Mr. Yahia said he detected a certain "nostalgia" among Western critics for the old, more authoritarian order.

But you know we are an authoritarian order.

Singapore, with its reputation for authoritarian order and safety, has long relied on luring multinational corporations for manufacturing jobs and economic growth.

They are also rebelling against what many say is authoritarian order.

There's an implied tension between authoritarian order and romantic expression; a mood of portentous gloom prevails (Johnson).

Ultimately, however, the carefully controlled changes he had introduced began subtly to undermine the traditional, authoritarian order.

The other is Noir, a rebel group sworn to oust the authoritarian order.

Offcers quickly put on coats and ran out to the field so they could shout very authoritarian orders, which really weren't necessary.

The relationship between the painterly and the architectural can be read as an interplay between opposed states of mind: between authoritarian order and romantic expression.

We've always been an authoritarian order.