- Renwick Gallery (art gallery, Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
James Renwick: (1859), now called the Renwick Gallery, was designed in the Second Empire style Renwick favoured for hospitals, mansions, and other nonecclesiastical structures in the 1850s and ’60s. Many of the churches he designed from the 1850s on, notably Saint Bartholomew’s Church (1871–72) and All Saints’ Roman Catholic Church (1882–93),…
- Renwick, James (Scottish minister)
James Renwick was the last of the prominent Covenanter martyrs of Scotland. Educated at Edinburgh University, Renwick joined (c. 1681) the group of Covenanters known as the Cameronians (those who adhered to the perpetual obligation of the covenants of 1638 and 1643) and soon became prominent among
- Renwick, James (American architect)
James Renwick was one of the most successful, prolific, and versatile American architects in the latter half of the 19th century. Renwick studied engineering at Columbia College (later Columbia University), and upon graduating in 1836 he took a position as structural engineer with the Erie Railroad
- renzheng (Chinese philosophy)
Confucianism: Mencius: The paradigmatic Confucian intellectual: …ruling minority humane government (renzheng) and the kingly way (wangdao). In dealing with feudal lords, Mencius conducted himself not merely as a political adviser but also as a teacher of kings. Mencius made it explicit that a true person cannot be corrupted by wealth, subdued by power, or affected…
- Renzi, Anna (Italian singer and actress)
Anna Renzi was an Italian singer, actress, and star of public opera in Venice during the mid-17th century. Prominent composers such as Claudio Monteverdi crafted roles to suit her voice and style of performance. Like several other female singers in early Venetian operas, Renzi hailed from Rome. As
- Renzi, Maggie (American actress and producer)
John Sayles: …College classmates David Strathairn and Maggie Renzi, who became Sayles’s life partner and the producer of most of his films.
- Renzi, Matteo (prime minister of Italy)
Silvio Berlusconi: Prosecutions, political ban, and continued influence of Silvio Berlusconi: PD Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had proposed a constitutional referendum that promised to significantly reduce the power of the Senate, and early polling indicated that Forza Italia members were open to the proposal. Berlusconi came out strongly against the referendum, however, and it was overwhelmingly defeated in December…
- Renzini, Anna (Italian singer and actress)
Anna Renzi was an Italian singer, actress, and star of public opera in Venice during the mid-17th century. Prominent composers such as Claudio Monteverdi crafted roles to suit her voice and style of performance. Like several other female singers in early Venetian operas, Renzi hailed from Rome. As
- Renzo Piano: The Architect of Light (film by Saura [2018])
Carlos Saura: …Spanish dance and song; and Renzo Piano: The Architect of Light (2018), in which the director and the Italian architect explore the connection between architecture and film.
- Renzong (emperor of Qing dynasty)
Jiaqing was the fifth emperor of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12), during whose reign (1796–1820) a partial attempt was made to restore the flagging state of the empire. He was proclaimed emperor and assumed the reign title of Jiaqing in 1796, after the abdication of his father, the Qianlong emperor
- Renzong (emperor of Ming dynasty)
China: The dynastic succession: The Hongxi (reigned 1424–25), Xuande (1425–35), and Hongzhi (1487–1505) emperors were nevertheless able and conscientious rulers in the Confucian mode. The only serious disruption of the peace occurred in 1449 when the eunuch Wang Zhen led the Zhengtong emperor (first reign 1435–49) into a disastrous military…
- Renzong (emperor of Song dynasty)
Renzong was the temple name (miaohao) of the fourth emperor (reigned 1022–63) of the Song dynasty (960–1279) of China, one of the most able and humane rulers in Chinese history. Under him, the Song government is generally believed to have come closer than ever before to reaching the Confucian ideal
- Renzong (emperor of Yuan dynasty)
Buyantu, (reigned 1311–20), Mongol emperor of the Yuan dynasty (1206–1368) of China, who was a patron of literature. He distributed offices more equitably between Chinese and Mongols than had his predecessors, and during his reign commercial ties with Europe
- reog (folk theater)
Southeast Asian arts: Sundanese performing arts: Reog, a kind of urban folk performance, can be seen especially in the streets of Jakarta: two or three men improvise popular songs, dances, and dramatic sketches for a neighbourhood audience in this type of entertainment. Wayang golek is a performance based on wayang kulit…
- reorder-cycle system (business)
operations research: Inventory control: The reorder-cycle system, or cyclical-review system, consists of ordering at fixed regular intervals. Various combinations of these systems can be used in the construction of an inventory-control procedure. A pure two-bin system, for example, can be modified to require cyclical instead of continuous review of stock,…
- reorganization (business)
business finance: Reorganization: When a firm cannot operate profitably, the owners may seek to reorganize it. The first question to be answered is whether the firm might not be better off by ceasing to do business. If the decision is made that the firm is to survive,…
- Reoviridae (virus group)
reovirus, any of a group of ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses constituting the family Reoviridae, a small group of animal and plant viruses. The virions of reoviruses (the name is a shortening of respiratory enteric orphan viruses) lack an outer envelope, appear spheroidal, measure about 70 nanometres
- reovirus (virus group)
reovirus, any of a group of ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses constituting the family Reoviridae, a small group of animal and plant viruses. The virions of reoviruses (the name is a shortening of respiratory enteric orphan viruses) lack an outer envelope, appear spheroidal, measure about 70 nanometres
- REP (political party, Germany)
The Republicans (REP), German ultranationalist political party, founded in West Germany in 1983. Although they reject the label, many observers regard the party as neo-fascist. The Republicans’ founders were dissident members of the Christian Social Union who had protested that party’s role in
- repaglinide (chemical compound)
antidiabetic drug: Oral antidiabetic drugs: Repaglinide and nateglinide, which belong to a class of chemicals known as meglitinides, are other orally active compounds that stimulate insulin release from the pancreas. These agents work by closing potassium channels on the surface of beta cells, which causes an influx of calcium ions…
- Repair (poetry by Williams)
C.K. Williams: …his penchant for stylistic experimentation—in Repair (1999), for which he received the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for poetry; The Singing (2003), which won the 2003 National Book Award for poetry; Wait (2010); and Selected Later Poems (2015). In Writers Writing Dying (2012), he wrestles with memory and mortality.
- Repair and Technical Service Station (Soviet institution)
machine-tractor station: …the stations were transformed into Repair and Technical Service Stations (Remontno-tekhnicheskie stantsii; RTS), which repaired the machinery, supplied spare parts, and continued to rent machines for special purposes—e.g., road building. In 1961 the RTS were replaced by the All-Union Farm Machinery Association (Soyuzselkhoztekhnika).
- repair enzyme (biochemistry)
heredity: Repair of mutation: Special repair enzymes either cut the bond between the thymines or excise the bonded dimer and replace it with two single thymines. If both of these repair methods fail, a third method allows the DNA replication process to bypass the dimer; however, it is this bypass…
- reparations (criminal justice)
prison: Other penalties: Reparation, which mandates that an offender provide services to the victim or to the community, has gained in popularity in a number of jurisdictions. Many countries have instituted the use of the community service order, also known as a noncustodial penalty. Under such an arrangement…
- reparations (society and law)
historical injustice: Claims to material reparations for historical injustices are typically based on the nature of the lasting impact, and claims to symbolic restitution are often grounded on the moral quality of the wrongs committed. This article considers the theoretical underpinnings of arguments about reparations, responsibility for past injustices, and…
- reparations (war)
reparations, a levy on a defeated country forcing it to pay some of the war costs of the winning countries. Reparations were levied on the Central Powers after World War I to compensate the Allies for some of their war costs. They were meant to replace war indemnities which had been levied after
- Reparations Commission (diplomatic history)
20th-century international relations: Hammering out the treaty: …it was agreed that a Reparations Commission would determine, by May 1, 1921, the amount and timing of German payments and be empowered to declare defaults and sanctions in case of noncompliance. But in the meantime Germany would make immediate transfers totaling 20,000,000,000 gold marks. Thus the peace conference obliged…
- Reparations for Slavery (ProCon debate)
Reparations are payments (monetary and otherwise) given to a group that has suffered harm. For example, Japanese Americans who were interned in the United States during World War II have received reparations. What do you think? Explore the ProCon debate Arguments in favor of reparations for slavery
- repartimiento (colonial Spanish-American history)
repartimiento, in colonial Spanish America, a system by which the crown allowed certain colonists to recruit indigenous peoples for forced labour. The repartimiento system, frequently called the mita in Peru and the cuatequil (a Spanish-language corruption of Nahuatl coatequitl or cohuatequitl) in
- repatriation (politics)
law of war: Prisoners of war: …of war are to be repatriated. Problems occurred at the conclusion of the Korean War when a number of North Koreans did not wish to return. A repatriation commission was established in 1953, and remaining prisoners of war were transferred to it. It has become more common to repatriate able-bodied…
- repatriation, art and cultural property
art and cultural property repatriation, the return of art or other cultural objects to their country or culture of origin. It differs from art restitution, which is typically used to describe instances in which a piece of art or other cultural object is returned to an individual, rather than to a
- Repeal of Amendment XVIII (United States Constitution)
Twenty-first Amendment, amendment (1933) to the Constitution of the United States that officially repealed federal prohibition, which had been enacted through the Eighteenth Amendment, adopted in 1919. The temperance movement was a strong force in U.S. politics in the early 20th century, enabling
- repeat-action tablet (drug)
pharmaceutical industry: Modified-release dosage forms: Repeat-action tablets are one type of extended-release dosage form. They usually contain two single doses of medication, one for immediate release and one for delayed release. Typically, the immediately released drug comes from the exterior portion of the tablet, with the delayed release coming from…
- repeater (communications device)
telecommunications media: Satellite links: …sophisticated space-based cluster of radio repeaters, called transponders, that link terrestrial radio transmitters to terrestrial radio receivers through an uplink (a link from terrestrial transmitter to satellite receiver) and a downlink (a link from satellite transmitter to terrestrial receiver). Most telecommunications satellites have been placed in geostationary
- repeater (firearm)
repeating rifle, rifled shoulder arm typically designed with a spring-loaded tubular or box magazine holding metallic cartridges, each of which is fed into the chamber or breech by a lever, pump, bolt, or semiautomatic mechanism. Before the invention of the self-contained cartridge (projectile,
- Repeater (album by Fugazi)
Fugazi: …1990s, on albums such as Repeater (1990), Steady Diet of Nothing (1991), In on the Kill Taker (1992), Red Medicine (1995), and End Hits (1998), Fugazi retained its churning rhythms and raw emotion, but its song structures became more varied and its lyrics more oblique and less overtly political (the…
- repeater jamming (radar)
radar: Electronic countermeasures (electronic warfare): …(2) false target generation, or repeater jamming, by which hostile jammers introduce additional signals into the radar receiver in an attempt to confuse the receiver into thinking that they are real target echoes, (3) chaff, which is an artificial cloud consisting of a large number of tiny metallic reflecting strips…
- Repeating Island, The (work by Benítez Rojo)
Latin American literature: The modern essay: …y la perspectiva postmoderna (1989; The Repeating Island), a worthy successor to the essayistic tradition sketched before.
- repeating rifle (firearm)
repeating rifle, rifled shoulder arm typically designed with a spring-loaded tubular or box magazine holding metallic cartridges, each of which is fed into the chamber or breech by a lever, pump, bolt, or semiautomatic mechanism. Before the invention of the self-contained cartridge (projectile,
- repeating theodolite (instrument)
theodolite: The transit is a variety of theodolite that has the telescope so mounted that it can be completely reversed, or transited. The phototheodolite, a combination camera and theodolite mounted on the same tripod, is used in terrestrial photogrammetry for mapmaking and other purposes.
- repeating transit (instrument)
theodolite: The transit is a variety of theodolite that has the telescope so mounted that it can be completely reversed, or transited. The phototheodolite, a combination camera and theodolite mounted on the same tripod, is used in terrestrial photogrammetry for mapmaking and other purposes.
