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Reverse video Reverse video is a computer display technique wherein the background and text or the colors are reversed so that the appearance is that of a negative of the original display. Highlighting on some computers is a good example of reverse video or inversion.
Reverse-flow cylinder head A reverse-flow cylinder head is a cylinder head that locates the intake and exhaust ports on the same side of the engine. The gasses can be thought to enter the cylinder-head and then change direction in order to exit the head.
Reversed field pinch A reversed-field pinch (RFP) is a device used to produce and contain near-thermonuclear plasmas. It is a toroidal pinch which uses a unique magnetic field configuration as a scheme to magnetically confine a plasma, primarily to study magnetic fusion energy.
Reversed vegetative symptoms Reversed vegetative symptoms include only oversleeping (hypersomnia) and overeating (hyperphagia), as compared to insomnia and loss of appetite (vegetative symptoms). These features are typical in atypical depression (AD).
Reversed-phase chromatography Reverse-phase chromatography (RPC) includes any chromatographic method that uses a a non-polar stationary phase. All of the mathematical and experimental considerations used in other chromatographic methods apply (ie separation resolution proportional to the column length and inversely proportional to the column width).
Reversi Reversi and Othello are names for a strategic boardgame which involves play by two parties on an eight-by-eight square grid with pieces that have two distinct sides. Pieces typically appear coin-like, with a light and a dark face.
Reversible error Reversible error is an error by the trier of law (judge) or the trier of fact (jury - or again the judge if it is a bench trial) or malfeasance by one of the trying attorneys which results in an unfair trial. It is to be distinguished from harmless error that do not rise to a level that bring the validity of the judgment into question and thus do not lead to a reversal upon appeal.
Reversible fuel cell A reversible fuel cell is a fuel cell that is designed to consume chemical A to produce electricity and chemical B and be reversed to consume electricity and chemical B to produce chemical A. A hydrogen fuel cell, for example, uses hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) to produce electricity and water (H2O); a reversible hydrogen fuel cell could also use electricity and water to produce hydrogen and oxygen.
Reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A Reversible inhibitors of monoamine oxidase type-A (RIMAs) are a family of psychiatric drugs that inhibit monoamine oxidase, temporarily and reversibly. They are mostly used for alleviating depression and dysthymia.
Reversible lane A reversible lane (counterflow lane, or contraflow lane in transportation engineering [is a lane] in which [[traffic may travel in either direction, depending on certain conditions. Typically, it is meant to improve traffic flow during rush hours, by having overhead traffic lights and lighted street signs notify drivers which lanes are open or closed to driving or turning.
Reversible process (thermodynamics) In thermodynamics, a reversible process, or reversible cycle if the process is cyclic, is a process that can be "reversed" by means of infinitesimal changes in some property of the system without loss or dissipation of energy.Sears, F.
Reversing language shift Reversing language shift has been an area of study among sociolinguists, including Joshua Fishman, in recent decades. Reversing language shift involves establishing the degree to which a particular language has been 'dislocated' in order to determine the best way to assist or revitalise the language.
Reversing thermometer Unlike most conventional mercury thermometers, a reversing thermometer is able to record a given temperature to be viewed at a later time. If the thermometer is flipped upside down, the current temperature will be shown until it is turned upright again.
Reversion (software development) In software development (and by extension in content editing evironments, especially wikis, that make use of the software development process of revision control), reversion or reverting is the abandonment of one or more recent changes in favor of a return to a previous version of the material at hand (typically software source code in the context of application development; HTML, CSS or script code in the context of web development; or content and formatting thereof in the context of wikis).
Reverso A Reverso is a belay device developed and patented by Petzl, used for example in rock-climbing and other activities which involves rope-work. Another version of this device is the Reversino, intended for use with thinner ropes.
Revetment Revetments are structures placed on banks or cliffs in such a way as to absorb the energy of incoming water or explosives. They are usually built to preserve the existing uses of the shoreline and to protect the slope, as defense against bombs or artillery, or to secure an area from stored explosives.
Revier A revier (abbreviated from German Krankenrevier, or "sick bay, dispensary") in the language of Nazi camps was a barrack for sick concentration camp inmates. Most of the medical personnel were inmates themselves.
Review A review is an evaluation of a publication, such as a movie, video game, musical composition, or book or a piece of hardware like a car, appliance, or computer. In addition to a critical statement, the review's author may assign the work a rating (for instance, one to five stars) to indicate its relative merit.
