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The Richardson Gang The Richardson Gang was a 1960s group of criminals in South London, England. Less well remembered than their rivals the Krays, they nevertheless had a reputation in their heyday as being some of London's most infamous and sadistic gangsters.
The Richfield Reaper The Richfield Reaper is a weekly newspaper serving the people of south central Utah, printed and published in Richfield, Utah. Its primary areas of coverage include Sevier, Wayne and Piute counties, but it is also read in homes in Sanpete and Garfield counties.
The Richleighs of Tantamount The Richleighs of Tantamount is a British children’s book written by British historical book author Barbara Willard. It was originally published in Willard’s native homeland in 1966 by the publishers, Constable, before being published in the US by Harcourt, Brace & World in June 1967.
The Ring (magazine) The Ring (often called Ring Magazine) is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the legitimacy of Pro Wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming just a boxing oriented publication.
The Ring Crew Express The Ring Crew Express (RCE) is the professional wrestling tag team of Kevin Dunn and Kirby Marcos, better known simply as Dunn and Marcos. They are best known for their work in Ring of Honor but have also wrestled for other promotions, such as Full Impact Pro, CHIKARA, and NWA Upstate (where Dunn is the head booker).
The Ring of Charon The Ring of Charon is a science fiction book by author Roger MacBride Allen first published in 1990 by TOR. It is the first in a series of three (although the third book has yet to be published) books under the name of The Hunted Earth.
The Ring: Terror's Realm The Ring: Terror's Realm is a video game developed by Asmik Ace Entertainment and published by Infogrames in 2000. A single player survival horror game, it is based on the Ring series of novels by Japanese author Koji Suzuki, which also inspired the Japanese film Ring (1998) and its American remake, The Ring (2002).
The Ringbearer's Diary The Ringbearer's Diary (Danish: Ringbærerens Dagbog) is a book by Danish author Peter Kjærulff, which accounts for the workings and the aspect of human consciousness by linking myths with dreams, with philosophy, mathematics, music, parapsychology, religion, and reincarnation.
The Ringmaster's Daughter The Ringmaster's Daughter (Sirkusdirektørens datter in the original Norwegian) is a novel by Jostein Gaarder, published in 2001. It was originally written in Norwegian, but has since been translated into English (2002).
The Rings of Kether The Rings of Kether (ISBN 0140318607; ISBN 0440974070) is a single player roleplaying book, written by Andrew Chapman and illustrated by Nik Spender. It was originally published in 1985 as part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series, numbered 15 in the original Puffin printing and not yet included in the recent Wizard reissuing.
The RipOffs The RipOffs are a three-piece band who fall into the alternative music genre. Drawing influences from the likes of American punk band Green Day, cult grunge figures Nirvana, as well as Glasgow underground heroes Biffy Clyro and Aereogramme.
The Rippingtons The Rippingtons are a contemporary or fusion jazz group that are often considered smooth jazz. Formed in 1986 by guitarist and band leader Russ Freeman (not to be confused with the jazz pianist of the same name), their career has spanned two decades.
The Ripple (newspaper) The Ripple is the student newspaper at the University of Leicester. The biweekly paper editions have a potential readership of nearly 10,000 studentsCurrently under the editorship of Tom Goodwyn, it has undergone something of a transformation, moving away from the serious tone of previous years to a generally more light hearted take on student life.
The Rise and Fall of ECW The Rise and Fall of ECW is a documentary DVD produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It chronicles the history of Philadelphia-based independent professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling.
The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes is a Canadian short film. It is a humorous geography lesson where a tour of the Great Lakes is made by a lone canoeist who experiences most of the cataclysmic changes of ages of lake history.
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict From 1500 to 2000, by Paul Kennedy, first published in 1987, explores the politics and economics of the Great Powers from 1500 to 1980 and the reason for their decline. It then continues by forecasting the positions of China, Japan, the European Economic Community (EEC), the Soviet Union and the United States through the end of the 20th century.
The Rise of Silas Lapham The Rise of Silas Lapham is a novel written by William Dean Howells in 1885 about the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham from rags to riches, and his ensuing moral susceptibility. Silas earns a fortune in the paint business, but he lacks social standards, which he tries to attain through his daughter's marriage to the aristocratic Corey family.
