National Geographic Society Explores a World of Changes

The Washington Post;  April 15, 1996 ;   Paul Farhi;   787 words ...The National Geographic Society, founded in 1888, isn't the kind of...Alexander Graham Bell ran the place. The society's magazine, meanwhile, has trimmed...the past 86 years. Next month, the society gets a new president -- and it may...

The search for foresight: the World Future Society's emergence from dream...

The Futurist;  March 1, 2007 ;   Cornish, Edward;   787 words ...The World Future Society was still just a dream when we announced its founding on October 28, 1966. The Society had no members, no headquarters, no money...fairly clear vision of what we wanted the Society to be. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We also...

There is a thing called society; Podium From a speech by the president of...

The Independent - London;  September 15, 1998 ;   MARTIN ALBROW;   728 words ...SOCIETY IS, once again, a key public issue. Sociologists in the Eighties felt that the idea of society was under threat. We inferred that our discipline was also...general election. The Labour Party has come to power with society emblazoned on its shield. The new leader of the Conservative...

1990 annual report of Society of Plastics Engineers.

Plastics Engineering;  May 1, 1991 ;     787 words ...1990 ANNUAL REPORT Society of Plastics Engineers PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE...the word VISION. Having chaired the Society's Strategic Plan Revisit Committee...staff, and all the leadership of the Society could operate and lead effectively...

Niemeyer on '89: turning point for society. (Maxine Niemeyer, American...

National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition;  October 16, 1989 ;   Landes, Jennifer;   677 words ...Niemeyer On '89: Turning Point For Society For Maxine Niemeyer, 1989 was a year to build...future. The 1988-89 president of the American Society of CLU and ChFC believes that American Society members are proud of the Society and committed...

Folklore Society

A Dictionary of English Folklore;    JACQUELINE SIMPSON and STEVE ROUD;   787 words ...Folklore Society. The Folk-Lore Society was founded in January 1878 (it kept the hyphen till 1968), and was thus the first society in the world devoted to the subject. There had been protracted...

National MS Society Balance Sheet Shows Increasing Strength.

PR Newswire;  March 28, 2001 ;     787 words ...Public Support of Society's Walk is Major Contributing Factor and Eagerly Sought...consolidated financial report of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society indicates that the overall Society income has increased from $134 million in 1999 to $158...

Cuts threaten historical society

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 3, 2002 ;   NAHAL TOOSI;   787 words ...Cuts threaten historical society Budget repair may trim $1 million, lead to...headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The sheer mass of material can overwhelm. A visitor to the society's giant neoclassical building at 816 State...

Society meeting in Scotland

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health;  January 1, 2006 ;   Anonymous;   654 words ...SOCIETY The Society hosted a dinner in Edinburgh to strengthen links with members in Scotland...to the dinner, RSPH President, Mr Andrew Banfield OBE, said that The Society was keen to work more closely with its membership across the United Kingdom...

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY GETS NEW DIGS NOW, AT ELM BANK, THEY CAN ACTUALLY...

The Boston Globe;  July 5, 2001 ;   Matt McDonald, Globe Correspondent;   787 words ......standing joke at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society used to be that the society did actual gardening only two weeks a year - when...That's because for most of its 172-year history, the society was headquartered in Boston. It had a hall - three...

Bylaws of the Melville Society January 2007.(Extracts)(Organization...

Leviathan;  June 1, 2008 ;     787 words ...I. Purpose of the Society The Melville Society, founded in 1946, is a scholarly organization whose principal...follows all regulations prescribed by the federal tax code. The Society publishes a journal and occasional works, sponsors conferences...

society

Dictionary of the Social Sciences;    Craig Calhoun;   781 words ...society Used to describe both the general phenomenon of social...social life is organized. Thus, all human beings live in society—their lives are social and involve relationships...the same time, a person may be said to be a member of one society and not another. In the latter sense, the idea of a ...

Folk-Song Society

A Dictionary of English Folklore;    JACQUELINE SIMPSON and STEVE ROUD;   787 words ...Folk-Song Society. Founded at a meeting of sixteen interested...Fuller Maitland, and Laura A. Smith. At the Society's formal inaugural meeting on 16 June...would both play a significant role in the Society's development, were added. The Society...

Society Raises Ethics Bar With Its New Code.(Brief Article)

National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition;  October 2, 2000 ;   KING, CAROLE ANN;   787 words ...The Society of Financial Services Professionals, formerly the American Society of CLU and ChFC, has scrapped its old code of ethics...practitioners. The new code raises the self-regulatory bar on Society members, and perhaps on all other life insurance...

The Royal Australian Historical Society 1901-2001: Part III Closing the...

Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society;  June 1, 2001 ;   ANNABLE, ROSEMARY;   787 words ...As a learned society with a `Royal' epithet, the Royal Australian Historical Society found itself in congenial surroundings when it...was dominated by the establishment in which the Society had an acknowledged part. Like much of Macquarie...