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Rhianus Rhianus was a Greek poet and grammarian, a native of Crete, friend and contemporary of Eratosthenes (275 BC-195 BC). Suidas says he was at first a slave and overseer of a palaestra, but obtained a good education later in life and devoted himself to grammatical studies, probably in Alexandria.
Rhina Espaillat Rhina Espaillat (born 1932) was born in the Dominican Republic and has lived in the United States since 1939. She taught English in the New York City public schools for many years, and retired to Newburyport, Massachusetts, where for more than a decade she led a group of New Formalist poets known as the Powow River Poets.
Rhinanthus Rhinanthus (Rattle) is a genus of annual hemiparasitic herbs in the family Orobanchaceae, but formerly included in the family Scrophulariaceae. The genus consists of about 30-40 species found in Europe, northern Asia, and North America, with the greatest species diversity (28 species) in Europe.
Rhind Mathematical Papyrus The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (RMP, also designate as: papyrus British Museum 10057, and pBM 10058), is named after Alexander Henry Rhind, a Scottish antiquarian, who purchased the papyrus in 1858 in Luxor, Egypt; it was apparently found during illegal excavations in or near the Ramesseum. The British Museum, where the papyrus is now kept, acquired it in 1864 along with the Egyptian Mathematical Leather Roll, also owned by Henry Rhind; there are a few small fragments held by the Brooklyn Museum in New York.
Rhine The River Rhine (; ; ; ; ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe at 1,320 kilometres (820 miles), with an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second. The name of the Rhine comes from the Celtic Renos, literally "that which flows", from the Proto-Indo-European root *rei- ("to flow, run").
Rhine Franconian Rhine Franconian (German: Rheinfränkisch), or Rhenish Franconian, is a dialect family of West Central German. It comprises the German dialects spoken across the western regions of the states of Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Hesse in Germany.
Rhine Gate The Rhine Gate (in German Rheintor) is a former city gate in the ancient city walls of Basel, Switzerland. It had been pulled down in 1839, about twenty years before three other gateways and the city walls were pulled down.
Rhine Neckar Area The Rhine Neckar Region, often referred to as Rhein-Neckar-Triangle is a metropolitan area located in south western Germany, between Frankfurt and Stuttgart. The area around the major cities Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg has a population of 2.
Rhine Province The Rhine Province (Rheinprovinz in German) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1822 to 1946. It was created from the provinces of the Lower Rhine and JĂĽlich-Cleves-Berg.
Rhine Research Center The Rhine Research Center Institute for Parasychology (successor to the Parapsychology Laboratory at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina) is a parapsychology research unit that "aims to improve the human condition by creating a scientific understanding of those abilities and sensitivities that appear to transcend the ordinary limits of space and time." The institute is named after its founder J.
Rhine-Main S-Bahn The Rhine-Main S-Bahn system is an integrated commuter transport system for the Rhine-Main region, which includes the cities Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Offenbach am Main, Hanau and Darmstadt. The network comprises nine S-Bahn lines, eight of which currently travel through the cornerstone of the system, an underground tunnel (the “Citytunnel”) through central Frankfurt.
Rhine-Main-Danube Canal The Rhine-Main-Danube Canal (also called Main-Danube Canal, RMD Canal or Europa Canal) connects the Main and Danube from Bamberg by Nuremberg to Regensburg. It forms a constantly navigable connection from the Rhine delta in Rotterdam to the Danube Delta in the Black Sea.
Rhine-Ruhr The Rhine-Ruhr Area in Germany, ranks among the large metropolitan areas in the world, estimated at about 12 million people - 1,699/km². It spreads from the Ruhr area megalopolis in the north to the urban areas of the cities of Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, and Cologne in the south.
Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad The Rhinebeck & Connecticut Railroad was chartered on June 29, 1870 for the purpose of building a railroad from Rhinecliff on the Hudson River east to the Connecticut state line. Construction started on the line in 1872.
Rhinecliff, New York Rhinecliff is a hamlet in the town of Rhinebeck in northern Dutchess County, New York. It was founded in 1686 as the town of Kipsbergen by five Dutchmen, among them Hendrikus and Jacobus Kip, who moved from Kingston to live in the settlement.
Rhineland The Rhineland (Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany. After the collapse of the French Empire in the early 1800s, the German-speaking regions at the middle and lower course of the Rhine river were annexed to the kingdom of Prussia.