The Rise of the Great Powers The Rise of the Great Powers (Chinese: 大国崛起; Pinyin: DĂ guĂł JuĂ©qÇ) is a 12-part documentary television series broadcast on China Central Television in the People's Republic of China.Kahn, Joseph, "China, shy giant, shows signs of shedding its false modesty.
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (1979) is a Pulitzer Prize winning biography of President Theodore Roosevelt by American author Edmund Morris. It is the first in a planned trilogy with the second volume Theodore Rex published in 2001.
The Rising Force The Rising Force by Dave Wolverton is the first in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
The Rising Sons Established in Boston during the early days of adolescence in 2000 The Rising Sons began endeavors under the name “Once-ler.” After establishing themselves on the local scene at venues such as the Middle East Downstairs, Arlene Grocery (NYC), Harpers Ferry, Bills Bar, PA's Lounge, and local favorite Great Scott, the band stepped into the studio with former Neighborhoods frontman Sir David Minehan who dubbed the boys “The Rising Sons of Rock and Roll.
The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy is a book by Lothrop Stoddard published in 1920. The book focuses on the coming collapse of a white world empire and colonialism based on population growth among "colored peoples".
The Rising Tour The Rising Tour was a lengthy, worldwide, top-grossing concert tour featuring Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band that took place in arenas and stadiums over 2002 and 2003. It followed the release of their 2002 album The Rising.
The Risk Pool The Risk Pool is Pullitzer Prize-winning writer Richard Russo's second novel. First published in 1988, The Risk Pool, is a Bildungsroman or "coming of age" novel set in fictional Mohawk, New York, a dying blue-collar town.
The Rite of Spring The Rite of Spring (French: Le Sacre du printemps; Russian: ВеŃна Ńвященная, Vesna svjaščennaja) is a ballet with music by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. While the Russian title literally means "Spring the Sacred", the English title is based on the French title under which the work was premiered, although sacre is more precisely translated as "consecration".
The Ritchie Family The Ritchie Family was the name of an American vocal group who achieved several hits during the 1970s disco era. The three original members were not related; the group was created by Jacques Morali who soon after created Village People.
The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer (or Kipling Ritual, or Iron Ring Ceremony) is a ritual dating from 1922 for students about to graduate from an engineering program at a Canadian university. Honourary inclusion is also offered to any Canadian registered professional engineer who has received her or his training elsewhere.
The Ritz (quartet) The Ritz is a barbershop quartet from the Johnny Appleseed Districtof SPEBSQSA] (comprising roughly [[Ohio, West Virginia, and parts of Pennsylvania and Kentucky). Each member of the quartet taught vocal music in different school districts.
The Rivan Codex The Rivan Codex is a collection of background material to the Belgariad and Malloreon fantasy saga by David and Leigh Eddings. It consists of two bodies of material used in writing the novels, one for each series, with three informal essays by David Eddings.
The River (1938 film) The River is a 1938 short documentary film which shows the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States, and how farming and timber practices had caused topsoil to be swept down the river and into the Gulf of Mexico.
The River (1951 film) The River is a 1951 film directed by Jean Renoir. It was filmed in India, and was seminal to the launching of the careers of Satyajit Ray, who assisted on the film, and Subrata Mitra, Ray's cinematographer whom he met during the filming of The River.
The River (1984 film) The River is a 1984 film which tells the story of an American farm family which tries to keep its farm going in the face of bank foreclosures, floods, and other hard times. It stars Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn and Billy Green Bush.
The River Company The River Company is a rock band based out of Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The core of the band, brothers Alex Scharr and Travis Scharr and Jamie Favors, have been playing in bands together for the past four years under various names, most recently Cerberus.
The River War The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan was a 1899 book written by Winston Churchill while he was still an officer in the British army, a first-hand account of the conquest of the Sudan by the English-Egyptian force under Lord Kitchener. The young Churchill, as much a journalist and adventurer and political candidate as soldier, had placed himself into Lord Kitchener's campaign up the Nile, obtaining a post in the 21st Lancers, against Kitchener's wishes.
The Riverdales The Riverdales were an American punk rock music group from Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by Ben Foster (guitar), Dan Schafer (bass), and Dan Sullivan (drums), all former members of Screeching Weasel.
