In 1984, then - President Ronald Reagan cut formal ties with the group, citing concerns with what he saw as a pro-Soviet bias at the organization. (sciencemag.org)
Linen and cotton are great materials for less formal ties that you might wear in the summer, with lighter - weight cotton or linen suit. (lawyerist.com)
As with the Protestant alienation a century earlier, the severance of formal ties has been the achievement of enlightened and observant clergy, or members of religious orders, acting in order to shelter their upgrading institutions from church authorities who were seen as anti-intellectual, intrusively authoritarian, and unable to offer any resources but their own unimpressive governance. (firstthings.com)