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8 unusual facts about Reid


Canberra Girls' Grammar School

From 1926 to early 1928, the Old Rectory of St John the Baptist Church, Reid, was leased from the Government by the Kilburn Sisters.

Last Generation Sponsorship

Last generation sponsorship is a term conceived by Kim Skildum-Reid to reflect the maturing and evolving of sponsorship.

Reid-Hillview Airport

The airport was the origin for an emergency supply airlift to the Watsonville Municipal Airport following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, after mountain and coastal roads were blocked, cutting off Santa Cruz and Watsonville from relief efforts by ground.

Reid, Australian Capital Territory

Separating the suburbs of Reid and Campbell is ANZAC Parade, a ceremonial boulevarde running along Canberra's primary design axis (the ceremonial axis) from Lake Burley Griffin to the Australian War Memorial.

Reid's Palace Hotel

Famous guests over the years have included General Fulgencio Batista, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, David Lloyd George, deposed emperor Karl von Habsburg, Roger Moore, Gregory Peck, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, the missionary Albert Schweitzer, and dramatist George Bernard Shaw.

San Jose Airport

Reid-Hillview Airport, a general aviation airport in San Jose, California, United States

Scott's Crossing Road

Another historic building, St John the Baptist Church, is also located at the northern end of this former road.

William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil

He was buried in Canberra at historic St John the Baptist Church, Reid and remains the only Australian governor-general to die in office.


2012 U.S. Farm Bill

In January 2013, following the commencement of the 113th Congress, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had demonstrated an interest in reintroducing the 112th Congress Senate Farm Bill in the new Congress and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow openly supported Reid’s position.

Alexander St John

St John was a son of Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso and his wife Dorothy Reid, daughter of Sir John Rede or Reid, of Odington, Gloucestershire.

Anglican Catholic Church of Canada

On January 27, 2007 two suffragan bishops, the Right Reverend Craig Botterill and the Right Reverend Carl Reid, were consecrated by the Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, Archbishop John Hepworth, assisted by then Diocesan and Metropolitan of the ACCC, Bishop Peter Wilkinson (2005-2012), and retired former diocesan Bishop Robert Mercer, CR (1988-2005).

Angus Reid

Reid missed three years of college football at Simon Fraser because of gastrointestinal problems linked to Crohn's disease but he played every CFL game from the 2002 to 2008 CFL seasons including the 92nd and 94th Grey Cups.

Arena Homme +

Regular longtime contributors include Simon Foxton, Bruce Weber, Karl Templer, Alasdair McLellan, Joe McKenna, Panos Yiapanis, Nicola Formichetti, Olivier Rizzo, Tim Blanks, Murray Healy, Paul Morley & Shamadean Reid.

Chip Reid

Reid began covering the Senate and the House of Representatives for NBC News in the fall of 2004; and, he served as a political coverage anchor for MSNBC, as well as a reporter for all the major NBC News broadcasts.

Christian Reid

Frances Christine Fisher Tiernan (July 5, 1846 - March 24, 1920), who used the pen name Christian Reid, was a 19th-century American author who wrote over 50 novels including The Land of the Sky.

Dan Garvin

The other original members were Mitch Allan, who is still with the band, Jeff Reid, and Mark Beauchemin.

Daniel G. Reid

In 1918, Reid built for his daughter the Jacobean-style mansion Dunnellen Hall.

Daniel Reid

After graduation, Reid moved to Taiwan, where he lived 16 years studying and writing about various aspects of traditional Chinese culture, focusing particularly on Chinese medicine and ancient Taoist health and longevity systems.

Denis Mackey

Mackey was born at Richmond in Melbourne to commercial traveller Alphonsus Denis Mackey and Dulcie Edith, née Reid.

Dorice Reid

In April 2011, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tom Marsters announced Reid's appointment as High Commissioner of the Cook Islands to New Zealand, based in Wellington.

Elena Reid

After four more fights, Elena Reid received a rematch against Regina Halmich.

Ellen Reid

On the band's fourth album, Reid sang lead vocals on "Just Chillin'", "Get You in the Morning" and "A Little Something".

Frank R. Reid

Reid was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-January 3, 1935).

Harveys Supermarkets

In May 2013, Harveys was sold along with sister supermarket chains Sweetbay and Reid's to BI-LO, LLC for $265 million.

James R. Reid

James R. Reid resigned for health reasons in 1904, and was succeeded as president by Dr. James M. Hamilton, an economist.

Jim Reid

Reid is the lead singer and founding member of the alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Jim Reid (born 29 December 1961) is the lead singer for the alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, which he formed with his elder brother and guitarist William Reid.

Joseph Reid

Neel Reid (Joseph Neel Reid, 1885–1926), architect in Atlanta, Georgia

Kate Reid

Daphne Kate Reid was born in London, England, the daughter of Canadian parents, Helen Isabel (née Moore) and Walter Clarke Reid, who was a former Bengal Lancer in the Indian army and a retired colonel.

