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 US states, including New York, Vermont and Wisconsin, have the sugar maple as their state tree.

Several key events occurred, which raised public awareness of the New Age subculture: the production of the musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical ( 1967 ) with its opening song " Aquarius " and its memorable line " This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius "; publication of Linda Goodman's best-selling astrology books Sun Signs ( 1968 ) and Love Signs ( 1978 ); the release of Shirley MacLaine's book Out on a Limb ( 1983 ), later adapted into a television mini-series with the same name ( 1987 ); and the " Harmonic Convergence " planetary alignment on August 16 and 17, 1987, organized by José Argüelles at Sedona in the U. S. state of Arizona.

Historically, the Christian church and lay-people have believed that more women than men are involved in paganism and witchcraft, which can be seen as far back as 1487 with the printing of the Malleus Maleficarum Several modern authors of Wiccan books state that, in current Wicca, the situation is the same.

Several commentators believed that changing demographics and unfavourable preference deals would demolish the Nationals at the state election that year, but they went on to enjoy considerable success by winning two extra lower house seats.

Several cases in California seem to have halted the practice in that state — the courts have allowed individual churches to leave the PC ( USA ) and keep their own assets, as well as parishes of the United Methodist and Episcopal denominations.

3 ) Several instances prevail to break up the company but that state does not approve.

Several years later, researchers discovered that the editorial in question was missing, apparently having been removed from the Tribunes archives, as well as the ' Oklahoma Edition ' of the Tribune in the state archives.

Several such principles are essentially based on the constitutive relation between the state of a suitably selected particular material and its temperature.

Several Referendums supported the state being in control of the most important utilities and energy companies.

Several state affiliates have kept their ballot positions and have allied with other small parties.

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

" Several writers state that Willow's transition into Dark Willow is inevitable, grounded in Willow's self-hatred that had been festering from the first season.

Though originally state entities, the Constitutional " Militia of the Several States " were not entirely independent, however, because they could be federalized.

Several cities in the state of Bahia still celebrate Carnival this way, having too, similar expressions at Porto Seguro.

Several of the state secondary schools now specialise: Astor College for the Arts ; Dover Grammar School for Girls is a selective specialist Humanities College ; Dover Grammar School for Boys, a selective Business and Enterprise College ; St Edmund's Catholic College for the Performing Arts ; and Dover Christ Church Academy, a specialist Maths, ICT and Music Academy.

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

Several other candidates sought support in their home state or region as " favorite son " candidates without any realistic chance of winning the nomination.

Several guerrilla groups seeking to establish an independent Assamese state in northeast India have set up guerrilla bases in the forests of southern Bhutan, from which they launch cross-border attacks on targets in Assam.

Several communities accepted and the government, in partnership with the state, bought 25, 000 properties which they converted into wetlands.

Several state beds are still in their original positions, as is the Throne Canopy in the King's Privy Chamber.

Several aboriginal tribes are becoming extensively involved in the tourism and ecotourism industries to achieve increased economic self-reliance from the state.

Several had long-standing diasporas that did not conform to 20th century European nationalism and state creation.

Several other state and local highways serve the residents of Clinton County.

* 1905 Several sources, including the 1991 US Navy Dive Manual ( pg 1-8 ), state that the MK V Deep Sea Diving Dress was designed by the Bureau of Construction & Repair in 1905, but in reality, the 1905 Navy Handbook shows British Siebe-Gorman helmets in use.

Several secular holidays are observed, such as Earth Day or, Arbor Day, or Labor Day, both internationally, and across multi-country regions, often in conjunction with organizations such as the United Nations.

Several Christian holidays traditionally falling on working days or on fixed dates have been moved to Saturdays and Sundays.

Several religious holidays are recognized as official holidays, including Hari Raya Puasa ( Muslim ), Hari Raya Haji ( Muslim ), the Prophet's birthday ( Muslim ), Wesak Day ( Buddhist ), Deepavali ( Hindu ), Thaipusam ( Hindu ), Christmas ( Christian ), and, in Sabah and Sarawak, Good Friday ( Christian ).

