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  2. Colossus of Rhodes - Wikipedia

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    Colossus of Rhodes, artist's impression, 1880. The Colossus of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: ὁ Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδιος, romanized: ho Kolossòs Rhódios; Modern Greek: Κολοσσός της Ρόδου, romanized: Kolossós tis Ródou) [a] was a statue of the Greek sun god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC.

  3. Category:Colossus of Rhodes - Wikipedia

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    It was a statue of the Greek sun-god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World , it was constructed to celebrate the successful defence of Rhodes city against an attack by Demetrius Poliorcetes , who had besieged it for a year with a ...

  4. Category:Culture of Rhodes - Wikipedia

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    Colossus of Rhodes (18 P) Pages in category "Culture of Rhodes" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Music School of Rhodes (Greece)

  5. Not only a matter of education - HuffPost

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    as imperfectly aligned with those of teachers and school administrators” (DEE, JACOB, 2010, 2). The following chart provides an overview of the reform landscape. Table 1: School reforms: Overlook to some types of reforms Type of reform Type of policies Reforms related to educational inputs Increase in the amount of hours of education

  6. School segregation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    School segregation occurred due to the residential segregation that was also present in Oxnard. By placing restrictive policies and covenants on properties, officials in Oxnard were able to keep Latino residents in a separate neighborhood from the "American" (or non-Latino residents), which provided a justification for segregating the schools. [32]

  7. The Rhodes Colossus - Wikipedia

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    The Colossus of Rhodes, imagined in a 16th-century engraving by Martin Heemskerck, part of his series of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Rhodes Colossus is an editorial cartoon illustrated by English cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne and published by Punch magazine in 1892.

  8. Rhodes - Wikipedia

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    Rhodes has several nicknames, such as "Island of the Sun" due to its patron sun god Helios, "The Pearl Island", and "The Island of the Knights", named after the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who ruled the island from 1310 to 1522. [3] Historically, Rhodes was famous for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

  9. The Troubled-Teen Industry Has Been A Disaster For Decades ...

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    The Troubled-Teen Industry Has Been A Disaster For Decades. It's Still Not Fixed.