Sentences with phrase «largest fraternal»

The largest fraternal benefit society with open membership in the United States, Woodmen of the World was founded in 1890 in Omaha, Nebraska.

Founded in 1883 by Joseph Cullen Root, Modern Woodmen of America is now the third largest fraternal benefits society, with more than 760,000 members.

The merger formed one of the largest fraternal benefit societies in the United States.

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America is one of the oldest and largest fraternal organizations in the country.

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Freemasonry is one of the world's oldest and largest non-religious, non-political, fraternal and charitable organizations.

Constellation of factors Twin studies have shown that identical twins (who share the same genes) are more likely to both suffer from the disorder than fraternal twins, which has demonstrated that «there's a large genetic component to the disorder,» Cantor says.

But a large survey of identical and fraternal twins, published in July, offers convincing evidence that environmental factors are at least as crucial as genetics in determining whether a child will develop the neuropsychiatric disease.

«If the similarity between identical twins is larger than the similarity between fraternal twins, it is a very good indication that genetic factors may play a role,» Li said.

Russ makes three arguments: 1) A recent study that compared grit scores among fraternal and identical twins suggests that grit may be heritable to a large degree, which would make it unrealistic to expect schools or others to be able to alter it; 2) The twin study as well as a meta - analysis of grit research found that grit only explains about 2 - 3 % of the variance in achievement scores, which Russ thinks makes it a poor predictor of other outcomes; and 3) The meta - analysis suggests that grit may be highly correlated with conscientiousness, one of the Big 5 personality traits that psychologists have been studying for a long time.

From 2000 to 2006, he served as Supreme Knight and CEO of the Knights of Peter Claver, Inc., the largest African American Catholic fraternal order in the United States with units in 35 states and the District of Columbia.

Woodmen of the World is a fraternal organization based in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, that operates a large, privately held insurance company for its members.

This type of analysis is the gold standard of genetic tests; to find monozygotic (identical twins) sharing some feature much more than dizygotic (fraternal) twins indicates that it has a large genetic basis.