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Robert O. Cox

Later, as a City Commissioner, Cox was instrumental in luring the Whitbread Round the World Race (now known as the Volvo Ocean Race), a leading yacht race, to the city.


15965 Robertcox

15965 Robertcox in an asteroid named in honor of Robert E. Cox (1917–1989), long-time editor of "Gleanings for Amateur Telescope Makers" in Sky & Telescope magazine, and neighbor, mentor and friend of the discoverer of the asteroid, James M. Roe.

A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860

Robert O'Hara Burke leads an expedition from Melbourne to the north of Australia, including William John Wills, John King, Gray, Dandells and Brahe.

Abby Scott Baker

Baker maintained an intense travel schedule before and during the campaign season for the 1920 presidential election, shuttling between the campaign headquarters of Warren G. Harding in Ohio and James M. Cox in Tennessee, building close relationships with both candidates.

Alexander Crutchfield

He founded American Water Development Inc. (AWDI) with Maurice Strong, Robert O. Anderson, David R. Williams, Jr, and Samuel Belzberg, and served as its Vice Chairman.

American Protective Association

The Ohio APA still had enough strength in 1914 to contribute to the defeats of Democratic US Senate candidate Timothy S. Hogan and incumbent Democratic Governor James M. Cox.

Bush bread

Ill-fated explorers Burke and Wills survived on bush bread for some time after they ran out of rations due to the death of their camels.

Chapman B. Cox

With the ending of the Reagan Administration, Cox became president and chief executive officer of the United Service Organizations.

Church of the United Brethren in Christ

James M. Cox, 1920 Democratic presidential candidate, twice governor of Ohio, and founder of Cox Enterprises.

Cohors XX Palmyrenorum

Robert O. Fink: The Cohors XX Palmyrenorum, a Cohors Equitata Miliaria. In: Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. Vol.

Conor O'Sullivan

A goal by Robert O' Driscoll with seven minutes of normal time left proved the decisive score as Sarsfield's claimed a 2-14 to 2-13 victory.

Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh

The auction was held at Sotheby's of London on 10 November 1911, and the manuscript was purchased by Dublin physician, Michael F. Cox, for £79.00.

Edward E. Cox

It took until 1924, when Cox finally won the Democratic nomination from Park, and was elected to the 69th United States Congress.

Edward F. Cox

Cox was mentioned in mid-2009 as a potential candidate for governor in 2010.

Engineers Club of Dayton

Among the distinguished guests present at the event were Governor James M. Cox, Major J.G. Vincent and William B. Mayo.

Erik Reece

Reece's 2006 book Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness (New York: Riverhead Books, 2006), with photos by John J. Cox and a foreword by Wendell Berry, chronicles the devastating effects of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia from October 2003 through November 2004.

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

He was arrested in 1984 and sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for the 1982 murder of Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Ray, who was an assistant US military attaché and murder of Israeli diplomat Yaakov Bar-Simantov in Paris, as well as involvement in the attempted assassination of American consul in Strasbourg Robert O. Homme.

Heywood-class attack transport

As the Navy no longer had use for them, they remained idle in the hands of the USSB through the 1920s, but around 1930 they were purchased by the Baltimore Steamship Company and substantially modified into passenger/cargo vessels according to a Gibbs & Cox design.

James M. Cox

One of the better known analyses of the 1920 election is in author Irving Stone's book about defeated Presidential candidates, They Also Ran.

James W. Faulkner

His pallbearers were: William F. Wiley, Herbert R. Mengert, Jasper C. Muma, Robert F. Wolfe, Judson Harmon, James M. Cox, William A. Stewart, Bayard L. Kilgour, William Alexander Julian, Russell A. Wilson, W. F. Burdell and Nicholas Longworth.

Jeffrey N. Cox

He is a leading scholar of late eighteenth- to early nineteenth- century theater and drama and of the Cockney School of poets, which included, among others, John Keats, Percy Shelley, and Leigh Hunt.

John Bellamy Foster

In 1976 Foster moved to Canada and entered the political science graduate program at York University in Toronto, where he studied with Neal Wood, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Gabriel Kolko, Robert Cox, and Robert Albritton, among other noted critical thinkers.