The Rivingtons The Rivingtons were a doo-wop group noted for being one of the most loud and raucous of the genre. Their first hit, "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" (1962), like many such songs, began with the bass chanting nonsense syllables (in this case the title), followed by the tenor singing over repetitions of it.
The Rivoli The Rivoli is a famous bar, restaurant and performance space on Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario. The club originally earned a reputation as one of Canada's hippest music clubs, and many major Canadian comedy and musical performers have played on its stage, including The Kids in the Hall, Gordon Downie, The Frantics, Sean Cullen and the infamous Dark Shows.
The RISC Group The RISC Group is a New Jersey based collective formed by Tomas Kalnoky to assist in the publication of artistic works, and the retainment of ownership of such works by the artist. The name is an acronym, but its meaning is yet to be revealed.
The Road (novel) The Road is a 2006 novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. This haunting post-apocalyptic tale describes a journey taken by a father and his young son over a period of several months across a landscape blasted years before by an unnamed cataclysm which destroyed civilization and most life on earth.
The Road Ahead (Bradley Joseph album) The Road Ahead is a compilation album released by Orange Music in 2004, (see 2004 in music), containing select songs taken from Bradley Joseph's previously-releaseed One Deep Breath, Solo Journey, The Journey Continues, and Hear The Masses.
The Road Back The Road Back ( Der Weg zurĂĽck ) is a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque, written in 1931. It details the experience of young men in Germany who have returned from the trenches of World War I and are trying to integrate back into society.
The Road Behind The Road Behind is an EP by the thrash metal band GWAR. It contains a single for the song of the same name found in the album America Must Be Destroyed, as well as live tracks (including a live version of Have You Seen Me?
The Road Home (1999 film) The Road Home (Traditional:ć‘çš„ç¶č¦ŞćŻŤč¦Ş; Simplified: ć‘çš„ç¶äş˛ćŻŤäş˛; Literal translation: "My Father and Mother"; Hanyu Pinyin: wÇ’de fĂąqÄ«n mÇ”qÄ«n) is a 1999 film directed by the Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou. It also marked the cinematic debut of the Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi.
The Road Home (agency) The Road Home is a private non-profit social services agency in Salt Lake City, Utah focused on providing assistance to homeless and low-income individuals and families. The Road Home was established as the Travelers Aid Society in 1923 with the mission of providing assistance to stranded travelers, unescorted youth, and runaway minors.
The Road to El Dorado (Soundtrack) The Road to El Dorado was the soundtrack released by singer Elton John and lyricst Tim Rice for the animated motion picture The Road to El Dorado. They had hoped to match the former success of The Lion King soundtrack by collaborating again on another animated movie.
The Road to Gandolfo The Road to Gandolfo is a story by Robert Ludlum about General MacKenzie Hawkins ("The Hawk"), a living military legend and a veteran. He defaces an important Chinese memorial as a result of being drugged by a Chinese general.
The Road to Guantanamo The Road to Guantanamo is a 2006 docu-drama directed by Michael Winterbottom about the incarceration of three British detainees at a detainment camp in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. It was premiered at the Berlinale on 14th February, 2006, and first shown in the UK on Channel 4 on 9th March, 2006.
The Road to Paradiso The Road to Paradiso is the name of a book about the Dutch symphonic metal-band Epica (written in both Dutch and English) which was accompanied by compilation album of the same band. It was released on May 4, 2006, on the very same night they performed at Paradiso in Amsterdam.
The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe The Road to Reality is a book on modern physics by the British mathematical physicist Roger Penrose, published in 2004. It covers the basics of the standard model of modern physics, discussing general relativity and quantum mechanics and then expands on the possible unification of these two theories.
The Road to Serfdom The Road to Serfdom is a book written by Friedrich Hayek (recipient of a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics) and originally published by Routledge Press in March 1944 in the UK and then by the University of Chicago in September 1944. In April, 1945, Reader's Digest published a slightly shortened version of the book, which eventually reached more than 600,000 readers.
The Road to Wigan Pier The Road to Wigan Pier was written by George Orwell and published in 1937. It is a sociological look at living conditions in the industrial north of England before World War II that was commissioned by the Left Book Club in January 1936.
