Several other defunct leagues are officially considered to be major, and their statistics and records are included with those of the two current major leagues.

Several other sports have had leagues called " American League ," usually with the sport name as a qualifier, such as the " American Football League " ( which eventually merged with the National Football League, adopting the latter's name for the combination ).

Several days later, trustee William Foran wrote to NHA president Emmett Quinn that the trustees are " perfectly satisfied to allow the representatives of the three pro leagues ( NHA, PCHA and Maritime ) to make all arrangements each season as to the series of matches to be played for the Cup.

Several of the team names have been later reused for teams in later soccer leagues.

Several major labels were eager to sign the band, but the division within the band between remaining true to their indie roots and signing up for the big leagues wrecked the process.

Several leagues, known as independent leagues, do not have any official links to Major League Baseball.

Several sports leagues have implemented salary caps, both as a method of keeping overall costs down, and to ensure parity between teams so a wealthy team cannot entrench dominance by signing many more top players than their rivals.

Several famous passengers were among the dead, including former world boxing champion Carlos Cruz, his wife and nineteen-month-old son, who were flying to Paris for a bout against Roger Zami ; the wife, daughter and sister of Imbert Barreras, a Dominican Army Brigade General who participated in the plot to kill the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina in Santo Domingo, on May 30, 1961 ; Juan Ramón Loubriel, who had participated in three professional sports leagues in Puerto Rico ( basketball, volleyball and association football ); the then-girlfriend of astrologer Walter Mercado, and most of the members of Puerto Rico's women's national volleyball team, who were returning home after a friendly game against the Dominican Republic's women's national team.

Several players from the Negro leagues visited their house, which influenced his view of the sport.

Several different leagues run throughout the year.

Several other indoor leagues have been announced without ever actually commencing play, or operating only briefly with a handful of teams.

Several other independent indoor football leagues that play a similar game exist.

Several minor and developmental leagues independent of the NFL have come and gone ; two such leagues currently exists, the United Football League, which began play in 2009 as a complementary top-level development league, and the Stars Football League, which began play with a soft launch in 2011.

Several sports leagues honour their best player with an award called Player of the Year.

Several of the academy's baseball players went on to play in the major leagues.

Several Keys alumni have gone on to play in the major leagues.

Several teams showed interest in signing Nagashima, but he announced his retirement, ending his nine year career in the professional leagues.

Several other leagues also play this game, including Northumberland ( East ), Zetland, Cleveland, and Swaledale,

Several city tennis leagues are run at the Center, and instructional classes are available for all ages and skill levels.

Several semi-professional leagues, mostly regional in nature, also exist.

Several other leagues noticed the success of the " Shaughnessy Plan " and followed suit.

Several smaller strip malls are also being built in the area, which is seeing increasingly aggressive development.

Several students who had intended to vote for Bush changed their minds after seeing the poll results ( Morwitz and Pluzinski 58-64 ).

Several other writers regard the poem's matter approvingly, seeing it as anti-Catholic satire and polemic.

Several witnesses reported seeing Wes forcing Rubin into a Jeep Cherokee driven by an unknown third person.

Several years later, Celtics player Reggie Lewis died suddenly in 1993, and the team fell into decline, not seeing another Finals in Auerbach's lifetime.

Several comrades upon seeing him in this state, would have severed his head, assisting him in the warrior's suicide they knew he would have wished.

Several hours later, Texian scouts reported seeing Mexican troops outside the town.

Several German officers passing through Lokot reported seeing bodies hanging from gallows outside Kaminski's headquarters.

Several German officers passing through Lokot reported seeing bodies hanging from gallows outside Kaminski's headquarters.

Several spotters at checkpoints throughout the course did not remember seeing her in the first group of females.

Several officers of his bank were convicted and served prison terms, much to the surprise of American readers, who were unaccustomed to seeing corporate executives jailed for the activities of their companies.

Several previous tenants had left upon seeing this apparition.

Several cultures whose languages use writing systems other than alphabets do not share the Western notion of signatures per se: the " signing " of one's name results in a written product no different from the result of " writing " one's name in the standard way.

Several linguists unsuccessfully attempted to decipher the writing hoping to discover the ancient Prussian writing system.

Several fellow writers, including Nolan and friend Jerry Sohl, began ghostwriting for Beaumont in his final years, so that he could meet his many writing obligations.

Several Roman poets, writing within ten years of the event, all mention bites by two asps, as does Florus, a historian, some 150 years later.

Several years later, however, he undertook a second run writing the Legion in the mid-1970s, now in their own book, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Several years later Evanier began writing foreign comic books for the Walt Disney Studio Program, then from 1972 to 1976 wrote scripts for Gold Key Comics, along with comics for the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate.

Several of these herein mentioned Italian American women writers and editors are American Book Award winners and pioneers of Italian American writing, as is poet Maria Mazziotti Gillan.

Several indigenous cultures of the Americas had also developed their own writing systems, including the Mayan and Nahuatl.

Several languages are found on these pieces, including Greek, Latin, Arabic, and the Ancient Egyptian writing language of hieroglyphs.

Several times in his writings he suggests that his was a humble background, though this may just be a topos or convention of autobiographical writing.

Several people, including former Clinton speechwriter David Kusnet and, later, Vassar professor Donald Foster, correctly identified Klein as the novel's author, based on a literary analysis of the book and Klein's previous writing.

Several critics have noted the cathartic process by which she deals with her grief in the writing.

Several entire scriptures of the Daozang are supposedly works of automatic planchette writing.

In The Seth Material, Jane Roberts wrote: " Several people have told me that Seth communicated with them through automatic writing, but Seth denies any such contacts.

* Several Strangers ; writing from three decades, 1999, Viking, London.

Several writing systems have been devised for technical purposes by specialists in various fields.

Several members of the HWA — including Dean Koontz — were reluctant to endorse such writing awards, fearing it would incite competitiveness rather than friendly admiration.

Several people, including former Clinton speechwriter David Kusnet and, later, Vassar professor Donald Foster correctly identified Klein as the novel's author, based on a literary analysis of the book and Klein's previous writing.

Several different regions of the brain govern the act of writing.

Several themes recur regularly in Raimondo's writing, mostly derived from his libertarian ideological roots.

Several styles of Khmer writing are used for varying purposes.

He was quoted as writing: " Several months ago we made the decision to fold the party and fully support Stephen Harper and the new and improved Conservative party.