Although the National Association held on for a few more seasons, it was no longer recognized as the premier organization for professional baseball.

The term epískopos was not from the earliest times clearly distinguished from the term presbýteros (" elder ", " senior ", nowadays used to signify a priest ), but the term was already clearly used in the sense of the order or office of bishop, distinct from that of priest in the writings of Ignatius of Antioch ( died c. 108 ), and sources from the middle of the 2nd century undoubtedly set forth that all the chief centres of Christianity recognized and had the office of bishop, using a form of organization that remained universal until the Protestant Reformation.

Since 2005 BJU has been accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, a national accrediting organization recognized by the Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

The International Federation of Sport Climbing ( IFSC ) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide and is recognized by the IOC and GAISF and is a member of the International World Games Association ( IWGA ).

* A Certified Business Analysis Professional ( CBAP ™) is a recognized expert in identifying the business needs of an organization in order to determine business solutions.

According to the American Bar Association, a lawyer that is a certified specialist has been recognized by an independent professional certifying organization as having an enhanced level of skill and expertise, as well as substantial involvement in an established legal specialty.

For a country-by-country listing of officially recognized forms of business organization, see Types of business entity.

Dartmouth is home to 32 recognized Greek houses: 17 fraternities, 12 sororities, and three coeducational organizations, In 2007, roughly 70 % of eligible students belong to a Greek organization ; since 1987, students have not been permitted to join Greek organizations until their sophomore year.

This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.

Additionally, the political and defense communities recognized the need for a high-level Department of Defense organization to formulate and execute R & D projects that would expand the frontiers of technology beyond the immediate and specific requirements of the Military Services and their laboratories.

In the early years of the Soviet Union, Esperanto was given a measure of government support, and the Soviet Esperanto Association was an officially recognized organization.

It is recognized by the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) as the supreme body responsible for the organization of chess and its championships at global and continental levels.

In Chile, the organization is affiliated as " Greenpeace Chile " was founded in 1981 and is a government recognized NGO there.

Although it was not legally recognized until 1982, the CGT was originally formed in 1970 by the Christian Democrats and received external support from the World Confederation of Labour ( WCL ) and the Latin American Workers Central ( Central Latinoamericana de Trabajadores — CLAT ), a regional organization supported by Christian Democratic parties.

Many treaties ( such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, or the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade before the establishment of the World Trade Organization ) do not establish an organization and instead rely purely on the parties for their administration becoming legally recognized as an ad hoc commission.

Dennis Organ is often thought of as the father of OCB research and defines OCBs as " individual behavior that is discretionary, not directly or explicitly recognized by the formal reward system, and that in the aggregate promotes the effective functioning of the organization.

JPL has been recognized four times by the Space Foundation: with the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award, which is given annually to an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to public awareness of space programs, in 1998 ; and with the John L. " Jack " Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration on three occasions – in 2009 ( as part of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Team ), 2006 and 2005.

To receive tribal services, a Native American must be a certified member of a recognized tribal organization.

The remaining political organization, the Popular Democratic Party, is less active in its opposition of this case of disfranchisement but has officially stated that it favors fixing the remaining " deficits of democracy " that the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations have publicly recognized in writing through Presidential Task Force Reports.

Many researchers have recognized these kinds of supply network structures as a new organization form, using terms such as " Keiretsu ", " Extended Enterprise ", " Virtual Corporation ", " Global Production Network ", and " Next Generation Manufacturing System ".

SF fandom has a life of its own, but not much in the way of formal organization ( although clubs such as the Futurians, the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, and the National Fantasy Fan Federation are recognized features of fandom ).

The TAF are in a protracted campaign against the PKK ( recognized as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and NATO ) which has involved frequent forays into neighbouring Iraq.

It is true that he always recognized the importance of the organization of individual life and the ' development of a wealth of individual forms ' ( GS, III, p. 358 ), but he stressed the fact that ' self-education can only be continued [...] in the wider context of development of the world ' ( GS, VII, p. 33 ).

