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Roger II
Roger II c.1095-1154, count (1101-30) and first king (1130-54) of Sicily, son and successor of Roger I. He conquered (1127) Apulia and Salerno and sided with the antipope Anacletus II against Pope Innocent II . In 1130, Anacletus crowned Roger king. Innocent rallied Holy Roman Emperor Lothair II a... Read more
Rogers
Rogers city (1990 pop. 24,692), Benton co., extreme NW Ark., in the Ozarks; inc. 1881. The city is located in a resort and fruit farm area. There is diversified manufacturing. The first Wal-Mart store opened there in 1962. ... Read more
Woodes Rogers
Woodes Rogers 1679?-1732, British privateer and colonial administrator. A romantic figure, Rogers plundered (1708-9) Spanish commerce in the Pacific and rescued Alexander Selkirk from the Juan Fernández islands. He later (1717) leased the Bahama islands and served as the first governor the... Read more
Will Rogers
Will Rogers (William Penn Adair Rogers), 1879-1935, American humorist, b. Oolagah, Indian Territory (now in Oklahoma). In his youth he worked as a cowboy in Oklahoma, and after traveling over the world, he returned to the United States and worked in vaudeville as a cowboy rope-twirler, joking cas... Read more
Bruce Rogers
Bruce Rogers 1870-1957, American typographer and book designer, b. Lafayette, Ind. As printing adviser to Cambridge Univ. Press, Harvard Univ. Press, and to commercial houses specializing in limited editions and fine printing, he earned a reputation as his era's leading American book designer. Infl... Read more
William Barton Rogers
William Barton Rogers 1804-82, American geologist and educator, b. Philadelphia, grad. William and Mary, 1822. He was professor of geology at William and Mary (1828-35) and at the Univ. of Virginia (1835-53) and headed the Virginia geological survey. Rogers was the founder of the Massachusetts Inst... Read more
Roger of Wendover
Roger of Wendover d. c.1236, English chronicler, a monk of St. Albans. As historiographer of St. Albans, he began the Flores historiarum (see Matthew of Westminster ), a general chronicle starting with the creation. He drew the material from 1192 to 1201 from Roger of Hoveden , but that from 12... Read more
Roger Nash Baldwin
Roger Nash Baldwin 1884-1981, American civil libertarian, b. Wellesley, Mass. He helped to found (1920) the American Civil Liberties Union and was its director until 1950 and its adviser on international affairs thereafter. He also taught at the New School for Social Research (1938-42) and the Un... Read more
Roger North
Roger North 1653-1734, English biographer. A lawyer, he wrote excellent biographies of his brothers: Francis North, Lord Guilford, Keeper of the Great Seal (1742); Dudley North, a merchant (1744); and John North, master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1744). He is also noted for his Autobiography ... Read more
Samuel Rogers
Samuel Rogers 1763-1855, English poet. Independently wealthy, he owned a beautiful home on St. James Street, Westminster, which became the center of literary society. He was famous for his conversation and numbered Byron, Lamb, and Wordsworth among his friends. His poetry, which includes Pleasures... Read more

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Roy Rogers
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Roy Rogers 1911-98, American Western film star...starred (1951-57) in television's Roy Rogers Show and hosted (1962-63) a variety program. The Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum, which displays their...
Minimum Wage
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...Card and Alan Krueger held that minimum wages increase the employment in fast-food firms such as Burger King, KFC, Roy Rogers, and Wendy ’ s. At the firm level, Card and Krueger (1994) studied the increase in minimum wages in New...
Branson
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...theaters, Branson draws millions of visitors annually. Other attractions include the Veterans Memorial Museum, the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum, a scenic railroad, lakes, and caverns. Nearby is the College of the Ozarks.
Comic Books
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society ...visual accomplishment. Westerns were especially popular in the 1940s and 1950s, with television and film stars like Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, as well as characters like The Lone Ranger, starring in titles of their own, usually with photo covers...
Western
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...1914), one of the first Hollywood westerns, set a trend for a whole new breed of movie cowboy, such as Tom Mix, Roy Rogers, Buck Jones, and ‘Hopalong Cassidy’. More recent examples of the genre re-evaluated the treatment...
Cowboy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...been further popularized in numerous film versions by stars who have included William S. Hart, Tom Mix, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and John Wayne. Cowboys have also been the subject of television programs.
Dale Evan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Dale Evan see under Rogers, Roy .
Wilkins, Roy Ottoway
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...status quo on racial inequality. Roy Ottoway Wilkins was born August...protest against comedian Will Rogers, who had used the word "nigger...radio network. As a result, Rogers switched to the less offensive...to blind them." — Roy Wilkins From 1934 to 1949...
Walton, Sam
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...x2010;Mart Discount City store in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962, the same year the...Story , 1992. Sandra S. Vance and and Roy V. Scott , Wal‐Mart: A History...Sam Walton's Retail Phenomenon , 1994. Roy V. Scott
comic strip
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1906), but they appeared in the form of burlesque. In 1924 Roy Crane, with Wash Tubbs (later retitled Captain Easy ), was...Tarzan (1929), first drawn by Harold Foster, and Buck Rogers (1929), by Phil Nowlan and Dick Calkins. These led to such...

