According to the National Restaurant Association,

According to the International Reciprocal Trade Association, the industry trade body, more than 450, 000 businesses transacted $ 10 billion globally in 2008 – and officials expect trade volume to grow by 15 % in 2009.

According to its Memorandum & Articles of Association, its objectives are :- “ To act as Nominee or agent or attorney either solely or jointly with others, for any person or persons, partnership, company, corporation, government, state, organisation, sovereign, province, authority, or public body, or any group or association of them ....” Bank of England Nominees Limited was granted an exemption by Edmund Dell, Secretary of State for Trade, from the disclosure requirements under Section 27 ( 9 ) of the Companies Act 1976, because, “ it was considered undesirable that the disclosure requirements should apply to certain categories of shareholders .” The Bank of England is also protected by its Royal Charter status, and the Official Secrets Act.

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.

According to the Professional Disc Golf Association, " The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc.

According to the International Franchise Association approximately 4 % of all businesses in the United States are franchisee-worked.

In comparison, scheduled flights operate from around 560 airports in the U. S. According to the U. S. Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, general aviation provides more than one percent of the United States ' GDP, accounting for 1. 3 million jobs in professional services and manufacturing.

According to the American Psychological Association ( APA ), there are numerous theories about the origins of a person's sexual orientation, but some believe that " sexual orientation is most likely the result of a complex interaction of environmental, cognitive and biological factors ," and that genetic factors play a " significant role " in determining a person's sexuality.

According to a statement of proceedings published elsewhere in the same edition of the BMJ, the report was officially ‘ approved at last week ’ s Council meeting of the British Medical Association .’ ( BMA Council Proceedings, BMJ, April 23, 1955: 1019 ).

According to the Austin Hockey Association, the word puck is derived from the Scottish Gaelic word " puc " or the Irish word " poc ," meaning to poke, punch or deliver a blow.

According to the International Lesbian and Gay Association ( ILGA ) seven countries still retain capital punishment for homosexual behavior: Afghanistan, Iran, Mauritania, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen.

According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Led Zeppelin are the fourth-highest-selling music act in the US and one of only three acts to earn four or more Diamond albums.

According to Terry Pluto's book, Loose Balls, Downey was one of the owners of the New Orleans Buccaneers basketball team in the American Basketball Association in the late 1960s.

According to the Christian Business Association, the New International Version has become the most popular selling English translation of the Bible, having sold more than 215 million copies worldwide.

According to the data of the China Bicycle Association, a government-chartered industry group, in 2004 China's manufacturers sold 7. 5 million electric bicycles nationwide, which was almost twice 2003 sales ; domestic sales reached 10 million in 2005, and 16 to 18 million in 2006.

According to the Soil Association, the total copper that can be applied to organic land is 6 kg / ha / year.

According to the Parapsychological Association, parapsychologists do not study all paranormal phenomena, nor are they concerned with astrology, UFOs, Bigfoot, paganism, vampires, alchemy, or witchcraft.

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association, personality traits are " enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself that are exhibited in a wide range of social and personal contexts.

According to a 1996 statement from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, although heredity influences behavior in individuals, it does not affect the ability of a population to function in any social setting, all peoples " possess equal biological ability to assimilate any human culture " and " racist political doctrines find no foundation in scientific knowledge concerning modern or past human populations.

According to the Scotch Whisky Association, allowing non-Scotch whisky production in Scotland would make it difficult to protect Scotch whisky as a distinctive product.

According to the Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch whisky evolved from a Scottish drink called uisge beatha, which means " lively water " or " water of life ".

According to the 2008 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations claimed 214, 738 members in 2002.

According to the Louisiana Historical Association, he named some African Americans to federal positions, such as Walter L. Cohen of New Orleans, Louisiana, whom he named comptroller of customs.

According to The American Political Science Association, over the past 2004 presidential election, the women's vote may have well decided the outcome of the race.

According to the U. S. National Fire Protection Association, candles are one of the leading sources of residential fires in the U. S. with almost 10 % of civilian injuries and 6 % of civilian fatalities from fire attributed to candles.

