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The RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, [1] research institute, and public sector consulting firm.RAND Corporation engages in research and development (R&D) in a number of fields and industries.
Mary Alice Jones was born in Dallas, Texas in 1898. She was involved in religion from an early age, joining the Methodist Church at age 10. She received her initial college education at the University of Texas before attending Northwestern University, earning a master's degree in religious education, and then receiving a Ph.D. from Yale University.
Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, Ill. Hesselberg, Erik (1950). Kon-Tiki and I : illustrations with text, begun on the Pacific on board the raft "Kon-Tiki" and completed at "Solbakken" in Borre. Allen & Unwin; Andersson, Axel (2010) A Hero for the Atomic Age: Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition (Peter Lang) ISBN 978-1-906165-31-4
Rand's play Night of January 16th opened on Broadway in 1935. Rand's first literary success was the sale of her screenplay Red Pawn to Universal Studios in 1932, although it was never produced. [37] [g] Her courtroom drama Night of January 16th, first staged in Hollywood in 1934, reopened successfully on Broadway in 1935. Each night, a jury was ...
The Rand McNally Building was an early skyscraper at 160–174 Adams Street in Chicago, Illinois, built in 1889 and demolished in 1911. Designed by Burnham and Root , it was the world's first all- steel framed skyscraper .
James Rand McNally III (born January 30, 1944) is an American politician. He is the 50th lieutenant governor of Tennessee . A member of the Republican Party , he has been the state senator from the 5th district since 1987.
A general store was alleged to exist at the intersection on the map and was given the name Agloe General Store because the name was on the Esso maps. [3] Long time residents and land owners contend that no store ever existed at the location. They believe Rand McNally bought the parcel through a front company to shield themselves from liability. [4]
The Ranally city rating system is a tool developed by Rand McNally & Co. to classify U.S. cities based on their economic function. The system is designed to reflect an underlying hierarchy whereby consumers and businesses go to a city of a certain size for a certain function; some functions are widely available and others are only available in the largest cities.