Review and Herald Publishing Association The Review and Herald Publishing Association is one of two major Seventh-day Adventist publishing houses in North America and is the oldest institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The organization publishes books, magazines, study guides, CDs, videos and games for Adventist churches, schools and individual subscribers.
Review Body A Review Body in the United Kingdom is a government mechanism to replace collective bargaining for certain groups of employees in the public sector, for example doctors and nurses in the National Health Service. A Review Body makes independent recommendations on pay after considering evidence from the relevant parties (typically government, employers and unions), with cherished expectations that the Government will honour those recommendations and the unions will not pursue national industrial action.
Review journal A review journal in academic publishing is a periodical or series that is devoted to the publication of review articles that summarize the progress in some particular area or topic during a preceding period. This article will include the method of publication where the review aticle(s) form only a portion of a journal, and publications that are not strictly speaking journals, because there are no other appropriate names in use.
Review of Reviews Review of Reviews was a noted british monthly journal founded in 1890 by William Thomas Stead (1849-1912). Its founder Stead used it to crusade through his writings for various causes such as British-Russian friendship, ending child prostitution, the reform of England's criminal codes, and the maintenance of international peace.
Review of the Holocaust: Global Vision The Government of Islamic Republic of Iran organized a conference on Monday, December 11, 2006 to debate the Holocaust and question whether Nazi Germany used gas chambers, encouraging the denial of the killing of 6 million Jews from 1933 to 1945.
Reviewing the Situation Reviewing The Situation is the fifth original album by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. Released in late 1969 by Pye Records, it contained material very different to that of which pop-lovers were accustomed to hearing from Shaw.
Reviewing toolbar The reviewing toolbar is a toolbar in Microsoft Office applications, used for the addition of comments and also to track changes made in a document. This toolbar is very useful when sharing a single document across a workgroup or having it proofread.
Reviews on the Run Reviews on the Run (formerly known in the United States as Judgment Day) is a video game review TV show hosted by Victor Lucas and Tommy Tallarico, and produced by Lucas' production company, Greedy Productions. The two hosts rate games independently on a scale of .
Revillagigedo Islands The Revillagigedo Islands (also Revillagigedo Archipelago or Islas Revillagigedo) are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, known for their unique ecosystem. They have been part of Manzanillo municipality of the Mexican state of Colima since 1861, but are nevertheless under Mexican federal jurisdiction, and lie 386 km southwest of Cabo San Lucas, the southern tip of Baja California peninsula, and between 720 and 970 km west of Manzanillo.
Revillon Freres Revillon Frères (Brothers Revillon) was a French fur and luxury goods company with stores in London, New York and Montreal at the end of the 19th Century. In 1903, the company decided to set up a network of fur-trading posts in northern Canada to compete with the Hudson's Bay Company.
Revilo P. Oliver Revilo Pendleton Oliver (7 July 1908-10 August 1994) was an American professor of Classical philology, Spanish, and Italian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who wrote and polemicized extensively for Racial Nationalist causes. He has been described as "one of America's most notorious fascists" and, according to B'nai Brith Canada, was "a long time proponent of antisemitism".
Revised (Magic: The Gathering) The Revised Edition of Magic: The Gathering (also simply known as Revised) was the fifth set released for the game (the first four being LimitedLimited Edition Alpha and Limited Edition Beta are considered the same set., Unlimited, Arabian Nights, and Antiquities) and the third base set.
Revised Common Lectionary The Revised Common Lectionary is a lectionary of readings or pericopes from the Bible for use in Christian Worship, making provision for the liturgical year with its pattern of observances of festivals and seasons. It was put together in 1983 as an ecumenical revision of the earlier three year lectionary produced by the Roman Catholic Church in 1969 following the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
Revised Julian calendar The Revised Julian calendar is a calendar scheme, originated in 1923, which effectively discontinued the 340 years of divergence between the naming of dates sanctioned by those Eastern Orthodox churches adopting it and the Gregorian calendar scheme that has come to predominate worldwide. (After about eight centuries, the two schemes will diverge again, though more slowly than the Julian and Gregorian do.
Revised London Prize Ring rules The original London Prize Ring rules, also known as Jack Broughton’s Boxing Rules, were revised and expanded to make them more gentlemanly, and perhaps more authors were involved in its publication. The rules were expanded in detail in 1838 and 1853.
