Several notable exceptions exist in the Commonwealth of Virginia: the University of Virginia ( Charlottesville ), University of Mary Washington ( Fredericksburg ), George Mason University ( Fairfax ), Virginia State University ( Petersburg ), Virginia Commonwealth University ( Richmond ), Washington and Lee University ( Lexington ), the College of William and Mary ( Williamsburg ), Old Dominion University ( Norfolk ), and Virginia Tech ( Blacksburg ) use the term " Rector " to designate the head of the Board of Visitors.

Several banks fell and some of the few manufacturing centres established in the Commonwealth were closed.

Several volumes of Smith's Laws, enacted from 1700 through 1829, contain certain public and private laws of the Province and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Several military organisations in the Commonwealth incorporate the motto inscribed upon a garter of the order within their badges ( or cyphers ) and some use Honi soit qui mal y pense as their motto.

Several other Commonwealth navies also use naval ensigns with a visual connection to the White Ensign.

Several Commonwealth nations, such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, produced their own versions of the MK II, which can be distinguished from those made in Britain.

Several weeks after the conference, Hammond spoke before Commonwealth North, proclaiming that he would spend $ 50, 000 of his own money if necessary to campaign for his dividend and income tax plan.

During 1916 Several of these same T class engines were also purchased from NBL by the Commonwealth Railways for the Trans-Australian Railway.

Several people identified with Commonwealth were actively involved during this period in organizing the Southern Tenant Farmers ’ Union, which aimed to unite the economic interests of tenant farmers, both black and white, and with the Congress of Industrial Organizations ( CIO ).

Several Commonwealth countries have similar qualifications, among them the FRCSC in Canada, FRACS in Australia and New Zealand, FCS ( SA ) in South Africa, FCSHK in Hong Kong.

Several portions of the original base have since been declared surplus and transferred to other government jurisdictions, including the National Park Service, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and York County.

Several maritime Asian nations sent envoys with tribute for the Chinese emperor.

Several liberals, including Adam Smith and Richard Cobden, argued that the free exchange of goods between nations could lead to world peace, a view recognised by such modern American political scientists as Dahl, Doyle, Russet, and O ' Neil.

Several military engineering vehicles have been developed in various nations to achieve this task.

Several heads of state and their consorts, as the foremost representatives of their nations, gather at the Funeral of Pope John Paul II | funeral for the late Pope John Paul II in 2005.

Several nations adopted small calibre repeating bolt action rifles during this decade.

Several foreign nations also treat citizens and non-citizens of Latvia differently, admitting citizens of Latvia without visa but requiring visas from non-citizens.

Several west European and African nations, Canada, People's Republic of China, Egypt, Libya, Russia, the Holy See, and the European Union maintain diplomatic missions in Kigali.

* Several nations in Eastern Europe get their own nation state, thereby replacing major multiethnic empires.

* Several nations both smaller and larger than the U. S. have simplified their spelling systems.

Several nations have used cultural relativism as a justification for limiting the rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Several Caribbean nations carry feeds of CBC TV:

Several western Christian groups, in particular those of the Church of God in Christ, claim that the whole UK is the direct descendant of Ephraim, and that the whole USA is the direct descendant of Manasseh, based on the interpretation that Jacob had said these two tribes would become the most supreme nations in the world.

Several European nations with minor positions in the field also produced their first talking pictures — Belgium ( in French ), Denmark, Greece, and Romania.

Several studies using ultrasound scan screening have shown that the prevalence of PKD in exotics is between 40 and 50 % in developed nations.

Several fragments, chiefly anecdotes and strictures of various kinds upon the character of nations and individuals, are preserved by Athenaeus, Plutarch and others.

Several fierce battles were fought among the warring nations in the Valley region, as attested by the earliest European-American settlers.

Several groups have held Terra, including the Terran Alliance, Terran Hegemony, ComStar, Word of Blake, and Republic of the Sphere ; most of these nations fought bitter struggles upon Terra, scarring the world.

Several nations also hold " Champagne Races ", where students go to drink and spray champagne or somewhat more modestly priced sparkling wine on each other.

Several other nations and international bodies have also enacted statutes and regulations regarding the validity and binding nature of digital signatures.