- repeating unit (chemistry)
major industrial polymers: …“backbones,” the chains of linked repeating units that make up the macromolecules. Classified according to composition, industrial polymers are either carbon-chain polymers (also called vinyls) or heterochain polymers (also called noncarbon-chain, or nonvinyls). In carbon-chain polymers, as the name implies, the backbones are composed of linkages between carbon atoms; in…
- repellent
chemoreception: Single-celled organisms: …and in the presence of repellents. Organisms that tumble away from an aggregation typically swim in a straight line back to the attractant. The bacterium Escherichia coli accumulates in high concentrations of sugars and some amino acids. This is also true of the ciliate protozoan
- Repent in Haste (novel by Marquand)
John P. Marquand: …wartime America—So Little Time (1943), Repent in Haste (1945), and B.F.’s Daughter (1946)—but in these his social perceptions were somewhat less keen. He came back to his most able level of writing in his next novel, Point of No Return (1949), a painstakingly accurate social study of a New England…
- repentance (religion)
sacrament: Penance: In its formulation, the Christian doctrine of conciliation, which, as St. Paul contended, required a change of status in the penitent, had to be made sacramentally effective in the individual and in redeemed humanity as a whole. In the Gospel According to Matthew (16:13–20,…
- Repentance (film by Abuladze [1987])
Georgia: Cultural life: The Georgian film Repentance, an allegory about the repressions of the Stalin era, was directed by Tenghiz Abuladze. It won the Special Jury Prize at the 1987 Cannes film festival and was widely praised for its political courage.
- Repentance (album by Perry)
Lee “Scratch” Perry: …of an American Dream (2007), Repentance (2008), Revelation (2010), and Back on the Controls (2014) were all nominated in that category.
- Répertoire des sources historiques du moyen âge (work by Chevalier)
Ulysse Chevalier: …began work on his massive Répertoire des sources historiques du moyen âge (“Collection of Historical Sources for the Middle Ages”) published in two parts: the Bio-bibliographie, 1877–88, and the Topo-bibliographie, 1894–1903. The former contains information on all historical personages alive between the years 1 and 1500 who are mentioned in…
- Répertoire général de la jurisprudence française (work by Ledru-Rollin)
Alexandre-Auguste Ledru-Rollin: …17 volumes and by the Répertoire général de la jurisprudence française, 8 vol. (1843–48; “General Repertoire of French Law”).
- repertory theatre (art)
repertory theatre, system of play production in which a resident acting company keeps a repertory of plays that are always ready for performance, often presenting a different one each night of the week, supplemented by the preparation and rehearsal of new plays. Repertory in its true form has
- Repetek Nature Reserve (reserve, Turkmenistan)
Karakum Desert: Study and exploration: The Repetek Preserve, in the eastern part of the central Karakum, was created in 1928 and covers an area of about 135 square miles (350 square km). Its purpose is to preserve the desert environment and provide a place for its study. The Institute of Deserts…
- Repetek Preserve (reserve, Turkmenistan)
Karakum Desert: Study and exploration: The Repetek Preserve, in the eastern part of the central Karakum, was created in 1928 and covers an area of about 135 square miles (350 square km). Its purpose is to preserve the desert environment and provide a place for its study. The Institute of Deserts…
- repetend (poetic form)
refrain: …stanza is repeated; and the repetend, in which the words are repeated erratically throughout the poem. A refrain may be an exact repetition, or it may exhibit slight variations in meaning or form as in the following excerpt from “Jesse James”:
- Repetition (work by Kierkegaard)
Søren Kierkegaard: A life of collisions: …Fragment of Life), Gjentagelsen (1843; Repetition), Frygt og baeven (1843; Fear and Trembling), Philosophiske smuler (1844; Philosophical Fragments), Begrebet angest (1844; The Concept of Anxiety), Stadier paa livets vei (1845; Stages on Life’s Way), and Afsluttende uvidenskabelig efterskrift (1846; Concluding Unscientific Postscript). Even
- repetition (human psychology)
learning theory: Repetition: A major theoretical issue concerns whether associations grow in strength with exercise or whether they are fully established all at once. Evidence is that learning usually proceeds gradually; even when a problem is solved insightfully, practice with similar tasks tends to improve performance. Some…
- repetition code (communications)
