Reilly has come under fire from gun rights advocates for allegedly abusing his regulatory authority for political purposes ( see Gun Owners Action League article ).

The National Civic League is an American non-profit organization that advocates for transparency, effectiveness, and openness in local government.

The National Urban League ( NUL ), formerly known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, is a nonpartisan civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States.

The National Urban League is an organizational member of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, which advocates gun control.

An example of this can be seen from its absence in the League of Nations, an international political forum, much like the United Nations ; President Woodrow Wilson was one of the main advocates for the League of Nations ; the United States Senate, however, voted against joining.

The party advocates moderate economic interventionism, although less so than the right-wing League of Polish Families or centre-left Democratic Left Alliance, and the party adopts the social market economy rhetoric of western European Christian democratic parties.

Onfray endorsed the French Revolutionary Communist League and its candidate for the French presidency, Olivier Besancenot in the 2002 election, although this is somewhat at odds with the libertarian socialism he advocates in his writings.

On January 17, 1987 a group of ninety demonstrators conducted a " March Against Fear and Intimidation " in Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia that was met by as many as three hundred counter-protesters including the Forsyth County Defense League ( an independent affiliate of The Nationalist Movement, which advocates the expulsion of all non-whites from the United States ) and the Ku Klux Klan.

The League created a small panel to decide if it should investigate the matter and, with an affirmative response, a neutral commission was created.

The early 1990s also saw new court decisions and conservative political pressure against affirmative action policies the Urban League supported.

Among the last collaborators with whom Atkinson may have been associated was the mentalist C. Alexander, " The Crystal Seer ," whose New Thought booklet of affirmative prayer, " Personal Lessons, Codes, and Instructions for Members of the Crystal Silence League ", published in Los Angeles during the 1920s, contained on its last page an advertisement for an extensive list of books by Atkinson, Dumont, Ramacharaka, Vishita, and Atkinson's collabrator, the occultist L. W. de Laurence.

At the University of Houston, she joined the League of Mexican-American students, which was part of the fight for Chicano studies, bilingual-bicultural education, affirmative action, and U. S. withdrawal from Vietnam that swept the Southwest in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

With Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra both out of action due to injuries, the American League champs still mounted a 15-hit attack against a parade of eight Cincinnati pitchers, the most ever used by one team in a series game.

On 15 August 1909 the Military League, a group of Greek officers, took action against the government to reform their country's national government and reorganize the army.

Baseball's new commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis took decisive action, banning the tainted players from Major League Baseball for life.

He first saw action against the Ottoman Turks at the Siege of Vienna in 1683 and the subsequent War of the Holy League, before serving in the Nine Years ' War, fighting alongside his cousin, the Duke of Savoy.

Luxembourg was invaded by Louis XIV of France ( husband of Maria Theresa, daughter of Philip IV ) in 1684, an action that caused alarm among France's neighbours and resulted in the formation of the League of Augsburg in 1686.

Paraguay appealed to the League of Nations, but the League did not take action when the Pan-American Conference offered to mediate instead.

Article 8 of the Covenant gave the League the task of reducing " armaments to the lowest point consistent with national safety and the enforcement by common action of international obligations.

Its two most important members, Britain and France, were reluctant to use sanctions and even more reluctant to resort to military action on behalf of the League.

The 3rd Annual Conference of the League, held in London on 29 May 1887 marked the change, with a majority of the 24 branch delegates voting in favor of an anarchist-sponsored resolution declaring that " This conference endorses the policy of abstention from parliamentary action, hitherto pursued by the League, and sees no sufficient reason for altering it.

As diplomats from Argentina, the United States, and the League of Nations conducted fruitless " reconciliation " talks, Colonel José Félix Estigarribia, Paraguay's deputy army commander, ordered his troops into action against Bolivian positions early in 1931.

The 3rd Annual Conference of the League, held in London on 29 May 1887 marked the change, with a majority of the 24 branch delegates voting in favor of an anarchist-sponsored resolution declaring that " This conference endorses the policy of abstention from parliamentary action, hitherto pursued by the League, and sees no sufficient reason for altering it.

Protests by the League of Nations, especially the British, who had interests in that area, led to no serious action.

In acablegram from the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States to the Secretary-General of the United Nations 15 May 1948, the former justified the action in the opening words of the Cablegram, On the occasion of the intervention of Arab States in Palestine to restore law and order and to prevent disturbances prevailing in Palestine from spreading into their territories and to check further bloodshed ,..

