For a variety of reasons, government entities may be granted a degree of independence in the management of their finances.
Portfolio theory wasn't economics, Mr. Friedman said, and the university couldn't grant a degree in economics based on it.
Professionals -- in government, law, and medicine -- are granted a degree of trust that often keeps their work beyond rigorous public review.
Thus someone who achieves a high level of expertise in ontics might well be granted the degree of "doctor of philosophy," just as a biologist can be granted a degree so described.
Because Brazil was everywhere in her work, and because the Life World Library contains her longest statement on the subject, the book has been granted a degree of scholarly attention seldom lavished on its fellows.
The core Tiffany users, Bellezza says, are therefore defined by their access to privileged retail space, while the company can still grant a degree of access to the masses without tarnishing the brand.
In April 2013 Kosovo and Serbia reached a milestone agreement that granted a degree of autonomy to ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo in exchange for de facto recognition of Kosovo's authority in the region.
President Benigno S. Aquino III has met with senior leaders of the organization in an attempt to broker a long-term peace deal that would grant a degree of autonomy to Muslim areas in the south of the Philippines, a predominantly Roman Catholic country.
Since we're talking about New York City, removing the apartment number should mostly grant a degree of anonymity, but it still seems a little odd for Airbnb to say that it will be removing addresses.
Despite these limitations, Lipscomb expects the new grants to provide "a big boost" to the awardees, whom he believes will be highly organized postdocs who have been granted a degree of independence while still working in topflight labs.
