an introduction to legal study in ancient Rome, compiled by order of Justinian and divided into four books forming part of the Corpus Juris Civilis
short for Institutes of the Christian Religion , the book by Calvin, completed in 1536 and constituting the basic statement of the Reformed faith, that repudiates papal authority and postulates the doctrines of justification by faith alone and predestination
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Examples of model programs the White House says should be emulated include a prestigious National Science Foundation program for graduate students and a National Institutes of Health award for creative scientists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The National Institutes of Health, for example, awarded out about $427 million in federal research funds to UC San Diego last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Some Chinese analysts see the turnover of UK prime ministers as a sign of instability, and what Zhang Jian, from China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, calls the country's "identity crisis" since Brexit.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The National Institutes of Health and related programs award roughly $50 billion annually in research support.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Eight years earlier—in 1943 — a group of researchers at the National Institutes of Health had proven such a thing was possible using mouse cells.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
“What happened during that period was that a consensus emerged,” Eustis said, noting that it was expressed in the form of national endowments, state arts agencies, public policy institutes and corporate philanthropic departments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The individuals who were sanctioned included directors and technical specialists at the two research institutes, according to the foreign ministry.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Purchases or purchase orders by government-linked buyers — local governments, state-backed industrial parks, public research institutes, state-owned companies and government-funded demonstration projects — have soared.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
The programme, developed in collaboration with two Indian design institutes, will train 180 artisans in six-month modules.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
After that night Met Bong institutes a new policy and we now take turns guarding the camp at night.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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