In a Cablegram from the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States to the Secretary-General of the United Nations 15 May 1948, the former justified the action in the opening words of the Cablegram, On the occasion of the intervention of Arab States in Palestine to restore law and order and to prevent disturbances prevailing in Palestine from spreading into their territories and to check further bloodshed ,.

Major League Baseball ( MLB ) itself does not use the term " tournament " for postseason action.

His action resulted in the Catholic activist, Henry I, Duke of Guise, forming the Catholic League.

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In addition to Agent Honeydew and Monkey, the three superheroes were seen in action along with other superheroes ( similar to the large number of Justice League members having appeared in Challenge of the Super Friends and Justice League Unlimited ).

France had decided to govern Syria directly, and took action to enforce the French Mandate of Syria before the terms had been accepted by the Council of the League of Nations.

After acquiring Fernando Valenzuela in the summer of 1979, the Dodgers assigned him to the Lodi Dodgers ( now the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes ) of the High-A level California League, where he posted a 1 – 2 record and a 1. 13 ERA in limited action.

The conflict mostly consisted of military action aimed at League members, such as the Battle of Fontaine-Française, though the Spanish launched a concerted offensive in 1595, taking Doullens, Cambrai and Le Catelet and in the spring of 1596 capturing Calais by April.

The technique is rarely seen at the Major League level but is used effectively by multiple college programs.

The sport is mainly still confined to Australia and New Zealand, although the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service in Canada has run the Nova Scotia Surf League competitions every summer since 2000, and competition programs exist in 5 regions of Canada.

Patriot League members have some of the oldest collegiate athletic programs in the country.

Quincy's high school sports programs are in the Patriot League: the DIII Fisher Division " Red Raiders " of North Quincy High School and the DIIA Keenan Division " Presidents " of Quincy High School, who are rivals.

Ms. Justin was a longtime supporter of youth programs in Nocona such as the boys ' and girls ' Little League and the city park.

Although Broken Hill is in New South Wales, the programming schedules for these channels is the same as Channel Nine, Channel Ten and Channel Seven in Adelaide, with local commercials inserted and some variations for coverage of Australian Football League or National Rugby League matches, local and national news and current affairs programs, some lifestyle and light entertainment shows and infomercials.

There are two sports programs, the Pickerington Youth Athletic Association and the Adult Sports League, with several sports offered, including capture the flag.

Themed housing options include La Casa Hispanica, which " supports the endeavors of students actively engaged in organizing programs concerned with the cultures and civilizations of the Spanish-speaking world ," the Ira de A. Reid House, which seeks students active in the Black Students ' League or members of the African Diaspora interested in the culture and politics of Africans, Cadbury house, which provides a substance-free and quiet living environment, and Yarnall, which has no permanent theme.

Its Kangaroos athletic programs compete in the NCAA Division I Summit League.

Currently, the Serie del Caribe is affiliated with the Winter League programs of Major League Baseball, featuring MLB players and prospects from the Dominican Winter League, Mexican Pacific League, Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.

In 1997 and in 1998, the National League of Nursing ( NLNAC ) reaffirmed accreditation for the School of Nursing programs at the associate level and baccalaureate completion level for eight full years.

The Father disagreed with the program originally instituted at the Urban League, and so, the curriculum was later turned over to him to manage, while the daily programs switched to math, English, and self defense.

Housed in the College of Health Professions, the School of Nursing offers BSN and MSN programs that are fully accredited by the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission.

In addition to sponsoring the biennial " Bicycle Education Leaders Conference ", the League is active in " Safe Routes to School " programs at a national level.

* The school's nursing programs are accredited by the New Jersey Board of Nursing, the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

A committed internationalist, he financially supported programs of the League of Nations and crucially funded the formation and ongoing expenses of the Council on Foreign Relations and its initial headquarters building, in New York in 1921.

The Catholic League has taken a stand against anything they perceive as anti-Catholic, including the entertainment industry, certain art exhibits, school programs for sex education, government-funded contraception and abortion, media bias, restrictions against pro-life activism, and restrictions on religious schools.

The League approved of his votes on the issues of renewable energy and farm conservation programs.

Such programs have become common-place, extending even to colleges in Ivy League universities.