The Road To Memphis The Road To Memphis is a documentary directed by Richard Pearce. It follows blues musicians BB King, Rosco Gordon, and Bobby Rush as they reunite in Memphis for a special tribute to Sun Records owner Sam Phillips in conjunction with the May 2002 W.
The Roads to Sata The Roads to Sata, written in 1985 by Alan Booth(1946-1993), tells the story of his journey, on foot, from Cape Soya in Hokkaido, the northernmost point of Japan, to Sata, the southernmost point of Japan. Booth's journey lasted 128 days and 2000 miles.
The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd was a follow up musical play to Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley's Stop the World - I Want to Get Off. It floundered in Britain with the comedian Norman Wisdom as the lead, but was more successful on Broadway with Anthony Newley starring and directing with Gillian Lynne adding her choreographic talent to a set designed by Sean Kenny while the great Producer David Merrick oversaw a national tour before opening it on Broadway.
The Roaring Twenties The Roaring Twenties is a 1939 crime thriller starring James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, and Humphrey Bogart. The movie was directed by Raoul Walsh, who also directed The Big Trail, They Died with Their Boots On, High Sierra, and White Heat.
The Roaring Twenties (band) The Roaring Twenties (also The RTs) are a four piece art rock/new wave band from London and Brighton formed in 2003 at Sussex University. The band forms part of the New Cross 'scene' of bands, identified by NME in 2005.
The Roaring Twenties (TV series) The Roaring Twenties (or The Roaring 20s) was a US television series that aired on the ABC television network beginning on October 15, 1960 and ending September 21, 1962. Dorothy Provine starred as songstress Pinky Pinkham in this hour-long series that dealt with newspaper reporters from the New York Record, such as Scott Norris (played by Rex Reason) and Pat Garrison (played by Donald May), rather than detectives.
The Robber Bride The Robber Bride is a Margaret Atwood novel first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1993. Set in present-day Toronto, Ontario, the novel begins with three women (Roz, Charis, and Tony) who meet once a month in a restaurant to share a meal.
The Robber Bridegroom (fairy tale) The Robber Bridegroom is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 40. Joseph Jacobs included a variant, Mr Fox in English Fairy Tales, but the original provenance is much older; Shakespeare (circa 1599) alludes to the Mr.
The Robe (film) The Robe is a 1953 Biblical epic film that tells the story of a Roman tribune who commands the unit that crucifies Jesus. The film was made by 20th Century Fox and is notable for being the first film released in Cinemascope.
The Robinson family The Robinson family on the children's television series Sesame Street consists of husband and schoolteacher Gordon, his wife and nurse Susan, and eventually their adopted son Miles, as well as Gordon's sister Olivia, and his father Mr. Robinson.
The Robinson Family The Robinson Family are a fictional family on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. The largest and most complex family tree in the show's history, the Robinsons have been a part of Australian culture since Neighbours' inception in 1985.
The Robot Ate Me The Robot Ate Me is an American Indie rock band. The band is the brainchild of songwriter Ryland Bouchard, owner of Swim Slowly records, who began the band on his own in San Diego in 2002 and was joined by David Greenberg on drums and RJ Hoffman on bass and violin.
The Robotniks The Robotniks is a five-musician rock band from Baltimore, Maryland, comprised of Eamonn Donnelly, (Bass, Vocals) David Randle (Vocals, Jaw-Harp) Ian Donnelly (Lead Guitar) Bryce Homick (Rhythm Guitar, Didgeridoo) and Stephen Selzler (Drums). The band is known for slightly confusing lyrics with seemingly random subject and point, ranging in light-hearted nonsensical sounding songs to melancholy and depressed memoirs.
The Rock and Roll Trio The Rock and Roll Trio was the name of a rockabilly group which was formed in Memphis, Tennessee during the 1950s. They were also known as "Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio" and the "Johnny Burnette Trio".
The Rock Across Australia The Rock Across Australia, or "TRAA", is a compilation of weekly Christian charts according to the number of radio plays in Australia. It published its first report on February 15, 1999 and has been serving the Christian music community and Christian radio sector ever since.
The Rock of Ages Festival The Rock of Ages was a week-long annual festival generally held in August for followers of The Way International and their guests. The primary purpose of this festival was the commissioning of "WOW Ambassadors", which were groups of individuals who volunteered for a year-long missionary assignment.
