It is one of the ironic quirks of history that the viability and usefulness of nationalism and the territorial state are rapidly dissipating at precisely the time that the nation-state attained its highest number ( approximately 100 ).

A state, the highest form of human organization in fact and theory, could be subjected to Law only by a manifestation of self-will, or consent.

Today however, the `` outsider '' is likely to have professional qualifications of the highest order ( otherwise the college would not be interested in hiring him ) and to be acclimatized to the democratic processes of the secular or state university.

After exhausting the first appeal as of right, defendants usually petition the highest state court to review the decision.

The highest state court, generally known as the Supreme Court, exercises discretion over whether it will review the case.

Therefore no complete system, i. e. including the electromagnetic modes, can have negative temperatures, since there is no highest energy state, so that the sum of the probabilities of the states would diverge for negative temperatures.

Both the highest and lowest temperature records for the state were set in the Interior, with 100 ° F ( 38 ° C ) in Fort Yukon and − 80 ° F (− 64 ° C ) in Prospect Creek.

Post-1938, federal courts deciding issues that arise under state law are required to defer to state court interpretations of state statutes, or reason what a state's highest court would rule if presented with the issue, or to certify the question to the state's highest court for resolution.

Active funding from the National Science Foundation Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Science ( MPS ) for Caltech stands at $ 343 million as of 2011, the highest for any educational institution in the nation, and higher than the total funds allocated to any state except California and New York.

The city-state of Genoa, unlike ancient Rome, bestowed the title of Consul on various state officials, not necessarily restricted to the highest.

The highest peak in Connecticut is Bear Mountain in Salisbury in the northwest corner of the state.

From then on, until the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev, the Central Committee played a minor role in the running of the party and state – the Politburo was the highest political organ in the Soviet Union.

While Deng never held office as the head of state, head of government or General Secretary of the Communist Party of China ( the highest position in Communist China ), he nonetheless served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1992.

The entrepreneurs who form the most accurate opinions regarding the future state of markets ( i. e. new trends in consumer demands ) earn the highest profits and gain greater control of industry.

Prince Eugene of Savoy ( French: François-Eugène de Savoie, German: Eugen von Savoyen, Italian: Principe Eugenio di Savoia-Carignano ; 18 October 1663 – 21 April 1736 ), was one of the most successful military commanders in modern European history, rising to the highest offices of state at the Imperial court in Vienna.

Another factor is that the emission of fluorescence frequently leaves a fluorophore in the highest vibrational level of the ground state.

Every state maintains its own bar association, supervised by that state's highest court.

A head of state is an official who holds the highest position in a governance system of the state and has the vested powers to act as the chief public representative of a country.

This may even lead to an institutional variability, as in North Korea, where, after the presidency of party leader Kim Il-Sung, the office was vacant for years, the late president being granted the posthumous title ( akin to some ancient Far Eastern traditions to give posthumous names and titles to royalty ) of " Eternal President " ( while all substantive power, as party leader, itself not formally created for four years, was inherited by his son Kim Jong Il, initially without any formal office ) until it was formally replaced on 5 September 1998, for ceremonial purposes, by the office of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, while the party leader's post as Chairman of the National Defense Commission was simultaneously declared " the highest post of the state ", not unlike Deng Xiaoping earlier in the People's Republic of China.

As the convocation of heads of governments and permanent Commonwealth staff and experts, CHOGMs are the highest institution of action in the Commonwealth, and rare occasions on which Commonwealth leaders all come together.

In 2010 the university was ranked 150th in the world by QS World University Rankings, and in 2011 it was ranked 53d in the world for Engineering & Technology ( making it the highest ranked institution in Scandinavia ) and 99th in the Natural Sciences.

Lovett called for the establishment of a university " of the highest grade ," " an institution of liberal and technical learning " devoted " quite as much investigation as to instruction.

It is a legislative institution with the authority to supplement and apply the laws of Bahá ' u ' lláh, the founder of the Bahá ' í Faith, and exercises a judicial function as the highest appellate institution in the Bahá ' í administration.

In the RAE2008, it was the highest institution in the south-east of England for sport-related studies.

Bose attended Hindu School in Calcutta, and later attended Presidency College, also in Calcutta, earning the highest marks at each institution while fellow student Meghnad Saha came second.

No service can flourish without some such institution to inculcate into its embryonic officers love of country, proper conception of duty, and highest regard for honor.

The yeshiva served as the highest educational institution for the Rabbis of this period.

The title of Chief Information Officer in Higher Education may be the highest ranking technology executive although depending on the institution, alternative titles are used to represent this position.

Until its dissolution in 1866, the institution was the highest authority in Sweden next to the King.

Only those students who graduate on the top 10 % of their high school class are usually admitted, which is the highest percentage in the Northeastern region of incoming freshmen for public institution.

In a few instances, the term chancellor is used for a student or faculty member within a high school or an institution of higher learning being either appointed or elected as chancellor in order to preside on the highest ranking judicial board or tribunal.

In Colombia the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Colombia () is an independent government institution that acts as the highest form of fiscal control in the country.

The most powerful institution in the territories remained the governments of the estates ( Landständische Regierung, named Oberratsstube in Prussia and Geheime Landesregierung in Mark and Cleves ), which were the highest government agencies regarding jurisdiction, finances and administration.

The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Oregon as a RU / VH ( very high research activity ) university, the highest classification for an academic institution.

Gukjagam was the highest educational institution of the Goryeo dynasty.

Its early dedication to reaching the highest levels of educational excellence, coupled with the generation and dissemination of new pedagogical knowledge, earned Northern Colorado the name “ Columbia of the West .” In 1985, the Colorado Legislature took the unique step of designating Northern Colorado as “ the primary institution for undergraduate and graduate teacher education in the state of Colorado .”

In 1925 the Soviet government recognized the Russian Academy of Sciences as the " highest all-Union scientific institution " and renamed it the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

Under the current constitution, the President exists as the highest institution in a semi-presidential Republic.

* 2008 Ranked as the 15th highest proportional undergraduate producer of doctorate degree recipients ( and number one public institution ) by the National Science Foundation

The University Council is the highest administrational authority within the institution and consists of the rector and ten other members, including two students and two members endorsed by the University Forum.

" U. S. News and World Report ranked Furman 42nd in its 2011 list of the nation's top liberal arts schools, the highest ranking of any South Carolina institution in that category.