Rhineland (electoral district) Rhineland is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1892, and eliminated in 1914, when it merged into the new riding of Morden and Rhineland.
Rhineland Bastard Rhineland Bastard was a derogatory term used in Nazi Germany to describe children of mixed German and African or Melanesian parentage. Under Nazism's racial theories, these children were considered inferior to pure Aryans and consigned to sterilization.
Rhinelander Mansion The Rhinelander Mansion, or more accurately The Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion is a massive French Renaissance Revival mansion. It was originally designed in the 1890s by Kimball & Thompson and built in 1898.
Rhinelander Waldo Rhinelander Waldo (born 1877, died August 13,1927 in Garrison, New York) was appointed the 7th Fire Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor William Jay Gaynor on January 3, 1910, and on May 23, 1911 resigned his position to accept an appointment as New York City Police Commissioner. He served as the 8th Police Commissioner of the City of New York from May 23, 1911 to the end of the Kline Administration on December 31, 1913.
Rhinelandic Rhinelandic is a term for linguistic varieties in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, including the Limburgish language,, Zuid-Gelders, Moselle Franconian and Ripuarian . Tonality is a major feature of the Limburgish language.
Rhinestone A rhinestone or paste is a diamond simulant made from rock crystal, glass or acrylic. Originally, rhinestones were rock crystals gathered from the river Rhine, but their availability was greatly increased when the Alsatian jeweller George Frederic Strass had the idea to coat the lower side of glass with metal powder around 1775, imitating diamonds.
Rhinestone (film soundtrack) Rhinestone was a soundtrack album from the 1984 film starring Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone. The Dolly Parton-composed soundtrack produced two Top Ten country singles: "God Won't Get You" and the chart-topping "Tennessee Homesick Blues".
Rhinestone (film) Rhinestone is a 1984 20th Century Fox comedy motion picture starring Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton. Other members of the cast include Richard Farnsworth, Ron Leibman, Tim Thomerson, Stephen Apostle Pec, and Penny Santon.
Rhinesuchus Rhinesuchus ("nose crocodile") was a large labyrinthodont amphibian whose fossil remains are known from the Permian of South African Karoo Basin (Tapinocephalus and Cistecephalus assemblage zones, Beaufort Group). Rhinesuchus was featured in the 2005 BBC series Walking With Monsters, which depicted it as a crocodile-like animal that wrapped itself in a coccoon during dry periods, like a lungfish; only it was unearthed and eaten by a Gorgonops during it's last ditch attempt to sit out the drought.
Rhino Ark Rhino Ark is a charity based in Kenya and the UK with a mission to raise funds and material support to build an electrified fence encircling both the Aberdares National Park and the demarcated forestry areas which make up the Aberdares Conservation Area.
Rhino Bucket Rhino Bucket was a 1990s hard rock band that sounded like Bon Scott-era AC/DC, something for which the band made no apologies. Their music was not just an imitation of AC/DC, but more a celebration of an era that many AC/DC fans longed to return to.
Rhino Charge Rhino Charge is an annual event, held in Kenya, in which the competitors have to compete on a gruelling cross-country course in 4x4 vehicles. All funds raised by this event are donated to Rhino Ark, a Kenyan charity set up to help to conserve the Aberdare Conservation area.
Rhino Runner Rhino Runner is a type of armoured bus used extensively in Iraq, especially on the infamous Route Irish between Baghdad International Airport and The Green Zone. It is a customized vehicle created by Labock Technologies, with configurations for various purposes.
Rhino Video Games Rhino Video Games is a video game retailer headquartered in Gainesville, Florida. Rhino operates more than 90 games stores that carry old school games as well as newer products in fifteen states throughout the U.
Rhinoceros The rhinoceros (, commonly called rhino for short; plural can be either rhinoceros or rhinoceroses) ("rhinoceros" is derived from the Greek words rhino, meaning nose, and ceros, meaning horn; hence "horn-nosed") is any of five surviving species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. All five species are native to Africa, the Middle East, and southern Asia.
Rhinoceros 3D Rhinoceros 3D is a stand-alone, commercial NURBS-based modeling tool, originally developed by Robert McNeel & Associates as a plug-in for Autodesk's AutoCAD. The software is commonly used for Industrial design, architecture, Marine design, Jewelry design, Automotive design, CAD / CAM, rapid prototyping, reverse engineering as well as the multimedia and graphic design industries.
