He is not one to remain more comfortably and unquestioningly within a body of social, cultural, or literary traditions than he was within the traditions -- or possibly the regulations -- governing his tenure in the post office at Oxford, Mississippi, thirty-five years ago.

But the internationalists have taken over the governing body of the bar, and when the lads met in St. Louis, it was not to grumble about the humidity but to vote unanimously that the United Nations was scarcely less than wonderful, despite an imperfection here and there.

The governing body of the abbey consists of the abbot, prior and the " convent " of Stiftsherren ( canons ).

* Amateur Softball Association, national governing body of Softball

* Amateur Swimming Association, UK governing body for swimming

The AFL became the de facto governing body when it pushed for the closure of the International Australian Football Council in 2002.

* Badminton Europe, the governing body of badminton in Europe

* British Eventing, the British governing body for the equestrian sport of eventing

In the 1860s, aided by the War, " New York " style baseball expanded into a national game, as its first governing body, The National Association of Base Ball Players was formed.

The Badminton World Federation ( BWF ) is the internationally recognized governing body of the sport.

The World Bridge Federation is the governing body for international competitive bridge.

The Benedictine Confederation, which was established in 1883 by Pope Leo XIII in his brief Summum semper, is the international governing body of the order, headed by the Abbot Primate.

Seat of the Universal House of Justice, governing body of the Bahá ' ís, in Haifa, Israel

In a non-stock corporation with no general voting membership, e. g., a typical university, the board is the supreme governing body of the institution ; its members are sometimes chosen by the board itself.

However, all factions retained their respective factional structure and the Bolsheviks formed the Bolshevik Center, the de-facto governing body of the Bolshevik faction within the RSDLP.

There he started driving for the Cooper Car Company works team and by 1958 had progressed with them to Formula One, the highest category of open wheel racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l ' Automobile ( FIA ), motor sport's world governing body.

* Confederation of African Rugby, the governing body for rugby unions in Africa

If there is a sense in which a card game can have an " official " set of rules, it is when that card game has an " official " governing body.

* The British Caving Association The national governing body for underground exploration in the UK.

For example, the Union Cycliste Internationale, the governing body of international cycle sport ( which sanctions races such as the Tour de France ), decided in the late 1990s to create additional rules which prohibit racing bicycles weighing less than 6. 8 kilograms ( 14. 96 pounds ).

The convention's governing body is the Conference of the Parties ( COP ), consisting of all governments ( and regional economic integration organizations ) that have ratified the treaty.

One of the problems facing these full-time teachers is the absence of international governing body for the certification or licenture of English language teachers.

The governing body in England is The Croquet Association, which has been the driving force of the development of the game.

Scotland is home to the international governing body for curling, the World Curling Federation, Perth, which originated as a committee of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, the mother club of curling.

The USASF was formed in 2003 by the competition companies to act as the national governing body for all star cheerleading and to create a standard set of rules and judging standards to be followed by all competitions sanctioned by the Federation, ultimately leading to the Cheerleading Worlds.

India's present governing coalition, the United Progressive Alliance, consists of 13 separate parties.

The Romulan government consists of several parts: the Romulan Senate, the main governing and legislative body in a large chamber on Romulus.

Its governing body consists of the trustees of the Ramakrishna Math — the organ to carry out religious works.

The Student Government Association ( SGA ) is the official governing body of the Louisiana Tech University Student Association ( the student body ) and consists of three branches ; the Student Senate, Executive Branch, and the Supreme Court.

An EBNF consists of terminal symbol and non-terminal production rules which are the restrictions governing how terminal symbols can be combined into a legal sequence.

The city commission is the city's governing body and consists of five members, including the mayor and the mayor pro-tem.

The governing body consists of a mayor directly elected by the voters and a six-member Borough Council.

The township committee, which is the governing body, consists of five members elected at large in partisan elections for three-year terms on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year.

The governing body of the town, the Board of Aldermen, consists of a mayor and six aldermen.

The governing body of Christ Church consists of the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral, together with the " Students of Christ Church ", who are not students, but rather the equivalent of the fellows of the other colleges.

The governing body consists of a Council President, Council Vice-President, five council members, a borough secretary, and a borough treasurer who are voted into office by the citizens of the borough.

As per the Home Rule Charter adopted May 1991, the governing body of Fredericksbug consists of a Mayor and four council members.

The City Council, the city's governing body, consists of seven members, with three members from each of two wards, elected for staggered three-year terms, and one at large representative, elected four years.

The Electoral College consists of eleven members of the V ° and is the first of the governing bodies.

A language — says Carnap — consists of a vocabulary, i. e. a set of meaningful words, and a syntax, i. e. a set of rules governing the formation of sentences from the words of the vocabulary.

The primary governing body of Plymouth Township consists of a board of trustees.

In the province of Ontario, for example, the licensing process for the Law Society of Upper Canada ( Ontario's governing law society ) consists of three mandatory components: The Skills and Professional Responsibility Program with assignments and assessments, Licensing Examinations ( a Barrister Licensing Examination and a Solicitor Licensing Examination ), and a 10-month Articling term.

Nauru, for example, has no political parties ; its Parliament consists entirely in independent members of parliament or MPs, who form governing coalitions and opposition blocs through alliances of individuals.

The State Board of Higher Education consists of nine members and is the governing board of the System.

The highest governing body within the university is the Senate, which consists of 75 members: Rector, 5 Vice-Rectors, 12 Deans, 12 students and 45 eligible staff representatives.

Its governing body, the Presidium, consists of a President and five Vice-Presidents.

The governing Council consists of 20 members.

The current governing body consists of a chair and vice chair, ten foundation governors ( elected by the Worshipful Company of Skinners ), three parent governors, two Local Education Authority ( LEA ) governors, three staff governors, an education officer and clerk, education assistant, assistant clerk and the headmaster.