Several instances of popular etymology are attested from ancient authors.

Several genera are popular with the horticultural community, including marigold, pot marigold ( also known as calendula ), cone flowers, various daisies, fleabane, chrysanthemums, dahlias, zinnias, and heleniums.

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Several popular characters of the period received the cartoon treatment.

Several popular drinking games involving cards are asshole, fuck the dealer, horserace, Kings, liar's poker, pyramid, bloody knuckles, Ring of Fire, Toepen, ride the bus, and Black or Red.

Several typographies for such designs have been suggested, one of the most popular of which comes from Campbell and Stanley ( 1963 ).

Several words and phrases from Nineteen Eighty-Four have entered popular language.

His critically acclaimed book Lyrics on Several Occasions of 1959, an amalgam of autobiography and annotated anthology, is an important source for studying the art of the lyricist in the golden age of American popular song.

Several types of wild greens, known collectively as chwinamul ( such as Aster scaber ), are a popular dish, and other wild vegetables such as bracken fern shoots ( gosari ) or Korean bellflower root ( doraji ) are also harvested and eaten in season.

Several of the anime series that he worked on were very popular inside and outside of Japan, most notably Sonic Soldier Borgman and Project A-ko.

Several previously successful parties such as Latvian Way and the Social Democrats did not reach the 5 % threshold of the popular vote needed to be in the parliament.

Several popular franchise-series, including Fatal Fury, The King of Fighters, Metal Slug and Samurai Shodown, were released for the platform.

Several hours of music were prepared for it, including Bach fugues, all of Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Christmas carols, and numerous popular songs.

Several very popular series of short films were made using stop-motion animation, including The Clangers, Noggin the Nog, and Ivor the Engine.

Several states did not permit a popular vote, but rather allowed the state legislature to choose their electors.

Several medieval scholars were considered to be magicians in popular legend, notably Gerbert d ' Aurillac and Albertus Magnus: both men were active in the scientific research of their day as well as in ecclesiastical matters, which was enough to attach to them a nimbus of the occult.

Several of her unpublished novels were published after her death, and her work is now considered both " popular and timeless ".

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 Orthodox scholars write that the popular Orthodox understanding of these principles are not at all what Maimonides held to be true.

Several far right paramilitary organizations were able to tap into popular discontent, particularly among marginalized, lesser educated and unemployed youths.

Several references to The Cure and their music have been made in popular culture.

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 ports and harbors in the South Bay provide access to Santa Catalina Island, a popular resort.

* Several episodes in the third season of the popular 1990's television show, The Adventures of Pete & Pete were filmed in Cranford.

Several unsupported theories have become well known in popular culture.

Several bloggers live in the county and frequently post observations about the community and its rural setting.

Several real-world examples provide evidence that the Internet-community, particularly bloggers, can push their own agenda into public agenda, then media agenda, and, eventually, into policy agenda.

Several influential bloggers made a plea to other bloggers to use this medium to increase international outrage at the Iranian regime.

Several internet bloggers describe their sites as a wunderkammer, either because they are primarily made up of links to things that are interesting, or because they inspire wonder in a similar manner to the original wunderkammer ( see External Links, below ).

Several bloggers criticized the presentation, noting that MMS consists of the same chemical compound as industrial strength bleach and was thus potentially harmful to children being given the product, both orally and through enemas.

Several bloggers promoted the story heavily and gave wide coverage to the horrifying pictures of the hanging.

Several prominent scientists, philosophers, and bloggers have been interviewed for the site.

Several conservative hosts and bloggers, most notably Glenn Beck, criticized O ' Donnell for the interview.

Several years of her life have been spent in the homeland, and she had written to friends to alert them of our coming.

Several conventions have been held in recent months in hotels on a nonsegregated basis.

Several dentists and patients with special dental problems have experimented with the device.

Several germanium resistors have been thermally cycled from 300 to 4.2 Af and their resistances have been found to be reproducible within 1/3 millidegree when temperatures were derived from a vapor pressure thermometer whose tubing is jacketed through most of the liquid helium.

Several financial institutions, both banks and insurance companies, have been sounded out.

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 signers affixed their names, it was learned, after being told that no tax increase would be possible without consent of the General Assembly and that a provision could be included in the charter to have the town take over the Johnston Sanitary District sewer system.

( Several times recently I have wondered whether shows were being staged for the sake of the script or just to entertain the audience with the spectacle of scenery being shifted right in front of their eyes.

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 robot cities have been planned for the country: the first will be built in 2009 at a cost of 500 billion won, of which 50 billion is direct government investment.

Several of the dialects have been influenced by contact with non-Germanic linguistic groups, such as the dialect of Carinthia, where in the past many speakers were bilingual with Slovene, and the dialect of Vienna, which has been influenced by immigration during the Austro-Hungarian period, particularly from what is today the Czech Republic.

Several AFI Alums have received both national and international recognition.

Several unusual applications, such as a nuclear battery or fuel for space ships with nuclear propulsion, have been proposed for the isotope < sup > 242m </ sup > Am, but they are as yet hindered by the scarcity and high price of this nuclear isomer.

Several biographical programs have been made, such as the 2004 BBC television programme entitled Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures, in which she is portrayed by Olivia Williams, Anna Massey, and Bonnie Wright.

Several additional candidates for written ASL have appeared in over the years, including Sutton SignWriting, Sign Script, ASL-phabet, and Si5s.

Several genres of fiction have been confused as alternate histories.

Several volcanoes on offshore islands have records of historic activity.

Several of Ambrose's works have recently been published in the bilingual Latin-German Fontes Christiani series ( currently edited by Brepols ).

Several religious brotherhoods which have sprung up in and around Milan at various times since the 14th century have been called Ambrosians.

Several saints and six popes have borne this name, including the only English pope, Adrian IV, and the only Dutch pope, Adrian VI.

Several alternatives to the human sacrifice have been presented in Greek mythology.

Several other princes have borne the name Alexander: