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Ray Oliver Dreher Jr. [a] (born February 14, 1967), known as Rod Dreher, [1] is an American conservative writer and editor living in Hungary. [2] He was a columnist with The American Conservative for 12 years, ending in March 2023, and remains an editor-at-large there. [ 3 ]
Connecting rod, main, coupling, or side rod, in a reciprocating engine; Control rod, used to control the rate of fission in a nuclear reactor; Divining rod, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing; Fishing rod, a tool used to catch fish, like a long pole with a hook on the end
Rod R. Blagojevich (/ b l ə ˈ ɡ ɔɪ. ə v ɪ tʃ / blə-GOY-ə-vitch; born December 10, 1956), often referred to by his nickname "Blago", [2] [3] is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. He was impeached, removed from office, convicted, and incarcerated for eight years on federal charges of ...
Serling was born on December 25, 1924, in Syracuse, New York, to a Jewish family. [2] He was the second of two sons born to Esther (née Cooper, 1893–1958), a homemaker, and Samuel Lawrence Serling (1892–1945). [3]
The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units , it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet , equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile , or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain ), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.
McKuen was born as Rodney Marvin Woolever [2] on April 29, 1933, [3] in a Salvation Army hostel in Oakland, California [4] to Clarice Woolever. [5] Per The New York Times, he had "two birth certificates, each giving conflicting dates and spelling his father's name different ways."
He and his wife Marie Therese Claire Gisèle (née Seguin, Jul 14, 1929 – Jun 28, 2008) had five children and fourteen grandchildren. At an early age Sykes took an interest in gardening, reading, and stamp collecting, and remained a member of the American Philatelic Society throughout his life. [ 5 ]
Show People (1928) - Rod La Rocque (uncredited) Love Over Night (1928) - Richard Hill; The One Woman Idea (1929) - Prince Ahmed; The Man and the Moment (1929) - Michael Towne; Our Modern Maidens (1929) - Abbott; The Delightful Rogue (1929) - Lastro; The Locked Door (1929) - Frank Devereaux; Beau Bandit (1930, preserved Library of Congress ...