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 ).

Membership is free and automatic for students, offers chances to win merchandise and food, and provides a very raucous encouragement to the athletes.

The pastor and the Membership Preparation and Assimilation Committee must follow through immediately with a carefully planned program.

Membership in the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as the 1996 treaty on the Union of Russia and Belarus and the Treaty of the Formation of a Union State in 1999, has confirmed a close partnership with Russia.

Membership in the party ultimately became a privilege, with a small subset of the general population of Party becoming an elite class or nomenklatura in Soviet society.

Membership in the Order includes friars, nuns, congregations of active sisters, and lay persons affiliated with the order ( formerly known as tertiaries, now Lay or Secular Dominicans ).

Membership in the Hanseatic League meant having important trading contacts with England, Flanders, France, and the Netherlands.

# Loss of sovereignty: Membership often comes with a loss of state sovereignty as treaties are signed which require cooperation on the part of all member states.

Membership declined with the problems of an autocratic structure, mismanagement, and unsuccessful strikes.

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

Membership is limited to established professional cartoonists, with a few exceptions of outstanding persons in affiliated fields.

Membership with the World Bank, under the aegis of Ranjit Nayak, the World Bank Representative in Kosovo ( since February 2007 ), has resulted in Kosovo being treated by the World Bank as its 186th member country, and no longer under the United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 1244.

Membership diversified, with more women and people from a broader political spectrum becoming involved.

Membership is open to all institutions of higher education and all national and international associations with a special interest in languages.

* In the Hainish Cycle, while interaction with cultures is rather free, the Planet of Exile mentions the Law of Cultural Embargo, which states: No Religion or Congruence shall be disseminated, no technique or theory shall be taught, no cultural set or pattern shall be exported, nor shall para-verbal speech be used with any non-Communicant high-intelligence lifeform, or any Colonial Planet, until it be judged by the Area Council with the consent or the Plenum that such a planet be ready for Control or for Membership

Membership of the Committee comprises all State, Territory and Australian Government agencies with responsibilities for management of parts of the Great Artesian Basin, community representatives nominated by agencies ; and sector representatives.

In Ireland, the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland grants Membership ( MRCSI ( Ophth )) and Fellowship ( FRCSI ( Ophth )) qualifications in conjunction with the Irish College of Ophthalmologists.

Membership is open to all persons interested in the fine arts, with the emphasis on practicing artists.

Membership with Australian Psychological Society ( APS ) differs from registration as a psychologist.

To show the unity of all Scouts, the World Membership Badge ( World Crest ) or another badge with a fleur-de-lis is a part of all uniforms.

According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report ( 2000 ), Wayne County is a part of the Bible Belt with evangelical Protestantism being the majority religion.

According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report ( 2000 ), Stoddard County is a part of the Bible Belt with evangelical Protestantism being the majority religion.