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Rapp-Coudert Committee

Within days after the signing of the political agreement between Nazi Germany, headed by Adolf Hitler, and the Soviet Union, headed by Joseph Stalin, American Communists moved as one from vocal public opposition to fascism as part of a broad Popular Front to advocacy of non-intervention in the erupting European conflict, characterizing the fight between Germany and Britain as an "imperialist war" of little import to the American working class.


A, A Novel

Rotten Rita is Kenneth Rapp, who, with Ondine and Billy Name, made up the "A-heads Trio."

Beautiful Lies You Could Live In

It also contains several of Tom Rapp's most beautiful and evocative songs, such as "Snow Queen", "Island Lady", and "Freedom", together with a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Bird On A Wire".

Bernard Rapp

Rapp was a two-time winner of the 7 d'Or award (Best TV Newscaster, 1987 and Best Journalist or Reporter, 1988).

Danny Rapp

Daniel Johnston's song "Danny Don't Rapp" from the album Yip/Jump Music was recorded shortly after Rapp's death in 1983.

Digital DNA

Former Palo Alto mayor Leland Levy and real estate developer Roxy Rapp proposed a $500,000 revitalization of Lytton plaza.

Elaine Rapp

The exhibit, held in January 1967 at New York’s Bodley Gallery, featured twenty-six of Rapp’s sculptures, in marble, limestone, alabaster, and other stones, all of them hand-carved with hammer and chisel.

Emily Susan Rapp

Rapp was raised in Laramie, Wyoming; Kearney, Nebraska; and Denver, Colorado; by her father, a Lutheran pastor, and her mother, a school nurse.

Jean Rapp

He was made aide de camp of Louis Desaix, who named him captain and took him to Egypt, where Rapp distinguished himself at Sediman, capturing an enemy battery.

Rapp stayed in the line of fire: at Essling, he led the front of his fusiliers of the Garde impériale and carried the day; during the signing of the Treaty of Schönbrunn, he averted a planned attempt on Napoleon by the young Friedrich Staps; in Russia, he was wounded by four bullets at the battle of Moscow on 5–7 September 1812.

Jerry Rapp

Rapp wrote and directed the indie feature, The Thing at Pete and Julie’s, the documentary Sound Magic, and, either alone or collaborating has written, directed and produced a number of films which have played in various festivals, including the R&H Educational Film Series for Hypnotic, with Daedalus Howell, which aired on Showtime, as well as British comedy channels.

John H. Kunsky

The 4050-seat Michigan Theater was built by the architectural firm of Rapp & Rapp and opened in August 1926

Keith Rapp

Keith Rapp is a judge on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, the intermediate appellate court in the state of Oklahoma.

Keller, Texas

Central High School, Fort Worth,TX (south of Rapp Road and west of Rufe Snow Drive)

Murder of Helena Rapp

The Minister of Police Roni Milo and the leader of the right-wing nationalist Moledet party Rehavam Ze'evi were present at Helena Rapp's funeral.

Nicki Rapp

Nicki Rapp (often credited as Nikki Rapp) is a video game voice actress known for providing the voices for Lili Zanotto in Psychonauts, Morgan LeFlay in Tales of Monkey Island, Lilly Caul in The Walking Dead video game, and the children in several games in The Sims franchise.

Panay Liberation Day

The planners chose to seize the western portion, including northwestern Negros and Panay island, during Operation VICTOR I. Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, the Eighth Army commander, appointed the 40th Infantry Division, a California National Guard formation and veterans of the recent Battle of Luzon, under Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush, with the 503rd Airborne Regimental Combat Team in reserve.

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Rapp Motorenwerke, early 20th-century German aircraft engine manufacturer and predecessor to BMW

Rapp Motorenwerke

The aeroengines produced by Rapp were easily distinguished from the other aeroengines (Mercedes, Benz, Basse, Selve, etc.

Rapp-class patrol boat

The class was designed, constructed and scale tested by Harald Henriksen in 1946.

Rotten Rita

Rapp's death in late 1991 (together with that of songwriter Doc Pomus by cancer) inspired Lou Reed, another famous Factory denizen, to compose his 1992 album Magic and Loss.

Scheepstimmermanstraat

The Scheepstimmermanstraat (Shipwright's Street) in Amsterdam is well known for its 60 unique houses designed by architects such as Hertzberger (no.126), van Velsen (no.120), Höhne & Rapp (no.62) and MVRDV (no.26 & 40).

Separation of Power

President Xavier Hayes and Kennedy summon Mitch Rapp and ask him to assemble a team to infiltrate Saddam Hussein’s nuclear weapons production facility.

Stephen Rapp

In 2007, Rapp succeeded Desmond de Silva to become the third Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, where he directed the prosecution of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and others alleged to have violated international criminal law during the Sierra Leone Civil War.

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

The national jury that provided 50% of the Swedish vote in the first semi-final and the final consisted of: Ralf Gyllenhammar (singer), Erik Rapp (singer), Daniel Breitholtz (A&R-manager at Sony BMG), Karin Gunnarsson (Sveriges Radio P3 editor) and Monika Starck (backing vocalist).

The Baby Snooks Show

The Baby Snooks Scripts, volume two (BearManor Media, 2007), includes an undated script by Rapp featuring Alfred Hitchcock in the unlikely role of Snooks.

Trianon Ballrooms

The first and most prominent Trianon opened in 1922 in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, Designed by renowned theater architects Rapp & Rapp, it was owned and operated by William and Andrew Karzas, who opened the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago four years later.

Vic Rapp

After his firing, Rapp served as an assistant with the Houston Oilers, Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, and Arizona Cardinals.

Wilhelm Rapp

While in Washington, Rapp met with Abraham Lincoln, who offered him the position of postmaster general.


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