When World War II broke out, he declared himself a pacifist, and even fled to America.
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Napoleon was so popular that he declared himself emperor in 1804, and it stuck.
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But he declared himself available for selection under Levein, who succeeded Burley at the end of last year.
As he accepted the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature, he declared himself a happy and grateful receiver of Egyptian, Islamic and Western cultural traditions.
Runner-up Ullrich had started as a title favourite but after suffering from the after-effects of a cold during the race he declared himself satisfied with his result.
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More than four months after an election that he officially lost, leftist leader Andres Manuel Lopez-Obrador says he won, and yesterday he declared himself the legitimate president of Mexico.
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Then, after shouting for several minutes that he declared himself innocent and that he had "never ordered the death of anybody", he was asked to calm down by the judge.
He declared himself happy with his performance but believes there is more to come in future - with winning one of the shorter, flatter stages a target to work towards.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn was the front-runner to be the next French president, although he had not yet declared himself a candidate.
After Mr Foss declared himself to be homosexual, he easily won election earlier this year as party boss in Oslo, the capital.
The German weekly added that a rebel deputy on Tuesday declared himself independent while another said he refused to vote for an austerity package on Wednesday.
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He sat out the Champions Trophy in India but declared himself ready for the Ashes series in Australia, only to pull out days before it began.
Efforts to restore order to Bangui, a city of 700, 000, came as a rebel leader declared himself the new president and announced he would stay in power for three years.
Among other antics, he sent taunting telegrams to Britain's queen, declared himself king of Scotland, challenged the Tanzanian president to a boxing match, and staged a mock invasion of South Africa on an island in Lake Victoria.
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West Brom boss Roberto Di Matteo said he had not seen a replay of the Odemwingie incident but declared himself satisfied with a point which stretched his side's unbeaten home run to 14 league games and kept them in sixth place.
When he bought Salomon and merged it with Smith Barney, an investment bank already owned by Travelers, Mr Weill declared himself comfortable with his new acquisition's famously high-risk approach to trading.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales defended himself Monday in an NBC interview, asserting that he had not misled Congress or the public when he declared that he had not participated in discussions or seen documents about the firings.
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