Membership in the party was as much a prerequisite for admission to colleges and for government jobs as in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin or Nikita Krushchev.

Membership in guilds was an indirect form of citizenship in that it helped their members succeed financially.

Membership was estimated at 40, 000.

Membership had its risks, however, especially in the 1930s when the party was subjected to purges under Joseph Stalin.

Membership in the party was not open.

Membership of the Dopolavoro was voluntary, but it had high participation because of its nonpolitical nature.

For example, a Dinosaur is a member who was active before the first Worldcon ( World Science Fiction Convention ) held on July 4, 1939, while Associate Membership requires provable activity in fandom for more than three decades.

His book about his discovery was printed in Leipzig in 1917, under the title The Language of the Hittites ; Its Structure and Its Membership in the Indo-European Linguistic Family.

Johnson was elected by the ITU Membership to the directorship for a 4-year term in November 2006 and was reelected for a second term starting January 2011.

Membership was reduced to 17, 000.

The loyalty card concept was used by some co-operatives to restore dividend payments at the turn of the 21st century, notably by the CWS's " Dividend " card, which was replaced by The Co-operative Membership card program, adopted by several larger co-operatives.

Membership in the party was opened to anyone prepared to pay a token fee.

Membership was restricted to Protestants between the ages of 16 and 60.

Membership in both the Bolshevik and Menshevik ranks diminished from 1907 to 1908 and the number of people taking part in strikes in 1907 was 26 percent of the figure during the year of the revolution in 1905, it dropped in 1908 to 6 percent of that figure, and in 1910 it was 2 percent of that figure.

Kuhn later recollected that the Charter Membership was a " brouhaha ( bordering on a flame fest )" and took no action.

Membership was mandatory for all artists in the Reich.

Membership of the senatorial order was a prerequisite to attain the standard succession of offices known as the cursus honorum, and to gain entry into the Roman Senate.

Membership was opened to individuals, with corporate membership being in the form of sponsorship.

Membership in the Shakers dwindled in the late 19th century for several reasons: people were attracted to cities and away from the farms ; Shaker products could not compete with mass-produced products that became available at a much lower cost ; and Shakers could not have children, so adoption was a major source of new members.

Membership in the Vacuum Cleaner Manufacturers ' Association, formed in 1919, was limited to licensees under his patents.

Membership was selected with regard to equitable geographical distribution.

Membership might include some benefits such as billing, and dialing the default 00 prefix instead of the need to dial the specific prefix of the company ( as it was done in the past, when Bezeq had a monopoly in this field ).

Lioness Club Membership is generally for service-minded women, with exceptions of men also becoming Lioness members nowadays.

Membership in these organizations is generally by invitation only.

Membership in the school is not generally extended to Schoenberg's many pupils in the United States from 1933, such as John Cage, Leon Kirchner and Gerald Strang, nor to many other composers who, at a greater remove, wrote compositions evocative of the Second Viennese style, such as the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.

Membership is not always compulsory for employees, but generally only employees can become members either directly ( as shareholders ) or indirectly through membership of a trust that owns the company.

Membership of the community is generally, but not exclusively, a function of education, employment status, and institutional affiliation.

Membership of the MLS is generally considered to be essential to the practice of real estate brokerage.

Membership in MVGC is concentrated in Columbus and Ohio generally, however there is a substantial national and international membership as well.

Membership in those courts was generally bought from the royal authority ; and such positions could be made hereditary by payment of the tax to the King ( la Paulette ).

Membership of the priesthood is hereditary, and generally passes down from father to son.

Membership in tribal and subtribal units is generally by birth, but individuals and groups may also join these units by adoption, clientship, or a decision to live and behave in a certain way.

Membership type is far more stable over time than membership in an individual clique: isolates generally remain socially disengaged, liaisons remain equally consistent, and “ group members ” frequently switch from one clique to another, but typically remain group members over time.

Membership is generally obtained by entering a training contract with an accountancy firm ( although it is possible to train within industry ), during which the student gains experience and sits a number of exams.

Membership fees have recently been suggested as a source of income – one has generally been able to become a member by simply filling out a form.

Membership is by invitation only and promotion generally follows seniority with some discretion to allow for individual officers ' statuses in their profession and their level of participation in the corps.

Membership in the Danish minority has been fluid since 1945, as objective criteria like e. g. the language to distinguish a German Schleswigian from a Danish are not taken into account, since German law prohibits government registration of persons due to their ethnic origins.

Membership in the early days of the band was loose and fluid, but in 1992, Dan Murphy, Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Kraig Johnson, and drummer Chris Mars ( of The Replacements ) released Golden Smog's first CD, a covers EP entitled On Golden Smog.

Membership fees vary depending on how frequently members are paid and the level of their current salary ( see table ).

Membership of the coalition changes frequently as individuals leave the group as it passes beyond the boundary of their activity space, or the activity ends or changes, as when the breeding season begins.

" Membership was free " to interested grantmakers ," and 140 foundations, charities and nonprofits joined in the Roundtable's first year.

The Membership Award is only actually received by young people new to Scouting, whereas those Explorer Scouts who have joined from a Scout Troop will undertake the Moving-On Award.

United States President Grover Cleveland accepted an Honorary Membership in Tiger Inn, making him the senior-most elected politician to have joined the club in this membership category.

Early on Woyrsch joined the NSDAP ( Membership number 162, 349 ) and the SS ( Member Number 3, 689 ).