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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
Sam Serling built a small stage in the basement, where Rod often put on plays (with or without neighborhood children). [2]: 17–18 His older brother, writer Robert, recalled that, at the age of six or seven, Rod entertained himself for hours by acting out dialogue from pulp magazines or movies he had seen. Rod would often ask questions without ...
Robert Ray "Rod" Roddy [1] (September 28, 1937 – October 27, 2003) was an American radio and television announcer. [2] He was primarily known for his role as an offstage announcer on game shows. Among the shows that Roddy announced are the CBS game shows Whew! and Press Your Luck .
Fyffe was born on 20 March 1949 in Warracknabeal, Victoria. [3] [4] He attended primary school in Cannum and Caramut, before going to high school in Hamilton. [4]After finishing high school, Fyffe went on to study at Monash University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Economics, majoring in Mathematics, Statistics and Economics.
A 2000 report by staff at "The Straight Dope" also explained rods as such phenomena, namely tricks of light which result from how (primarily video) images of flying insects are recorded and played back, adding that investigators have shown the rod-like bodies to be a result of motion blur, if the camera is shooting with relatively long exposure ...
Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) [2] is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. Known for his distinctive raspy singing voice, [3] Stewart is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 120 million records worldwide. [4]
Rodney Paul Craig (January 12, 1958 – August 17, 2013) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who played for four seasons. Born in Los Angeles, he played for the Seattle Mariners from 1979 to 1980, Cleveland Indians in 1982, and Chicago White Sox in 1986.
[4] [5] Rod was raised as a Lutheran. He never knew his father, a vaudevillian who had been part of a travelling song-and-dance team with Steiger's mother, [5] but was told that he was a handsome Latino-looking man, who was a talented musician and dancer. Biographer Tom Hutchinson describes him as a "shadowy, fugitive figure", one who "haunted ...