* Aura analysis – a technique in which supporters of the method claim that the body's aura, or energy field is analyzed

According to Romans 9 – 11, supporters claim, Jewish election as the chosen people ceased with their national rejection of Jesus as Messiah.

Since that time there has been a series of pretenders, supporters of the Bonaparte family's claim to the throne of France are known as Bonapartists.

The current legitimate, senior family member is Louis-Alphonse de Bourbon, known by his supporters as Duke of Anjou, who also holds the Legitimist ( Blancs d ' Espagne ) claim to the French throne.

* Franz, Duke of Bavaria ( born 1933 ), called " Francis II " by supporters of the Jacobite claim to the thrones of England, Scotland, Ireland and France.

By far the strongest hereditary claim was that of Edgar the Ætheling, but his youth and apparent lack of powerful supporters caused him to be passed over, and he did not play a major part in the struggles of 1066, though he was made king for a short time by the Witan after the death of Harold Godwinson.

During all this time, Ribbentrop feuded with various other Nazi leaders ; at one point in August 1939 an armed clash took place between supporters of Ribbentrop and those of Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels over the control of a radio station in Berlin that was meant to broadcast German propaganda abroad ( Goebbels claimed exclusive control of all propaganda both at home and abroad whereas Ribbentrop asserted a claim to monopolize all German propaganda abroad ).

If some supporters articulate that they agree to the independence of Taiwan, they may either be referring to the notion of formally creating an independent Republic of Taiwan, or to the notion that Taiwan is synonymous with the current Republic of China and already is independent, which is against the People's Republic of China's claim.

Edward had married Edith, Godwin's daughter, in 1043, and Godwin appears to have been one of the main supporters of Edward's claim to the throne.

** German Autumn: Red Army Faction members Andreas Baader, Jan-Carl Raspe and Gudrun Ensslin commit suicide in Stammheim prison ; Irmgard Möller fails ( their supporters still claim they were murdered ).

A poll at the time suggested that 74 % of the UK population agreed with the Powell's opinions and his supporters claim that this large public following that Powell attracted may have helped the Conservatives to win the 1970 general election, and perhaps cost them the February 1974 general election, at which Powell turned his back on the Conservatives by endorsing a vote for Labour, who returned as a minority government in early March following a hung parliament.

Powell's supporters claim that he contributed to the Conservatives ' surprise victory in the 1970 general election, which showed a late surge in Conservative support.

In the 21st century, supporters of Billy the Kid made a request for a posthumous pardon, based on the claim of a pardon promised and not delivered by Wallace, to then-Governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson.

Brandt's supporters claim that the policy did help to break down the Eastern Bloc's " siege mentality ", and also helped to increase its awareness of the contradictions in its brand of Socialism / Communism, which – together with other events – eventually led to the downfall of Eastern European Communism and Stalinism.

Caroline had absorbed the liberal opinions of her mentor, Queen Sophia Charlotte of Prussia, and supported clemency for the Jacobites ( supporters of the rival Stuart claim to the throne ), freedom of the press, and freedom of speech in Parliament.

CBC supporters also claim that additional, long-term funding is required to provide better Canadian dramas and improved local programming.

Although the stated purpose was administrative efficiency, Soong and his supporters claim that it was actually intended to destroy James Soong's power base and eliminate him from political life, though it did not have this effect.

The quest for world tidal dominance has led to a rivalry between the Minas Basin in the Bay of Fundy and the Leaf Basin in Ungava Bay, over which body of water lays claim to the highest tides in the world, with supporters in each region claiming the record.

Some supporters of Anderson's claim acknowledged that the DNA tests proving she could not have been the Grand Duchess had " won the day.

In proportional representation systems which use election thresholds, parties which do not receive enough votes to meet the specified thresholds claim that their supporters have been disfranchised since their votes do not translate into any legislative seats.

Some critics state that the claim made by supporters should be modified to read: " As long as we do what we're told, we have nothing to fear.