Revised NEO Personality Inventory The Revised NEO Personality Inventory, or NEO PI-R, is a psychological personality inventory; a 240-question measure of the Five Factor Model: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience. Additionally, the test measures six subordinate dimensions (known as 'facets') of each of the "Big Five" personality factors.
Revised Philadelphia Plan The Revised Philadelphia Plan is a plan that required government contractors in Philadelphia to hire minority workers. President Richard Nixon's so-called Philadelphia Plan of 1969 required construction-trade unions working on the federal pay roll to establish "goals and timetables" for African American employees.
Revised Romanization of Korean The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. The system was released by South Korean authorities in 2000 and is the South Korean official replacement for the 1984 McCune-Reischauer–based romanization system.
Revised Standard Version The Revised Standard Version (RSV) is an English translation of the Bible published in the mid-20th century. It traces its history all the way back to William Tyndale's New Testament translation of 1525 and the King James Version of 1611.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition The Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (also known as the RSV-CE) is an adaptation of the Revised Standard Version (RSV) of the Bible for use by Catholics. The National Council of Churches, which had printed the Protestant RSV Bible in 1952, made arrangements with the Catholic Biblical Association of Great Britain to print a Catholic RSV Bible.
Revised Trauma Score The Revised Trauma Score (RTS) is a tool for on-site triage for Multiple Casualty Incidents. Its power resides both in the speed of assessment in its objectivity, providing a close value from differing medical professionals.
Revised Version The Revised Version (or English Revised Version) of the Bible is a late 19th-century British revision of the King James Version of 1611. The New Testament was published in 1881, the Old Testament in 1885, and the Apocrypha in 1895.
ReviseF65 ReviseF65 is a committee that is working to get sexual sadism, masochism, fetishism and transvestic fetishism abolished from the World Health Organization's list of psychiatric diagnoses, ICD. The committee is also involved in general work against discrimination and harassment of sadomasochists.
Revision (Boxcar album) Revision was a 1992 remix album by Australian electronic-synthpop group Boxcar released by Volition Records in Australia (voltcd46) largely featuring remixes from the group's debut Vertigo, with the sole exception of the new track "Ultrasonic".
Revision control Revision control (also known as version control, source control or (source) code management (SCM)) is the management of multiple revisions of the same unit of information. It is most commonly used in engineering and software development to manage ongoing development of digital documents like application source code, art resources such as blueprints or electronic models and other critical information that may be worked on by a team of people.
Revision Control System The Revision Control System (RCS) is a software implementation of revision control that automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and merging of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised frequently, for example programs, documentation, procedural graphics, papers, and form letters.
Revision3 Corporation Revision3 Corporation is an United States company that produces technology-related videos. The videos are distributed directly through Revision3's website, iTunes subscription, and BitTorrent in a large variety of formats.
Revisionist Press Revisionist Press was an imprint of the American book publisher Gordon Press, that began in 1972 in Brooklyn, New York. It published and reprinted many unusual books which were listed for unusually high prices in the publication Books in Print.
Revisionist Zionism Revisionist Zionism is a nationalist right wing tendency within the Zionist movement. The ideology was developed by Ze'ev Jabotinsky who advocated a "revision" of the "practical Zionism" of David Ben Gurion and Chaim Weizmann, which was focused on independent settlement of Eretz Yisrael.
Revit Autodesk Revit is architectural CAD/BIM/Quantity Surveyor software for Microsoft Windows currently developed by Autodesk. Like ArchiCAD, it allows the user to design with parametric modelling and drafting elements.
Revitalize Northeast China Revitalize The Old Northeast Industrial Bases (), also Revitalize Northeast China or Northeast China Revitalization, is a policy adopted by the People's Republic of China to rejuvenate the industrial bases in the northeastern China. It covers 3 provinces: Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning.
Revival (television) In fiction a revival is an attempt to revive or revitalize a defunct media franchise by producing new, original story lines. For example a television program which was once cancelled may be revived at a later date with new episodes created for broadcast.
Revival meeting A revival meeting is a series of Christian religious services held with an eye to encourage active members of a religious body and to provoke those outside of it to become part of it. These meetings are usually conducted by members of American Protestant churches and those educated or influenced by them; missionary works of such churches often conduct them in Africa and India.
