Several days after the companies had received the questionnaire, members of the research team contacted the presidents of eleven of these companies in person or by phone to discuss any ambiguities or difficulties the addressees might have experienced in completing the questionnaire.

Several hundred peaceful demonstrators, rioters, and police were injured and hundreds were arrested during the days surrounding the G8 meeting ; most of those arrested have been charged with some form of " criminal association " under Italy's anti-mafia and anti-terrorist laws.

Several press conferences were held in the days following Earnhardt's death.

Several days prior to the assassination, Minerva had appeared to him in a dream, announcing she had been disarmed by Jupiter, and would no longer be able to protect him.

Several days later, Douglass delivered his first speech at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society's annual convention in Nantucket.

Several cooking methods used to soften often tough cuts have evolved into national specialties, including Sauerbraten ( sour roast ), involving marinating beef or venison in a vinegar or wine vinegar mixture over several days.

Several days later, he came out to a group of friends at a party held at his home in Belsize Park, where he officially introduced them to his partner, David Sherlock, whom he had met in Ibiza in 1966.

Several days earlier, on 9 January, Robert Wintour and Stephen Littleton were captured.

Several days later, the oafish Kurt and Ram spread a false rumor about Veronica giving oral sex to them at the same time, ruining her reputation at school.

Several days earlier, the Royals bulked up their bullpen by inking starting pitcher Storm Davis, who was enjoying a career-high 19 game win record ( third best in the AL ) with the Athletics in 1989, on a three-year $ 6 million contract.

Several days before the MSL's landing in August 2012, Odyssey's orbit was altered to ensure that it would be able to capture signals from the rover during its first few minutes on the Martian surface.

Several days later, chorionic villi in the forming placenta anchor the implantation site to the uterus.

Several days later, Richard's brothers joined him in seeking reconciliation with their father.

Several supplements were published for TNE covering most if not all of what the year 1201 was like, but before any of the meta-events could start to advance the timeline, GDW fell on a string of bad luck and finally was forced to close its doors, after twenty two years in which it had published one new product every 22 days on average ( not counting magazines ).

Several mutineers were killed in the skirmish, Captain Thompson escaped only to be killed a few days later in another skirmish near the Diggers community at Wellingborough.

Several musicians, mostly from the group's Ronnie Hawkins days, were recruited as touring personnel to replace Robertson and to fill out the group.

Several factors that occurred on that day and the previous days might have contributed to the disaster.

Several days later Whitcomb had a " Eureka " moment.

Several days later, the Stooges were unceremoniously fired from Columbia Pictures after 24 years of making low-budget shorts.

" Several days later, he was with the group as they entered Canada.

Several days before the beginning of the invasion of Iraq two SDV teams were launched from Mark V Special Operations Craft in the Persian Gulf.

Several days after Gaumata had been assassinated, Darius and the other seven nobles discussed the fate of the empire.

Several embassies from the Abbaside Caliphs to the Chinese Court are recorded in the T ' ang Annals, the most important of these being those of ( A-bo-lo-ba ) Abul Abbas, the founder of the new dynasty, that of ( A-p ' u-ch ' a-fo ) Abu Jafar, the builder of Bagdad, of whom more must be said immediately ; and that of ( A-lun ) Harun al-Rashid, best known, perhaps, in modern days through the popular work, Arabian Nights.

Several days later the ban was lifted.

Several legendary sources tend to assign unrealistically long lifespans to pre-historical heroes and monarchs ( e. g., Egyptian, Chinese, Hebrews, Japanese ), if the number of years there reported are understood as years of more than 340 days.

Several experimental versions of the Sheridan mounting a new turret carrying the NATO-standard 105mm gun were made, but the resulting recoil was so great as to make the vehicle almost unusable.

Several foundlings appear in Terry Pratchett's Discworld: most notably Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson ( found as a toddler among the ruins of a caravan party attacked by bandits, surrounded by the bodies of the adults ; Carrot was adopted and raised by the dwarfs who discovered him, and was surprised to learn at age 16-and 6ft 6in tall-that he was not a dwarf ; mounting evidence suggests that Carrot is the scion of the deposed Ankh-Morpork royal family, but he himself has suppressed this as much as possible, considering the role of police captain to be a preferable one in which to safeguard his city and keep order ), also Tomjohn ( rightful heir to the throne of Lancre, rescued from his father's killer by loyal servants, entrusted to the local witches and given to travelling actors to raise ; Tomjohn eventually returns to the kingdom, but does not wish to rule it, preferring to remain an actor ) and Keith ( The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents-ironically, Malicia, obsessed with fairytales, is certain that this makes him likely to be a prince, but Keith explains that it is common in the city to abandon babies outside the Guilds where they are likely to receive care and training in a trade ).

Several aircraft, notably the Boeing YC-14 ( the first modern type to exploit the effect ), have been built to take advantage of this effect, by mounting turbofans on the top of wing to provide high-speed air even at low flying speeds, but to date only one aircraft has gone into production using this system to a major degree, the Antonov An-72 ' Coaler '.

Several men were needed to move the heavy weapon and mounting.

Several prototypes tested, mounting single or twin 2cm Flak 38, and in one case a 7. 5cm K51 L / 24 gun.

Several aspects of the Chieftain design were trialled by the production of the FV4202 " 40-ton Centurion " with a reclined driver position and mantleless gun mounting.

Several other watch makers most notably Thomas Earnshaw had started to copy Arnold's work, the latter around 1780 modifying his detent escapement by mounting the detent on a spring and creating the spring detent escapement.

Several factors determine the sound a drum produces, including the type, shape and construction of the drum shell, the type of drum heads it has, and the tension of these drumheads.

Several studies for the painting show how Hopper experimented with the positioning of the two figures, perhaps to heighten the eroticism and the tension.

Several effects of surface tension can be seen with ordinary water:

Several decades of increasing tension finally broke out into war.

Several conditions are needed to produce foam: there must be mechanical work, surface active components ( surfactants ) that reduce the surface tension, and the formation of foam faster than its breakdown.

Several advisers urged men, during the initial dates, to touch women physically in appropriate places such as elbows or shoulders as a means of increasing the sexual tension.

Several of these events caused considerable tension between the core of the ARP and the conservatives who support them.

Several riots have happened when tension arise from teak claims and when police tried to enforce the law on local thieves.

Several physical-chemical factors, especially temperature, humidity and oxygen tension, are known to influence embryonation.