Pronunciation of the English word rhodes.
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1. | The mellow sounds of the Rhodes piano are partly responsible for thousands of accidental conceptions. | |
2. | Tom is a Rhodes scholar. | |
3. | The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. | |
4. | The empire still included the islands of Cyprus, Crete, Rhodes, Malta, and Sicily. | |
5. | Minorities make up the majority of the latest group of U.S. college students to be named Rhodes Scholars, and the class includes the first transgender woman selected for the prestigious program. | |
6. | For her studies in quieting wind turbines and making other forms of renewable energy more competitive, Selina Brinkmann has been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University in the U.K. | |
7. | In October, Selina Brinkmann will start four years of study, all expenses paid, courtesy of the Rhodes program that awards a mere 102 scholarships each year to academically outstanding applicants around the world. | |
8. | Other famous Rhodes Scholars include former President Bill Clinton, U.S. senator Cory Booker, American actor and songwriter Kris Kristofferson, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow. | |
9. | “Dark energy makes up the majority of the cosmos, but we don’t actually know what it is,” said Jason Rhodes, a senior research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “By narrowing down possible explanations, Roman could revolutionize our understanding of the universe – and dark energy is just one of the many topics the mission will explore!” |