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Rabbi Rabbi in Judaism, means "teacher", or more literally "great one". The word "Rabbi" is derived from the Hebrew root-word רַב, rav, which in biblical Hebrew means "great" or "distinguished (in knowledge)".
Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs The Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs of Yeshiva University seeks to promote international understanding and cooperation by providing an educational forum for the exchange of ideas related to critical international issues. It was founded in March 2004.
Rabbi Emmanuel Rabinovich Rabbi Emmanuel Rabinovich is a non-existent figure commonly cited in antisemitic propaganda. One such fake is a supposed speech by "Rabbi Rabinovich" entitled Our Race Will Rule Undisputed Over The World to the "Emergency Council of European Rabbis" in Budapest, Hungary on January 12 1952.
Rabbi Helbo Rabbi Helbo was an amora who flourished about the end of the 3rd century, and who is frequently mentioned in both Talmuds. It seems that Ḥelbo was at first in Babylon, where he studied under Rav Huna, the head of the Academy of Sura, and that, like the other Babylonian amoraim, he was called "Rab" (Ned.
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary or RIETS (Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan) is the most important yeshiva component of Yeshiva University. It is a preeminent Yeshiva (rabbinical seminary) for the training of the Orthodox rabbinate.
Rabbi Levi (crater) Rabbi Levi is a lunar impact crater that is located among the rugged highlands in the southeastern part of the Moon's near side. Several notable craters are located nearby, including Zagut crater just to the north-northwest, the heavily impacted Riccius crater to the southeast, and Lindenau crater to the northeast next to Zagut.
Rabbi Nathan Rabbi Nathan (Hebrew: רבי נתן הבבלי) was a Palestinian tanna of the third generation (2nd century), the son of a Babylonian exilarch. For unknown reasons he left Babylonia, and his bright prospects there, to settle in the land of Israel, where he was made chief of the school at Usha (Hor.
Rabbi trust A Rabbi trust is a type of trust used in non-qualified deferred compensation plans in the United States where current income of an employee is deferred but not taxable to the employee. The employer however sets aside the assets in a separate trust for the employee's future.
Rabbi Yeroham Simsovic Rabbi Yeroham Simsovic and his wife Hadas have arrived in Oxford where they will care for the 1000 Jewish students between Oxford University and Oxford Brookes with the wealth of experience they have. The Simsovic’s come from Israel where they were studying at Bar Ilan University and involved in Jewish education initiatives.
Rabbid Rabbids (often simply called "bunnies") are a fictional species of maniac anthropomorphic bunnies, who serve as the primary antagonists in the video game Rayman Raving Rabbids. They are rather limited intellectually, but very aggressive.
Rabbinic Judaism Rabbinic Judaism or Rabbinism (or in Hebrew "Yahadut Rabanit" - יהדות רבנית) was the continuation of the Pharisees after was subsequently codified in the Mishna and Gemarah, and is interpreted by subsequent rabbinic decisions and writings. Rabbinic Jewish literature is predicated on the belief that the written law can not be properly understood without recourse to the oral law.
Rabbinic literature Rabbinic literature, in the broadest sense, can mean the entire spectrum of Judaism's rabbinic writing/s throughout history. However, the term often used is an exact translation of the Hebrew term Sifrut Hazal (ספרות חז"ל; "Literature [of our] Sages, [of] blessed memory"), where the latter usually refers specifically to literature from the Talmudic era.
Rabbinical Council of America The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) is one of the world's largest organizations of Orthodox Jewish rabbis; it is affiliated with The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, more commonly known as the Orthodox Union, or OU. Most rabbis of the RCA belong to Modern Orthodox Judaism.
Rabbis for Human Rights Rabbis for Human Rights describes itself as "the rabbinic voice of conscience in Israel, giving voice to the Jewish tradition of human rights".Rabbis for Human Rights home page, accessed 18 August 2006.
Rabbit Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. There are seven different genera in the family classified as rabbits, including the European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), cottontail rabbits (genus Sylvilagus; 13 species), and the Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi, an endangered species on Amami Oshima, Japan).
