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unusual facts about Douglas B. Rasmussen


The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand

The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand is a collection of essays on Ayn Rand's philosophy Objectivism edited by Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen.


Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr.

Dreyfoos spends much of his time these days aboard his unique SWATH yacht "Silver Cloud", designed and built by Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder, Germany.

Angolan War of Independence

The USA granted the company Aero Associates, from Tucson, Arizona, the permission to sell seven Douglas B-26 Invader bombers to Portugal in early 1965, despite Portugal's concerns about their support for the Marxists from Cuba and the USSR.

Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide

The Ripley Guide by Pamela C. Rasmussen and John C. Anderton is a two-volume ornithological handbook, covering the birds of South Asia, published in 2005 (second edition in 2012) by the Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions.

Boundary layer suction

In the 1960s, NASA experimented with this concept with the Northrop X-21, a converted Douglas WB-66D.

Carl C. Rasmussen

Rasmussen's predecessor, Howard W. Davis, had been the representative in the 7th almost continuously since 1927, but in February 1939, a grand jury, at the instigation of District Attorney Buron Fitts, voted 38 charges of misconduct against him.

He worked for a subsidiary of International Harvester as a traveler in three Midwestern states and then in 1923 became part owner of a retail hardware business in Lakeside, California.

Deepal Warakagoda

His recordings of the island's distinct bird species have played a major role in the recognition of several of them as endemic to Sri Lanka in the book Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide (2005) by Pamela C. Rasmussen and John C. Anderton.

Doug Green

Douglas B. Green (born 1946), American musician, arranger and Western music songwriter

Douglas B-66 Destroyer

RB-66s were used as the major night photo-reconnaissance aircraft of the USAF during this time, many examples serving with tactical reconnaissance squadrons based in the United Kingdom and in West Germany.

The Northrop X-21 modified the WB-66D with an unusual wing to conduct Laminar Flow Control studies.

Douglas B. Green

Green provides commentary with fellow Rider in the Sky Fred LaBour (stand-up bassist stage-named Too Slim) in the role of Ranger Doug's sidekick, the crusty old trail cook called Sidemeat.

The show features the music of such classic western performers as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter, Rex Allen, and the Sons of the Pioneers, as well as more obscure recordings.

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Rasmussen, Pamela C. & Anderton, John C. (2005): Birds of South Asia - The Ripley Guide.

Robert Rasmussen

Robert K. Rasmussen, dean of the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California

Seram White-eye

It was formerly considered conspecific with Black-fronted White-eye, Zosterops minor, but work by Pamela C. Rasmussen and her colleagues showed that it is a separate species.

Stefan G. Rasmussen

He received several recognitions, such as: IFALPA Polaris Award, IAPA Outstanding Service Award, Aviation Week & Space Technology Laurels Award and Hall of Fame recognition and The Golden Medal from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Stromberg Guitars

Stromberg guitars are highly collectible and fetch significant prices: in the late 1960s or early 1970s Douglas B. Green reported being unable to afford an eight-thousand dollar Stromberg.

United States Senate election in Maryland, 2006

Ben Cardin, then a congressman since 1987, was the only other major candidate until September 2005, when Dennis F. Rasmussen, a former Baltimore County Executive, American University professor Allan Lichtman, and wealthy Potomac businessman Josh Rales entered the contest.

Yacht Silver Cloud

It is a 134 ft SWATH (Small-Waterplane-Area Twin Hull) vessel, built by Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder, Germany, in 2008.


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