Rhinoceros Sutra The Rhinoceros Sutra (Pāli: Khaggavisāna-sutta) is a very early Buddhist text advocating the merit of solitary asceticism for pursuing enlightenment (as opposed to practicing as a householder or in a community of monks or nuns).
Rhinoceros Times The Rhinoceros Times is a weekly conservative news and opinion newspaper published in Greensboro, North Carolina (with an edition for Charlotte, NC published in Charlotte). The Rhino is edited by John Hammer and features editorial columns by Orson Scott Card and an investigative series by New York Times best-selling author Jerry Bledsoe.
Rhinogradentia Rhinogradentia (also known as snouters or Rhinogrades) is a fictitious mammal order documented by the equally fictitious German naturalist Harald StĂĽmpke. The order's most remarkable characteristic was the Nasorium, an organ derived from the ancestral species's nose, which had variously evolved to fulfill every conceivable function.
Rhinocheilus lecontei The Long-nosed Snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) is a species of non-venomous colubrid snake. It is the only species in the genus Rhinocheilus, but has four recognized subspecies, though more modern research has cast some doubt on that classification.
Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus The Texas Long-nosed Snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus) is a subspecies of non-venomous colubrid snake found in the United States, primarily in Texas, but also in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado and Kansas, as well as northern Mexico.
Rhinolophus The horseshoe bats of the Rhinolophus genus comprise approximately 69 distinct species. This is the largest group within the Rhinolophidae family of bats, though they show very little in the way of ecological diversity and are very much a variation on the same theme.
Rhinophoridae Rhinophoridae are a small family of Diptera flies with around 500 species. Rhinophoridae are found in all zoogeographic regions except Australasia and Oceania but mainly in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions.
Rhinoplasty Rhinoplasty (, "Nose" + , "to shape") is a type of plastic surgery that is used to improve the function (reconstructive surgery) or appearance (cosmetic surgery) of a person's nose. Rhinoplasty is also commonly called a "nose job.
Rhinopomatidae Mouse-tailed bats are a group of insectivorous bats of the family Rhinopomatidae with only three species contained in the since genus Rhinopoma. They are found in the Old World, from North Africa to Thailand and Sumatra, in arid and semi-arid regions, roosting in caves, houses and even the Egyptian pyramids.
Rhinorrhea Rhinorrhea, commonly known as a runny nose, is a symptom of the common cold and may also result from allergies (hay fever). The term comes from the Greek words "rhinos" meaning "of the nose" and "rhoia" meaning "a flowing.
Rhinosporidium seeberi This disease was first identified in 1892 but was comprehensively described in 1900 by Seeber. It has been reported from about 70 countries of diverse characteristics, although its highest incidence has been in India and Sri Lanka; perhaps on a population basis, Sri Lanka has the higher incidence.
Rhins of Galloway The Rhins of Galloway (known locally simply as The Rhins) is a hammer-head peninsula in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Stretching more than 25 miles from north to south, its southern tip is the Mull of Galloway, the southernmost point of Scotland.
Rhipsalis salicornioides Rhipsalis salicornioides (also called Hatiora salicornioides, Dancing Bones Cactus, Drunkard's Dream, Spice Cactus) is originally a forest cactus, growing as epiphytes at elevations between 0 and 1850 meters in Brazil. It is sometimes grown both indoors and outdoors as an ornamental.
Rhiw Goch Rhiw Goch is a passing point on the Ffestiniog Railway north of the village of Penrhyndeudraeth in Wales. It was originally a passing loop and an exchange point for the horses that worked the line, opening in 1836.
Rhiwbina Rhiwbina (Welsh: Rhiwbeuno or Rhiwbeina - Rhiw slope + Beuno Saint Beuno) is a prosperous northern suburb of Cardiff, Wales. It used to be a separate village, and its core is still locally called "the village" and given a Welsh village appearance by Beulah United Reformed Church on the village crossroads.
Rhizobia Rhizobia (from the Greek words riza = root and bios = Life) are soil bacteria that fix nitrogen (diazotrophy) after becoming established inside root nodules of legumes (Fabaceae). The rhizobia cannot independently fix nitrogen, and require a plant host.
Rhizodont Rhizodonts (Order Rhizodontida) are an extinct group of predatory lobe-finned fishes. They are known from many areas of the world from the Givetian through to the Pennsylvanian - the earliest known species is about 377 Ma, the latest around 310 Ma.