Revival of Hebrew language The revival of the Hebrew language is the name of the process, taking place in Europe and Israel at the end of the 19th century and in the 20th century, through which the Hebrew language changed from an exclusively liturgical, written language to a spoken language of official status in the State of Israel. Not purely a linguistic process, the revival of Hebrew is integrated into the wave of change involved in the concurrent rise of Zionism and the establishment of the State of Israel, the world's only Jewish state, in 1948.
Revival of Kalarippayattu Kalarippayattu (Malayalam: കളരിപ്പയറ്റ്) is an Indian martial art practised in Kerala and contiguous parts of neighboring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It incorporates strikes, kicks, grappling, and weaponry, as well as healing techniques.
Revival Records Revival Records is a British record label founded in 1971 by Andrew Cameron Miller and Ian Brown to issue the works of blues musicians of the Mississippi valley such as Fred McDowell and Johnny Woods, George Henry Bussey and Jim Bunkley, Charlie Burse and Will Shade, Mississippi Joe Callicott, Furry Lewis, R. L.
Revivalist Postmillennialism Revivalist Postmillenialism or Pietistic Postmillennialism is a distinct category of Postmillennialism that sees that the millennium or 'Golden age' or era of Christian prosperity and dominance spoken of in chapter 20 of the Book of Revelation will come about not from Christians changing society from the top down (that is, through its political and legal institutions) but from the bottom up at the grass roots level (that is, through people's hearts and minds).
Revive China Society The Xingzhonghui (Chinese: 興中會, Pinyin: Xīngzhōnghuì), translated as the Revive China Society or the Society for Regenerating China, was founded by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen on 24 November 1894 to forward the goal of establishing prosperity for China and as a platform for future revolutionary activities.
Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament The Cornish Stannary Parliament is a human rights pressure group which claims to be a revived Cornish Stannary Parliament. It was established in 1974 and had campaigned since then against the government of the United Kingdom's position on the constitutional status of Cornwall.
Revlon Revlon () is an American cosmetics company. Revlon was founded in the midst of the Great Depression, 1932, by Charles Revson and his brother Joseph, along with a chemist, Charles Lachman, who contributed the "L" in the REVLON name.
Revlon Moment The Revlon Moment is a judicially-made standard in corporate law that holds when the takeover of a corporation becomes the inevitable, the board of directors of that corporation has a duty to maximize shareholder value.
Revo (car) Adam Revo is a small (5-door configuration) car manufactured by Adam Motor in Pakistan. It is the first indigenously Pakistani built car with all of its parts being produced in Pakistan, however the engine is temporarily being imported from China.
Revoke A revoke (also called a renege) is a violation of important rules regarding the play of tricks in trick-taking card games serious enough to render the round invalid. A revoke is a violation ranked in seriousness somewhat below overt cheating, with the status of a more minor offense only because, when it happens, it is usually accidental.
Revol (song) "Revol" was a song released by the Manic Street Preachers on August 1 1994 and was the second single released from the The Holy Bible album that was released at the end of the month. The verses comprise lists of famous and controversial names in history being dismissed one-by-one in short—and often insulting—staccato lines (such as 'Chamberlain, you see God in you', 'Pol Pot, withdrawn traces, bye-bye' ...
Revolt Against the Modern World Revolt Against the Modern World: Politics, Religion, and Social Order in the Kali Yuga (Rivolta contro il mondo moderno) is a book by Julius Evola, first published in Italy, in 1934. Widely seen as his magnum opus, it is an elucidation of his Traditionalist world view.
Revolt in the Vendée During the French Revolution, the 1793-1796 uprising in the Vendée, variously known as the Uprising, Insurrection, Revolt, Vendéan Rebellion, or Wars in the Vendée, was the largest internal counter-revolution to the new Republic.
Revolt of 1173-1174 The Revolt of 1173–1174 was a rebellion against Henry II of England by three of his sons, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine and rebel supporters. It lasted 18 months and ended in the revolt's failure: Henry's rebellious family members had to resign themselves to his continuing rule and were reconciled to him.
Revolt of Ghent The Revolt of Ghent was an uprising against the Spanish Empire of Charles V in 1539. Flanders in general and Ghent in particular were an international centre of trade and industry and therefore an important source of revenues for Spain.
Revolt of Horea, CloĹźca and CriĹźan The Revolt of Horea, CloĹźca and CriĹźan began in Zarand County, Transylvania on 2 November 1784, but it soon spread all throughout the Apuseni Mountains. Their main demands were related to the feudal serfdom and the lack of political equality between Romanians and other ethnicities of Transylvania.
