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Several prominent German military, cultural, and political figures in subsequent history, including poet Theodor Fontane, General Hermann von François, the hero of the First World War Battle of Tannenberg, Luftwaffe General and fighter ace Adolf Galland ; and famed U-boat captain Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, trace their ancestry to the Huguenot refugees from France.
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Several prominent members of the Reconstructionist community have focused on issues like domestic violence.
Several prominent members of the Momoh government who had been in detention at the Pa Demba Road prison, including former insepctor general of police Bambay Kamara were also executed.
* June 2 – Several mail bombs are sent to prominent figures as part of the 1919 United States anarchist bombings.
Several distinct Coptic dialects are identified, the most prominent of which are Sahidic and Bohairic.
Several prominent figures, including Steve Wozniak and Isaac Asimov, have cited " Tom Swift " as an inspiration.
Several prominent members of the Chinese Soviet who remained behind were captured and executed by the Kuomintang after the fall of Ruijin in November 1934, including Qu Qiubai and the youngest brother of Mao Zedong, Mao Zetan.
" Several prominent Atlanta Jews subsequently signed a letter to The Huffington Post rejecting the vilification of Fonda, who they described as " a strong supporter and friend of Israel ".
Several portraits of Fisher exist, the most prominent being by Hans Holbein the Younger in the Royal Collection ; and a few secondary relics are extant.
Several prominent international breeders have substantial stud farms in Kildare, including many from the Arab world.
Several prominent hip hop producers, such as DJ Premier, and RjD2 also favour retaining the lo-fidelity characteristics of the records they sample in order to achieve a hard, unpolished and " uncut " sound in their own music.
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Several state and federal government agencies mounted investigations into the crisis, the most prominent of which was the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island, created by Jimmy Carter in April 1979.
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Several prominent musical artists and groups have spent most of their musical careers performing theme songs and composing soundtracks for visual media.
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Several well-known horror enthusiasts publicly criticized the German ban on the movie, including author Stephen King ( who gave it a rave review in the November 1982 issue of Twilight Zone ).
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Several times the Liberian government borrowed money from English banks on severe terms, and even from local German merchants.
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Several marriages were contracted with princesses from other Slavic monarchies and other orthodox kingdoms, and even a couple of cadet-line princesses were allowed to marry Russian high noblemen-whereas until 1850s, practically all marriages had been with German princelings.
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Several thousand of them headed straight for the West German embassy in Prague and demanded safe passage to West Germany.
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Several heads-of-state have expressed doubts about the success of multicultural policies: The United Kingdom's Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Australia's ex-prime minister John Howard, Spanish ex-president Jose Maria Aznar and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have voiced concerns about the effectiveness of their multicultural policies for integrating immigrants.
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