Rhizome Collective The Rhizome Collective is a consensus-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based on Austin, Texas, USA. The collective was founded in 2000 and operates an Educational Center for Urban Sustainability and a Center for Community Organizing.
Rhizomyinae The subfamily Rhizomyinae of rodents includes the Asian bamboo rats and certain of the African mole rats. The subfamily is grouped with the Spalacinae and the Myospalacinae into a family of fossorial muroid rodents basal to the other Muroidea.
Rhizong Rhizong (or Rizong) gompa, Gelugpa or Yellow Hat Buddhist monastery (with accompanying nunnery) in Ladakh and a subsidiary monastery of Likir gompa. It is situated at the top of a rocky side valley on the north side of the Indus, to the west of Alchi on the way to Lamayuru.
Rhizophora mangle Rhizophora mangle, known as the red mangrove, is distributed in estuarine ecosystems throughout the tropics. Its viviparous seeds, which are dispersed by water, sprout while they are still on the parent plant, growing a tough green root that makes them unmistakable.
Rhizopus arrhizus Rhizopus arrhizus is fungus of the family Mucoraceae, characterized by sporangiophores that arise from nodes at the point where the rhizoids are formed and by a hemispherical columella. It is the most common cause of mucormycosis in humans and occasionally infects other animals.
Rhizopus nigricans Rhizopus nigricans is a type of black mold which is known to grow on bread, therefore known as breadmold. It is a member of the genus Rhizopus, which contains fungi with columnar hemispherical aerial sporangia anchored to the substrate by rhizoids.
Rhizopus oligosporus Rhizopus oligosporus is a fungus of the Mucoraceae family and is a widely used starter-culture for the home production of tempeh. The spores produce fluffy, white mycelia, binding the beans together to create a “cake” of soybeans.
Rhizosphere (ecology) Rhizosphere is the narrow region of soil that is directly influenced by root secretions and associated soil microorganisms. It is teeming with bacteria that feed on sloughed-off plant cells, termed rhizodeposition, and the proteins and sugars released by roots.
Rhizotomy A rhizotomy (rī-zŏt'ə-mē) is a neurosurgery that selectively severs problematic nerve roots in the spinal cord, most often to relieve the symptoms of neuromuscular conditions such as spastic diplegia and other forms of spastic cerebral palsy. In extreme cases, a rhizotomy may also be considered for a person suffering from severe back pain or a pinched nerve.
Rho Alpha Epsilon Rho Alpha Epsilon (PAE) is one of the largest international all-male college social fraternities, with chapters at universities predominantly in New England. PAE was founded in 1998 at the University of Maine by fraternal brothers Darren Lyle, Mark Guyer, Matty Lyle, Trent Krummel, Jim Peables, John Phillips, Paul Melrose, Levi LaDuke, Ed Fitzgerald, and Matt Jones.
Rho Cassiopeiae Rho Cassiopeiae (ρ Cas / ρ Cassiopeiae) is a yellow hypergiant in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is about 8150 light years away, yet can still be seen by the naked eye (in the Northern Hemisphere only), as it is 550,000 times as luminous as the Sun.
Rho Coronae Borealis Rho Coronae Borealis (ρ CrB / ρ Coronae Borealis) is a 6th magnitude star in the constellation of Corona Borealis. It is, like our Sun, a yellow dwarf (spectral type G0 V or G2 V) and only slightly brighter.
Rho meson In particle physics, a rho meson is a short-lived hadronic particle that is an isospin triplet whose three states are denoted as rho^+, rho^0, rho^-. After the pions and kaons, the rho mesons are the lightest strongly interacting particle with a mass of roughly 770 MeV for all three states.
Rho pi phi Rho Pi Phi International Fraternity(ΡΠΦ) is a co-ed professional fraternity that dedicates itself to the profession of pharmacy. It is founded in 1918 on the campus of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy as Ram Bam pharmaceutical Society, however, in the following year, its member agreed and formed Rho Pi Phi pharmaceutical fraternity.
Rho Pi Phi Rho Pi Phi International Fraternity(ΡΠΦ) is a co-ed professional fraternity that dedicates itself to the profession of pharmacy. It is founded in 1918 on the campus of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy as Ram Bam pharmaceutical Society, however, in the following year, its member agreed and formed Rho Pi Phi pharmaceutical fraternity.
Rho Psi The Rho Psi (ΡΨ) Fraternity was founded in 1916 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Rho Psi was the first Greek letter collegiate fraternity founded for Asian-American men (all the founders were of Chinese descent) in the United States.