Revolt of the Admirals The "Revolt of the Admirals" was a late 1940s episode during which several high-ranking officers of the United States Navy publicly disagreed with the United States government's plans for the military forces.
Revolt of the Comuneros (New Granada) The Revolt of the Comuneros is series of uprisings by local inhabitants in New Granada, now Colombia, against the Spanish authorities between 1740 and 1779. While underlying causes may have been economic, ideas of freedom and self-government were expressed.
Revolt of the Comuneros (Paraguay) The Revolt of the Comuneros () is a series of uprisings by settlers in Paraguay against the Spanish authorities lasting from 1721 to 1732. Underlying causes were economic, but also issues of freedom and self-government.
Revolt of the Three Feudatories The Three Feudatories () were territories in southern China bestowed by the early Manchu rulers on three Chinese generals (Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, and Shang Zhixin). In the second half of the 17th century, these generals revolted against the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Revolta da Armada Revolta da Armada (revolt of the Navy, in Portuguese language) was a military armed mutiny promoted by some naval units of the Brazilian navy against the federal republican government presided at the time by Marshall Floriano Peixoto. It started at Rio de Janeiro in September 1893, and was suppressed only in March 1894.
Revolting People Revolting People is a BBC Radio 4 situation comedy set in colonial Baltimore, Maryland, just before the American Revolutionary War. The series is written by the British Andy Hamilton and the American Jay Tarses, with Tarses playing a sour shopkeeper named Samuel Oliphant and Hamilton playing a cheerfully corrupt, one-legged, one-eyed, one-armed, one-nostrilled British soldier, Sergeant Roy McGurk.
Revolts (Turkish War of Independence) This page will include the revolts against the Turkish Revolutionaries. It does not include the revolts after the establishment of Republic of Turkey, as this page intended to cover the period during the Turkish War of Independence.
Revolutas Revolutas (Revolts), formerly known as Socialismo Internacional (International Socialism) and Luta Global (Global Struggle) is a Trotskyist organisation in Brazil, organized around the politics of the International Socialist Tendency (associated mainly with the British Socialist Workers Party.
Revolution A revolution (from Late Latin revolutio which means "a turn around") is a significant change that usually occurs in a relatively short period of time. Variously defined revolutions have been happening throughout human history.
Revolution (1985 film) Revolution is a 1985 film, directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Robert Dillon and starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Joan Plowright, Dave King, Annie Lennox, Steven Berkoff, Graham Greene, and Robbie Coltrane.
Revolution (comics) "Revolution" was the title given to the May 2000 issues of Marvel Comics' X-Men-related comic books, timed to coincide with the publication of X-Men #100. In each series, the "Revolution" issue represented a jump of six months after the previous issue's events.
Revolution (development environment) Revolution is a software development environment/multimedia authoring software in the tradition of HyperCard and is based on the MetaCard engine. Its primary focus is on providing a relatively accessible development tool set and scripting language that enable the creation of software programs that run across multiple platforms with little or no code modificaitons.
Revolution (political group) Revolution, a revolutionary socialist youth organization, was founded in the UK by Workers Power. Revolution fights for the independent and revolutionary organisation of youth and works in political solidarity with the League for the Fifth International.
Revolution (The Veronicas song) "Revolution" is the fourth single released from The Veronicas' debut album The Secret Life Of... on the 7th August 2006, in conjunction with their 'The Revolution Tour' of Australia, commencing on 4 August 2006.
Revolution 1993 Revolution 1993 is a promotional UK-only 12" double A-Side single. Though the single was released under the Sony BMG record label, the vinyl features the old Jamiroquai logo visible on the Acid Jazz release of When You Gonna Learn.
Revolution in monopoly theory The Revolution in Monopoly Theory was the idea that emerged in the early 1980's, that monopolistic players in contestable markets would be acting in their best interests by being as competitive as possible. General reluctance and hostility to monopoly powers had, until the early 1980's, been theoretically driven by public concern over the ability for monopolistic firms to hold consumers and potential competitors to ransom through market power.
Revolution in Military Affairs The military concept of Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) is a theory about the future of warfare, often connected to technological and organizational recommendations for change in the United States military and others. Especially tied to modern information, communications, and space technology, RMA is often linked to current discussions under the label of Transformation and total systems integration in the United States military.
