Nobility

Nobility is a social class normally ranked immediately below royalty and found in some societies that have a formal aristocracy. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm that possessed more acknowledged privilege and higher social status than most other classes in society. The privileges associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles or may be largely honorary (e.g., precedence), and vary by country and era. Membership in the nobility, including rights and responsibilities, is typically hereditary. Membership in the nobility has historically been granted by a monarch or government. Nonetheless, acquisition of sufficient power, …

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Data & Society Institute · 24 April 2024 English

For instance, parents are not the only resi- dents burdened with the expense of municipal schools, because the whole 1 Mehrsa Baradaran, The Color of Money: Black Banks and the …

that imitated the manicured landscapes of the nobility. Central Park was constructed between 1857 and


AFT: American Federation of Teachers · 17 April 2024 English

We remain hopeful that the governor’s office, the also has a severe maternal morbidity rate, higher than anywhere legislature, and all other stakeholders will join us in the important else …

sonal. I wrestle with the futile feeling that the nobility because deserts are a naturally occurring phenom-


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 2 April 2024 English

Since the introduction of Article 4(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the meaning and function of the notion of constitutional identity have become an important point of contention. This …

Principles and Identity beyond the Abolition of the Nobility”, in C. Calliess and G. van der Schyff (eds.) Principles and Identity beyond the Abolition of the Nobility”, in C. Calliess and G. van der Schyff (eds.)


AU: African Union · 14 March 2024 English

Moussa Faki Mohamed, Chairperson of the African Union Commission; Excellency Madam Vice-Chairperson of the African Union Commission; Excellencies, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Distinguished Commissioners; Excellencies, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives; …

challenges we face requires it, transcending even the nobility of the goal we aim to achieve. To assert that


V-Dem: Varieties of Democracy Institute · 6 March 2024

V-Dem Democracy Indices – Section 2.1 V-Dem High-Level Democracy Indices – Section 2.2 V-Dem Mid-Level Indices: Components of the Democracy Indices Subcomponents of the V-Dem High-Level Democracy Indices. [...] – …

be Estates of Nobility, Clergy, Burghers and Peasantry, where the Estates of Nobility and Clergy are


AU: African Union · 17 February 2024 English

E MOUSSA FAKI MAHAMAT CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION THIRTY SEVENTH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE AFRICAN UNION Addis Ababa, 17-18 February 2024 1 Excellency Azali Assoumani, …

unfortunately, taken over humility, peace and the nobility of the founding values of human civilisation.


Brookings Institution · 1 February 2024 English

In 1983, a special commission organized by the U.S. Department of Education released A Nation at Risk, an unapologetic critique of America's public schools. Its publication prompted both a firestorm …

of this turnaround was new messaging about the nobility of the teaching profession (championed by those


Heritage Foundation · 22 January 2024 English

In his influential Report on Manufactures, for example, which became the blueprint for the American System of the 19th century, Alexander Hamilton made the case for the encouragement of industry …

“Western education” that produced men of such nobility and renown as Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, and


VPC: Violence Policy Center · 11 January 2024 English

The Justice Department also acknowledges the agencies and organizations that were responsive to requests for documents and data, in particular, the officials and personnel of the Uvalde Police Department; the …

personnel who identify with the central purpose and nobility of law enforcement. 6. Mentoring – Leaders have


GI-TOC: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime · 4 January 2024 English

It became one of the signature social development policies of Lula’s Workers’ Party and is now being relaunched in his return to presidency for a third term.1 With over four …

of Rio de Janeiro, known as coronéis, or landed nobility, with state governors and the central government


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