telecommunication: Repetition codes: One simple, but not usually implemented, FEC method is to send each data bit three times. The receiver examines the three transmissions and decides by majority vote whether a 0 or 1 represents a sample of the original signal. In this coded system,…
- repetitive DNA (biochemistry)
heredity: Repetitive DNA: One major difference between the genomes of prokaryotes and eukaryotes is that most eukaryotes contain repetitive DNA, with the repeats either clustered or spread out between the unique genes. There are several categories of repetitive DNA: (1) single copy DNA, which contains the…
- repetitive motion injury
repetitive strain injury (RSI), any of a broad range of conditions affecting muscles, tendons, tendon sheaths, nerves, or joints that result particularly from excessive and forceful use. Strain, rapid movement, or constrained or constricted posture may be other causes. Examples of repetitive strain
- repetitive strain injury
repetitive strain injury (RSI), any of a broad range of conditions affecting muscles, tendons, tendon sheaths, nerves, or joints that result particularly from excessive and forceful use. Strain, rapid movement, or constrained or constricted posture may be other causes. Examples of repetitive strain
- Repin, Ilya Yefimovich (Ukrainian-born Russian painter)
Ilya Yefimovich Repin was a Ukrainian-born Russian painter of historical subjects known for the power and drama of his works. Repin was born to a poor family near Kharkov, Russia (now Kharkiv, Ukraine). He learned his trade from a painter of icons named Bunakov and in 1864 became a student at the
- Repitition (novel by Robbe-Grillet)
Alain Robbe-Grillet: …period include La Reprise (2001; Repetition) and Un Roman sentimental (2007; “A Sentimental Novel”), the latter of which concerns incest and pedophilia. His autobiography, Le Miroir qui revient (Ghosts in the Mirror), was published in 1984.
- replacement (business)
operations research: Replacement and maintenance: Replacement problems involve items that degenerate with use or with the passage of time and those that fail after a certain amount of use or time. Items that deteriorate are likely to be large and costly (e.g., machine tools, trucks, ships, and…
- replacement cost (insurance)
insurance: Limitations on amount recoverable: …the basis of either full replacement cost or actual cash value (ACV). Under the former, the owner suffers no reduction in loss recovery due to depreciation of the property from its original value. This basis applies if the owner took out coverage that is at least equal to a named…
- replacement deposit (geology)
replacement deposit, in geology, mineral deposit formed by chemical processes that dissolve a rock and deposit a new assemblage of minerals in its place. See metasomatic
- Replacement Killers, The (film by Fuqua [1998])
Chow Yun-Fat: …made his Hollywood debut in The Replacement Killers (1998), playing a professional assassin who refuses to complete an assignment and thus becomes a target himself. Although the film was a box-office disappointment, critics lauded Chow’s understated performance. He next starred opposite Jodie Foster in Anna and the King (1999), which…
- replacement reaction (chemistry)
halogen: Relative reactivity: Fluorine replaces any other halide ion from its compounds, as shown in the following equations. Chlorine, however, replaces only bromide, iodide, and astatide ions, and bromine only iodide and astatide ions. Free fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are expected to replace astatide ions.
- replacement texture (geology)
igneous rock: Important textural types: Replacement textures occur where a mineral or mineral aggregate has the external crystal form of a preexisting different mineral (pseudomorphism) or where the juxtaposition of two minerals indicates that one was formed at the expense of the other.
- replacement theory (conspiracy theory)
replacement theory, in the United States and certain other Western countries whose populations are mostly white, a far-right conspiracy theory alleging, in one of its versions, that left-leaning domestic or international elites, on their own initiative or under the direction of Jewish
- replacement, axiom of (set theory)
set theory: Schema for transfinite induction and ordinal arithmetic: …an instance of the “axiom schema of replacement” (axiom 9 in the table) provides for its existence.
- replacement, axiom schema of (set theory)
set theory: Schema for transfinite induction and ordinal arithmetic: …an instance of the “axiom schema of replacement” (axiom 9 in the table) provides for its existence.
