Significant opposition to the Government's privatization plan exists.

Significant damage to an industrial plant with injuries, trapped people and destroyed homes were reported in Madison Parish near the Louisiana-Mississippi state line.

Significant changes introduced into the 1968 document included Article 6, which committed the state to adhere to the " principles of socialist internationalism " and to devote special attention to its " fraternal ties " with the Soviet Union ; Article 9, which based the national economy on the " socialist ownership of the means of production "; Article 20, which under pressure from the churches granted freedom of conscience and belief ; Article 21, which maintained that the " basic rights " of citizenship were inseparably linked with " corresponding obligations "; and Article 47, which declared that the principle of " democratic centralism " is the authoritative maxim for the construction of the socialist state.

Significant migration of New England " Yankees " ( mainly of English descent ) to the central and western parts of the state led to minor conflicts with the more settled " Yorkers " ( mainly of German, Dutch, and Scottish descent ).

Significant numbers of the early migrants settled in what is now the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan ; this Negeri Sembilan Malay is known as Bahaso Nogori / Baso Nogoghi.

Significant actions of the General Assembly include the calling of the constitutional convention which became the first to ratify the United States Constitution in 1787 ( which led to Delaware's state nickname, " the First State "), and its rejection of secession from the Union on January 3, 1861, even though Delaware was a slave state.

* Significant changes to state authority over local finances.

Significant clauses of the constitution included the mutual assistance of each other if one signatory were to be attacked by a third party, the resolution that the Muslims would profess their religion and the Jews theirs, as well as the appointment of Muhammad as the leader of the state.

Significant amounts of territory were lost: Kentucky had already rejoined the Union in 1916 ; western Texas had been admitted into the Union in 1917 as the state of Houston, with its capital at Lubbock, and Sequoyah was under occupation.

Significant subsequent improvements and modifications to microprobes included scanning the electron beam to make X-ray maps ( 1960 ), the addition of solid state EDS detectors ( 1968 ) and the development of synthetic multilayer diffracting crystals for analysis of light elements ( 1984 ).

Significant provisions included expanding the suffrage to all male citizens over the age of 21, which included freedmen ; establishing a state public school system for the first time, with mandatory funding and attendance ; and providing for judges to be elected by the General Assembly rather than by popular vote.

The house is listed on the U. S. Secretary of State's Register of Culturally Significant Property, which denotes properties owned by the U. S. State Department with particular cultural or historical significance.

Victory University is a four-year, coeducational institution owned by California-based Significant Education.

Significant demographic shifts in the island population began in 1962 when the French financed, Mauritian Company, Societe Huiliere de Diego et Peros, which had consolidated ownership of all the plantations in the Chagos in 1883, sold the plantations to the Seychelles Company, Chagos-Agalega Company, which then owned the entire Chagos Archipelago, except for six acres at the mouth of the Diego Garcia lagoon.

Significant sapphire deposits are found in Eastern Australia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China ( Shandong ), Madagascar, East Africa, and in North America in a few locations, mostly in Montana.

* Significant stakes in Compañia Española de Petróleos, S. A ( Cepsa ), a Spanish integrated oil and petrochemicals company, Cosmo Oil Company, a Japanese refining and marketing company and Austrian-based OMV, an integrated oil and gas company with a presence throughout Central and Eastern Europe.

* Significant Past Weather Occurrences in the South Central States

Significant factors contributing to its demise include: ( 1 ) the deaths of a substantial percentage of the Kalmyk population from disease and malnutrition, both during their travel and upon their arrival to remote exile settlements in Central Asia, south central Siberia and the Soviet Far East ; ( 2 ) the wide dispersal of the Kalmyk population ; ( 3 ) the duration of exile, which ended in 1957 ; ( 4 ) the stigma associated with being accused of treason, and ( 5 ) assimilation into the larger, more dominant culture.

* Significant Houghton papers are in the Bentley Historical Library of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and in the Clarke Historical Library of Central Michigan University in Mt.

Significant European occupation in this region started with the Central Otago Gold Rush in the 1860s, but a French immigrant gold miner, Jean Desire Feraud, soon started planting vines and embarking upon small-scale commercial wine production — even winning medals in Australian wine competitions.

Significant Hungarian populations exist in the Saskatchewan settlements of: St. Benedict, Prud ' homme, Yellow Creek, Zichydorf, East Central, Cudworth, Whitewood and Mistatim.

Significant cave art sites off the coast of western Europe such as the Grotto Cosquer can be reached only by diving, because the cave entrances are underwater, though the upper portions of the caves themselves are not flooded.

Significant deposits of elemental sulfur, believed to have been ( and are still being ) synthesised by anaerobic bacteria on sulfate minerals like gypsum, exist in salt domes along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, and in evaporites in eastern Europe and western Asia.

Significant political developments in Europe included the lack of a Holy Roman Emperor for most of the decade, further erosion of the power of the monarchy in England and Portugal, the end of the failed Seventh Crusade in Egypt, and the expulsion of the Jews from France and the Moors from Portugal.

Significant were the contributions of Nicolas Jenson, Francesco Griffo, Aldus Manutius, and other printers of late fifteenth-century Europe.

Significant dates in this transitional phase from medieval to early modern Europe can be noted:

The cemetery is a member of the Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe and the trust was awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in 2005.

* Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe website

* Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe

Significant research efforts in Japan, Europe, and the United States are under way to capitalize on the potential offered by diamond's unique material properties, combined with increased quality and quantity of supply starting to become available from synthetic diamond manufacturers.

Significant shore assignments include tours on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, D. C., including Assistant Branch Head, Pacific Ocean Area / Pacific Plans and Policy Branch ( OP-612C ) and Branch Head, Europe / NATO Branch ( OP-614 ).

Significant billets in Flag Rank included Commander, Military Sealift Command Atlantic ; Commander, Military Sealift Command Europe ; Commander, Naval Reserve Readiness Command Region Four ; Deputy Commander, Naval Surface Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, and Deputy for Training Integration, Naval Education and Training Command.

* The Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe

Significant vehicles in the collection include three command vehicles used by Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, commander of 21st Army Group during the north-west Europe campaign.

Abney Park was the first London cemetery to be invited to join the Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe ( ASCE ) and it is the only surviving example of an English landscape designed by George Loddiges FLS FZS.

* Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe: Cimitero del Verano

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 former members include bass guitarist Derek Forbes and keyboard player Michael MacNeil ( the latter credited as a significant band composer during the band's rise in the 1980s ).

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.