The Rock Poster Society The Rock Poster Society (TRPS) is a group of rock poster collectors, artists, and dealers united by their common appreciation of the poster art form. TRPS is organized as a California non-profit corporation and it is based in the San Francisco Bay area.
The Rock-afire Explosion The Rock-afire Explosion was an animatronic robot band that played in ShowBiz Pizza Place restaurants mostly in the Southern United States from 1980 to 1994. The show was created and manufactured exclusively for Showbiz by Creative Engineering in Orlando, Florida.
The Rocket (film) The Rocket: The Maurice Richard Story (Maurice Richard in French) is the English-subtitled version of a feature film, starring Roy Dupuis in the title role and directed by Charles Binamé. Filmed in Québec for a budget of $8,000,000 Canadian by Alliance Atlantis and Odeon and first released in French throughout the province of Québec in November 2005, it was released in movie theaters with English subtitles in April 2006.
The Rocket (newspaper) The Rocket was a free weekly newspaper which was published in Seattle and Portland, Oregon. Each city's issue contained mostly the same content with some slight variations, though occasionally the cover stories would be different.
The Rocket Summer The Rocket Summer is an power pop band from Grapevine, Texas, comprised solely of Bryce Avary who plays all instruments and sings. Stylistically, The Rocket Summer is characterised by Avary's high-pitched vocals and the generally optimistic nature of his songs.
The Rocketeer (film) The Rocketeer is a 1991 adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and directed by Joe Johnston. It is based on the comic book The Rocketeer by Dave Stevens about a young stunt pilot who discovers a mysterious jet pack that allows him to fly.
The Rockettes The Rockettes are a well-known precision dance company, stationed out of the Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, New York City. The Rockettes women have performed 4 shows a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year for more than 50 years.
The Rockford Register Star The Rockford Register Star is the Rockford, Illinois' metropolitan area's primary daily newspaper. It is published from the Register Star Tower at 99 East State Street in Downtown Rockford Illinois, where its newly remastered presses give the daily news to Rockford area residents on the days in which it is operational.
The Rockin' Eighties The Rockin' Eighties is a CD produced in 1994 by the Time-Life music company. It is a part of a series of CDs nicknamed Sounds Of The Eighties, a series which is itself part of a group of series nicknamed Sounds Of The...
The Rockin' Vickers The Rockin' Vickers, originally called Rev Black and The Rockin' Vicars, then abbreviated to The Rockin' Vicars, were a 1960s English Rock and Roll band. The band is most notable for having Lemmy Kilmister, who went by the name Ian Willis at the time, later of Hawkwind and more famously Motörhead, as a bassist.
The Rockpile The Rockpile (MGRS XD979559) is a rock outcropping near the former demilitarized zone of South Vietnam. Its relatively inaccessible location, reached only by helicopter, made it an important United States Army and Marine Corps artillery base.
The Rocks Shopping Fair The Rocks Shopping Fair is the main shopping centre for the town of South West Rocks, New South Wales, Australia. Opened in 2002, the centre is largely responsible for the opening of new subdivisions and turning South West Rocks into a highly desirable place to live.
The Rocks, New South Wales The Rocks is an inner-city suburb, tourist precinct and historic area of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, immediately north-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.
The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show is the collective name for two separate American television animated series: Rocky and His Friends (1959-1964) and The Bullwinkle Show (1961-1973). Rocky & Bullwinkle enjoyed great popularity during the 1960s.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show The Rocky Horror Picture Show (RHPS) (first released in the United Kingdom on 14 August, 1975) is a science fiction-comedy-horror musical film directed by Jim Sharman from a screenplay by Sharman and Richard O'Brien. The film was based on O'Brien's long-running stage production The Rocky Horror Show.
The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show The entire Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack, as performed by punk rock bands including The Ataris, Tsunami Bomb, Alkaline Trio, Swingin Utters, The Groovie Ghoulies, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, and more.
The Rocky Horror Show The Rocky Horror Show is a long running stage musical (opening in London initially, on June 19, 1973) which inspired the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It was written by Richard O'Brien, who returned to his native England after growing up in New Zealand.
