However, satire is used in some " serious " operas as well: Formerly, in countries such as France, operas expressed politics in code — for example, the circumstances of the title character in the opera Robert le diable referred, at its first performance, to the French king's parental conflict and its resolution.

Formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses in English, they are often referred to collectively as the petrels, a term that has been applied to all Procellariiformes or more commonly all the families except the albatrosses.

Because the symbol had no stated pronunciation, he was often referred to as " The Artist Formerly Known as Prince ", as well as " The Artist ".

Formerly referred to as Ichthyornis lentus, Graculavus lentus or Pedioecetes lentus, its partial left tarsometatarsus was found in the Late Cretaceous Austin Chalk near Fort McKinney, Texas.

Formerly a municipality and then a city in its own right, since 1976 George Town has been part of the municipality of Penang Island, though the area formerly governed by the city council is still commonly referred to as a city, and is also known as Tanjung (" The Cape ") in Malay, 乔治市 ( Qiáozhì Shì ) in Chinese and ஜ ோ ர ் ஜ ் டவ ு ன ் ( Georgetown ) in Tamil.

Formerly, a power referred to an instrument under seal while a letter was an instrument under hand, but today both are signed by the donor, and therefore there is no difference between the two.

Formerly, trainees were referred to as " Airman " from day one of BMT.

Formerly this term referred to five-leaved plants in general.

Formerly Louise had regularly referred to him as " the Monster ", but nevertheless made a request for a private interview with the emperor, whereon she threw herself at his feet ; though he was impressed by her grace and determination, Napoleon refused to make any concessions, writing back to his wife Empress Joséphine that Louise " is really charming and full of coquettishness toward me.

Formerly assumed to be identical with the Alexandrian grammarian and lexicographer Didymus Chalcenterus, because Ptolemy and Porphyry referred to him as Didymus ho mousikos ( the musician ), classical scholars now believe that this Didymus was a younger grammarian and musician working in Rome at the time of Nero ( Richter 2001 ).

Formerly referred to as the Crew Launch Vehicle ( CLV ), the Ares I consisted of a single Solid Rocket Booster ( SRB ) derived from the boosters used in the Space Shuttle system, connected at its upper end by an interstage support assembly to a new liquid-fueled second stage powered by an uprated Apollo-era J-2X rocket engine.

Formerly, the original side of campus was referred to as the " Stryker Campus " after its former president, Melancthon Woolsey Stryker ( or incorrectly " Striker Campus ").

Formerly most decorative items affixed to cars were referred to as " chrome ", by which phrase was actually meant steel that had undergone several plating processes to endure the temperature changes and whether that a car was subject to outdoors.

Formerly, from 1976 to 1991, this grade was divided into ranks with separate titles: sergeant ( referred to unofficially but almost universally within the USAF as " buck sergeant " or simply " buck "), a non-commissioned officer ; and senior airman, which is the equivalent of specialist, a non-supervisory rank.

Formerly referred to as Foundation Trust equivalent ( FTe ), this designation applies only to trusts providing high secure psychiatric services.

Formerly known as the Checkerboard Division, which referred to its shoulder patch, in late 1944 having not yet seen battle, it was nicknamed the Battle Babies.

Because this sign has no verbal equivalent, he was often derisively referred to as " The Artist Formerly Known as Prince ".

The group, still popular and touring, now goes by " Scherrie Payne & Lynda Laurence, Formerly of the Supremes " but is still often referred to by fans and the press as the FLOS.

Formerly referred to as " borate bombers " before borate-based retardants became less desirable.

Formerly known as Jefferson County Airport or Jeffco Airport, the airport was renamed Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport on October 10, 2006 although it is sometimes referred to as Rocky Mountain Regional Airport, e. g. 2007-2012 county planning documents.

Formerly referred to as Westman Cable, it is the main cable television company for the city of Brandon, Manitoba and the surrounding towns and villages of southwestern Manitoba.

Kestrel FM local Radio on 101. 6FM ( Formerly Delta Radio, originally Wey Valley Radio ) Kestrel FM is located in Basingstoke even though it's referred to as a local station.

Formerly referred to by Intel as a Multimedia Timer, the term HPET was selected to avoid confusion with the multimedia timers software feature introduced in the MultiMedia Extensions to Windows 3. 0.

Formerly News until issue # 256, it is a lengthy, multi-page segment devoted to news relating to video games, their publishers / developers, and announcements.

Formerly a BBC news correspondent in 2009, he moved to a new post at Al Jazeera English, where he currently presents the nightly weekday documentary series Witness.

Formerly, he hosted FOX Chicago Perspective, a one-hour news and political show that aired Sunday mornings on WFLD-TV.

Formerly a taxonomic group of basidiomycetes, now understood as polyphyletic assemblage of basidiomycetes, the term refers to fungi with fruit bodies whose hymenophore develops either not enclosed or only so with a veil ( velum ), which is called a gymnocarpic or hemiangiocarpic ontogeny, respectively.

Formerly known as Little Cow Harbor in about 1700, Centreport in 1836, and Centerport after 1895, the name refers to its geographic position midway between the east and west boundaries of the township of Huntington.

Formerly, prescriptions often included detailed instructions regarding compounding of medications but as medications have increasingly become pre-packaged manufactured products, the term " prescription " now usually refers to an order that a pharmacist dispense and that a patient take certain medications.

Formerly a ship " paid off " each time she returned home after a commission overseas: the term refers to the fact that sailors were not paid until the ship returned home, to avoid desertion.

Formerly the name " carbohydrate " was used in chemistry for any compound with the formula C < sub > m </ sub > ( H < sub > 2 </ sub > O ) < sub > n </ sub >.

Formerly part of the Newton Quaker Colony, the borough does not license any establishments to serve or sell alcoholic beverages inside borough limits, a policy that dates back to 1873.

Formerly, critics described any game where the primary design element was shooting as a " shoot ' em up ", but later shoot ' em ups became a specific, inward-looking genre based on design conventions established in those shooting games of the 1980s.

Formerly, passage of the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam coupled with graduation with any bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, satisfied the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office's technical requirements for sitting for its registration examination to become either a registered patent attorney or patent agent.

; Papal tiara: Formerly worn by the Pope at his coronation and at other key moments ; it has fallen out of use but may be revived at any time if the reigning Pontiff wishes.

Formerly a plaintiff had to disavow any claim to the res in order to avail himself of the interpleader remedy, but this requirement has also been relaxed or abolished in most jurisdictions.

Formerly, an individual was not entitled to assistance of counsel in any capital case, including treason ; the rule, however, was abolished in treason cases by the Treason Act 1695.

Formerly, any single Number could simultaneously denote either an Amount or a Unit ; now, it must serve exclusively as the one or the other in relation to another Number serving as the opposite.

Formerly, a court could include any psychiatrist in a commission of experts, but now the court only chooses an expert institution.

Formerly all officers promoted to flag rank were considered to be " flag officers " and the term is still widely used to refer to any officer of flag rank.

Formerly, Anklam was a town of considerable military importance and suffered severely during the Thirty Years ' War, Seven Years ' War and the Second World War.

Formerly commanded by such legendary admirals as Dmitriy Senyavin and Pavel Nakhimov, it is a fleet of enormous historical and political importance for Russia.

Formerly an Eppstein holding, the place belonged from 1425 to 1803 to the Archbishopric of Mainz and enjoyed great importance as the centre of a tithing area and the seat of a tithe court.

Formerly, many methods were used for ranking the importance of scientific journals.