Rabbit (telecommunications) Rabbit was a British location-specific (Telepoint) telephone service backed by Hutchison, who later went on to create the Orange GSM mobile network. The Rabbit network was the best-known of four such services introduced in the 1980's, the others being Phonepoint, Mercury Callpoint and Zonephone.
Rabbit (Winnie the Pooh) In the fictional world of the book series and cartoons Winnie-the-Pooh, Rabbit is a responsible rabbit who happens to be a good friend of Winnie-the-Pooh. He is always practical and keeps his friends on their toes, although they sometimes cause his unintended aggravation.
Rabbit (zodiac) The Rabbit ( 卯 ) is the fourth animal symbol in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. According to traditional Chinese astrology, the Rabbit is said to be quiet, reserved, retrospective, thoughtful and lucky.
Rabbit 2000 The Rabbit 2000 is a high-performance 8-bit microcontroller designed by Rabbit Semiconductor expressly to power embedded system application. Its extensive integrated feature set and glueless architecture facilitate rapid hardware design, and its C-friendly instruction set permits efficient development of complex applications for embedded systems.
Rabbit Angstrom Rabbit Angstrom is the main character in four of John Updike's novels. Updike's Rabbit Series (Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit at Rest, Rabbit Remembered) follows Angstrom over the course of his lifetime as he struggles with many of the problems of middle-class American men in the second half of the twentieth century and—insofar as his problems deal with life, death, redemption and human relations—to all people.
Rabbit calicivirus Rabbit calicivirus (RCD) or Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease (RHD) is a disease which infects only rabbits. It was developed in Australia and deliberately introduced into rabbit populations there in an attempt to control rabbit infestation.
Rabbit Ears Range The Rabbit Ears Range (elevation approximately 11,000 ft) is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in north central Colorado in the United States. The range is a spur of the Front Range, stretching east-west along on the continental divide along the border between Grand and Jackson Counties, separating Middle Park (south) from North Park (north).
Rabbit Fire Rabbit Fire is a 1950 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Bugs Bunny, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The short, guest starring Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, is notable for being the first film in Jones' "Hunter's Trilogy" - the other two films being Rabbit Seasoning and Duck!
Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) is the type species of the genus Lagovirus belonging to Caliciviridae family. RHDV is an important pathogen that causes a highly contagious disease in wild and domestic rabbits.
Rabbit Hash, Kentucky Rabbit Hash, Kentucky is a small hamlet in Boone County, Kentucky, USA, noted primarily for its name, which may derive from the historic use of the local rabbit population as food. The hamlet's most notable building, the Rabbit Hash General Store, is regarded as the best known and best preserved country store in Kentucky.
Rabbit in the Moon Rabbit In the Moon is a house music production trio known for their original productions, remixes and live DJ performances. Formed in Tampa, Florida, the act consists of frontman Bunny along with producers Monk (Steve McClure) and Confucius (David Christophere).
Rabbit in Your Headlights (music video) The promotional video for "Rabbit in Your Headlights" by the British electronic duo UNKLE premiered in November 1998 and was directed by Jonathan Glazer. The song "Rabbit in Your Headlights", featuring Radiohead's Thom Yorke on guest vocals, is on the album Psyence Fiction.
Rabbit Junk Rabbit Junk is the one man project of JP Anderson (known from the underground digital hardcore band The Shizit). Taking familiar influences into unfamiliar territory, Anderson melds Digital Hardcore, Industrial, Punk, Metal and 80s new wave into a new sound he calls Hardclash.
Rabbit Maranville Walter James Vincent Maranville (November 11, 1891 - January 5, 1954), better known as Rabbit Maranville, was a Major League Baseball shortstop. At the time of his retirement in 1935, he had played in a record 23 seasons in the National League, a mark which wasn't broken until 1986 by Pete Rose.
Rabbit processor The Rabbit processor is a Z80 like 8-bit processor with 4 serial ports,5 parallel ports, timers, Real time clock, wide extended address bus, and other wizbang features. It is made by a company called rabbit semiconductor, a subsidiary of Zworld.
Rabbit punch A rabbit punch is a punch to the neck or to the base of the skull. It is considered dangerous because it can damage the cervical vertebrae and subsequently the spinal cord, which may lead to serious spinal cord injury or even death.
