While historically Peter's planned war against Denmark was seen as being a political failure, recent scholarship has portrayed it as part of a pragmatic plan to expand Russian power westwards — he saw gaining territory and influence in Denmark and Northern Germany as more useful to Russia than taking East Prussia.

Brzezinski's plan for doing further studies in Great Britain in preparation for a diplomatic career in Canada fell through, principally because he was ruled ineligible for a scholarship he had won that was open to British subjects.

Disgusted by the under-the-table payments being made by universities to athletes, Tigert established the grant-in-aid athletic scholarship program in the early 1930s, which was the genesis of the modern athletic scholarship plan that is currently used by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the pretension of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's " plan " to campaign in Spain.

Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's " plan " to campaign in Spain.

In addition to the formation of a community of high-achieving peers and success student perks, a dedicated academic development specialist provides one-on-one support with scholarship and post-degree applications, as well as with each student's overall academic plan.

This plan also included provisions for a scholarship program for Alabama students to attend college and funding of other education initiatives.

After that under the Colombo plan scholarship, he studied Bachelor of Architecture in 1977 from Chandigarh.

There were 52 active chapters ; the Phi Sigma Kappa Foundation had been established, primarily to reward good scholarship among brothers ; and the Signet was guaranteed to all members for life under a plan that had few parallels in the Greek world at that time.

At the completion of high school, Webb considered entry into Sydney University on a scholarship, but this plan was disrupted by the Second World War.

He told me that this was a better plan and found scholarship money for me to go to college.

Broszat used as an example of his approach, the " Ley Plan " as the wide-ranging reform of the German social insurance system proposed in 1940 by the DAF was known, which Broszat noted borne many striking similarities to the British Beveridge Plan of 1943 ( through the German plan applied only to those classified as " Aryans ") Broszat argued that such a comparative approach would place the Nazi era in a better broader European and German context, especially since Broszat argued that the German plan of 1940 was in many ways the forerunner of the West German social insurance plan of 1957 with such features as pensions guaranteed by the state indexed to the level of GNP ( which was not surprising given that many of the same people worked on both plans ) Broszat called for the " normalization " of the historical understanding of the Nazi era with detailed scholarship employing " mid-range " concepts based upon empirical research and rejecting the moralistic condemnation of the period.

Local vixen Michaela ( Michelle Downey ) informs Darcy of the scholarship deception so she enlists Stan's best friend Chris ( John Zarchen ) in a plan to ensure he take the scholarship and go to college after all.

In addition, the government would pay a $1,000 `` cost of education '' grant to the schools for each $1,500 in scholarship grants.

`` As a private institution, supported by generous individuals, Emory University will recognize no obligation and will adopt no policy that would conflict with its purpose to promote excellence in scholarship and Christian education.

Erasmus declined to commit himself, arguing that to do so would endanger his position as a leader in the movement for pure scholarship which he regarded as his purpose in life.

His parents could not afford to send him to university without another scholarship, and they concluded from his poor results that he would not be able to win one.

J. D. G. Dunn comments on historical Jesus scholarship, " Few scholars would regard John as a source for information regarding Jesus ' life and ministry in any degree comparable to the synoptics.

This was necessary so that there would be a legal bench mark with which to compare and contrast the scholarship of an objective historian against the methods employed by David Irving, as before the Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt trial there was no legal precedent for what constituted an objective historian.

The new structure would be located to the east of the original building, and tasked with two functions: offer a large space for public appreciation of various popular collections ; and house office space as well as archives for scholarship and research.

During her upbringing, Dagmar, together with her sister Alexandra, was given swimming lessons by the Swedish pioneer of swimming for women, Nancy Edberg ; she would later welcome Edberg to Russia, where she came on royal scholarship to hold swimming lessons for women.

In the next two years, he was promised a scholarship of 600 speciedaler yearly and he would then be permitted to travel abroad.

" and that " when one would rather destroy business and scholarship than see Jews in them, one is an ideologue, i. e., a danger for the nation.

Using methods that would not become common in Biblical scholarship until the nineteenth century, Paine tested the Bible for internal consistency and questioned its historical accuracy, concluding that it was not divinely inspired.

Recent scholarship has shown that Heidegger was substantially influenced by St. Augustine of Hippo and that Martin Heidegger's Being and Time would not have been possible without the influence of Augustine's thought.

He won the first Lane Classical Prize, for oratory, and obtained a scholarship to Rutgers College which he would attend the following year.

More recent scholarship suggests that Taylor was not under Seward's influence and would have accepted the Compromise if he had not died.

Though his family was quite poor, Woodcock had the opportunity to go to Oxford University on a partial scholarship ; however, he turned down the chance, because he would have had to become a member of the clergy.

However, more modern scholarship shows that that interpretation is flawed because Subh-i-Azal is only given the right to complete the Bayán with the permission of Him Whom God shall make manifest, and that Subh-i-Azal was instituted as a nominal head and asked to preserve the religion until Him whom God shall make manifest would arrive.

