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Rock horned lizard The Rock horned lizard, or Ditmar's horned lizard, is a phrynosoma found in Sonora in northern Mexico, south of the Arizona border. Bearing the shortest horns of all the horned lizards, it lives in thorn-scrub and deciduous Sinaloan woodlands.
Rock Hudson Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was a popular American film and television actor, noted for his splendid, virile looks and most remembered as a romantic leading man during the 1950s and 1960s. Hudson was voted Star of the Year, Favorite Leading Man, or any number of similar titles by countless movie magazines, and was unquestionably one of the most popular and well-known movie stars of the time.
Rock Chalk, Jayhawk The song, "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" is used at all University of Kansas Jayhawks sporting events and is well known throughout the nation by sports fans, particularly those who have attended a basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse and heard it loudly chanted.
Rock in a Hard Place Rock in a Hard Place is the seventh studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith and was released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). This is the only Aerosmith album to not feature Joe Perry and Brad Whitford.
Rock in Opposition Rock in Opposition or RIO was a movement representing a collective of progressive bands in the late 1970s united in their opposition to the music industry that refused to recognise their music. It was initiated by Henry Cow in March 1978 when they invited four European groups to come to London and perform in a festival called "Rock in Opposition".
Rock in Rio (album) Rock in Rio is a live album recorded during Iron Maiden's 2001 headlining performance at the Rock in Rio festival. Here they faced their largest ever crowd - 250,000 people - and with the relatively recent return of lead singer Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith to the band, they recorded their fifth live album.
Rock in Rio (Iron Maiden video) Rock in Rio is a double DVD set (also available on VHS) of heavy metal band, Iron Maiden. As well as showing the entire performance at the Rock in Rio show, the second disc includes three special features with interviews with band members, a short documentary on the day in the life of Iron Maiden, and photos by official photographer, Ross Halfin.
Rock Island District The Rock Island District (RI) is a commuter rail line operated by Metra from Chicago, Illinois, United States southwest to Joliet. While Metra does not specifically refer to any of its lines by a particular color, the timetable accents for the Rock Island District line are printed in "Rocket Red".
Rock Island Independents The Rock Island Independents was a professional American football team, based in Rock Island, Illinois, in the National Football League from 1920 to 1925 and in the American Football League of 1926. They played in Douglas Park.
Rock Island National Cemetery Rock Island National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located within Rock Island Arsenal near the city of Rock Island, Illinois. It encompasses 66 acres, and as of the end of 2005, had 23,890 interments.
Rock Island State Park (Tennessee) Rock Island State Park, located at Rock Island, between McMinnville and Sparta, is a state park in central Tennessee, USA. Situated at the confluence of the Collins and Caney Fork Rivers, the park's most prominent feature is the Great Falls created from the Collins River feading into the gorge overlook.
Rock Island, Tennessee Rock Island, Tennessee is located in the northeastern most portion of Warren County, Tennessee. The town is named for a small island that existed before the erection of the Great Falls Dam at the confluence of the Collins River and Caney Fork River.
Rock Islands (Palau) The Rock Islands of Palau, also called Chelbacheb, are a small collection of limestone or coral uprises, ancient relics of coral reefs that violently surfaced to form Islands in Palau's Southern Lagoon, between Koror and Peleliu, and are now an incorporated part of Koror State. The islands, between 250 to 300 in number according to different sources, with an aggregate area of 47 km² and a height up to 207 m, and are for the most part uninhabited, and are famous for their beaches, blue lagoons and the peculiar umbrella-like shapes of many of the islands themselves.
Rock Kills Kid Rock Kills Kid is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California that consists of Jeff Tucker (guitar and vocals), Shawn Dailey (bass), Sean Stopnik (guitar), Reed Calhoun (keyboards/vocals), and Mike Balboa (drums). Their music often draws comparison to The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen and U2, as well as new bands such as The Killers and Franz Ferdinand.
Rock lobster The rock lobster or spiny rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii, (often called simply "crayfish") is a species of spiny lobster found throughout coastal waters of southern Australia, and New Zealand including the Chatham Islands. The commercial rock lobster fishery is New Zealand's third biggest seafood export earner.
Rock Lake Middle School Rock Lake Middle School is a school in Longwood, Florida in the Seminole County School District. Michal Poliur brings terror to this otherwise delightful school with his hardxcore helix peircings and extreme layering of the shirts.
