In one of the last letters he ever wrote to Dorothy Parker, inventor of the fountain pen that bears her name, the prince formerly known as Niccolo Machiavelli declared, "If all the papardelle in the world were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised".
The company formerly known as Silicon Graphics declared Chapter 11 in 2009.
With the transfer of the capital from Edirne (formerly Adrianople) to Constantinople, the new state was declared as the successor and continuation of the Roman Empire.
Formerly a state, Bahrain was declared a Kingdom in 2002.
Lawsuits from five others remain, as well as an antitrust suit from the EU.Out of courtA mistrial was declared in a case against Frank Quattrone, a formerly high-flying technology banker, after the jury failed to return a unanimous verdict.
Formerly part of the Russian Empire, Belarus declared independence in 1917 and established the Rada as a provisional government.
Kazakhstan, formerly a constituent (union) republic of the U.S.S.R., declared independence on Dec. 16, 1991.
Formerly a constituent (union) republic of the U.S.S.R., Kyrgyzstan declared its independence on Aug. 31, 1991.
During the Bosnian conflict between Bosniaks (formerly designated as Muslims) and Bosnian Serbs in the 1990s, the town was declared a "safe area" for Bosniaks by the United Nations.
Their new moniker: Formerlies, as in formerly hot.
JMZ declares that he was formerly the Vice Present of Technology at Lucid , Inc