Kirklevington Country Club

Terry Reid, Simple Minds, Yes, Mott the Hoople, Buddy Guy, Paul Young, The Alan Bown Set, Goldie & The Gingerbreads, Jimmy James and the Vagabonds, Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band, Spooky Tooth, the Jeff Beck Group (feat. Rod "The Mod" Stewart and Ronnie Wood) Chris Rea, Paul Rodgers, David Coverdale, Dire Straits, Marc Almond / Soft Cell etc. many of whom went on to superstardom.

La Difference

# "Confederation: The Politics of Survival" portrayed two debates, one at the time of Canadian Confederation as re-enacted by actors, and another contemporary debate concerning the Canadian constitution featuring Quebec provincial legislative members Pierre Laporte and Marcel Masse, and Ontario provincial members Bert Lawrence and Tim Reid

Louise Germaine

Louise Germaine (born Tina Louise Germaine (however, known to be born as Tina Reid) in 1971 in Margate, Kent) is an English actress and model best known for her appearance as usherette Sylvia Berry in the 1993 Dennis Potter serial Lipstick on Your Collar.

Lydia Reid

Reid retired after serving her last day in office on November 30, 2007, and her successor Donald Culliver assumed office on December 1, 2007.

Marshall Earle Reid

He was born on 31 August 1887 in Philadelphia to Betsey Holmes Marshall and David Christopher Reid.

Mary Martha Reid

Following her husband's death, Reid worked as a schoolteacher in Jacksonville and Fernandina.

Neil Reid

and Reid quickly faded from national prominence to performing on the Northern England Working men's club circuit.

Only You Can Love Me This Way

Steve McEwan and John Reid penned the song together in a studio at a songwriting camp in Nashville where they had just met for the first time.

Reid Jackson

The 2011 documentary film Tipping Barrels by director Ben Gulliver follows Reid Jackson and his brother Arran as they surf through the waves and fauna of the Great Bear Rainforest on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada.

Reid W. Barton

Reid W. Barton (born May 6, 1983) is one of the most successful performers in the International Science Olympiads.

Reuben Reid

Reid gave up the chance of a professional cricket career with Gloucestershire, having played for their second XI, to pursue his career with Argyle and was rewarded with a professional contract in February 2006, along with fellow trainees Scott Laird and Chris Zebroski.

Robie Lewis Reid

Mount Robie Reid to the north of the Maple Ridge and Mission, British Columbia, near the Golden Ears, was named in commemoration of Reid, Mount Judge Howay just to the northeast was named for his colleague F.W. Howay.

Roger Reid

Reid became a member of BYU coach Frank Arnold's staff in 1978 and stayed on as an assistant when LaDell Andersen replaced Arnold.

Samchillian

Currently, Leon continues to play with Vernon Reid, James Blood Ulmer, and leads his own band Genes and Machines with an album scheduled for release in 2011.

Seona Reid

Reid's directorship at the Glasgow School of Art was focused on delivering the School's Estates programme, in particular the Mackintosh Conservation and Access project, the associated campus redevelopment and the selection of American architect Steven Holl with JM Architects to design the Phase 1 building to be called the Seona Reid Building.

Sir Thomas Gresley, 10th Baronet

Gresley was born at Netherseal, (then in) Leicestershire, the son of Rev. Sir William Nigel Gresley, 9th Baronet and his wife Georgina Anne Reid.

Something Ventured

Something Ventured features the venture capitalists Arthur Rock, Tom Perkins, Don Valentine, Dick Kramlich, Reid Dennis, Bill Draper, Pitch Johnson, Bill Bowes, Bill Edwards, and Jim Gaither.

Stella Reid

Stella Reid (born 3 October 1964) is an English nanny, best known as the co-star of the Fox network reality television show Nanny 911, on which she shares her child-rearing expertise with desperate parents.

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator

The film features music from some of the most influential bands of the era and culture, including the Butthole Surfers, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag and Naked Raygun, and an original score by American composer David Reid.

Taradise

Taradise was originally intended to be a new season of E!'s long-running series Wild On!, with Reid as the new host.

Upper Clyde Shipbuilders

The campaign was also well backed financially, and at one meeting for the campaign Jimmy Reid was able to announce that the campaign had received a £5,000 contribution from John Lennon, to which an attendee replied "but Lenin's deid!" (dead).

Victor Stafford Reid

From this "new art" surfaced many of Reid’s literary contemporaries, including Roger Mais, George Campbell, M. G. Smith, and H. D. Carberry.

Whole language

Widely-known whole language detractors include Louisa Cook Moats, G. Reid Lyon, James Kauffman, Phillip Gough, Keith Stanovich, Diane McGuinness, Douglas Carnine, Edward Kame'enui, Jerry Silbert, Lynn Melby Gordon, Rudolf Flesch, and Jeanne Chall.

William Earl Reid

In 2012 Reid was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee award, which was given to Canadians who have made significant contributions to their communities.

World Athletes Monument

Martin Dawe of Atlanta, Georgia and Dick Reid of York, England were chosen to create the Atlas bronzes.


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