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 restricted to 1000, a figure last reached in 1979, and today is open for new members to join.

Membership was initially restricted to baptised Christians.

Membership was restricted to the proprietors or shareholders, and ranged from a dozen or two to between four and five hundred.

Membership is restricted to 60 total positions and is considered a public office.

Membership was restricted to Englishmen.

Membership in the Skoptsy sect was not restricted to the peasant class.

Membership in the ANA was restricted to men born in Australia, at a time when native-born people of European descent ( not including Indigenous Australians ) were rising to power in place of an older generation born in Britain.

Membership was restricted at this time to the top three of the original four property classes ( the Pentacosiomedimni, Hippeis and Zeugitae, but not the Thetes ) and to citizens over the age of thirty.

Membership in the Academy was not restricted to scientists: in 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte was elected a member of the Academy and three years later a president in connection with his Egyptian expedition, which had a scientific component.

Membership was initially restricted to 36 members per College, but this was changed in 1908 by MW Thomas Shryock to 72 members per college.

Membership in the Royal Canadian Legion was originally restricted to ex-service members of Canada's Armed Forces and Merchant Navy.

Membership was restricted to British subjects — there was no legal Canadian citizenship at the time — who would pay dues of one dollar a year, with a maximum membership of 500.

Membership of these was originally restricted to gentlemen, and accordingly they had no non-commissioned officers ; their corporals were commissioned, and ranked as lieutenants in the rest of the army.

Membership was restricted to white men until 1873 when white women were allowed to join.

Membership in the order is divided into two classes, knights of justice and knights of magistral grace, the former is restricted to members of families with noble titles.

Membership is restricted to non-US citizens and is open to both girls and boys.

Membership in the Legion of Valor is restricted to those who have been awarded the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross.

Membership was restricted to their descendants through either male or female lines.

Rules of membership were strict: Membership was restricted to British merchants and civil servants, women and people of unsuitable background being banned.

Membership was restricted to men of proven valor between 18 and 50 ( with the exception of a boy named Vagn Åkesson, who defeated Sigvaldi Strut-Haraldsson in single combat at the age of 12 ).

Membership was restricted to those of British nationality.

Membership is by invitation only at a campus with an established chapter and is restricted to students with integrity and high ethical standards and who are ranked scholastically in the top of their class, regardless of field of study: the top 7. 5 percent of second-semester university juniors and the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students.