The Rocky Mountain Rangers The Rocky Mountain Rangers is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. It's regimental headquarters is located at JR Vicars Armoury in Kamloops It has an alliance with The Green Howards in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England.
The Rodeo Boys The Rodeo Boys are an indie folk-rock band from Salt Lake City that formed in 2001, known for their post-modern, reflexive lyrical approach and light-hearted collective persona. They have released the albums Same as Cash (2002) and Flex (2006).
The Rodeo Carburettor The Rodeo Carburettor is a three-piece Japanese Rock band that formed in 2001. The band is well-known for their live performances that blows the audience away with crazy guitar riffs, howling distortion noises and speedy, sharp lyrics.
The Rogue Song (film) The Rogue Song is a romantic musical film released in 1930 which tells the story of a Russian bandit who falls in love with a princess, but takes his revenge on her when her brother rapes and kills his sister. It was directed by Lionel Barrymore and Hal Roach (uncredited).
The Rogues (TV series) The Rogues was an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964 to April 18,1965 and starred David Niven, Charles Boyer, and Gig Young as a related trio of former conmen who could, for the right price, be persuaded to trick a very wealthy and very unscrupulous mark. The show won the 1964 Golden Globe award for Best Television Series.
The Roches The Roches, a female vocal group, comprises three songwriting sisters from New Jersey: Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy Roche. The group is known for its unusual, rich harmonies, quirky lyrics, and casually comedic stage performances.
The Role of the Church in the Causation, Treatment and Prevention of the Crisis in the Priesthood The Role of the Church in the Causation, Treatment and Prevention of the Crisis in the Priesthood, a report submitted to the Synod of Bishops in Rome in 1971, by Dr Conrad Baars, a Dutch-born Catholic psychiatrist from Minnesota, and based on a study of 1500 priests, suggested that seminary training left priests poorly prepared for a lifetime of celibacy. This was published by Franciscan Herald Press in 1972 as How to Treat and Prevent the Crisis in the Priesthood.
The Rolling Memorial The Rolling Memorial is a semi-trailer truck painted with a mural intended to honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks. The project was conceived by John Holmgren of Shafer, Minnesota in the United States after hearing the song "Have You Forgotten" by country singer Darryl Worley.
The Rolling Stone Interview The Rolling Stone Interview is a feature article in the American magazine Rolling Stone that sheds light on notable figures from the worlds of music, popular culture, or politics. Editor Jann Wenner has said that the interview is "part[ly] based on The Paris Review, which featured definitive interviews with writers like Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck, exploring their lives, their phlosophy and their technique.
The Rolling Stones American Tour 1969 The Rolling Stones' 1969 American Tour (which seems to have had no official name) was a much publicised, written about, recorded, and filmed concert tour of the United States that took place during November 1969.
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is a film released in 1996 of a December 11, 1968 event put together by The Rolling Stones. The event comprised two concerts on a circus stage, and included acts such as Eric Clapton, The Who, John Lennon, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and Jethro Tull.
The Roly Mo Show The Roly Mo Show is a CBeebies children's television series featuring a cast of puppets; it is a spin-off from the Fimbles show and was created by the same people, Novel Entertainment. There are 100 episodes of 15 minutes in length.
The Roman Actor The Roman Actor is a Caroline era stage play, a tragedy written by Philip Massinger; it was first performed in 1626, and first published in 1629. A number of critics have agreed with its author, and judged it one of Massinger's best plays.
The Roman Revolution The Roman Revolution is a book by Sir Ronald Syme, a noted Tacitean scholar, recounting the final years of the ancient Roman Republic and the creation of the Roman Empire by Caesar Augustus. Published by Oxford University Press in the summer of the momentous year of 1939, it was immediately controversial; its main conclusion was that the structure of the Republic and its Senate were inadequate to the needs of Roman rule, and that Augustus was merely doing what was necessary to restore order in public life, a situation and reasoning uncomfortably reminiscent of contemporary events in Nazi Germany and the other fascist regimes of the time.
The Romanian: Story of an Obsession The Romanian: Story of an Obsession is a novel by Bruce Benderson. The autobiographical novel describes Benderson's encounters and journeys with a male Romanian street hustler through Romania and Hungary, whom he meets while on a journalism assignment and falls in love with.
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