Rabbit rabbit “Rabbit rabbit” is a common superstition, held particularly among children. The most common modern version states that a person should say “rabbit, rabbit” upon waking on the first day of each new month, and on doing so will receive good luck for the remainder of that month.
Rabbit Remembered Rabbit Remembered is a 2001 novella by John Updike of his "Rabbit" series, which appeared in his collection of short fiction titled Licks of Love. It concerns itself with the interjection of the now deceased Harry Angstrom's illegitimate daughter, Annabelle, into the life of his middle-aged son Nelson.
Rabbit starvation Rabbit starvation is the form of acute malnutrition caused by excess consumption of rabbit meat (and possibly other lean meats) coupled with a lack of other sources of nutrients. Symptoms include diarrhea, headache, lassitude, a vague discomfort and hunger that can only be satisfied by consumption of fat or carbohydrate.
Rabbit Seasoning Rabbit Seasoning is a 1951 Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny. It is the sequel to Rabbit Fire, and the second entry in the "Hunter's trilogy" directed by Jones and written by Michael Maltese (the only major difference in format between Rabbit Fire and Rabbit Seasoning is that the former takes place during the springtime, while the latter takes place in autumn, the third cartoon, Duck!
Rabbit Software Rabbit Software were a company which produced home computer games for machines such as the Commodore Vic 20, Spectrum and Commodore 64 in the early to mid 80's. Rabbit's later software packaging was slightly different from that of the other software houses of the time, as the cassettes were surrounded of an outer red box which made them more distinctive on the shop shelves.
Rabbit test The rabbit test was an early pregnancy test developed in 1927. It consisted of injecting the tested woman's urine into a female rabbit, then examining the rabbit's ovaries a few days later, which would change in response to a hormone only secreted by pregnant women.
Rabbit vibrator Rabbit vibrator or Jack Rabbit vibrator is a vibrating and twirling sex toy made in the shape of a phallus with a clitoris stimulator fastened on the shaft. The name of the device is derived from the fact that the clitoris stimulator looks like a pair of rabbit ears.
Rabbit-proof fence The State Barrier Fence of Western Australia, formerly known as the No. 1 Rabbit-Proof Fence, the State Vermin Fence and the Emu Fence, is a barrier initially constructed between 1901 and 1907 to keep rabbits and other agricultural pests out of Western Australian pastoral areas.
Rabbit, Run Rabbit, Run is a 1960 novel by John Updike, depicting three months in the life of a 26-year-old former basketball player named Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, and his attempts to escape the constraints of his life. It spawned several sequels, including Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich and Rabbit At Rest, as well as a related 2001 novella, Rabbit Remembered, although John Updike said he hadn't planned on sequels when he completed Rabbit, Run.
Rabbiteye blueberry Rabbiteye Blueberry (Vaccinium virgatum) is a species of blueberry native to the southeastern United States, from North Carolina south to Florida and west to Texas. Other common names include Southern Highbush Blueberry, Southern Black Blueberry, and Smallflower Blueberry.
Rabbits in Australia In Australia, rabbits are the most serious mammalian pests, an invasive species, and are responsible for the extinction of about as many native animals as the fox. Annually, European Rabbits cause millions of dollars of damage to agriculture.
Rabbitt Rabbitt was a South African rock band formed in 1972, evolving from a band called The Conglomeration. The group's members (Trevor Rabin, Duncan Faure, Ronnie Robot, and Neil Cloud) were arguably the first real pop stars South Africa had ever had, unless one counts ex-pat Manfred Mann.
Rabble of Devilkin In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, "rabble of devilkin" is a term applied to the lesser unique outcast devils dwelling on Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells. There are roughly fifty of these unique devils, nearly all who seek to regain their place in Hell's hierarchy.
Rabbula Rabbula (or Rabbulas) was a bishop of Edessa (411 - August, 435), noteworthy for his opposition to the views of Theodore of Mopsuestia, as well as those of Nestorius. However, his successor Ibas, who was in charge of the school of Edessa, reversed the official stance of that bishopric.
Rabeah Ghaffari Rabeah Ghaffari is an Iranian-born filmmaker, writer, film editor and actress. As an actress, she has performed at many New York theaters including La MaMa, ETC, Theatre 22, The Judith Anderson and The Kitchen.