Rock Lobster (song) "Rock Lobster" was The B-52's' first single, released in 1978 and in a longer version placed on the band's self-titled debut album, The B-52's, one year later. It has become one of their signature tunes, and it helped launch the band's success.
Rock Lodge Club Rock Lodge is a family-oriented nudist club located on 145 acres of privately-owned land in the Highlands forests of New Jersey, about 40 miles from Manhattan, New York. It was established as a nudist club in 1932.
Rock magnetism Rock Magnetism is, as the name suggests, the study of the magnetic properties of rocks. Associated with Paleomagnetism, the purpose of rock magnetism is to understand how magnetic properties of rocks affect the paleomagnetic data recorded by those rocks.
Rock mass classification In geotechnical engineering, the first major rock mass classification system was proposed about 60 years ago for tunnelling with steel support. Later classification systems were developed for non-steel support underground excavation, slope and foundation engineering.
Rock mechanics Rock mechanics is the theoretical and applied science of the mechanical behaviour of rock and rock masses; it is that branch of mechanics concerned with the response of rock and rock masses to the force fields of their physical environment.
Rock microstructure Rock microstructure includes the texture of a rock and the small scale rock structures. The words "texture" and "microsctructure" are interchangeable, with the latter preferred in modern geological literature.
Rock mor lam sa on 10 Rock mor lam sa on 10 is a mor lam and luk thung album by the Thai singer Jintara Poonlarp. Released on 12 October 2004 on the Master Tape label, it was the tenth album in her second series of recordings, and her 36th original album.
Rock music Rock is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody accompanied by electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums. Many styles of rock music also use keyboard instruments such as organ, piano, or synthesizers.
Rock Machine The Rock Machine was a drug dealing organization that evolved into a motorcycle gang primarily based in Quebec, Canada. The group was initially formed as the result of an affiliation between Montreal crime families such as the Pelletier Clan and other independent dealers who wished to resist the Hells Angels' attempts to establish a monopoly on street-level drug trade in the city.
Rock My World Rock My World is the name of a 1988 hit single by British pop group Five Star, peaking at UK #28 in August of that year and becoming their last ever UK Top 40 chart entry. The video saw the band leather clad, with long hair extensions, dancing in the bottom of a quarry, with dumper trucks driving around them.
Rock N Roll Rock N Roll is an album by Ryan Adams, released on November 4 2003. The album features the hit single "So Alive," and includes guest appearances by Parker Posey, former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bass player Melissa Auf Der Maur, and Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.
Rock N Roll Worship Circus The Rock 'n' Roll Worship Circus (1999-2004) was comprised of anchor members Gabriel Wilson (vocals, guitars), Chris Greely (guitars, vocals), Blurr (keys, vocals), and Zurn P. Praxair (drums), along with many rotating members and line-up changes which included Eric Lemiere (guitars, vocals), Mark Nelson (guitars), Terry Nelson (vocals), Mike Greely (bass), Aaron Lemere (keys, vocals), Josiah Sherman (keys), and Bobby Love (guitars).
Rock N' Oz Rock N' Oz is the very first greatest hits compilation of the Spanish Folk Metal band Mägo de Oz. It also comes with a special edition entitled The Best of Oz which includes an extra disc containing rare recordings as well as a DVD highlighting their American tour.
Rock N' Roll Racing Rock N' Roll Racing is a racing video game released for the Mega Drive/Genesis and SNES, published by Interplay and developed by Silicon & Synapse (now known as Blizzard Entertainment) in 1993. The game was rereleased for the Game Boy Advance in 2003.
Rock of Cashel The Rock of Cashel, also known as Cashel of the Kings, is an historic site in Ireland's province of Munster, located at Cashel, County Tipperary.The Rock of Cashel served as the traditional seat of the Kings of Munster for several hundred years prior to the Norman invasion, though little if any of the early structures survive.
Rock of Gibraltar (horse) Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) (bay horse, born 8 Mar 1999, Danehill (USA) - Offshore Boom (GB) Be My Guest (USA)) is a champion racehorse and stallion owned by Coolmore, for whom he currently stands in Ireland (during the Northern Hemisphere breeding season) and Australia (as a shuttle-stallion during the Southern Hemisphere breeding seaason).
