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Raoul de Presles (from the article "France") Stimulated by the commissions of Charles V, the chasm between learned and vernacular cultures narrowed: ... Raoult's law (from the article "ideal solution") homogeneous mixture of substances that has physical properties linearly related to the properties of the ... Raoult, Francois-Marie French chemist who formulated a law on solutions (called Raoult's law) that made it possible ... rap metal subgenre of heavy metal music. Heavy metal tended to be one of rock's most porous ... rap music (from the article "rock") Public Enemy, from New York City, personified a new sort of African-American music in the ... Rapa (from the article "Tubuai Islands") ...southeasterly extension of the Cook Islands (New Zealand). Scattered over an area some 800 miles ... Rapacki Plan (from the article "international relations") ...U.S.S.R. combined open and covert support for Western antinuclear movements with loud reminders of its ... 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Raphael, Frederic (from the article "1965: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Frederic Raphael for DarlingAdapted Screenplay: Robert Bolt for Doctor ZhivagoCinematography, Black-and-White: Ernest Laszlo ... Raphanus (from the article "Brassicales") ...abundant in north temperate areas, although less so in eastern North America. The old generic ... raphe (from the article "scrotum") ...surrounding areas and has many sebaceous (oil-producing) glands and sweat glands, as well as some ... Raphia (from the article "palm") ...cultivated coconut (Cocos nucifera), occurs on more than one continent; the genera transcending continental bounds ... Raphia farinifera (from the article "palm") ...of wax (the wax palm, Ceroxylon; the carnauba wax palm). Leaves of the gebang palm ... Raphia taedigera (from the article "palm") ...swamps in the western Malay Archipelago, where Oncosperma tigillarium and Calamus erinaceus (and, in Borneo, ... Raphidae (from the article "columbiform") ...grays and browns to striking orange, green, or purple. Worldwide except subpolar regions and some ... Raphidophyceae (from the article "algae") ...Chrysochromulina, Emiliania, and Prymnesium.Class Raphidophyceae (Chloromonadophyceae)Flagellates ... Raphus solitarius (from the article "dodo") ...usually placed with pigeons in the order Columbiformes but sometimes separated as an order (Raphiformes). ... rapid application development (from the article "information system") ...in some instances, for its failure to fulfill the user's requirements at the end of ... Rapid City city, seat (1877) of Pennington county, western South Dakota, U.S. It lies at the eastern ... rapid eye movement sleep (from the article "sleep") REM sleep is a state of diffuse bodily activation. Its EEG patterns (tracings of faster ... rapid infiltration method (from the article "environmental works") ...method, effluent is applied onto the land by ridge-and-furrow spreading (in ditches) or by sprinkler ... rapid sand filter (from the article "environmental works") Two types of sand filter are in use: slow and rapid. Slow filters require much ... rapid transit system of railways, usually electric, that is used for local transit in a metropolitan area. ... [7 Related Articles] rapid-fire field artillery gun (from the article "World War I") ...by the invention of new weapons and the improvement of existing types since the Franco-German ... rapids (from the article "waterfall") ...to a series of small falls along a river. Still gentler reaches of rivers that ... Rapier (from the article "rocket and missile system") ...an SA-6 equivalent that used a combination of radar command guidance and infrared terminal homing. ... rapier (from the article "sword") ...did not eliminate the sword but rather proliferated its types. The discarding of body armour ... rapier loom a shuttleless weaving loom in which the filling yarn is carried through the shed of ... [1 Related Articles] Rapier, James T. black planter and labour organizer who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives ... Rapin, Rene (from the article "pastoral literature") ...poetry and those others who supported the "modern." This dispute raged in France, where the ... Rapino, Bronze of (from the article "Marrucini") ...to Rome until they joined with other Italians in the Social War of 91 BC; ... Raposa Serra do Sol Indian Reserve (from the article "Brazil") On April 15 Lula signed a controversial decree delimiting the Raposa Serra do Sol Indian ... 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Rappolo, Leon (from the article "Chicago style") ...McPartland, tenor saxophonist Bud Freeman, clarinetist Frank Teschemacher, and their colleagues in imitation of the ... rapporteur in French civil law, a judge who furnishes a written report on the case at ... raptor (from the article "raptor") in general, any bird of prey; the term raptor is sometimes restricted to birds of ... Rapture (from the article "fundamentalism, Christian") ...present period, according to dispensationalism, was one of expectant waiting for the imminent return of ... Raqqah ware Islamic earthenware produced at Ar-Raqqah, Syria, between the 9th and 14th centuries. The body of ... [2 Related Articles] Raqqah, Al- town, northern Syria, on the Euphrates River just west of its confluence with the Balikh ... [1 Related Articles] raqs sharqi (from the article "dance") ...an important role in maintaining the beat. 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