Significant privatization of state owned enterprises in Eastern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union was undertaken in the 1990s with assistance from the World Bank, the U. S. Agency for International Development, the German Treuhand, and other governmental and nongovernmental organizations.

Significant collections of Tiffany windows outside the United States are the 17 windows in the former Erskine and American United Church, now part of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal, Canada, and the two windows in the American Church in Paris, on the Quai d ' Orsay, which have been classified as National Monuments by the French government ; these were commissioned by Rodman Wanamaker in 1901 for the original American Church building on the right bank of the Seine.

Significant portions of the 1996 chase movie Chain Reaction were filmed in the Zero-Gradient Synchrotron ring room and the former Continuous Wave Deuterium Demonstrator laboratory.

Significant people currently living in the town include the actress Rachel Hurd-Wood, Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole and his former wife Cheryl Cole, and football pundit Alan Hansen.

Significant efforts were made to re-house large numbers of former residents in a variety of suitable or otherwise alternative accommodation.

Significant heritage buildings listed on the Victorian Heritage Register include Stonington mansion ( 1890 ), Malvern tram depot, the former ES & A Bank ( on the corner of Glenferrie Road and High Street ) and the Malvern railway station.

Significant among these are Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa ( a graduate of Peoples College of Law who never passed the Bar exam after failing four times ), Stanford law professor Kathleen Sullivan ( Harvard Law School ) ( who failed the bar in July 2005 but passed on her second attempt in February 2006 ), California Governor and former Attorney General Jerry Brown ( Yale Law School, ' 64 ) ( who took it twice before passing ) and former California Governor Pete Wilson ( UC Berkeley School of Law ) ( who passed on his fourth attempt ).

Significant former competitions included the Lion Red Cup, run from 1994 – 96, and the Bartercard Cup, run from 2000-07.

These " Bloomsbury assumptions " are also reflected in members ' criticisms of materialistic realism in painting and fiction, influenced above all by Clive Bell's " concept of ' Significant Form ', which separated and elevated the concept of form above content in works of art ": it has been suggested that, with their " focus on form ... Bell's ideas have come to stand in for, perhaps too much so, the aesthetic principles of the Bloomsbury Group ".

Significant members of the art world, such as James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, Jean Cocteau, Bridget Bate Tichenor, and Antonin Artaud, posed for his camera.

Significant members of the judiciary include Sir Edward Coke, Lady Justice Butler-Sloss, and Lord Justice Birkett.

Significant members of the Solnhofen paleofauna include Archaeopteryx, pterosaurs, and marine invertebrates.

Significant research is done by faculty members in the above fields.

Significant members of the " Willowbrook Class " were not as intellectually limited as the term " Developmental delay " would indicate.

Significant members of this family included General Mikhail Illarionovich Golenischev-Kutuzov, well-known poet of the end of 19th century ; Arsenii Arkadievich Golenischev-Kutuzov, composer ; and Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky.

Significant numbers of men from Clan Elphinstone, Clan Forbes, Clan Keith, Clan MacIntyre, Clan MacKenzie, Clan MacLean, Clan MacLeod of MacLeod, Clan MacLeod of Lewis, Clan MacTavish, Clan MacMillan, Clan Maxwell, Clan Ramsay, Clan Wemyss and a few members of the Clan Innes also joined the Jacobite army.

Significant past gifts to the University include the Seven Society Carillon in the UVA Chapel, donated in memory of deceased members of the society, and given with the request that there should be a toll of seven times seven bells on the passing of a member ; a memorial to past Seven Society members who gave their lives in World War I ; $ 17, 777. 77 for a loan fund in honor of University president John Lloyd Newcomb ; the ceremonial mace carried in academic processions ; $ 10, 777. 77 in support of the re-establishment of Homecomings ; a plaque on the Rotunda honoring University students who died in the Korean War ; $ 7, 077. 77 to endow the Ernest Mead Fund for the Music Library ; $ 47, 777. 77 for the making of a film on the honor system ; and $ 1 million in support of the University's South Lawn Project.

