Burns suppers are most common in Scotland and Northern Ireland but occur wherever there are Burns Clubs, Scottish Societies, expatriate Scots, or aficionados of Burns ' poetry.

Formal dinners are hosted by organisations such as Burns clubs, the Freemasons or St Andrews Societies and occasionally end with dancing when ladies are present.

Societies that live in cities are often called civilizations.

Societies whose legislatures use a single-winner voting system are the most likely to have political parties that gerrymander for advantage.

Societies and groups can differ in the extent to which they are based upon predominantly " self-regarding " ( individualistic, and arguably self-interested ) rather than " other-regarding " ( group-oriented, and group, or society-minded ) behavior.

They are operated by a number of major companies ( National Transport Corporation, Mauritius Bus Transport, Rose Hill Transport, Triolet Bus Service, United Bus Service, Luna Transport ) and various individual operators which are organized in regional Bus Owners Co-operative Societies ( BOCS ).

Standard critical editions are those of Souter, Vogels, Bover, Merk, and Nestle-Aland ( the text, though not the full critical apparatus of which is reproduced in the United Bible Societies ' " Greek New Testament ").

Societies all have social norms that they follow ; some allow more expression when dealing with death, such as mourning, while other societies are not allowed to acknowledge it.

In addition, the UN observer organizations International Committee of the Red Cross and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have entered into " official relations " with WHO and are invited as observers.

Societies are social groups that differ according to subsistence strategies, the ways that humans use technology to provide needs for themselves.

While the modern chorus of hundreds had to await the growth of Choral Societies and his centennial commemoration concert, we find Handel already using a variety of performing forces, from the soloists of the Chandos Anthems to larger groups ( whose proportions are still quite different from modern orchestra choruses ):

Also there are literary clubs ( see writing circle and book club ), musical and art clubs, publishing clubs ; and the name of “ club ” has been annexed by a large group of associations which fall between the club proper and mere friendly societies, of a purely periodic and temporary nature, such as slate, goose and Christmas clubs, which do not need to be registered under the Friendly Societies Act.

“‘ No idle hands are seen ’: The Social Construction of Work in Shaker Society .” Communal Societies.

There are 20 Steinway Societies.

Societies that are stratified — that is, divided into unequal classes — often prescribe different degrees of endogamy.

There are four categories of student associations: Academic Societies, Practical Societies, Artistic Societies, and Physical Culture Societies.

Societies in which a couple resides close to the bride's family rather than the bridegroom's family are termed " matrilocal " by anthropologists.

Societies now generally understand that swamps are critically important in the processes of providing fresh water and oxygen to all life, and are often breeding grounds for a wide variety of life.

" Societies meet approximately every other Friday for entertainment and fellowship and on almost all Sunday mornings for Sunday School ; societies also hold a weekly prayer meeting.

There is also a statute allowing European Cooperative Societies.

Set up by Pope John Paul II by a motu proprio of 15 January 1993, it is presided over by the Cardinal Secretary of State and includes also the Secretary and the Undersecretary for Relations with States, and the Secretaries of the Congregations for the Eastern Churches, for the Clergy, and for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, and of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

Societies may also be organized according to their political structure.

From 1948 until 1967 Kuratowski was director of the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and was also a long-time chairman of the Polish and International Mathematics Societies.

Steinway Societies also sponsor events such as concerts, recitals, workshops and master classes.

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After the Second Vatican Council and the introduction of the New Rite Mass, use of plainsong in the Catholic Church declined and was mostly confined to the Monastic Orders and to ecclesiastical Societies celebrating the traditional Latin Mass ( also called Tridentine Mass ).

The University is also an affiliate of the Spanish Royal Societies of Physics and Mathematics.

Law is also a member of the Congregations for the Oriental Churches, the Clergy, Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, Evangelisation of Peoples, Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Catholic Education, Bishops as well as the Pontifical Council for the Family.

There is also a Northern Union known as Northern Universities Catholic Societies.

The Tammany Society, also known as the Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Columbian Order, was founded in New York on May 12, 1789, originally as a branch of a wider network of Tammany Societies, the first having been formed in Philadelphia in 1772.

In the same building he also painted the monochrome decorations in the joint ante-room of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies.

Law Societies also play a role as part of the justice system, and concern themselves with access to justice.

Societies can also consider descent to be ambilineal ( such as Hawaiian kinship ) where offspring determine their lineage through the matrilineal line or the patrilineal line.

The period from 1875 through 1910 also saw debates over the use of musical instruments in worship, Christian Endeavor Societies and Sunday Schools.

Some rusticators also formed " Village Improvement Societies " which constructed hiking trails and walking paths connecting the Island's villages to its interior mountains.

The Socialist Societies also elect three representatives to the National Policy Forum, currently Emma Burnell ( Labour Housing Group ), Martin Rathfelder ( Socialist Health Association ) and Helen Gibson ( Labour Students ).

Societies were also required to pay excess profits tax, although their co-operative nature meant they made no profits.

He was also the director of the first Serbian School of Music and one of the founders of the Union of Singing Societies.

Other Marx Societies ( also close to WPI ) have been formed in other countries, such as Canada.

The song became popular in Britain and also America following the establishment of several Anacreontic Societies there.

The University of London also had accommodation there and the learned Societies retained a presence in the building until the 1870s.

He was also a distinguished member of The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies at UNC.