A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.
A traditional rabbi is the man to whom the community and its members turn to rule on what Jewish law requires of them, particularly in cases of doubt.
During the Middle Ages, Jews were members of a semi-independent polity within a larger polity.
During the first few minutes of your presentation, your job is to assure the audience members that you are not going to waste their time and attention.
What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.
I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
I'm an old member of Greenpeace. I worried intensely, as I think most of my friends did, that the world was coming apart.
An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius.
As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget.
I'm still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long.
There is a series of sectors which could be severely disrupted by terrorist attacks, particularly if they were to happen in several member states simultaneously.
At Whole Foods, we allow our team members to vote on what benefits they most want the company to fund.
There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S.
As a member of Congress, and a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring that families are able to provide a meaningful and proper burial for their loved ones.
Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security.
In this way, the charge that the bank makes for the use of its notes - the interest - is a continual and universal tax upon all the members of the community.
I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights.
The ordinance of confirming a new member of the Church and bestowing the gift of the Holy Ghost is both simple and profound.
I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.
Well, I don't think so, because the president and members of Congress and governors have the same constituents. It's the American people who are hurting.
Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.