Several shows a year, usually coinciding with holidays, are compiled from segments from past episodes, or feature holiday-related theme programming ( such as for the 4th of July, an entire program based on questions from American history adapted to fit the current events format ), and are either recorded in front of an audience for later broadcast, or at WBEZ's studio facilities without an audience.

Several holidays are celebrated by the government or banks as well.

Several major religious holidays take place in Ashvin, including Durga Puja ( 6-10 Ashvin ), Dasehra ( 10 Ashvin ) and Divali ( 29 Ashvin ), Kojagiri festivals and Kali Puja ( new moon of Ashvin ), which are held as per the lunar calendar, usually fall in this month.

Several years ago Bernard Werber decided to launch a book each year on 3 October, after the end of the summer holidays.

Several condensed matter systems are being studied with potential applications to quantum computation, including experimental systems like quantum dots, SQUIDs, and theoretical models like the toric code and the quantum dimer model.

Several, like Ma Shaowu and Ma Hushan were loyal to Chiang and Kuomintang hardliners.

Several DBMS products like Oracle and IBM DB2 have been in on-going development since the 1970s-1980s.

Several DBMS products like Oracle and IBM DB2 have been in on-going development since the 1970s-1980s.

Several subjects also reported contact with ' other beings ', alien like, insectoid or reptilian in nature, in highly advanced technological environments where the subjects were ' carried ,' ' probed ,' ' tested ,' ' manipulated ,' ' dismembered ,' ' taught ,' ' loved ,' and even ' raped ' by these ' beings.

Several grappling styles like Judo, Shoot wrestling, Catch wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Sambo and several types of wrestling including Freestyle and Greco-Roman have gained global popularity.

Several bistable technologies, like the 360 ° BTN and the bistable cholesteric, depend mainly on the bulk properties of the liquid crystal ( LC ) and use standard strong anchoring, with alignment films and LC mixtures similar to the traditional monostable materials.

Several theories introduce assumptions which proved to be wrong, like the equal transit-time theory.

Several suspects exist, including competition director and former pageant winner Kathy Morningside ( Candice Bergen ); her unpleasant assistant Frank Tobin ( Steve Monroe ); veteran emcee Stan Fields ( William Shatner ) who, like Morningside, is being replaced with a younger person ; and Rhode Island's Cheryl Frasier ( Heather Burns ), possibly a radical animal rights activist.

Several reports have been published by various governmental and non-governmental organizations to present alternatives to the ozone depleting substances, since the substances have been used in various technical sectors, like in refrigerating, agriculture, energy production, and laboratory measurements

Several hypotheses have been advanced, including links to ornithodirans like Scleromochlus, an ancestry among the basal archosauriforms like Euparkeria, or among the prolacertiformes ( which include gliding forms like Sharovipteryx ).

Several crew members wore protest t-shirts with slogans such as " Yes Guvnor, my ass " and " Will Rogers never met Ridley Scott " in reference to Will Rogers's most famous quotation, " I never met a man I didn't like ".

Several police organizations condemned this study and suggested more studies like this would make them hesitant to pull over visible minorities.

Several prominent members of the Reconstructionist community have focused on issues like domestic violence.

Several senior government officials in the APC administration of Momoh like Salia Jusu Sheriff, Abass Bundu, J. B. Dauda and Sama Banya resigned from the APC government respectively to resuscitate the previously disbanded SLPP.

Several senior government officials in the APC administration of Momoh like Salia Jusu Sheriff, Abass Bundu, J. B. Dauda and Sama Banya resigned from the APC government respectively to resuscitate the previously disbanded SLPP.

Several sealed and stamped letters are planted in public places, addressed to various entities, such as individuals, favorable organizations like medical research institutes, and stigmatized organizations such as " Friends of the Nazi Party ".

Several programming languages like Self, ECMAScript / JavaScript, and Newspeak have taken the ideas of Smalltalk in new directions.

Several of these artists, like Roberto Matta ( by his own description ) " remained close to Surrealism.

Several layers of suburban municipalities now surround cities like Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Houston, San Francisco, Sacramento, Atlanta, Miami, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia.

Several technologies were developed like Frequency-division multiplexing.

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 ).