- Replacements, the (American rock band)
the Replacements, American rock band that combined the intensity of punk with melodic hooks and heartfelt lyrics, in the process providing an important bridge from the punk movement of the late 1970s to the alternative rock of the late 1980s. Formed in 1979 by guitarist-vocalist Paul Westerberg,
- Replacements, The (film by Deutch [2000])
Keanu Reeves: The Matrix and John Wick series: …appeared in the sports movies The Replacements (2000) and Hardball (2001) before playing a supporting role in the romantic comedy Something’s Gotta Give (2003) and in the coming-of-age drama Thumbsucker (2005). He also starred as a demonologist in Constantine (2005) and a would-be bank robber in Henry’s Crime
- Replay TV (digital recording device)
Television in the United States: The new technologies: …the market in 1999 from ReplayTV and TiVo. These digital set-top devices allowed users to record television programs without the use of videotape. More versatile than the VCR, recording set-up and playback was also significantly easier. By mid-decade, video delivered on the Internet had become commonplace. YouTube, a Web site…
- replete (insect)
honey ant: …the others, is called a replete. The honeydew is stored in the replete’s abdomen, which can become distended to many times its normal size. The replete hangs from the ceiling of an underground chamber, sometimes for months, until the ant colony needs the stored food. After stimulation, the replete regurgitates…
- replevin (law)
replevin, a form of lawsuit in common-law countries, such as England, Commonwealth countries, and the United States, for return of personal property wrongfully taken and for compensation for resulting loss. Replevin is one of the oldest legal actions, dating to the 14th century. It is now called
- replication (genetics)
heredity: DNA replication: The Watson-Crick model of the structure of DNA suggested at least three different ways that DNA might self-replicate. The experiments of Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl on the bacterium Escherichia coli in 1958 suggested that DNA replicates semiconservatively. Meselson and
- replication, origin of (genetics)
heredity: DNA replication: …on the DNA called the origin of replication. In higher organisms, replication begins at multiple origins of replication and moves along the DNA in both directions outward from each origin, creating two replication “forks.” The events at both replication forks are identical. In order for DNA to replicate, however, the…
- replicative transposition (biology)
nucleic acid: Site-specific recombination: Known as replicative transposition, this process is the mechanism responsible for the vast spread of transposable elements in many higher organisms.
- Reply of a South American to a Gentleman of this Island (work by Bolívar)
Letter from Jamaica, Letter written by Latin American soldier, revolutionary, and statesman Simón Bolívar in 1815 while in exile in Jamaica in which he articulates his desire for Latin American unity and his vision of republican government. One of Bolívar’s most important pieces of writing and a
- Repnin, Nikolay Vasilyevich, Prince (Russian statesman)
Nikolay Vasilyevich, prince Repnin was a diplomat and military officer who served Catherine II the Great of Russia by greatly increasing Russia’s influence over Poland before that country was partitioned. He later distinguished himself in Russia’s wars against the Turks. The grandson of a noted
- repolarization (bioelectricity)
human cardiovascular system: Electrocardiogram: This repolarization process occurs in the muscle of the ventricles about 0.25 second after depolarization. There are, therefore, both depolarization and repolarization waves represented in the electrocardiogram. The atria repolarize at the same time that the ventricles depolarize; however, the atrial repolarization wave is obscured by…
- Répons pour sept musiciens (work by Pousseur)
Henri Pousseur: …pour sept musiciens (1960; “Responses for Seven Musicians”), the course of the composition is partly determined by lottery and by the players’ free choice based on moves on a checkerboard. In Pousseur’s operalike Le Miroire de votre Faust (1961–68; “The Mirror of Your Faust”), the Faust story is given…
- Report from His Majesty’s Commissioners for inquiring into the Administration and practical Operation of the Poor Laws (work by Cavour)
Camillo Benso, count di Cavour: Development of political ideals: …year in London in the Report from His Majesty’s Commissioners for inquiring into the Administration and practical Operation of the Poor Laws. A second pamphlet on the history of the Poor Laws in England was edited and published by Cavour in 1835 at Turin.
- Report from Part One (autobiography by Brooks)
Gwendolyn Brooks: Later work and legacy: The autobiographical Report from Part One (1972) is an assemblage of personal memoirs, interviews, and letters; it was followed, though much later, by Report from Part Two (1996).
- Report from Part Two (autobiography by Brooks)
Gwendolyn Brooks: Later work and legacy: …followed, though much later, by Report from Part Two (1996).