Revolution of the Park The Revolution of the Park was an uprising against the national government of Argentina that took place in 1890 and started with the take of the Buenos Aires Artillery Park. It was led by members of the Civic Union (which would later give rise to the modern Radical Civic Union) against the presidency of Miguel Juárez Celman (of the National Autonomist Party).
Revolution OS Revolution OS is a 2001 documentary film made in the United States which traces the history of GNU, Linux, and the open source and free software movements. It features several interviews with prominent hackers and entrepreneurs (and hackers-cum-entrepreneurs), including Richard Stallman, Michael Tiemann, Linus Torvalds, Larry Augustin, Eric S.
Revolution Pet Medicine Revolution is a topical once-monthly pet medicine that prevents heartworms, fleas, ear mites, sarcoptic mange (scabies), and certain types of ticks in dogs, and prevents heartworms, fleas, ear mites, hookworms, and roundworms in cats.
Revolution Studios Revolution Studios was founded in 2000 by Joe Roth, a former chairman of Walt Disney Studios and Twentieth Century Fox. Revolution is a strategic partner of Sony Pictures, which distributes and markets Revolution's films.
Revolution Summer Revolution Summer refers to the metamorphosis of the punk rock community of Washington, DC in the summer of 1985. The DC punk rock and hardcore scene of the late 1970's/early 1980's spawned dozens of fast and aggressive bands such as Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Government Issue, and Faith.
Revolutionary Revolutionary, when used as a noun, is a person who either advocates or actively engages in some kind of revolution. The term is usually applied to political revolutionaries or social revolutionaries, and less frequently used to revolutionary scientists, inventors, and artists.
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People's Army, in Spanish Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia–Ejército del Pueblo, normally known as the FARC or FARC-EP, is Colombia's oldest and largest guerrilla group, established in 1964-1966 as the military wing of the Colombian Communist Party. The FARC-EP has since officially broken from that party and created a political structure it calls the Clandestine Colombian Communist Party.
Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People (in Portuguese: Forças Armadas Revolucionarias do Povo), the armed wing of PAIGC during the struggle against Portuguese colonial rule in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. FARP was launched after the first party congress of PAIGC.
Revolutionary Association The Revolutionary Association () was a Polish 18th century underground society, founded in Warsaw. Created at the outbreak of the Kościuszko's Uprising by the envoy of Tadeusz Kościuszko, Tomasz Maruszewski, it united a number of officers of the Warsaw Garrison, incl.
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) (Persian: جمعیت انقلابی زنان افغانستان Jamiyate Enqelâbiye zanâne Afqânestân) is a women's organization in Afghanistan that promotes women's rights and secular democracy. It was founded in Kabul in 1977 by Meena Keshwar Kamal (Mostly known as Meena), a student activist who was assassinated in 1987 for her political activities.
Revolutionary breach of legal continuity Revolutionary breach of legal continuity is a concept in English constitutional law, which rationalises the historic English behaviour when one King (or regime) was deposed and a de facto ruler was recognised as the new de jure monarch (or republican authority). More generally it is any process, unauthorised by an existing legal order, which results in the creation of a new legal order; whether or not the revolutionary change is brought about by violence.
Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200 The Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200 (Movimiento Bolivariano Revolucionario 200 or MBR-200) was the political and social movement that current Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez founded on July 24, 1983 — the 200th anniversary of South American liberator Simon Bolívar's birth. Hugo Chávez established the MBR-200, setting as its political goals the realization of Bolivar's ideals by means of a "Bolivarian Revolution".
Revolutionary committee Revolutionary committees or revkoms () were Bolshevik-led organizations in Soviet Russia and in areas of its activities established to serve as provisional governments and temporary Soviet administrations in territories under the control of the Red Army in 1918-1920, during the Russian Civil War and foreign military intervention. The forms of their work were inherited from Military Revolutionary Committees of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Revolutionary Cells The Revolutionary Cells--Animal Rights Brigade (RCARB) is the name of an animal liberation activist group, based in the United States, which openly advocates violence in their direct action on behalf of animals.
Revolutionary Cells (RZ) During the 1970's, Revolutionary Cells (RZ) was perhaps the most successful (based upon the number of attacks & the limited number of arrests) of the left-wing German terrorist organizations, although certainly not the most well known.
Revolutionary Committee of the Batavian Republic The Revolutionary Committee of the Batavian Republic was formed on 17 January 1795, when revolution broke out in The Netherlands against the regime of prince William V of Orange. The Dutch army was defeated by the French, and the French were seen as liberators.

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