Rabeh Kebir Rabeh Kebir is an Algerian Islamist leader, and a former leader of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), a radical fundamentalist party. The dissolution of the FIS by military decree after its electoral victories in 1991-92 triggered the Algerian Civil War, in which the FIS-affiliated Islamic Salvation Army (AIS) and other militias fought the military-dominated government.
Raber's Almanac Raber's Almanac is an almanac used by many Old Order Amish, published by an Amish bookstore in Baltic, Ohio. The German edition has been published since 1930, and the English edition since the 1970s; both have a plain black and white cover.
Rabi cycle In physics, the Rabi cycle is the cyclic behaviour of a two-state quantum system in the presence of an oscillatory driving field. (Two-state system means any system that can become "excited" when it absorbs a quantum of energy.
Rabi Ghosh Rabi Ghosh (Bengali: রবি ঘোষ) (born:1931,death:1997) was an extremely famous actor from India.He is famous for his comic roles in Bengali movie, though his versatile acting talent has stunned viewers and critics alike in various kind of roles.
Rabi ibn Sabra Rabi' ibn Sabrah al-Juhani (Arabic: ربيع بن سبرة الجهني) was among the narrators of hadith. His father (Sabrah ibn Ma'bad) is one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, thus he was a Tabi‘in Tahdhib al-Tahdhib.
Rabi problem The Rabi problem concerns the response of an atom to an applied harmonic electric field, with an applied frequency very close to the atom's natural frequency. It provides a simple and generally solvable example of light-atom interactions.
Rabi'ah Quzdari Rabe'eh Kaab Balkhi, also called as Rabi'ah Quzdari or Ghozdary (in Persian: رابعه قزداري) , or just as Rabe'eh was most likely the first poetess in the History of Persian Poetry. The exact dates of her birth and death are unknown.
Rabiah ibn Kab Rabiah ibn Kab was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was a poor man from the tribe of Banu Asiam and he converted to Islam at an early age, requesting of his own accord to be a servant of Muhammad so as to be in his company as much as possible.
Rabiah the Infinite In Magic: The Gathering, the desert-plane of Rabiah is the setting for the Arabian Nights-expansion. It is formed by a series of planes linked by a shared culture reminiscent of the mythical lands, creatures and peoples of Earth's own Arabian Nights.
Rabid Records Rabid Records is a Swedish record label founded in 1998 by members of Honey Is Cool. Today the label is operated by Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer of the indie/electropop duo The Knife, as well as Frau Rabid.
Rabil, Cape Verde Rabil (also in ALUPEC or ALUPEK and Boa Vista), is the island's second largest town located 3 km south of the island capital of Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. Its population is approximately 1,000.
Rabin cryptosystem The Rabin cryptosystem is an asymmetric cryptographic technique, whose security, like that of RSA, is related to the difficulty of factorization. However the Rabin cryptosystem has the advantage that the problem on which it relies has been proved to be as hard as integer factorization, which is not currently known to be true of the RSA problem.
Rabin signature algorithm In cryptography, the Rabin signature algorithm is a digital signature protocol invented by Michael Rabin. It is closely related to his encryption algorithm and its security depends on the intractability of integer factorization.
Rabindra Bharati University Rabindra Bharati University (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রভারতী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on May 8, 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal, 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Rabindra Narayan Goswami Rabindra Narayan Goswami has been a professional sitarist for 40 years and is recognized as a senior artist in the musically rich city of Banaras (Varanasi), India. Unlike many of the Indian classical musicians who have become well known in the west, Goswami-ji plays traditional raga.
Rabindra Nritya Natya Rabindra Nritya Natya is the term given to the song and dance based theatrical renderings of the drama and poetry composed by Bengal's poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore, like Tasher Desh (The country of cards), Chandalika, Red Oleanders, and so on.
Rabindra Sangeet Rabindrasangeet (Bangla: রবীন্দ্রসংগীত Robindroshongeet) refers to complete body of songs (approximmately 2230) and lyrical poetry written and composed by Bengali Nobel-laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore. The term refers to both the genre and the individual songs themselves.
Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; Bangla: ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj (syncretic Hindu monotheist) philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A cultural icon of Bengal and India, he became Asia's first Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Rabindranath Tagore (film) Rabindranath Tagore is a 1961 documentary on the life and works of noted Bengali author Rabindranath Tagore. It was made on the anniversary of his hundredth birthday and was written and directed by Satyajit Ray.
Rabindrasangeet Rabindrasangeet (Bangla: রবীন্দ্রসংগীত Robindroshongeet) refers to complete body of songs (approximmately 2230) and lyrical poetry written and composed by Bengali Nobel-laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore. The term refers to both the genre and the individual songs themselves.
Rabite Rabites (rabi in Japan) are fictional, rabbit-like monsters featured in the video game series Seiken Densetsu developed by Square Enix (originally Squaresoft). Appearing as a common enemy in the series since its beginning, the rabite has become a sort of mascot for the Seiken Densetsu games, much the same way as the chocobo represents Final Fantasy, and is one of its most recognizable icons.
Rabo de Junco Rabo de Junco (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Rabu di Junku, also in the SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo: Rab' d' Junk'') is a remote village in the western part of the island of Sal. The area overlooks a nearby promontory as well as a homonymous islet westward.
Rabobank (cycling) Rabobank (UCI Team Code: RAB) is a professional bicycle racing team, sponsored by the Rabobank. The team consists of three sections: ProTeam (the UCI ProTour team), Continental (a talent team racing in the UCI Europe Tour), and Cyclo-cross.
Rabobank Arena Rabobank Arena is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Bakersfield, California, USA. Located downtown at the corner of Truxtun Avenue and N Street, it was built in 1998, and was formerly known as Bakersfield Centennial Garden, that was named by a local resident, Brian Landis.
Rabona In football (soccer), the rabona is a move in which a shot, pass or cross is performed by moving one leg behind the other (the one taking the player's weight) and kicking the ball forwards with the first – effectively with one's legs crossed.
Rabot Island Rabot Island is an island 5 miles long and 2 miles wide, lying 1 miles S of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it for Charles Rabot.
Rabri Devi Rabri Devi (born 1959) has served three terms as the Chef Minister, of Bihar, India, as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party. She is married to Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav who is the present Railway Minister of India.
Rabwah Rabwah (Urdu: ربوہ) is a city in the Punjab province Pakistan with a population of 48,700 (2003) people located near the historical city of Chiniot in the district of Jhang. It has been the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community since September 20, 1948.
Raby, New South Wales Raby is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located around 55 km from the central business district of Sydney, and is bordered by the suburbs of Kearns, St Andrews, Eagle Vale, Eschol Park and Varroville.
Rac1 Rac1 belongs to the Rho family of GTPases. It is a pleiotropic regulator of many cellular processes, including the cell cycle, cell-cell adhesion, motility (through the actin network), and of epithelial differentiation (proposed to be necessary for maintaining epidermal stem cells).
Racah parameter When an atom has more than one electron there will be some electrostatic repulsion between those electrons. The amount of repulsion varies from atom to atom, depending upon the number and spin of the electrons and the orbitals they occupy.
RacĂł CatalĂ  RacĂł CatalĂ  is a web portal not associated to any political or cultural organization which aims to be an information point for the whole Catalan Countries. The website contains news, opinions and forums about social activities of different groups and people mainly in favour of Catalan independentism, Catalan language and culture.
Raccoon butterflyfish The raccoon butterflyfish, Chaetodon lunula, is a butterflyfish of the family Chaetodontidae found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe and Rapa islands, and also in the southeast Atlantic from East London, South Africa, at depths down to 30 m. Its length is up to 20 cm.
Raccoon City Raccoon City is a city depicted in Capcom's survival horror video game series Resident Evil and the setting for the earlier games in the main series (from Resident Evil 0 up until Resident Evil 3: Nemesis), as well as the Outbreak series.
Raccoon Island (Massachusetts) Raccoon Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, situated just offshore of Hough's Neck in the city of Quincy. The island has a permanent size of just under 4 acres, and is composed of bedrock outcroppings which reach an elevation of 30 feet above sea level.
Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant is a pumped-storage hydroelectric underground power station. The lake covers 528 acres, and the dam is 230 feet high and 5800 feet long making it Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) largest hydroelectric facility Construction was started in 1970] and was completed in [[1978.
