J. Mills Thornton (1978) argued that Whigs worked for positive state action to benefit society as a whole, while the Democrats feared any increase of power in government, or in state-sponsored institutions as central banks.

The Orquesta Filharmonica de Sonora (Sonora Philharmonic Orchestra) is a state-sponsored institution which offers concerts in all of the entity's major cities.

Founded in 1876, Prairie View A&M University is the second oldest state-sponsored institution of higher education in Texas.

The minimal plot serves the gradual unfolding of the island, its customs, but most importantly, its state-sponsored scientific institution, Salomon's House, "which house or college ... is the very eye of this kingdom."

This West-meets-East take on "Swan Lake" is emblematic of the broad shift under way in China as state-sponsored cultural institutions move toward more market-oriented offerings.

Workers are represented ostensibly by the Workers' House, a state-sponsored institution that nevertheless attempts to challenge some state policies.

Ostensible worker representation is provided by the Workers' House, a state-sponsored institution that attempts to challenge some state policies.

The Vilna Rabbinical School and Teachers' Seminary was a controversial Russian state-sponsored institution to train Jewish teachers and rabbis, located in Vilna, Russia.

This seclusion consisted in abstaining from teaching at state-sponsored institutions, though he continued to publish, to receive visitors, and to teach in the zawiya (private madrasa) and khanqah (Sufi monastery) that he had built.

Although Russians constitute only 8 percent of the population, they enjoy state-sponsored, Russian-language preschool institutions, schools, newspapers, television and radio.