start program overhaul in the 108th Congress, invoking her experience growing up poor and challenged by a speech impediment.

She challenged in court the obligation to return Louis de Bézé's appanages to the royal domain.

She notes that many such works challenged her understanding, as they often contained many difficult words and expressions that she had not previously encountered.

" She challenged him to find biblical support for Sunday observance.

She first ran for political office in 1972, when she challenged incumbent Peter Arrigoni, a member of the Marin County Board of Supervisors, but lost a close election.

She challenged her CVP colleague Joseph Deiss for his seat, but lost by 138 to 96.

She challenged incumbent Republican U. S. Congressman Dick Chrysler of Michigan's 8th congressional district.

According to the literary historian Andrew M. Stauffer, " She has always been Rider Haggard's most popular and influential novel, challenged only by King Solomon's Mines in this regard ".

According to Stauffer, " She has always been Rider Haggard's most popular and influential novel, challenged only by King Solomon's Mines in this regard ".

She challenged the will and eventually secured half of her late husband's estate ($ 4 million, worth about $ 52 million in 2011 currency ), but the long years had taken a toll on Mary and it was believed she would not live much longer.

She had a tenuous hold on the kingdom as her right to the throne was constantly being challenged by her illegitimate half-brother James.

She then challenged longtime state representative Rich O ' Conner in the DFL primary and won an upset victory.

She challenged it to submerge several gourds in water and when it failed in its task, it retreated and she was saved from the promised marriage.

She challenged the press to deliver proof, and offered Rs 1 crore ( Rs 10 million ) if an injured woman was found.

' She is challenged by the arrival of Mark, an ill gay man who reminds Gayle of her dead, gay son, and the movie chronicles the challenges of the two as they learn to accept each other as they are.

She was challenged by Republican Kansas State Senator Jim Barnett.

She became unsatisfied with his leadership, which she considered weak, and built support for a change through the GLC Women's Group ; in April 1983 she challenged him and was elected as the new leader.

She went on to referee an Impact Zone Wrestling match on February 14, 2006 in Tempe, Arizona and an XJAM Wrestling match on February 16, 2006 in Minot, North Dakota, where she challenged Ann-Thraxx to wrestle her, with Ann-Thraxx refusing.

She challenged Jacqueline for the Women's Championship on March 9, but she was unsuccessful.

" She has commented that she is most proud of her performance in 1999's Our Guys: Outrage in Glen Ridge, in which she played a mentally challenged girl who is raped by football players.

She was challenged in the Democratic primary and won the three candidate field with 91 % of the vote.

She was challenged in the primary by Nancy L. Cook and defeated her 89 %– 11 %.

She liked this taste of authority and independence, and, with darkness, was not likely to give it up.

She was also an authority on the traditional Lakeland crafts, period furniture and stonework.

She attempted to reconcile with him by submitting to his authority as far as " God and my conscience " permitted, but she was eventually bullied into signing a document agreeing to all of Henry's demands.

She demonstrated that an early Christian writing portrays authority as being represented in Mary Magdalene or in the church community structure.

She explored the commercial potential of Russian, African, and Baltic markets, revised the customs system, worked to counter the currency debasements of her predecessors, amalgamated several revenue courts, and strengthened the governing authority of the middling and larger towns.

She never let anyone challenge her authority as queen, even though many people, who felt she was weak and should be married, tried to do so.

She accused him of inciting a rebellion against her mother and of writing a book against her own authority.

She wrote to her daughter Elisabeth: " My principal aim is to have the honour of God before my eyes in all things and to preserve my authority, not for myself, but for the conservation of this kingdom and for the good of all your brothers ".

She asks that her father be given sovereignty over Britain, thus formalising the transfer of authority from Rome back to the Britons themselves.

She suggests the mutual antagonism came about two years later in 1455 in the wake of the First Battle of St. Albans, when Margaret perceived him as a challenge to the king's authority.

She resigned her post at the ITA in 1956 in protest at the government's refusal to come up with funding which it had promised to the authority in the 1954 Television Act.

She had asked her local authority for a rates reduction, but was told by a council officer to let out the rooms of her house.

She even exiles Moray to strengthen her own authority.

She confirms Dara's authority, and says that Oberon is about to repair the Pattern.

She was known for speaking in perfect, precise paragraphs, and was respected for her dedication and knowledge of her subjects ; even her critics admitted her authority on the Everglades.

Jeff Klinkenberg, a reporter for the St. Petersburg Times who interviewed and wrote several stories about Douglas, wrote of her, " She had a tongue like a switchblade and the moral authority to embarrass bureaucrats and politicians and make things happen.

She accordingly agreed to recognise his claims to the chiefship, thus throwing over Brian O ' Neill, son of the murdered Matthew, baron of Dungannon, if Shane would submit to her authority and that of her deputy.

She then took personal charge of the imperial family, directing its affairs with such authority that she became known in society at large as the emperor ’ s guardian .” Immediately when Pulcheria took authority over the imperial palace, the palace took on a much more monastic tone compared to that of her mother ’ s palace.

She is often annoyed at her sister and is easily upset, yet frequently the two girls team-up against their parents ' authority or at the expenses of their younger rascal brother.

In the figure of She, the novel notably explored themes of female authority and feminine behaviour.

Haggard constantly emphasises this anxiety over female authority in She, so that even the rationally minded and misogynistic Holly, who has put his " heart away from such vanity as woman's loveliness ", ultimately falls upon his knees and worships Ayesha " as never woman was worshipped ".

Similarly, Sarah Gilbert sees the theme of feminine sexuality and authority realised in Ayesha as critical to the novel's success: " Unlike the women earlier Victorian writers had idealised or excoriated, She was neither an angel nor a monster.

She also has a Look ( always capitalised ) which can be rather disconcerting, even to those in authority, such as her grandfather and the headmistress of the school in which she teaches.