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Black, Clint
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...solid. He has also enjoyed collaborating with other country stars of every style. In 1991 he sang with the legendary Roy Rogers at the Grand Ole Opry and toured the summer of 1993 with country music diva Wynonna Judd, with whom he recorded the...
Cowboys
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...and television portrayals by such actors as William S. Hart, Tom Mix, John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers, further defined and reinforced the model, as did countless novels and short stories. The sport of rodeo also played...
Westerns
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the 1950s, radio Westerns that had featured such "B" movie staples as The Lone Ranger, Tom Mix, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers were developed into television programs, beginning with Hopalong Cassidy (1949 – 1952), starring William...
Wilcox, Herbert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Raymond); Up for the Derby (Rogers); The Blarney Stone (Walls...Raymond); Summer Lightning (Rogers); Up to the Neck (Raymond...Girl (Buchanan); Trouble (Rogers) 1934 The Queen's Affair...Tomorrow, London, 1974. Armes, Roy, A Critical History of the...
Palance, Jack
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...daughters and one son; 2) Elaine Rogers, 1987. Career: Worked as...and in mini-series Buck Rogers, 1980, The Chisholms, 1980...Thousand Times (Heisler) (as Roy Earle) 1956 Attack! (Aldrich...Lommel) (as Raf); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Haller...
Cusack, Cyril
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Escape (Joseph L. Mankiewicz) (as Rogers); Once a Jolly Swagman (Maniacs on Wheels...Lewin) (as Khadir) 1955 Passage Home (Roy Ward Baker) (as Bohannon); The Thoroughbred...x2014;for TV) 1956 Jacqueline (Roy Ward Baker) (as Mr. Flannagan); The...
Lange, Jessica
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...All-American (When I Fall in Love ) (Hackford) (as Babs Rogers Grey); Far North (Shepard) (as Kate) 1989 Music Box...x2014;produced in 1990) (as Carly Marshall) 1995 Rob Roy (Caton-Jones) (as Mary); Losing Isaiah (Gyllenhaal...
All Quiet on the Western Front
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...synchronization: David Broekman; recording engineer: C. Roy Hunter; special effects: Frank Booth; dialogue director...Arnold Lucy (Kantorek ); Scott Kolk (Leer ); Walter Browne Rogers (Behm ); Richard Alexander (Westhus ); Renee Damonde and...
Ryan, Robert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...x2014;first big break with lead role, opposite Ginger Rogers, in Tender Comrade ; 1947—following military service...Naked Spur (Anthony Mann) (as Ben Vandergroat); Inferno (Roy Baker) (as David Carson) 1954 Alaska Seas (Jerry Hopper...
Berlin, Irving
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Review (New York), vol. 9, no. 5, May 1958. Hemmings, Roy, in The Melody Lingers On, New York, 1986. The Listener...way of a credit. Top Hat, the first of the great Astaire-Rogers musicals, features only one forgettable song—...

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Roy Rogers Looks to Corral Dinner Crowd With Grills
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/19/1994; ; 700+ words ; Roy Rogers is trying to lasso customers who want something...N.C., hopes to expand it throughout Roy Rogers's traditional territory from Washington...style, is more varied that the traditional Roy Rogers, which offers up such fast-food fare...
Roy Rogers Museum
Transcript from: Weekend Saturday (NPR); 7/11/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...cowboys will laid to rest later today. Roy Rogers died on Monday at his home in Apple...a pilgrimage to the family-run Roy Rogers' Museum in nearby Victorville...It's pretty easy to find the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum. If you...
ROY ROGERS 'BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND' IN BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON/SALISBURY
PR Newswire; 3/16/1992; 700+ words ; ROY ROGERS 'BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND' IN BALTIMORE...announced today that it will re-introduce Roy Rogers menu and branding at 225 of its restaurants...Salisbury markets. The revised concept offers Roy Rogers original lunch and dinner menu, complemented...
Remembering Roy Rogers
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 7/6/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...King of the Cowboys is dead at 86. Roy Rogers died this morning at his California...family around him. A few hours after Roy Rogers' death was announced, President...most people my age, I grew up on Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and Trigger and Gabby...
Owning Roy Rogers' ranch is a family's dream and dilemma.(The Orange County Register)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 8/7/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...was an escape from Hollywood for Roy Rogers, the singing cowboy known for his...Mission Viejo entrepreneur smitten with Roy Rogers' values, knew he had to have the...and hone their values _ and bring Roy Rogers' cowboy code to life? Or will they...
ROY ROGERS -- THE QUINTESSENTIAL SINGING COWBOY
Transcript from: ABC World News This Morning; 7/7/1998; ; 592 words ; ...Topper. ANTONIO MORA: For many, Roy Rogers was the quintessential singing cowboy...ROONEY, ABC News: (voice-over) Roy Rogers was once the number- one box office...day and then broke into a song. ROY ROGERS: (singing) For a cowboy has to...
Fate of Roy Rogers Brand Hinges on Hardee's Talks
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/26/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...to sell its financially troubled Roy Rogers chain, a flurry of suitors has come...chain alive. In December, citing Roy Rogers' lingering unprofitability, Hardee...s had already sold most of its Roy Rogers stores north of the Washington area...
ROY ROGERS, KING OF COWBOYS, DIES.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/7/1998; 700+ words ; Byline: MARTIN MERZER Knight Ridder Roy Rogers always wore a white Stetson hat, double-creased...wife, The Queen of the West. Kids slept under Roy Rogers bedspreads, were awakened by Roy Rogers alarm clocks, carried sandwiches in Roy Rogers...
Hardee's Sells 184 Roy Rogers To McDonald's for $74 Million
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/3/1996; ; 700+ words ; Two-thirds of the Roy Rogers outlets in the Washington-Baltimore...Systems Inc., which put the ailing Roy Rogers chain on the sale block in December...agreed to sell its 184 company-owned Roy Rogers restaurants in the region to McDonald...
HARDEE'S APPOINTS POWELL, PRESIDENT, ROY ROGERS DIVISION
PR Newswire; 3/31/1992; 700+ words ; ...S APPOINTS POWELL, PRESIDENT, ROY ROGERS DIVISION ROCKY MOUNT, N.C...been appointed President of their Roy Rogers division, effective April 13, 1992...Vice President/General Manager of Roy Rogers, from 1985-1987, when the chain...