John V. Cox

John Cox, son of coal miner Norris Cox and wife Ruth, was born and raised in Bevier, Macon County, Missouri along with older brother Lynn and sisters Josephine and Nancy.

Journals of Ayn Rand

In a review of the book in Liberty magazine, Stephen Cox questioned the editorial choices made by Harriman.

Laurie D. Cox

He was professor of Landscape Engineering at the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, where he was responsible for establishing Syracuse University's lacrosse program.

Michael J. Cox

Cox's professional name was a play on actor Michael J. Fox, the mainstream Canadian-American actor whose boyish, preppy persona he shared.

Neo-Gramscianism

The beginning of the Neo-Gramscian perspective can be traced to York University professor emeritus, Robert W. Cox's article "Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory", in Millennium 10 (1981) 2, and "Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations: An Essay in Method", published in Millennium 12 (1983) 2.

Nightmare Theatre

KIRO-TV and The Count found themselves facing competition from KTVW-TV and horror host Robert O. Smith aka Dr. ZinGRR, during 1972-74..

Republican Party presidential debates, 2008

Seven candidates attended-- Brownback, Huckabee, Hunter, Paul, Tancredo, and newly announced candidate Alan Keyes and John H. Cox, a candidate who had then not appeared in any of the other debates.

Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008

In December, staunch illegal-immigration opponent Tom Tancredo and businessman John H. Cox also left the race.

Robert O. Blake

During his 30-year career in United States Foreign service, Blake served as ambassador to Mali from December 10, 1970 until May 20, 1973 as a member of the Nixon administration, serving under U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Robert O. Cornthwaite

Balancing his theater work with "bill-paying" jobs, he appeared frequently on television, including a role as naturalist John James Audubon in an episode of the Desilu Studios Production, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, starring Scott Forbes.

Robert O. Fink

Robert Orwill Fink (4 November 1905, Geneva, Indiana – 17 December 1988, Mount Vernon, Ohio) was a papyrologist with a special interest in Roman military papyri.

Robert O. Ragland

Ragland created the scores for films such as Seven Alone, Abby, Project: Kill, Return to Macon County, Sharks' Treasure, Grizzly, Moon in Scorpio,Mansion of the Doomed, Q- The Winged Serpent, 10 To Midnight, The Fear, Plato's Run, and Crime and Punishment.

Robert O. Swados

Along with Seymour H. Knox III and Northrup R. Knox, he was a partner in Niagara Frontier Hockey, the original consortium that founded the Buffalo Sabres.

Robert O'Hara Burke

Towards the end of 1847 he suffered health problems and went to Recoaro spa in northern Italy, then Grafenberg and finally Aachen before resigning from the Austrian army in June 1848 after charges against him relating to debts and absence without leave were dropped.

Robert Peterson

Robert O. Peterson (1916–1994), American businessman, founder of Jack in the Box

Samuel Cox

Samuel P. Cox, Union Colonel in American Civil War; killed William T. Anderson

Samuel P. Cox

Frank was not tried for the bank murder however he was tried in 1883 in Gallatin for an 1881 murder of a Rock Island Railroad employee at nearby Winston, Missouri.

After the war he returned to Gallatin, Missouri and briefly settled in Grass Valley, Nevada and Oroville, California (1854-1856) before returning to Daviess County in 1857 where he was briefly a deputy sheriff.

Shield laws in the United States

In Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox, the United States District Court for the District of Oregon found that to qualify as a reporter, a standard of professionalism must be met, including but not limited to being associated with a traditional news print or television media outlet or obtaining a journalism degree.

Shire of Burke

The shire and town and the Burke River passing through all are named in honour of ill-fated explorer Robert O'Hara Burke.

Sidney E. Cox

In 1908 he joined the Methodist church but soon converted to the Salvation Army, where he worked from the years 1909 until 1944, eventually becoming a Major.

Timothy J. Campbell

He was elected as a Democrat to the 49th United States Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel S. Cox, was re-elected to the 50th, and was elected again to the 52nd and 53rd United States Congresses, holding office from November 3, 1885, to March 3, 1889; and from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1895.

William E. Cox

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress.

William Strutt

Strutt’s interest in depicting the notable events of the colony was piqued by the events surrounding the Victorian Exploring Expedition led by Burke and Wills in 1860–61.


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