According to Eastern Orthodox Professor John Erickson of St Vladimir's Theological Seminary, " The term ' uniate ' itself, once used with pride in the Roman communion, had long since come to be considered as pejorative.

According to Julian, other positions include: Assistant Preacher at Lincoln's Inn ; Select Preacher in Oxford ; Professor of Pastoral Theology and King's College, London ; Dean of Queen's Oxford ; Professor of Exegesis of the New Testament in King's College London ; Examiner in the Theological schools at Oxford ;

According to Dr. Niels Henry Sonne, " The Library of The General Theological Seminary is a magnificent treasury of books, manuscripts, records and source materials for the study of the life and thought of Christianity.

* John S. Romanides: Orthodox Ecclesiology According to Alexis Khomiakov ( In: The Greek Orthodox Theological Review 1956 / II. 1 pp. 57 – 73.

According to the U. S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools 2011 ranking, " California Institute of Technology headlines the new rankings, with top billing in three categories: chemistry, earth sciences and physics.

According to the Good Schools Guide, about 7 % of British school-age students attend private schools.

According to the Good Schools Guide the school is " Highly successful, producing excellent results.

According to the commercially published Good Schools Guide, the school " has arguably the finest tradition of scholarship of any school in the country ", is " uniquely civilised ", and provides an " academically, comradely and architecturally privileged boyhood most Wykehamists treasure throughout their lives.

According to the Schools Minister, “ strong evidence has been emerging of grade inflation across subjects ” in recent years.

According to the annual university rankings conducted by El Mundo, the Complutense University ranks as the topmost university in Spain, with its Schools of Philosophy, Spanish Literature, History, Pharmacy, Optometry, Journalism, Psychology, and Sociology holding the top national rankings.

According to the Preston Historical Society, " Schools were built in “ districts ” to serve the local children, until two central schools, one on Poquetanuck and one in Preston City were built between 1938 and 1940.

According to the journal DesignIntelligence, which annually publishes " America's Best Architecture and Design Schools ," the School of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Kansas was named the best in the Midwest and ranked 6th among all undergraduate architecture programs in the U. S in 2007.

According to The Good Schools Guide: " Approximately 7 per cent of children in education the UK are at fee-paying schools.

According to the Asia Top MBA Business Schools Ranking by Asiaweek, Waseda Business School is ranked 2nd in Japan.

According to the Official Guide to Canadian Law Schools, Osgoode Hall Law School has the most extensive range of clinical programs in Canada.

According to the Good Schools Guide, In the UK, state schools exist in a bewildering variety of forms.

According to the 2011 ABA-LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools published by the American Bar Association and Law School Admissions Council, the law school reported a total enrollment of 948 students.

According to the Good Schools Guide, the school " Achieves impressive exam results with a relaxed atmosphere.

According to Fashionista magazine, Shenkar is ranked 15th in " The Top 50 Fashion Schools In The World " list, as of 2010.

According to Schulz, Frieda's character was inspired by his longtime friend Frieda Rich, a local artist whom he met while taking classes at the Art Instruction Schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

* According to The Princeton Review's 2010 " Best 172 Law Schools ", Loyola is ranked:

According to Peterson's Private Secondary Schools 2010, Roxbury Latin students scored a median of 2230 on the 2400 SAT scale, believed to be the highest score of any school in the country.

According to the Good Schools Guide Bedford School is " much-respected by those in the know " and " something of a well-kept secret.

According to Tim Shaw, former chief executive officer of the Irvine Public Schools Foundation, the annual gift “ seeded the strong public support of elementary arts, music and science instruction .”

According to the Good Schools Guide, the " Pastoral, extra-curricular and academic aspects all strong in a very beautiful setting.

* The Hajj According to the Five Schools of Islamic Fiqh ( Part 1 ), by ' Allamah Muhammad Jawad Mughniyyah ( translated from Arabic by Ali Quri Qara ' i ), al-Tawhid, Vol.

According to the Good Schools Guide, the school " aims to set new standards for co-education in west London.

According to the Schools Minister, “ strong evidence has been emerging of grade inflation across subjects ” in recent years.