Rhoads Opera House The Rhoads Opera House, located in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, caught fire on January 13 1908 during a church-sponsored stage play. The fire started when a kerosene lamp was knocked over, lighting gasoline from a stereoscopic machine.
Rhoda Holmes Nicholls Rhoda Holmes Nicholls (1854-1938) was an American water-color painter, born in Coventry, England. She was a pupil of the Bloomsbury School of Art in London and won the Queen's scholarship, later studying in Rome under Cammerano and Vertunni.
Rhoda Jordan Rhoda Jordan (born August 3, 1979) is an actor from Los Angeles, California, who has appeared in Never Die Alone with DMX, Aquanoids, and Death Factory with Tiffany Shepis. She is of African-American and Filipino descent.
Rhoda Penmark Rhoda Penmark is a fictional character in William March's 1954 novel The Bad Seed and the stage play adapted from it by Maxwell Anderson. She was portrayed by Patty McCormack in the 1956 film adaptation and by Carrie Wells in the 1985 made for TV remake.
Rhoda Richards Rhoda Richards (8 August 1784 in Framingham, Massachusetts - 17 January 1879 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is recognized as the twenty-ninth woman to marry LDS Church founder Joseph Smith, Jr.The Wives of Joseph Smith
Rhode Island AFL-CIO The Rhode Island AFL-CIO is the statewide affiliate of the AFL-CIO in Rhode Island. Its members include about 250 state and local affiliates of other unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO, representing about 80,000 workers.
Rhode Island Auditorium Rhode Island Auditorium was an indoor arena in Providence, Rhode Island, at 1111 North Main Street. It hosted the NBA's Providence Steamrollers from 1946 until 1949, and the Providence Reds ice hockey team until the Providence Civic Center (now the Dunkin' Donuts Center) was opened in 1972.
Rhode Island College Rhode Island College is a state-supported comprehensive college founded in 1854, located in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Rhode Island College is the oldest of the three public institutions of higher education that operate under the aegis of the Board of Governors for Higher Education.
Rhode Island Film Festival The Rhode Island International Film Festival is an annual film festival that takes place in Providence, Rhode Island. In 2006, it was attended by 22,000 people, making it is the largest film festival in New England.
Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission The Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission, often called RIHPHC, is an agency run by the state of Rhode Island that aims to preserve the state's history and heritage. The commission works statewide to protect and upkeep historical buildings, districts, archæological sites and structures.
Rhode Island Historical Society Rhode Island Historical Society is a private, not-for-profit historical society located in Providence, Rhode Island. The Society was founded in 1822 and funded by many of Providence's early textile magnates, including Moses Brown and Henry J.
Rhode Island locations by per capita income Rhode Island is the 17th richest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $21,688 (2000) and a personal per capita income of $31,916 (2003). Its median household income is $42,090 (2000), ranked seventeenth in the country, and its median family income is $52,781 (2000), the seventeenth highest in the country.
Rhode Island Locomotive Works Rhode Island Locomotive Works was a steam locomotive manufacturing company of the 19th century and its factory was located in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1901, Rhode Island merged with seven other companies to form American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
Rhode Island Mall Rhode Island Mall (or informally known as the Midland Mall, as it originally opened under that name) is a shopping mall in Warwick, Rhode Island. It is at the corner of RI 2 and RI 113 and is across the road from CCRI Knight Campus as well as being across the river from Warwick Mall.
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) provides public transportation, primarily buses, in the state of Rhode Island. They also operate a CNG-powered tourist trolley service called the Providence LINK and a ferry boat from Providence to Newport during the summer season.
Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD, pronounced /RIZ-dee/) is one of the premier fine arts institutions in the United States. It was founded in 1877 and is located in Providence, Rhode Island at the base of College Hill and contiguous with the Brown University campus.
Rhode Island Sound Rhode Island Sound is a strait of water, off the coast of the state of Rhode Island at mouth of Narragansett Bay. It forms the eastern extension of Long Island Sound and opens out the Atlantic Ocean between Block Island and Martha's Vineyard.
Rhode Island State Police The Rhode Island State Police (RISP) is an agency of the state of Rhode Island responsible for statewide law enforcement and regulation, especially in areas underserved by local police agencies and on the state's limited-access highways. Its headquarters is in Scituate, Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Stingrays Rhode Island Stingrays are an American soccer team, founded in 1995. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference against teams from Albany, Brooklyn, Hyannis, New Rochelle, Ottawa, St.
Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in southern and western Rhode Island. The district is currently represented by James Langevin, who has represented the district since January 2001.
Rhodes (surname) Rhodes is a surname, with other spellings Rhoades, Rhoads, Roads and Roades. It is also linked to the variant spelling Rohde, and the origins are thought to come from a town or village in Germany, near the city of Lubeck.
Rhodes 22 The Rhodes 22 is a 22 foot long sailboat, designed by Philip Rhodes and manufactured by General Boats in Edenton, North Carolina. The boat features many appointments and design elements of much larger boats, including in-mast mainsail and genoa roller furling, 12-volt and 120-volt electrical systems, pressure water and a holding tank for an enclosed, albeit very small, head.
Rhodes Music Radio Rhodes Music Radio, or RMR as it is more commonly known, is the radio station of Rhodes University and one of South Africa's most respected campus broadcasters. In addition to its deeply impressive output of media professionals, many of whom have become household names in the world of radio and TV, it was also the first campus broadcaster in South Africa's history to be given an FM licence.
Rhodes Preparatory School Rhodes Preparatory School was a private school located at 11 West 54 Street in Manhattan, New York City. There was a lower school with students in seventh and eighth grades and an upper school for students from grades nine through twelve.
Rhodes Shopping Centre, Sydney Rhodes Shopping Centre is located in the suburb of Rhodes in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has 50,000 m² of floor space and features the largest IKEA in Australia and is the biggest home furnishings store in Australia http://www.
Rhodes Scholarship The Rhodes Scholarship is the world's oldest and arguably most prestigious international fellowship. The scholarships were initiated after the death of Cecil John Rhodes and have been awarded to applicants annually since 1902 by the Rhodes Trust in Oxford on the basis of academic qualities, as well as those of character.
Rhodes Stadium Rhodes Stadium is a 11,250-seat multi-purpose stadium in Elon, North Carolina. Named for trustee Dusty Rhodes, his wife, Peggy, and their family, the stadium opened in 2001 and is home to the Elon University Phoenix football team.
Rhodes-Milner Round Table Groups The Rhodes-Milner Round Table Groups, were founded in September 1909 in a conference at the Estate of Lord Anglesey, Plas Newydd in Wales. The framework of the organisation was devised by Lionel Curtis, but the overall idea was due to Lord Milner.
Rhodesia (disambiguation) Rhodesia refers primarily to two land-locked regions in southern Africa named, by British colonizers, after Cecil Rhodes, separated by a natural border provided by the Zambezi River. The name is no longer in general use, although as a geographical term (not a political one) it refers to the area occupied by the two countries Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound The pound was the currency of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The federation was formed in 1953, and the new currency was created in 1956 to replace the Southern Rhodesian pound which had been circulating in all parts of the federation (Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland).
Rhodesia Labour Party The Rhodesia Labour Party was a political party which existed in Southern Rhodesia from 1923 until the 1950s. Originally formed on the model of the British Labour Party from trade unions and being especially dominated by railway workers, it formed the main opposition party from 1934 to 1946.
Rhodesian Action Party The Rhodesian Action Party was a political party in Rhodesia formed in 1977 by a group of Rhodesian Front MPs who were dissatisfied by the leadership of Ian Smith and his attempts to negotiate an 'internal settlement' with African nationalists. Twelve members of the Rhodesia House of Assembly joined the party when it was launched on July 4 1977.
Rhodesian Bush War The Rhodesian Bush War (now called the Second Chimurenga by the Mugabe regime) was a conflict in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) between the white minority government of Ian Smith and the black nationalists of the ZANU and ZAPU movements, led by leftist rebels Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo respectively. It lasted from 1971 to 1979.
Rhodesian Front The Rhodesian Front (RF) was a political party in Southern Rhodesia, later known as Rhodesia, now called Zimbabwe, when the country was under white minority rule. Led first by Winston Field, and, from 1964, by Ian Douglas Smith, the Rhodesian Front was the successor to the Dominion Party, which was the main opposition party in Southern Rhodesia during the Federation period.
Rhodesian general election, 1970 The Rhodesia general election of April 10, 1970 was the first election which took place under the revised, republican, constitution of Rhodesia. The country had declared itself independent in November 1965, shortly after the previous election; the Rhodesian Front government had always disliked the 1962 constitution and made sure to change it by the time of the next one.

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