Uruguay's Club Nacional de Football supporters made a 600 x 50 metre banner that weighs over 2 tonnes ; they claim it is the largest in the world and expect to unveil it at the Estadio Centenario by covering three grandstands.

Partisans of this movement, such as supporters of the World Federalist Movement, claim that nations should cooperate because their long-term mutual interests are of greater value than their individual short term needs.

William and Mary distrusted both Lord and Lady Marlborough's influence as confidants and supporters of Princess Anne ( whose claim to the throne was stronger than William's ).

* 1945 – Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Communist Party of China kill Baptist missionary John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.

In his first and last speech in the Senate, Johnson spoke eloquently in opposition to Grant's military intervention between rival governments in Louisiana, when the gubernatorial election was disputed and Democratic supporters ousted the winning Republican side with armed force in New Orleans.

The first occurred in, but is the subject of controversy, with supporters of the Pottsville Maroons believing that Pottsville should have gotten the title.

The first ( 1642 – 46 ) and second ( 1648 – 49 ) civil wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the third war ( 1649 – 51 ) saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament.

The longest running fanzine is The City Gent, produced by supporters of Bradford City FC, which first went on sale at Valley Parade in November 1984 and is now in its 26th season.

The first goal was accomplished when Caesar defeated Pompey and his supporters.

The first congress went as planned, with Iskra supporters handily defeating the few " economist " delegates.

The first was the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985 in which charging Liverpool fans caused a wall to collapse, killing 39 Juventus supporters.

The first was the 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster, in which 39 Juventus supporters were killed.

A transition to a professional force of 12, 000 to 15, 000 volunteers was planned at first, but when fighting erupted in 1991 between supporters of the central government in Chişinău and supporters of separatist regions, males between eighteen and forty years of age were mobilized, and the size of Moldova's military was temporarily expanded to meet the demands of the Transnistrian conflict.

The northern provinces had remained loyal to the Emperor, and hoping to avoid a civil war, Sun Yat-Sen – already proclaimed " provisional president " by his supporters – had come to a compromise with the Emperor's key ally Yuan Shikai ( 1859 – 1916 ); the monarchy would be abolished, and Late Imperial China would be converted into a new Republic of China, but it would be the royalist Yuan and not the revolutionary Sun who would become its first President.

In 1980, the Saints lost their first 14 games, prompting local sportscaster Bernard " Buddy D " Diliberto to advise Saints supporters to wear paper bags over their heads at the team's home games ; many bags rendered the club's name as the "' Aints " rather than the " Saints.

In 1981, when still Labour's Education spokesman, Kinnock was alleged to have effectively scuppered Tony Benn's attempt to replace Denis Healey as Labour's deputy leader by first supporting the candidacy of the more traditionalist Tribunite John Silkin and then urging Silkin supporters to abstain on the second, run-off, ballot.

In 1962 Remey asked his supporters in the United States to organize themselves and elect a " National Spiritual Assembly Under the Hereditary Guardianship " ( NSAUHG ), first elected in 1963.

In June 1988, at the CPSU's Nineteenth Party Conference, the first held since 1941, Gorbachev and his supporters launched radical reforms meant to reduce party control of the government apparatus.

Although not the first leader to speak directly to voters – both he and Disraeli had spoken directly to party loyalists before on special occasions – he was the first to canvass an entire constituency delivering his message to anyone who would listen, encouraging his supporters and trying to convert his opponents.

Likewise, a Prime Minister is no longer just " first amongst equals " in HM Government ; although theoretically his Cabinet might still outvote him, in practice he progressively entrenches his position by retaining only personal supporters in the Cabinet.

While he ruled Babylonia and eastern Syria from Damascus, the remnants of Balas ' supporters — first supporting Balas ' son Antiochus VI, then the usurping general Diodotus Tryphon — held out in Antioch.

Many of Stephen's supporters, including Waleron de Beaumont and William of Ypres, fled from the field at this point but Stephen fought on, defending himself first with his sword and then, when that broke, with a borrowed battle axe.

As a political movement, the term first referred to a faction of New Model Army Agitators and their London supporters who were allegedly plotting to assassinate the king.