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Rose Center for Earth and Space

New York, N.Y.Designed in 2000 by James Stewart Polshek photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected Rose Center for Earth and…

All-American Rose Selection

The Question: What do different color roses mean? The Answer: According to the All-American Rose Selection web site, these are some of the colors and their…

Macaulay, Dame Rose

(Encyclopedia) Macaulay, Dame RoseMacaulay, Dame Roseməkôˈlē [key], 1889?–1958, English author. Remembered primarily for her novels satirizing middle-class life, she first achieved fame with…

Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne

(Encyclopedia) Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne, 1851–1926, American nun, philanthropist, and writer; youngest daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In 1871 she married George Parsons Lathrop. In 1891 she and her…

Benét, William Rose

(Encyclopedia) Benét, William Rose, 1886–1950, American poet and editor, b. Brooklyn, grad. Yale, 1907; brother of Stephen Vincent Benét. He was associated as editor or assistant editor with the…

rose of Jericho

(Encyclopedia) rose of Jericho, common name for two plants belonging to different families in the plant kingdom. One, an annual desert plant (Anastatica hierochuntica) of the family Cruciferae (or…

rose of Sharon

(Encyclopedia) rose of Sharon, common name for several plants, especially Hibiscus syriacus, of the family Malvaceae (mallow family), and for St.-John's-wort, i.e., any species of the genus Hypericum…

Duchesne, Saint Rose Philippine

(Encyclopedia) Duchesne, Saint Rose PhilippineDuchesne, Saint Rose Philippinerōz fēlēpēnˈ [key]Duchesne, Saint Rose Philippine düshĕnˈ [key], 1769–1852, French educator in the United States, a Roman…

Barbara-Rose COLLINS, Congress, MI (1939)

COLLINS, Barbara-Rose, a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Mich., April 13, 1939; graduated from public schools and attended Wayne State University; member, Detroit Region I…