- Report from the Interior (work by Auster)
Paul Auster: A companion volume, Report from the Interior (2013), arrayed a similarly eclectic selection of anecdotes alongside deeper analyses of some of his cinematic influences and a selection of letters exchanged with his ex-wife, writer Lydia Davis. Auster’s first novel in seven years, 4 3 2 1, was published…
- Report of the Central Committee to the Congress (speech by Khrushchev)
Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: …Stalin (February 24–25), and his Report of the Central Committee to the Congress (February 14). The Report, nearly as important a document as the secret speech, announced a new line in Soviet foreign policy. Rejecting the notion that war between East and West was “fatalistically inevitable,” Khrushchev declared that “the…
- Report of Wen-Amun (Egyptian history)
Syrian and Palestinian religion: Institutions and practices: According to the Egyptian “Report of Wen-Amon,” a young man of Byblos went into a trance and resolved a diplomatic deadlock by announcing that the Egyptian envoy whom the local king had refused to see had indeed been sent by the Egyptian god Amon. Biblical narratives portray similar prophetic…
- Report on a National Bank (work by Hamilton)
Alexander Hamilton: Hamilton’s financial program: Hamilton’s third report, the Report on a National Bank, which he submitted on December 14, 1790, advocated a national bank called the Bank of the United States and modeled after the Bank of England. With the bank, he wished to solidify the partnership between the government and the business…
- Report on Elementary Instruction in Europe (work by Stowe)
Calvin E. Stowe: …Europe and subsequently published his Report on Elementary Instruction in Europe, in which he urged Ohio to follow the Prussian example of state-supported education and teacher training. The Ohio legislature ordered 8,500 copies—one for every school district in the state. It was also distributed by several other state legislatures.
- Report on Manufactures (work by Hamilton)
Alexander Hamilton: Hamilton’s financial program: In the Report on Manufactures, the fourth, the longest, the most complex, and the most farsighted of his reports, submitted on December 5, 1791, he proposed to aid the growth of infant industries through various protective laws. Basic to it was his idea that the general welfare…
- Report on the Affairs of British North America (work by Durham)
John George Lambton, 1st earl of Durham: …the nominal author of the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), which for many years served as a guide to British imperial policy. The “Durham Report” was largely written by his chief secretary in Canada, Charles Buller (1806–48).
- Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains (work by Gilbert)
Earth sciences: Concepts of landform evolution: Grove Karl Gilbert’s Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains (1877) offered a detailed analysis of fluvial processes. According to Gilbert all streams work toward a graded condition, a state of dynamic equilibrium that is attained when the net effect of the flowing water is neither erosion…
- Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts (work by Gould)
Augustus A. Gould: His most important publication, the Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts (1841), greatly encouraged the study of mollusks in the United States. He was coauthor of Principles of Zoology (1848) with the naturalist Louis Agassiz.
- Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (work by Murray)
Sir John Murray: …the publication of the 50-volume Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1880–95). He also directed biological investigations of Scottish waters (1882–94), surveyed the depths of Scottish lakes (1906), and took part in a North Atlantic oceanographic expedition (1910). He was knighted in 1898. His writings…
- Report on the Steel Strike of 1919 (work by McConnell)
Francis John McConnell: …investigation that resulted in the Report on the Steel Strike of 1919, which was influential in abolishing the 12-hour day and the 7-day week in the steel industry. McConnell wrote many books, including The Christlike God (1927) and Evangelicals, Revolutionists, and Idealists (1942).
- Report to the County of Lanark (work by Owen)
Robert Owen: Leadership of the trade union movement: In his “Report to the County of Lanark” (a body of landowners) in 1820, Owen declared that reform was not enough and that a transformation of the social order was required. His proposals for communities attracted the younger workers brought up under the factory system, and between…
- Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of Jews (United States report)
War Refugee Board: …and his staff entitled “Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews.” It charged that the State Department had used the machinery of the government to prevent the rescue of Jews and to prevent news of the Holocaust from reaching the…
- Report, The (film by Burns [2019])
Annette Bening: Career: portrayed Senator Dianne Feinstein in The Report (2019), about the investigation into the U.S. government torture program in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, and she was cast in the superhero movie Captain Marvel (2019). In 2022 she starred in director Kenneth Branagh’s…
- reportage
journalism, the collection, preparation, and distribution of news and related commentary and feature materials through such print and electronic media as newspapers, magazines, books, blogs, webcasts, podcasts, social networking and social media sites, and e-mail as well as through radio, motion