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It is official policy in groups such as the Church of the Nazarene, the Church of God, the Presbyterian Church ( USA ), the Presbyterian Church in America, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, United Church of Christ, United Methodist Church, the Free Methodist Church, Metropolitan Community Church, Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ), Assemblies of God, the Reformed Church in America, and Seventh-day Adventists.
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According to the official interpretation of the Charter, a member cannot be penalized by not having the right to vote in the General Assembly for nonpayment of financial obligations to the `` special '' United Nations' budgets, and of course cannot be expelled from the Organization ( which you suggested in your editorial ), due to the fact that there is no provision in the Charter for expulsion.
This is an official preliminary contest of the Miss America Pageant held each September in Atlantic City.
The `` C '' club is composed of the men of the College who have won an official letter in Carleton athletics.
We were to discover, in fact, that quite a number of people share with us the impression that, in contrast to other Soviet regions, Moscow's atmosphere is depressingly subdued and official.
We have a brief glimpse of the Tsar's public personality, the `` official Boris '', but our real focus is on the excitement of the crowd -- a significant contrast with its halfhearted acclamation in the opening scene, its bitter resentment and fury in the final act.
Even then, as you go into the house oppressed by the knowledge that something is cooking and that your house has passed under this unaccountable, official control, could you go on forgetting that you still had that ridiculous hat on your head and you were still carrying that childish horn in your hand??
But the simple truth is that higher education has never really been an official American Catholic project ; ;
Baseball commissioner Ford Frick has ruled that Ruth's record will remain official unless it is broken in 154 games.
A top American official, after a look at Europe's factories, thinks the U.S. is in a `` very serious situation '' competitively.
This is often done in advance of the update of reporting databases and / or the issuance of official documents.
The standardized form of Austrian German for official texts and schools is defined by the Austrian Dictionary (), published under the authority of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture.
For most speakers ( even native speakers ), this form of the language is generally difficult to understand, as it contains many highly specialised terms for diplomatic, internal, official, and military matters.
This is primarily due to the widespread usage of the Aramaic language as both a lingua franca and the official language of the Neo-Assyrian, and its successor, the Achaemenid Empire.
Schweitzer concludes that the 1st century theology, originating in the lifetimes of those who first followed Jesus, is both incompatible with, and far removed from, those beliefs later made official by the Roman Emperor Constantine in 325 CE.
The official name of the celebration in the Roman Rite liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church is " The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed ".
Though the U. S. federal government has no official language, English is the common language used by the federal government and is considered the de facto language of the United States because of its widespread use.
Although English has no official status in the Constitution, Australian English is Australia's de facto official language and is the first language of the majority of the population.
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The discussion is therefore limited to a suggested procedure for realizing at least some of the potential importance of this volume for future policy.
But their freedom of policy is limited by the pattern of predisposition with which they and the people around them enter the crisis.
Trevelyan accepts Italian nationalism with little analysis, he is unduly critical of papal and French policy, and he is more than generous in assessing British policy.
Only when a concert of nations rests on the positive foundations of shared goals and values is it likely to form a viable instrument of long-range policy.
He feels, therefore, that to seek a discontinuity in the arms policy of the United States is the least risky path our government can take.
During the slow buildup, the essence of a policy or a man is concealed under embroidered details, fine words, strutting gestures.
It is the consequence of the system of ideas that constitutes the frame of our international -- and in some degree our domestic -- policy.
From this belief is derived the practical orientation of our policy on the `` uncommitted '' ( `` neutralist '', `` contested '' ) nations, especially on those whose leaders make the most noise -- Nehru, Tito, Nkrumah, Sukarno, Betancourt, etc..
In view of the increasing shortage of usable surface and ground water in many parts of the Nation and the importance of finding new sources of supply to meet its present and future water needs, it is the policy of the Congress to provide for the development of practicable low-cost means for the large-scale production of water of a quality suitable for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and other beneficial consumptive uses from saline water, and for studies and research related thereto.
The statutory policy of fostering free competition is obviously furthered when no supplier has an advantage over his competitors from an acquisition of his customer's stock likely to have the effects condemned by the statute.
The responsibility for taking the initiative in generating ideas is that of every officer in the Department who has a policy function, regardless of rank.
If the Department of State is to take primary responsibility for foreign policy in Washington, it follows that the ambassador is expected to take charge overseas.
It occurred to me that you might be interested in some thoughts which I expressed privately in recent years, in the hope of clearing up a certain confusion in the public mind about what foreign policy is all about and what it means, and of developing a certain compassion for those who are carrying such responsibilities inside Government.
His first thought is about the question itself: Is there a question here for American foreign policy, and, if so, what is it??
In the first place our business is foreign policy, and it is the business of the Presidential leadership and his appointees in the Department to consider the domestic political aspects of a problem.
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