This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.

But while the corporation has all the disadvantages of the socialist form of organization ( so cumbersome it cannot constructively do much of anything not compatible with its need to perpetuate itself and maintain its status quo ), unluckily it does not have the desirable aspect of socialism, the motivation to operate for the benefit of society as a whole.

Richards' view of the aesthetic experience might constitute a sixth variety: for him it constitutes, in part, the organization of impulses.

A realistic balancing of the need for new forms of international organization on the one hand, and our capacity to achieve them on the other, must be approached through the concept of `` community ''.

It is possible that international organization will ultimately supplant the multi-state system, but its proper function for the immediate future is to reform and supplement that system in order to render pluralism more compatible with an interdependent world.

Registered Democrats in New York City this year have the opportunity to elect their party's candidates for Mayor and other municipal posts and the men who will run their party organization.

Does the organization show an affinity for a foreign government, political party or personality in opposition or preference to the American system??

I disagree with Mr. Burnham's position on the Common Market ( Nov. 18 ) as a desirable organization for us to join.

The senior policy officer may be moved to think hard about a problem by any of an infinite variety of stimuli: an idea in his own head, the suggestions of a colleague, a question from the Secretary or the President, a proposal by another department, a communication from a foreign government or an American ambassador abroad, the filing of an item for the agenda of the United Nations or of any other of dozens of international bodies, a news item read at the breakfast table, a question to the President or the Secretary at a news conference, a speech by a Senator or Congressman, an article in a periodical, a resolution from a national organization, a request for assistance from some private American interests abroad, et cetera, ad infinitum.

The temporary Peace Corps will be a source of information and experience to aid us in formulating more effective plans for a permanent organization.

To meet this urgent need for skilled manpower we are proposing the establishment of a Peace Corps -- an organization which will recruit and train American volunteers, sending them abroad to work with the people of other nations.

It will be transfered on completion to The Industrial Foundation of Rhode Island, a non-profit organization, which will reimburse us for the cost of construction.

The purpose of the organization is to further the interest of women students in recreational activities as a means of promoting physical efficiency, sportsmanship, and `` play for play's sake ''.

It should sternly appraise curricula, faculty, organization, buildings, faculty work loads, and potential for growth in stature and size.

and an administrative organization to take the routine load away from department managers and project engineers as much as possible, thus allowing them more time for strictly technical work.

The Taft-Hartley Act gave the federal courts jurisdiction over `` suits for violation of contracts between an employer and a labor organization representing employees in an industry affecting commerce ''.

Section 381(a) applies only to a transfer by liquidation of a subsidiary owned to the extent of at least 80 per cent, a statutory merger or consolidation, an acquisition of substantially all a corporation's assets solely in exchange for voting stock, or a change of identity, form, or place of organization.

The principle of optimality thus brings a vital organization into the search for the optimal policy of a multistage decision process.

The husband is usually a well-educated professional, preoccupied with his job -- often an organization man whose motto for getting ahead is: `` Don't rock the boat ''.

It is always a temptation for a religious organization, especially a powerful or dominant one, to impose through the clenched fist of the law its creedal viewpoint upon others.

Nevertheless, it is from the Selden organization that the industry inherited its institutional machinery for furthering the broader interests of the trade.

The identification of the basic unit of religious organization -- the parish or congregation -- with a residential area is self-defeating in a modern metropolis, for it simply means the closing of an iron trap on the outreach of the Christian fellowship and the transmutation of mission to co-optation.

Members of the San Francisco American Friends Service, a Quaker organization, will march to San Francisco for a rally in Union Square at 2 p.m. Saturday.

It is natural that he should turn for his major support to a select and dedicated few from the organization which actually owns the university and whose goals are, in their opinion, identified with its highest good and ( to use that oft-repeated phrase ) ' the attainment of excellence ' ''.

for example, the organization of steamship conferences to set freight rates and the encouragement of railroads to seek mergers.