The school appealed the IRS decision all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court, arguing that the University met all other criteria for tax-exempt status and that the school's racial discrimination was based on sincerely held religious beliefs, that " God intended segregation of the races and that the Scriptures forbid interracial marriage.

Although Bohr, Fowler, Pauli, and other physicists agreed with Chandrasekhar's analysis, at the time, owing to Eddington's status, they were unwilling to publicly support Chandrasekhar .< sup >, pp. 110 – 111 </ sup > Through the rest of his life, Eddington held to his position in his writings, including his work on his fundamental theory.

Many county towns are in fact cities, but all are referred to as county towns irrespective of whether city status is held or not.

In many navies, the rank of commodore was merely viewed as a senior captain position, whereas other naval services bestowed upon the rank of commodore the prestige of flag officer status ; commodore is the highest rank in the Irish Naval Service, for example, and is held by only one person.

Other common signifying footwear of the dominatrix are thigh-high boots, in leather or shiny PVC, which have long held a fetishistic status, along with the very high stiletto heel.

The Roman Catholic Church does not consider the validity of an ecumenical council's teaching to be in any way dependent on where it is held or on the granting or withholding of prior authorization or legal status by any state, in line with the attitude of the 5th-century bishops who " saw the definition of the church's faith and canons as supremely their affair, with or without the leave of the Emperor " and who " needed no one to remind them that Synodical process pre-dated the Christianisation of the royal court by several centuries ".

Ottoman rulers held several titles denoting their Imperial status.

By the early Heian period, the shōen had obtained legal status, and the large religious establishments sought clear titles in perpetuity, waiver of taxes, and immunity from government inspection of the shōen they held.

He held this status for the remainder of his life, but he did not live in Great Britain after 1950.

The Capetians, in a way, held a dual status of King and Prince ; as king they held the Crown of Charlemagne and as Count of Paris they held their personal fiefdom, best known as Île-de-France.

The fact that the Capetians both held lands as Prince as well as in the title of King gave them a complicated status.

He held that Jewish law could not disprove, and hence had to conclude, that the original husband really was the child's father and there was no case of Mamzer status.

Arianism held that Jesus, while not merely mortal, was not eternally divine and was, therefore, of lesser status than the Father.

The most recent workshop, held at Chennai, India, in February 2008, concerned polymetallic nodule mining technology, with special reference to its current status and challenges ahead

Falsum in uno, falsum in omnibus status as a logical fallacy is independent of whether it is wise or unwise to use as a legal rule, with witnesses testifying in courts being held for perjury if part of their statements are false.

Differing slightly from the original meaning, in colloquial speech, " limbo " is any status where a person or project is held up, and nothing can be done until another action happens.

Radio broadcast stations: AM 9, FM 5 ( plus 15 repeater stations ), shortwave 2 ( plus a third station held in standby status )) ()

Even though the UN Security Council created a peacekeeping force to implement a referendum on self-determination for Western Sahara, it has yet to be held, periodic negotiations have failed, and the status of the territory remains unresolved.

* 1918 – Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years.

" Considering Murray's reputation to be " deservedly low " in academia, she argued that Murray's status as President of the Folklore Society had harmed the society's reputation and was a causal factor in the mistrustful attitude that many historians held toward folkloristics as an academic discipline.

For several generations, his family had been small-scale bankers in Florence, but his father, Ludovico di Leonardo di Buonarotto Simoni, failed to maintain the bank's financial status, and held occasional government positions.

Four referendums on either integration with Guam or the islands ' status were held in 1958, 1961, 1963 and 1969.

Other books were held in high esteem but were gradually relegated to the status of New Testament apocrypha.

At the time of its completion in 1973, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center towers in New York, and it held this rank for nearly 25 years.

* Taipei 101 became the tallest building in the world ever built after it officially opened on December 31, 2004, a record it held until the opening of the Burj Khalifa ( Formerly known as Burj Dubai ) in January 2010, standing at 828 m ( 2, 717 ft ).

Its-tall spire makes it ( briefly, and by 5m ) the world's tallest building ( a title held since 1647 by Strasbourg Cathedral ).

With the spire reaching around 525 feet ( 160 m ) it becomes the world's tallest structure ( surpassing the Great Pyramid of Giza, which held the record for almost 4, 000 years ), a record it holds until the spire is blown down in 1549.

It is high, has 50 floors, and is the highest inhabited building in the Paris area ( a title previously held by the Tour Montparnasse, which was the tallest inhabited building until the Tour First was renovated between 2007 and 2011, bringing it to its current height from a previous ; the tallest structure in Paris is the Eiffel Tower ).

St Botolph's Church is the widest parish church in England, the tallest to roof, and also one of the largest by floor area, although contrary to common belief, that title is held by the Holy Trinity Church in Hull.

When built, it was the world's tallest fountain and held that record for over a decade.

When built, Sky Tower was the tallest structure in Orange County ( a distinction now held by nearby WindSeeker.

Wynand, who has finally grasped the nature of the " power " he thought he held, shuts down the Banner and asks Roark to design one last building for him, a skyscraper – the tallest building in the world – that will testify to the supremacy of man: " Build it as a monument to that spirit which is yours ... and could have been mine.

It also held the world record for the tallest vertical loop on any roller-coaster.

Richard Eltham also lives in stanford, a great poet, author and lover who also held the record for being the worlds tallest dwarf between sept2010 and july 2011.

( Prior to the Singer Building, the 29-story, 391 feet ( 119 m ) tall Park Row Building, completed in 1899, was the tallest building in New York City, and briefly held the title of " Tallest Office Building in the World " until being surpassed in 1901 by the Philadelphia City Hall, at 548 ft ( 167 m ) tall including the statue.

Upon its completion, the building surpassed Aon Center in Los Angeles to become the tallest building in the United States west of the Mississippi River, a title it held until Los Angeles's Library Tower, now known as the U. S. Bank Tower, was built in 1990.

Construction of the Ryugyong was intended to be completed in time for the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students in June 1989 ; had this been achieved, it would have held the title of world's tallest hotel.

Safin held the No. 1 ATP ranking for 9 weeks during 2000 ( making him the tallest number 1 ranked player of all time ) when he won his first Grand Slam tournament at the US Open, becoming the only Russian in history to win this tournament in the Mens Singles draw, by defeating Pete Sampras in straight sets.

Throughout much of his career, Johnson held the title of tallest player in MLB history.

The title of tallest player is now held by Johnson's former Diamondback teammate Jon Rauch, a relief pitcher who is 6 ' 11 ".

Until Leviathan opened in 2012, Behemoth held the record for the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Canada, standing at and reaching speeds of ,.

In September 2011, Shun Hing Square became the second tallest building in Shenzhen ( title held since 1996 ) when the nearby Kingkey 100, at 441. 8 metres ( 1, 449 ft ), overtook Shun Hing Square in height.

( Smith Tower, in the older section of Downtown near the waterfront, once held the title of tallest American building west of the Mississippi.

It not only was the tallest, fastest, longest roller coaster in the park, but also held all three records for the state of Texas.

* Almost all world records for tallest, fastest, and longest coasters are currently held by steel roller coasters.

She may be older than the other kids and is unsurprisingly the tallest child in the classroom, since she could have been held back a year due to her unintelligence.