He granted commissions to the sculptor Donatello and the architects Michelozzo (Medici Palace) and Filippo Brunelleschi (the choir and nave of San Lorenzo) and constructed villas in the countryside at Careggi and Cafaggiolo.
There is some evidence to suggest that he either actively encouraged, or at least permitted, the earlier practice of privateering against British and American shipping; British officers later found open commissions, signed by Ernouf, which suggested he was granting commissions to pirates for "services" rendered.
"The fundamental conclusions of a Lehrman-Grant commission to consider a gold standard may be foregone: We're for it," Mr. Grant wrote in the latest issue of his publication.
The trustees voted six to five to grant the commission to Harold Septimus Power, despite the fact that he had not fulfilled the conditions of entry; they then withheld the judges' report from publication, decided not to exhibit any of the competition entries, and delayed awarding any prize.
Mr. Dmitrichenko, who has long complained about artists' low pay, was kicked off the company's grant commission in December, he said.
So early as the year 1496, her monarch granted a commission to the Cabots, to discover countries then unknown to Christian people, and to take possession of them in the name of the King of England.
Most applied for and were granted commissions, while others who did not apply were also commissioned.
Non-political formula That could mean a future Tory government pressing for an independent central grants commission - similar to a model used in several Commonwealth countries - to distribute funds according to a "non-political" formula, although ministers would still set an overall grant level.
T'Pol is granted a field commission to Captain.
The Commonwealth could then deal with the different income streams to each state through the current Grants Commission (the internal mechanism to redistribute funding from richer states to poorer states).
The Signature Theater in Arlington, Va., has received a $300,000 grant to commission musicals by young composers, The Washington Post reported.