Although he rejected this scholarship, Martin Mayer wrote in 1997 that since the late 1980s it had been “ clear ” that continuing the Glass-Steagall prohibitions was only “ permitting a handful of large investment houses and hedge funds to charge monopoly rents for their services without protecting corporate America, investors, or the banks .” Hyman Minsky, who disputed the benefits of “ universal banking ,” wrote in 1995 testimony prepared for Congress that “ repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, in itself, would neither benefit nor harm the economy of the United States to any significant extent .” In 1974 Mayer had quoted Minsky as stating a 1971 presidential commission ( the “ Hunt Commission ”) was repeating the errors of history when it proposed relaxing Glass-Steagall and other legislation from the 1930s.

Some Muslims include under this term the village mullahs and imams, who have attained only the lowest rungs on the ladder of Islamic scholarship ; other Muslims would say that clerics must meet higher standards to be considered ulama.

In 1898, the Carniolan regional parliament established a scholarship for all those students who were planning a habilitation under the condition that they would accept a post at Ljubljana University when founded.

He stressed the need for mussar ( ethics ), using works such as those of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, polishing the character traits of his students so that they would aspire to become gedolim-" great ones " in all areas of both scholarship, and personal ethics.

He had special agents that would keep an eye out all over Europe for teenagers with an aptitude for both scholarship and leadership, recruiting them and bringing them back to Slobodka.

Finkel's opponents argued that the pure focus on the Talmud would automatically create greatness in both scholarship and ethics.

The original conversation pieces sometimes depicted a group united in conversation about an object, which would typically be an item linked to science or scholarship.

One of his classmates, a future president of Brown University, Dr. Caswell, described Howe in this way, “ He showed mental capabilities which would naturally fit him for fine scholarship.

By 2005, the university had established two 501 ( c )( 3 ) charitable organizations to provide scholarship assistance solely for minority students.

This meant that even boys of very poor families were able to attend school if they were not needed to work at home, but only in a few localities were funds available to provide support as well as the necessary education scholarship.

In principle, all postgraduate students are liable for tuition fees, though a variety of scholarship and assistantship schemes exist which may provide support.

Several scholarship programs supported by companies such as Siemens and Temic provide gifted students with financial assistance during their studies.

Hong showed an interest in scholarship at an early age, so his family made financial sacrifices to provide a formal education to him, in the hope that he could one day complete the civil service examinations.

To provide financial support for his mother, he declined a scholarship to University of Fort Hare.

* The Henrietta Lacks Foundation, a foundation established to, among other things, help provide scholarship funds and health insurance to Henrietta Lacks's family.

* The Henrietta Lacks Foundation, a foundation established to, among other things, help provide scholarship funds and health insurance to Henrietta Lacks's family.

A book on the Social after Gabriel Tarde, Debates and Assessments, is planned for release by Routledge in 2009, and is likely to provide the first set of mature critiques of the recent renaissance of Tarde as well as to suggest models for scholars to use Tarde's thought in their scholarship.

The scholarship program, named for Leon and Sandra Levine, will provide a four-year scholarship to UNC Charlotte.

Additionally, it sponsors an " Emergency Chaplains Corps " to provide support for first responders in disaster situations, and scholarship competitions for graduating high school seniors, focusing on the values of " inclusion, cooperation, and unity " exemplified by the Four Chaplains story.

The centers are designed to provide opportunities for collaborative research and scholarship programs for interdisciplinary, multi-investigator and multi-institutional awards.

Its goal is to provide an annual scholarship to enable writers of color to attend one of the Clarion writing workshops where Butler got her start.

To that end, the association actively promoted excellence in the area of research, the association published a series of annual reports through the Smithsonian Institution and adopted the American Historical Review in 1898 to provide early outlets for this new brand of professional scholarship.

The Royal Irish Academy, the academy for the sciences and humanities for the whole of Ireland will vigorously promote excellence in scholarship, recognise achievements in learning, direct research programmes and undertake its own research projects, particularly in areas relating to Ireland and its heritage. It will reflect upon, advice on and contribute to public debate and public policy formation on issues of major interest in science, technology and culture. It will continue to offer an independent forum to Irish scholars, it will provide a network of support for scholarly disciplines through its network of national committees and commissions, it will maintain and enhance its unique library, it will publish scholarly papers and it will represent the world of Irish learning internationally.

These grants are given in order to strengthen teaching and learning in the humanities in schools and colleges across the nation, facilitate research and original scholarship, provide opportunities for lifelong learning, preserve and provide access to cultural and educational resources and to strengthen the institutional base of the humanities.

* To provide quality training through provision of scholarship, advancement of knowledge through research and development of specialized activities in the University ;

These specific themes provide opportunities for the school to review scholarship and exchange views through special lectures, conferences, and guest speakers.

In 1921, the Sangam began to provide scholarship loans to needy students, and by 1964 more than 3000 such loans were offered.

The mission of the Ninety-Nines is to promote world fellowship through flight ; to provide networking and scholarship opportunities for women and aviation education in the community ; and to preserve the unique history of women in aviation.

Newman and his wife, Krissie, operate the Ryan Newman Foundation, whose mission is to educate and encourage people to spay or neuter their pets and to adopt dogs and cats from animal shelters ; to educate children and adults about the importance of conservation so the beauty of the great outdoors can be appreciated by future generations ; and to provide college scholarship funding through the Rich Vogler Scholarship program, of which Newman himself was a recipient, to students interested in auto racing careers.

As he says: " their lives provide vignettes of Cambridge, snapshots which tell stories of Victorian scholarship and college life and which trace the growth of new disciplines in the sciences and the humanities.