Rock of Monaco The Rock of Monaco has always been a coveted possession, from the nation's beginning as the Greek colony of Monoïkos, the Ligurian tribes who occupied the area vied for control of it, and before that it was a shelter for primitive populations. The Rock was also the first conquest of the Grimaldi dynasty, the rulers of the country for more than 700 years, when the Guelf François Grimaldi disguised himself as a Franciscan monk in order to gain entry to the city and open the gates for his soldiers.
Rock opera A rock opera or rock musical is a musical production in the form of an opera or a musical in a modern rock and roll style rather than more traditional forms. It differs from conventional rock and roll albums, which often feature songs that are unrelated in plot or story with each other, but overlaps considerably with concept albums and song cycles.
Rock On (DVD) Rock On is a DVD released by the Australian band The Screaming Jets in 2005. It features a live performance at Evan Theatre, Penrith and some bonus material such as an interview with the band and the video clips for Heart of the Matter and Right Place, Wrong Time.
Rock Opera (film) ROCK OPERA is the critically acclaimed stoner, rock and roll flick that spins the comedic tale of Austin musician Toe’s struggle to put together a tour for his struggling and under appreciated band PigPoke. Through selling dirt weed, stabbing people in the back, and double-crossing half a dozen of the meanest sons of bitches in Texas, Toe weasels himself into a position to get his band on the road.
Rock Parrot The Rock Parrot (Neophema petrophila), known alternately as Rock Elegant, is a parrot endemic to coastal South Australia and southern Western Australia, as well as offshore islands. They are easily seen on Rottnest Island.
Rock Party Compilation Rock Party Compilation featured the very first recorded song by Jank 1000 in early 1999. It was part of a 4 band/4 song compilation released on 7" vinyl, featuring the bands The Fonzarellies, The Break Ups, Jank 1000, and Kid Snack.
Rock People The Rock People are characters in the popular toy line Masters of the Universe. The two characters of Stonedar and Rokkon are representative of an entire race of people whose bodies are encased in shells of rock, who can fold themselves over into the forms of meteors.
Rock Pipit The Rock Pipit, Anthus petrosus, is a small passerine bird which breeds on rocky coasts of western Europe northwards from Brittany. It is mainly resident in Ireland, Great Britain and France, in the west of its range, but the Scandinavian and Russian populations migrate south in winter.
Rock Profile Rock Profile was a British television comedy show written by and starring comedy partnership Matt Lucas and David Walliams (both now widely known for the sketch show Little Britain). Rock Profile first appeared on the UK Play channel in 1999 with a second series following in 2000.
Rock River (Iowa) The Rock River is a tributary of the Big Sioux River, about 100 mi (160 km) long, in southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. Via the Big Sioux and Missouri Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
Rock samphire Samphire, or rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum), the sole species of the genus Crithmum, is an edible wild plant found in coastal regions of mainland Britain. The term samphire is used for several unrelated species of coastal plant.
Rock Scully Rock Scully, co-author with David Dalton of the book Living With The Dead, was the manager of the band The Grateful Dead from 1965 to 1985. He was a close friend of Jerry Garcia and may be one of the few people who knew the real Jerry up close and personal.
Rock Shag The Rock Shag or Magellanic cormorant is a marine cormorant found around the southernmost coasts of South America. Its breeding range is from around Valdivia, Chile, south to Cape Horn and Tierra del Fuego, and north to Punta Tombo in Argentina.
Rock School Rock School (also known as Gene Simmons' Rock School) is a British reality TV series starring Gene Simmons (from the band KISS), in which he has a short time to turn a class of school children into a fully fledged rock band, at the end of which they must perform in a supporting slot for a leading rock band.
Rock School (film) Rock School is a documentary directed and produced by Don Argott. It is about a music school in Philadelphia, The Paul Green School of Rock Music, run by Paul Green that teaches kids ages 9 to 17 how to play rock music and be rock stars.
Rock Springs (book) Rock Springs is a highly regarded collection of 10 short stories by Pulitzer prize winning author Richard Ford, published in 1987 dealing with dysfunctional mothers and fathers and their effect on a young male narrator. Several of Ford's leading characters can be viewed as losers or con artists.
Rock Springs Massacre The Rock Springs Massacre or Rock Springs Riot (sometimes known as the Rock Springs Attack) occurred on September 2, 1885 in the town of Rock Springs, Wyoming, in present day Sweetwater County. The massacre pitted white miners against immigrant Chinese miners, in a murderous, racially-motivated attack.