Race The term race distinguishes one population of an animal species (including human) from another of the same species. The most widely used human racial categories are based on visible traits (especially skin color, facial features and hair texture), genes, and self-identification.
Race (biology) In biology, a race is any inbreeding group, including taxonomic subgroups such as subspecies, taxonomically subordinate to a species and superordinate to a subrace and marked by a pre-determined profile of latent factors of hereditary traits.
Race (fantasy) Many fantasy stories and worlds call their main sentient humanoid species "races" rather than species. In most such worlds, these races are related, typically having evolved from one root species (most often either elves or humans) by magical or divine influence.
Race (Forgotten Realms) The Race is a small tract of water located off the southern edge of the Tethyr Peninsula in western Faerûn. The Race is named for the frequent sight of ships fleeing the pirate bands that prowl Asavir's Channel.
Race (historical definitions) The historical definition of race was an immutable and distinct type or species, sharing distinct racial characteristics such as constitution, temperment, and mental abilities. These races were not conceived as being related with each other, but formed a hierarchy of inherent value called the Great Chain of Being with Europeans usually at the top.
Race (United States Census) Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify.The categories represent a social-political construct designed for the race or races they considered themselves to be and "generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country".
Race and intelligence (Accusations of bias) Proponents of partly-genetic explanations of race/IQ correlation have often been criticized because much of their work is funded by the Pioneer Fund. The Pioneer Fund has, in turn, been criticized for poor research methods, and even more strongly characterized by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group.
Race and intelligence (Average gaps among races) The modern controversy surrounding race and intelligence focuses on the results of IQ studies conducted during the second half of the 20th century, mainly in the United States and some other industrialized nations. IQ studies outside these nations are few and small.
Race and intelligence (explanations) According to Linda Gottfredson, a controversial researcher at the University of Delaware IQ differences among individuals of the same race reflect (1) real, (2) functionally/socially significant, and (3) substantially genetic differences in the general intelligence factor (, p. 311).
Race and multilocus allele clusters Racial distinctions are generally made on the basis of skin color, facial features, inferred ancestry, national origin and self-identification. Ongoing debate exists over the merit of the concept of 'race', especially from the perspective of genetics.
Race and Slavery in the Middle East Race and Slavery in the Middle East: an Historical Enquiry is a 1990 book written by the British historian Bernard Lewis. The book details the Islamic history of slavery in the Middle East from its earliest incarnations until its abolition in the various countries of the region.
Race Across America The Race Across America, or RAAM is an ultra marathon bicycle race across the USA that started in 1982 as the Great American Bike Race. RAAM is the best-known and longest annual endurance cycling event in the world.
Race Against Hate The Race Against Hate is a 5,000 Meter Race/Run/Walk held annually by the Ricky Byrdsong Foundation in order to raise money for its continuing operations as well as raise awareness for the foundation. Recent years have included celebrities such as Diann Burns and Benny the Bull.
Race baiter Race baiter is a derogatory term applied to an individual who "plays the race card" by claiming that everything negative that happens to them or members of some racial or ethnic group is the direct result of oppressive racism. This term generally has very negative connotations in that it often tries to indicate that the person so-labeled is dishonest, and is attempting to incite racial discord for their own personal gain.
Race baiting Race baiting is the act of using racially derisive language, actions or other forms of communication to anger or intimidate a person or groups of people, or to make those persons behave in ways that are inimical to their personal or group interests. The term race in this context can be construed very broadly to include the social constructs which define race or racial difference, as well as ethnic, religious, gender and economic differences.
Race caller A race caller is a public-address announcer or sportscaster who describes the progress of a race, either for on-track or radio and TV fans. They are most prominent in horse racing, auto racing and track-and-field events.
Race card Playing the race card is an idiomatic phrase, referring to an allegation raised against a person who, the accuser feels, has unnecessarily brought the issue of race or racism into a debate so as to obfuscate the matter. It is a metaphorical reference to card games in which a trump card may be used to gain an advantage.
Race condition A race condition or race hazard is a flaw in a system or process whereby the output of the process is unexpectedly and critically dependent on the sequence or timing of other events. The term originates with the idea of two signals racing each other to influence the output first.

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