Several Japanese electronics manufacturers in 1969, standardized the first format for industrial / non-broadcast videotape recorders ( VTRs ) called EIAJ-1 Some color broadcasts in the USA began in the 1950s, with color becoming common in western industrialized nations during the late 1960s and then standard in the 1970s.

Several other nations were at one time or have become in recent years serious contenders in both WAG and MAG.

Several of Northumbria's subject nations had rebelled in recent years, leading to a number of large-scale battles against the Picts, Mercians, and Irish, with varied success.

Several nations bestow awards which are referred to as the Presidential Unit Citation, including the following:

Several NATO countries have collectively organized an elite counterterrorist unit, composed of the best soldiers from the militaries of several nations, named Rainbow.

Several inventions followed using rear-wheel drive, the best known being the rod-driven velocipede by Scotsman Thomas McCall in 1869.

Several months of unemployment followed, however, and Chaplin lived a solitary existence while lodging with a family in Kennington.

Several key leaders early in the Protestant Reformation, including Martin Luther and John Calvin, followed the traditional reasoning in favour of capital punishment, and the Lutheran Church's Augsburg Confession explicitly defended it.

Several other archival live releases followed, and in 2009 the first of several planned multi-disc box sets, The Archives Vol.

Several other commercials for MTV quickly followed, in which Leary would rant at high speeds about a variety of topics, playing off the then-popular and growing alternative scene.

Several such raids followed in subsequent decades, in particular the Battle of Abrittus in 251, led by Cniva, in which the Roman Emperor Decius was killed.

Several more appearances followed in her subsequent plays.

Several films followed in the next couple of years, including two 15 minute shorts that are still shown regularly in Norway today, Veslefrikk med Fela ( Little Freddy and his Fiddle ), based on a Norwegian folk tale, and Karius og Baktus, a story by Thorbjørn Egner of two little trolls, representing Caries and Bacterium, living in a boy's teeth.

Several American football players have followed Kemp to Congress: Steve Largent, J. C. Watts, and Heath Shuler.

Several successful flights followed, however the flight on January 11, 1938 ended in tragedy.

Several specialized processing devices have followed from the technology.

Several other experiments followed, with André-Marie Ampère, who in 1820 discovered that the magnetic field circulating in a closed-path was related to the current flowing through the perimeter of the path ; Carl Friedrich Gauss ; Jean-Baptiste Biot and Félix Savart, both of which in 1820 came up with the Biot-Savart Law giving an equation for the magnetic field from a current-carrying wire ; Michael Faraday, who in 1831 found that a time-varying magnetic flux through a loop of wire induced a voltage, and others finding further links between magnetism and electricity.

Several among his cardinals who had been shut up in Nocera with him and had followed him in Genoa determined to make a stand: they determined that a Pope, who by his incapacity or blind obstinacy might be put in the charge of one of the cardinals.

Several more minor hits on Haven followed, and then the Righteous Brothers found themselves " hitless " again until 1990, although they toured frequently.

Several made-for-TV movies based upon the series followed in the early 1990s featuring Robert Urich and Avery Brooks, with Barbara Williams and later Wendy Crewson as Susan.

Several other productions followed, including those in Adelaide ( Unley City Hall, 1912 ), Melbourne ( Athanaeum Theatre, 1915 ) and Perth ( Town Hall, 1918 ).

Several minor revisions ( UML 1. 3, 1. 4, and 1. 5 ) fixed shortcomings and bugs with the first version of UML, followed by the UML 2. 0 major revision that was adopted by the OMG in 2005.

Several unsuccessful rebellions followed, but by 1075 William's hold on England was mostly secure, allowing him to spend the majority of the rest of his reign on the Continent.

Several other raids with Fatah's poorly trained and badly equipped fighters followed this incident.

* Several typhoons and hurricanes resulted in extreme destruction in this decade, especially in 2005 ( the most active in recorded history ) with Hurricane Katrina nearly destroying New Orleans, followed by Hurricane Rita, which wreaked destruction along the U. S. Gulf Coast.

Several other Mineriads followed, the results of which included a government change.

Several communities in Ireland, particularly in the west of the country, were wiped out as a result of the Great Famine in the latter half of the 19th century, and the years of economic decline that followed.

Several copycats have followed over the years.

Several novels followed, to warm reception.