Significant grunge bands signed to the label were Green River ( half of the members from this band would later become founding members of Pearl Jam ), Sonic Youth ( although not a grunge band they were influential on grunge bands and in fact it was upon the insistence of Kim Gordon that the David Geffen Company signed Nirvana ) and Nirvana.

Significant factors in the development of armour include the economic and technological necessities of armour production.

Significant industries include IT, pharmaceuticals, biomedical engineering, biotechnology, electronics, traffic engineering, and renewable energy.

: Significant rivers include the Jimani River, Río Yaque del Norte, Río Jamao del Norte, Río Isabela and the Ozama River

Significant strands of this infrastructure include: The Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh College of Art, Talbot Rice Gallery ( University of Edinburgh ) and the Edinburgh Annuale.

* African festivals Significant African festivals based on the continent include the biannual Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou FESPACO in Burkina Faso, the annual Durban International Film Festival which has grown in importance for industry with the addition of a co-production forum and Talent Campus.

Significant parallels include the prince feigning madness, his mother's hasty marriage to the usurper, the prince killing a hidden spy, and the prince substituting the execution of two retainers for his own.

Significant publications include a collection of texts, a grammar and a lexicon ( both published posthumously ), in addition to a theoretically significant article on Menomini phonological alternations.

Significant fields of study in microeconomics include general equilibrium, markets under asymmetric information, choice under uncertainty and economic applications of game theory.

Significant finds include the Superior Valley 014 Acapulcoite, one of two of its type found within the United States as well as the Blue Eagle meteorite, the first Rumuruti-type chondrite yet found in the Americas.

Significant AOR offshoots include classic rock and adult album alternative.

Significant investigations conducted by the NTSB in all modes of transportation in recent years include the collapse of the I-35 highway bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota ; the collision between two transit trains in Washington, D. C .; the pipeline explosion that destroyed much of a neighborhood in San Bruno, California ; the sinking of an amphibious vessel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; and the crash of a regional airliner near Buffalo, New York.

Significant natural resources in Ukraine include: iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, and arable land.

Significant passages include the beloved Laus Italiae of Book 2, the prologue description of the temple in Book 3, and the description of the plague at the end of Book 3.

Significant fashion trends of the 1960s include:

Significant hairstyle trends of the 1980s include the Perm ( started popularity in the late 1970s ), the Mullet ( evolved from the 1970s to a cleaner look using hair gel ), the Jheri curl, the Flattop, the Hi-top fade and Big hair.

Significant clothing trends of the 1980s include Shoulder pads, Jean jackets, Leather pants, Aviator jackets, Jumpsuits, Diane von Fürstenberg Wrap Dress, Members Only Jackets, Skin-tight acid-washed jeans, Miniskirts, Leggings and Leg warmers ( popularized in the film " Flashdance "), Off-the-Shoulder Shirts and Cut Sweatshirts ( popularized in the film " Flashdance ").

Significant windstorms in Clark County include the Columbus Day windstorm of October 12, 1962, and an April 6, 1972 tornado which rated F3 on the Fujita scale, striking a local school.

Significant through roads in Kensington include Maryland Routes 185 ( Connecticut Avenue ), 193 ( University Boulevard West ), and 547 ( Knowles Avenue ).

Significant crops in montane forest zones include tea and coffee, and the logging of unique species causes changes to the forest structure.

Significant blizzards include:

Significant factors in the local economy include services such as banking, insurance, healthcare and logistics.

Significant weather forecasting problems that occur in the 0-to 12-hr range include severe weather in all seasons ( for example, tornadoes, thunderstorms, snow, and ice storms ) and hazards to aviation ( for example, clear air turbulence, icing, and downbursts ).

Significant film appearances include The Snow Creature ( 1954 ), Half Human ( 1955 ), The Abominable Snowman ( 1957 ), Yeti-il gigante del 20. secolo ( 1977 ), Snowbeast ( 1977 ), Monsters, Inc. ( 2001 ), and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ( 2008 ), Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon, ( 2008 ) Yetiko Khojima ( Yeti ; in search of Yeti, 2010 ).

Significant preserved areas of prairie include:

Significant towns in the county include Brilliant, Guin, Hackleburg, Hamilton and Winfield.