Several times in the legislative process the bill had appeared to have failed, but each time was saved when a couple of Congressmen and Senators switched positions on the bill.

Several persons have since claimed to have been struck by " meteorites " but no verifiable meteorites have resulted.

" Several witnesses claimed to have seen a second suspect, who did not resemble Nichols, with McVeigh.

Several trees in the Garden of Gethsemane ( from the Hebrew words " gat shemanim " or olive press ) in Jerusalem are claimed to date back to the time of Jesus.

Several rock historians have claimed that rock and roll was one of the first music genres to define an age group.

Several groups, however, disputed this: including UNO, a broad coalition of anti-Sandinista activists, COSEP, an organization of business leaders, the Contra group " FDN ", organized by former Somozan-era National Guardsmen, landowners, businessmen, peasant highlanders, and what some claimed as their patron, the U. S. government.

Several centuries later the legend was claimed as fact by Pope Pius II.

Several medieval Georgian poets, including Shota Rustaveli, claimed Tamar as the inspiration for their works.

Several beaches are claimed to be the " world's longest ", including Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ( 120 km unbroken ), Praia do Cassino ( 212km ) in Brazil, Fraser Island beach, 90 Mile Beach in Australia ( 151 km ) and 90 Mile Beach in New Zealand ( 88 km ), Troia-Sines Beach ( 63 km ) in Portugal and Long Beach, Washington ( which is about 40 km ).

Several men claimed to have created the first sundae, but there is no conclusive evidence to support any of their stories.

Several food vendors claimed to have invented the ice cream cone at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, MO, USA.

Several notable Russian linguists, such as S. A. Starostin and V. V. Ivanov, have claimed that the Hurrian and the Hattic were related to the Northeast Caucasian languages.

Several persons have since claimed to have been struck by ' meteorites ' but no verifiable meteorites have resulted.

Several Ming Dynasty texts list what were claimed as the Nine Offspring of the Dragon ( 龍生九子 ), and subsequently these feature prominently in popular Chinese stories and writings.

Several minerals in the crack fill are deposited in phases, specifically, iron deposited as magnetite, that are claimed to be typical of biodepositation on Earth.

Several alternative therapies are claimed by their proponents to be helpful for including milk thistle, ginseng, and colloidal silver.

Several authors of internet-hosted trip reports have claimed that smoking dried coleus leaves causes effects similar to smoking dried Salvia divinorum leaves, and the active compounds in the two plants may have similar chemical structures.

Several women have falsely claimed to have been Anastasia, the most notorious of whom was Anna Anderson.

Several individuals claimed personal responsibility for the killing, including White Bull of the Miniconjous, Rain-in-the-Face, Flat Lip and Brave Bear.

Several residents at the time claimed to have seen Al Capone in the town at one point during Prohibition.

Several people in the town have claimed to have seen local legendary monsters such as the Mothman, the Flatwoods, WV Green Monster, and the White Tiger.

Several men have claimed to be McCarty over the years, and at least two became notable because they were successful in persuading a small segment of the public.

Several groups, including Anglicans, Puritans, Lutherans, and Calvinists, claimed him as one of their own.

Several competing factions have claimed to be legitimate heirs to Aleister Crowley.

Several writers have claimed that session players played on " I'm Into Something Good "; according to the surviving band members, the song was recorded on a two-track recorder, with only a piano player in addition to the Hermits.

Several New England realtors were invited to participate in a small colloquium of property lawyers, political scientists, economists, social psychologists, social ethicists and theologians.

Several of these double entries have been collected by Ben Bagley and Michael McWhinney, along with Rodgers and Hart songs that disappeared permanently en route to New York and others that reached Broadway but have not become part of the constantly heard Rodgers and Hart repertory, in a delightfully refreshing album, Rodgers And Hart Revisited ( Spruce Records, 505 Fifth Avenue, New York ).

Several schools, faculties and universities in the Netherlands and Flanders are named after him, as is Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Several New York City clubs and lounges host freestyle performances on a regular basis.

* Several works of the fictional author Fanshawe appearing in Paul Auster's The Locked Room in The New York Trilogy.

Several accidents have reportedly been caused by discharging firearms into the air ; although the evidence in a few such cases has been disputed, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found 43 likely cases of injury from falling bullets during 2004 New Year celebrations in Puerto Rico.

" Several years after Liébeault's death in 1904, Coué founded what became known as the New Nancy School, a loose collaboration of practitioners who taught and promoted his views.

Several modern religious movements, for example the organizations within the New Thought Movement and the Unity Church, may be said to have a particularly idealist orientation.

Several nationalist leaders banded together in 1916 under the leadership of Annie Besant to voice a demand for self-government, and to obtain the status of a Dominion within the British Empire as enjoyed by Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Newfoundland at the time.

Several US states, including New York, Vermont and Wisconsin, have the sugar maple as their state tree.

Several New Age publications appeared by the late 1980s such as Psychic Guide ( later renamed Body, Mind & Spirit ), Yoga Journal, New Age Voice, New Age Retailer, and NAPRA ReView by the New Age Publishers and Retailers Alliance.

Several key events occurred, which raised public awareness of the New Age subculture: the production of the musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical ( 1967 ) with its opening song " Aquarius " and its memorable line " This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius "; publication of Linda Goodman's best-selling astrology books Sun Signs ( 1968 ) and Love Signs ( 1978 ); the release of Shirley MacLaine's book Out on a Limb ( 1983 ), later adapted into a television mini-series with the same name ( 1987 ); and the " Harmonic Convergence " planetary alignment on August 16 and 17, 1987, organized by José Argüelles at Sedona in the U. S. state of Arizona.

Several media entities refrain from using the term “ ultra Orthodox ”, including the Religion Newswriters Association ; JTA, the global Jewish news service ; and the Star-Ledger, New Jersey ’ s largest daily newspaper, according the New Jersey Press Association.

Several local Jewish papers, including Jewish Week in New York and Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia have also dropped use of the term.

Several parts of the New Testament claim Jesus to be one with the Father, who is omnipotent, and others show Jesus to have some separation from the Father and even self-imposed limitations on his power.

Several works among the best known during this long period could be cited as an example, from Strabo ( Geography ), Eratosthenes ( Geography ) or Dionisio Periegetes ( Periegesis Oiceumene ) in the Ancient Age to the Alexander von Humboldt ( Cosmos ) in the century XIX, in which geography is regarded as a physical and natural science, of course, through the work Summa de Geografía of Martín Fernández de Enciso from the early sixteenth century, which is indicated for the first time the New World.

Several factors may have contributed to the " death " of New Wave science fiction.

Several have purchased property and maintain ongoing collections of SF literature available for research, as in the case of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, the New England Science Fiction Association, and the Baltimore Science Fiction Society.

Several of the key chronicles were written in the south-west of England, including the Gesta Stephani, or " Acts of Stephen ", and William of Malmesbury's Historia Novella, or " New History ".

Several plays later, the Broncos drove to a first down at the New York's 1-yard line, but Giants defense made a key defensive stand.