Rock Star (TV series) Rock Star is a television series in which aspiring singers from all around the world compete to become the lead singer of a featured group. Since the show's debut in 2005, it has been hosted by Brooke Burke and Dave Navarro.
Rock Star Ate My Hamster Rockstar Ate My Hamster is a management strategy computer game developed by Codemasters in 1988 and originally released on their full-price Gold label for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga and Atari ST. The game was written by Colin Jones, later to become known as author/publisher Colin Bradshaw-Jones.
Rock Steady Crew Rock Steady Crew is a breakdancing crew and hip hop group that was established in the Bronx borough of New York City in 1977. The New York Times calls the Rock Steady Crew "the foremost breakdancing group in the world today".
Rock Steady Live The Rock Steady Live DVD was recorded at a 2002 Long Beach Arena show by the rock group No Doubt. The concert features 17 songs, including all of the band's hits, plus additional live footage, band interviews, behind-the-scenes peeks and vocalist Gwen Stefani performing with the Pussycat Dolls.
Rock the Bells IV Rock the Bells IV is a hip hop concert located in San Bernardino (August 5th) and Concord California (August 6th). Some of the artists featured are Wu-Tang, MURS, Redman, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Aesop Rock, Dilated Peoples, Zion I, Living Legends, Planet Asia, Talib Kweli, Sway and King Tech, and De La Soul.
Rock the Blind Rock the Blind was a 45-minute special episode of Matt Lucas and David Walliams' Rock Profile. The episode followed the creation of a charity single for blind people, which was lead by Gary Barlow (Lucas) and Ronan Keating (Walliams).
Rock the Casbah "Rock the Casbah", one of the most popular songs by The Clash, was released on their 1982 album Combat Rock. It is their only song to become a Top 10 hit in the United States, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Rock the Spot Rock the Spot, sometimes referred as RTS, is an annual breakdancing|bboying event held in London, Ontario, Canada. The event attracts spectators and dancers from around Ontario as well as nearby areas such as Quebec, Michigan and New York.
Rock to the rock Rock to the Rock is a compliaction album of Bob Marley and the Wailers which spotlights the year of 1968 and features such classics as "How Many Times," "Rocking Steady," "There She Goes," "Treat You Right," "Soul Rebel," "Put It On" and "What Goes Around Comes Around"
Rock Theatre Rock Theatre was a variety show performed at the Drama department of the University of Southern California during the early 1980s, which integrated the genres of Rock and Musical Theatre. After his graduation from USC, Rock Theatre director Greg Holford adapted the concept to his new position with a youth performing arts ensemble Kids of the Century (formerly City of Los Angeles Children's Chorus).
Rock Valley College Rock Valley College (also known as RVC) is a two year community college with several campuses in the Rockford, Illinois area. Among the college's more notable features is the Bengt Sjostrom Theatre, which received critical attention in 2004 for its kinetic roof.
Rock You Like a Hurricane "Rock You Like a Hurricane" is the one of the most famous songs by German hard rock/heavy metal band Scorpions. The song, which is one of the most popular heavy metal anthems of all time was released as the second track of their 1984 album Love at First Sting.
Rock-a-bye Baby Rock-a-bye Baby is an American nursery rhyme, whose melody is a variant of the English satirical ballad Lilliburlero. Originally titled "Hushabye Baby", this nursery rhyme was said to be the first poem written on American soil.
Rock-a-Stack Rock-a-Stack is a toy by Fisher-Price with colourful rings that have to be placed in order of size onto a pole – young children learn colours and develop their hand-eye co-ordination. Since the introduction of Rock-A-Stacks in 1960, over 40 million have been sold.
Rock-A-Doodle Rock-a-Doodle was a 1991 animated re-telling of Edmond Rostand's Chantecler. This film was directed by Don Bluth, produced by Goldcrest Films for The Samuel Goldwyn Company, and originally released to US movie theatres in 1992.
Rock-A-Rolla Magazine Rock-A-Rolla is a music magazine covering avant-rock, noise, metal and artists pushing the boundaries of music. It is published bi-monthly in the UK by V-Squared Publishing Limited and distributed worldwide, mainly in UK, Canada, France and Australia.
Rock-Breaking Cherry Tree [Rock-Breaking(Splitting) Cherry Tree (石割桜 ishiwarizakura) is an approximately 400-year-old cherry tree growing out of a granite] boulder in front of the district courthouse in [[Morioka, Iwate in northern Japan. It is a ten minute walk from the Morioka train station.
Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo The Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo (, Ivanovski skalni tsarkvi) are a group of monolithic churches, chapels and monasteries hewn out of solid rock and completely different from other monastery complexes in Bulgaria, located near the village of Ivanovo, 20 km south of Rousse, on the high rocky banks of the Rusenski Lom, 32 m above the river. The complex is noted for its beautiful and well-preserved medieval frescoes.
Rock-jumper The Rock-jumpers are medium-sized insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Chaetops that constitute the entire family Chaetopidae. Originally,these birds were placed in the Turdidae,but recent DNA studies indicate these birds are something entirely different; they are primitive passeridans most closely related to the rockfowl (Picatharthidae).
Rock, Paper, Scissors Rock, paper, scissors is a hand game most often played by children. It is often used as a selection method in a similar way to coin flipping, Odd or Even, throwing dice or drawing straws to randomly select a person for some purpose, though unlike truly random selections it can be played with skill if the game extends over many sessions, because one can often recognize and exploit the non-random behavior of an opponent.
Rock4rights Rock4rights is a human rights movement for young people on the Gold Coast in Australia, culminating in the rock4rights human rights and music festival. The festival will feature some of the hottest Australian indie bands rocking out to support human rights in Australia and all over the world.
Rockabill Rockabill is an island (to be precise, two islands, "The Rock" and "The Bill"), lying in the western Irish Sea about 6 kilometres east-north-east of Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland. The name appears to be derived from the Irish Carraig Dá Bheola, meaning "Two Lips Rock".
Rockabilly Rockabilly is one of the earliest and most important styles of rock n’ roll music to emerge during the 1950s. Rockabilly epitomized the worst fears of many conservatives at the time: that white boys and girls would begin to dance and sing in the wild ways associated with African-American culture, breaking down social barriers.
Rockaby Rockaby is a short, one woman play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in 1980, in English, at the request of Daniel Labeille who produced it on behalf of Programs in the Arts, State University of New York, for a festival and symposium in commemoration of Beckett's 75th birthday.
Rockafella (song) Rockafella is the first single found on Redman's sophomore album, Dare Iz a Darkside. It is produced by Redman and contains samples from "I Wanna Do Something Freaky to You" by Leon Haywood and "Flashlight" by Parliament.
Rockamerica Rockamerica is a music video subscription service for professional disc jockeys based in New York City, New York. Founded in 1979 by Ed Steinberg, it was the first company to offer music videos on a subscription basis.
Rockapella [on the set of the show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (Top row, L-R: Carl, Altman]; Center: [[Scott Leonard|Leonard; Bottom row, L-R: Kerman, Thacher)]]Rockapella is a five-man a cappella musical group, known best for the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Rockaway Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) Rockaway Avenue is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Rockaway Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn, it is served by the train at all times except late nights, when the train assumes service.
Rockaway Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line) Rockaway Avenue is a station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway, located at Rockaway Avenue and Livonia Avenue in Brooklyn. It is served by the 3 at all times except late nights when it is replaced by the 4.
Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rockaway Beach Boulevard, opened in 1886, was the first major east-west thoroughfare on the Rockaway Peninsula in the Borough of Queens in New York City. Much of its route parallels the Rockaway Freeway and the IND Rockaway Line above the Freeway.
Rockaway Beach Hotel The Rockaway Beach Hotel, also known as the Hotel Imperial, was a gigantic hotel built in the late 1870's and early 1880's by the Rockaway Improvement Company. The hotel, promoted as the "biggest hotel in the world", ran along the beachfront from the present-day Beach 110th Street to Beach 116th Street, thus locating it in the contemporary Rockaway Park neighborhood rather than Rockaway Beach as the name implies.
Rockaway Beach, California Rockaway Beach is a shoreline area of the Pacific Ocean in the southern portion of Pacifica, California, situated approximately seven miles south of the city of San Francisco. The beach is noted for its scenic vista, easy access to Highway 1, and appealing restaurant and shopping venues.
Rockaway Borough Public Schools The Rockaway Borough Public Schools are a community public school district that serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through Eighth grade from Rockaway Borough, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The district has an enrollment of approximately 615 students.
Rockaway Freeway The Rockaway Freeway is a road in the New York City borough of Queens, that was created from the old right-of-way of the Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Division in 1941-1942 as part of the project to eliminate grade crossings within New York City. The railroad line itself was elevated over the new automotive route, and was incorporated into the New York City Subway system in the summer of 1956.
Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (IND Rockaway Line) Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Beach 116th Street and Rockaway Park in Queens, it is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle (all times), and by the train (rush hours in the peak direction).
Rockaway Parkway Line The Rockaway Parkway Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running mostly along Rockaway Parkway between Canarsie Pier and the Canarsie-Rockaway Parkway terminal of the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B42 bus, operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority out of the East New York Bus Depot.
Rockaway River The Rockaway River is a tributary of the Passaic River, approximately 35 mi (56 km) long, in northern New Jersey in the United States. The upper course of the river flows through a wooded mountainous valley, whereas the lower course flows through the populated New Jersey suburbs and former industrial area west of New York City.
Rockaway Township Public Schools The Rockaway Township Public Schools are a comprehenesive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade in Rockaway Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
Rockaway Townsquare Mall The Rockaway Townsquare Mall (commonly called Rockaway Mall) is located at Interstate 80 and Mount Hope Avenue in Rockaway Township, New Jersey. The mall is anchored by four department stores (JCPenney, Lord & Taylor, Macy's and Sears) and more than 180 specialty stores such as Aeropostale, Abercrombie & Fitch, Toys "R" Us, Sharper Image, GAP, UNIQLO, and a food court located near Sears.
Rockaway, Queens The Rockaway Peninsula, also known as The Rockaways, is the name of a peninsula of Long Island, most of which is located within the borough of Queens in New York City. A popular summer resort area since the 1830s, Rockaway — or, as it is informally known, "The Rockaways" — has become a mixture of lower, middle, and upper-class neighborhoods.
Rockaways' Playland Rockaways' Playland was an amusement park located in Rockaway Beach in the Borough of Queens, New York City, at Beach 98 Street between Rockaway Beach Boulevard and the beachfront. It was opened in 1902 by William Wainwright and was closed permanently in 1985.
Rockbitch Rockbitch was an expat British mostly-female Celtic punk/metal/goth band, best known for performing nude and incorporating sexual acts and pseudo-Pagan rituals into their performances. The band was originally formed (as Red Abyss) by bassist Amanda from the members of a free sex commune, where monogamy is outlawed.
Rockbridge County High School Rockbridge County High School was built in 1992 to include all students in Rockbridge County and Lexington City, Virginia in grades 9-12. This school consolidated the former Rockbridge High School, Lexington High School, and Natural Bridge High School.
Rockbridge State Nature Preserve Rockbridge State Nature Preserve is located in Hocking County, Ohio, USA, west of the city of Logan, Ohio. It is part of the Hocking Hills Region, but the actual natural bridge in the preserve is formed of sandstone lower in the stratigraphic sequence than that which forms most of the notable features of the area.
Rockcliffe Park, Ontario Rockcliffe Park is the wealthiest neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, and is one of the most prosperous enclaves in Canada. From 1926 until 2001 it was an independent village, but was amalgamated with the rest of the city that year.
Rockcrawling Rockcrawling is the nickname given to a particularly extreme variant of off-road driving. In rockcrawling, drivers pilot highly modified four-wheel-drive vehicles such as trucks, Jeeps, and "truggies" over very harsh terrain.
Rockdetector Rockdetector (occasionally abbreviated to RD) is a rock music website conceived by Garry Sharpe-Young (now the editor) during 2001. Its pledge is to give users unbiased, easy access to detailed artist and product information, both through their global website and ongoing book series.
Rockdust Rockdust is an organic fertiliser consisting of crushed basalt, a volcanic rock, which contains minerals and trace elements. Rockdust is added to soil to improve fertility and has been tested since 1993 at the Sustainable Ecological Earth Regeneration Centre (SEER Centre) in Straloch, near Pitlochry, in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), (Philanthropy for an Interdependent World), is an international philanthropic organisation created and run by members of the Rockefeller family. It was set up in New York City in 1940 as the primary philanthropic vehicle of the five famous Rockefeller brothers: John D.
Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st Streets in New York. Built by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning between Fifth Avenue and Seventh Avenue.
Rockefeller drug laws The Rockefeller drug laws is the colloquial term used to denote the statutes dealing with the sale and possession of "narcotic" drugs in the New York State Penal Law. The laws are named after Nelson Rockefeller, who was the state's governor at the time the laws were adopted.

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