Many of his students have gone on to successful writing careers ; they include Gretchen Mazur, Helen Fremont, Michael Byers, Jardine Libaire, Porter Shreve, Davy Rothbart, John Fulton, Marc Nesbitt, Patrick O ' Keeffe, Jess Row, Francesca Delbano, Peter Orner, Heidi Julavits, Karl Iagnemma, Achy Obejas, James Morrison and Elwood Reid.

Many of the successful programs were transitioned to the Services, such as the foundation technologies in automatic target recognition, space based sensing, propulsion, and materials that were transferred to the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization ( SDIO ), later known as the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization ( BMDO ), now titled the Missile Defense Agency ( MDA ).

Many successful Hollywood films have been based on British people, stories or events, including Titanic, The Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean and the ' English Cycle ' of Disney animated films.

The Italian director-producer Mario Zampi also made a number of successful black comedies, including Laughter in Paradise ( 1951 ), The Naked Truth ( 1957 ) and Too Many Crooks ( 1958 ).

Many missiles use a combination of two or more of the above methods, to improve accuracy and the chances of a successful engagement.

Many Assyrian and Babylonian palace walls were decorated with the pictures of the successful fights and the enemy either desperately escaping or hiding amongst reeds.

Many IFVs were also equipped with firing ports from which their infantry could fire their weapons from inside, although these were generally not successful and have been dropped from modern IFVs.

Many members of the creative staff from the magazine subsequently went on to contribute creatively to successful media of all types.

Many famous works were published in installments in it originally, including the most successful fiction Three Body, written by Liu Cixin.

Many Star Trek: Enterprise episodes refer to Starfleet having already been in full operation in 2119, when it funded research begun by Cochrane and Henry Archer leading to the first successful flight of Warp 3 vessels in the 2140s.

Many vehicles, especially crossovers, were abstract and futuristic, a trend started by the successful Nissan Murano and Infiniti FX crossovers.

Many breeds of horses have been successful show jumpers, and even some grade horses of uncertain breeding have been champions.

Many of Falun Gong's protests against negative media portrayals were successful, resulting in the retraction of several newspaper stories critical of Falun Gong.

Many found work with the drovers using the stock route and successful droves relied on the skill of these Aboriginal stockmen and women.

Many of Britain's IT professionals gained their early experiences on Acorns, which were often more technically advanced than commercially successful US hardware.

Many of the early, successful airborne operations were small, carried out by a few units, such as seizing a bridge.

Many sources characterize ShoreBank's efforts as overwhelmingly inspirational and successful.

Many people also keep their name for professional reasons, if a successful career was established before marriage.

Many later performances of the opera were also successful, not only with the general public but also with Strauss's peers: Maurice Ravel said that Salome was " stupendous ", and Mahler described it as " a live volcano, a subterranean fire ".

Many Australian bands and singers tried to enhance their careers by moving overseas, in particular to England, then seen as the mecca of popular music but few bands were successful and of those who relocated to the UK only The Seekers and The Bee Gees ( who were actually born and raised in the UK ) enjoyed any lasting success.

Many successful dramatic tenors have historically avoided the coveted high C in performance.

Many governments and companies continue to pursue caseless ammunition ( where the entire case assembly is either consumed when the round fires or whatever remains is ejected with the bullet ), so far, none of these have been successful enough to reach the civilian market and gain commercial success.

Many military strategists have attempted to encapsulate a successful strategy in a set of principles.

Many Little Italys, Chinatowns ( or Koreatowns and Japantowns ) and other ethnic neighbourhoods have become more middle-class in recent times, dominated by successful restaurant owners, family-owned stores and businessmen able to start up their own companies.

Many of the local towns compete in the highly successful leagues.

Many Enlightenment thinkers ( such as Adam Smith and the American Founding Fathers ) subscribed to this view to some extent, and it remains influential among so-called classical liberals and libertarians.

Many of those present opposed the idea, including influential Quakers James and Lucretia Mott.

Many of the innovations that Sterne introduced, adaptations in form that should be understood as an exploration of what constitutes the novel, were highly influential to Modernist writers like James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, and more contemporary writers such as Thomas Pynchon and David Foster Wallace.

Many people contributed to the development of phenetics, but the most influential were Peter Sneath and Robert R. Sokal.

Many of his episcopal appointments were Calvinists, notably James Montague who was an influential courtier.

Many guls are quite influential, building up extensive vesala networks.

Many influential feminist utopias of this sort were written in the 1970s ; the most often studied examples include Joanna Russ's The Female Man and Suzy McKee Charnas's Walk to the End of the World and Motherlines.

Many influential feminist utopias of this sort were written in the 1970s ; the most often studied examples include Joanna Russ's The Female Man, Suzy McKee Charnas's Walk to the End of the World and Motherlines, and Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time.

Many well-known people since their deaths have been discovered to enjoy spankings for erotic purposes or emotional gratification including renowned British Army officer T. E. Lawrence (" Lawrence of Arabia "), influential English theatre critic Kenneth Tynan, TV broadcaster Frank Bough, and English writer John Mortimer.

Many radio stations began to play the acoustic version, including the highly influential Los Angeles radio giant KROQ-FM.

Many influential Greeks are deported to Rome.

Many had also been particularly influential in intellectualising the FN's policies on immigration, identity and " national preference ", and, following the split, Le Pen denounced them as " extremist " and " racist ".

Many historians believe the banishment of dowager queen Elizabeth in 1487 by Henry VII was partly at the behest of his influential mother.

Many of his hosts were pro-slavery, and wanted assurances that their influential guest would not stray outside his remit of battling alcohol consumption.

Many members of the grunge scene cited Black Flag's My War album as being influential in their departure from the standard punk model.

Many wealthy and influential Augusta residents had summer homes in Grovetown, escaping the heat and disease of the city in the swampy river area.

Many popular and influential series such as Bubblegum Crisis ( 1987 – 1991 ) and Tenchi Muyo!

Many prisoners were taken, of whom Pilate put to death the principal leaders and those who were most influential.

Many streets ended up losing their original names, and were instead named after influential townspeople of the past and present.

Many wealthy, influential, and upper income families live in Balmville on roads such as River, Sloane, Commonwealth, Susan, and Grand.

Many influential politicians are associated with Univ including the social reformer and author of the Beveridge Report William Beveridge ( who was a master of University College ) and two UK Prime Ministers: Clement Attlee and Harold Wilson ( a Univ fellow ).

Many important and influential composers of the time such as John Phillip Sousa and Sergei Rachmaninoff were present.

Many statues are built on commission to commemorate a historical event, or the life of an influential person.

Many of these acts, notably Q and Not U and Black Eyes, are both influential and experimental post-hardcore bands.

Many have gone on to become influential journalists, writers, media and business leaders and even professional athletes.