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Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is a 4X video game,considered a spiritual sequel to the Civilization series. Set in a science fiction depiction of the 22nd century,the game begins as seven competing ideological factions land on the planet Chiron ("Planet") in the Alpha Centauri star system. As the game progresses,Planet's growing sentience becomes a formidable obstacle to the human colonists.
Sir Joshua Reynolds was an English painter who specialised in portraits. John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th century. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealisation of the imperfect. He was a founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts,and was knighted by George III in 1769.
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist,guitarist and lyricist Ian Curtis,lead guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner,bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.
Walter Reynolds was Bishop of Worcester and then Archbishop of Canterbury (1313–1327) as well as Lord High Treasurer and Lord Chancellor.
Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. was an American actor and director,considered a sex symbol and icon of 1970s American popular culture.
Brian Reynolds is an American videogame designer who is currently president of Firaxis Games. Reynolds has designed at SecretNewCo,Zynga,Big Huge Games,and MicroProse and has been chairman of the International Game Developers Association. He has played a major part in designing a number of multi-million selling games including Civilization II,Rise of Nations,Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri,and FrontierVille. He has also founded or co-founded three game companies,SecretNewCo,Big Huge Games,and Firaxis Games.
Allie Pierce Reynolds was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Reynolds pitched 13 years for the Cleveland Indians (1942–1946) and New York Yankees (1947–1954). Reynolds was nicknamed "Superchief" because of his Muscogee heritage. Reynolds attended Capitol Hill High School and the Oklahoma Agricultural &Mechanical College (A&M),where he was a multi-sport athlete. Henry Iba,baseball coach of the Oklahoma A&M baseball team,discovered Reynolds while he was practicing his javelin throws. After excelling at baseball and American football at Oklahoma A&M,Reynolds turned to professional baseball. During his major league career,Reynolds had a 182–107 win–loss record,3.30 earned run average,and 1,423 strikeouts. He was an All-Star and World Series champion for six seasons. In 1951,he won the Hickok Belt as the top American professional athlete of the year. He also has received consideration for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame,though he has not been elected.
Ryan Rodney Reynolds is a Canadian-American actor,film producer,and businessman. He began his career starring in the Canadian teen soap opera Hillside (1991–1993),and had minor roles before landing the lead role on the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl between 1998 and 2001. Reynolds then starred in a range of films,including comedies such as National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002),Waiting... (2005),and The Proposal (2009). He also performed in dramatic roles in Buried (2010),Woman in Gold (2015),and Life (2017),starred in action films such as Blade:Trinity (2004),Green Lantern (2011),6 Underground(2019),and Free Guy (2021),and provided voice acting in the animated features The Croods film series (2013–2020),Turbo (2013),and Pokémon:Detective Pikachu (2019).
Harold Craig Reynolds is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman from 1983 to 1994,most prominently as a member of the Seattle Mariners,where he was a two-time All-Star player and a three-time Gold Glove Award winner. He also played for the Baltimore Orioles and the California Angels. In 1991,Reynolds was named the recipient of the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award. After his playing career,he became a four-time Emmy Award winning television baseball analyst,working for the MLB Network and Fox Sports.
Frank James Reynolds was an American television journalist for CBS and ABC News.
Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal was an American screenwriter,director,producer,and actor. He was one of the developers and producers of the TV series M*A*S*H.
Sheldon Maurice Reynolds was an American guitarist,singer,and songwriter. He was a member of bands Sun,The Commodores and Earth,Wind &Fire.
Quentin James Reynolds was an American journalist and World War II war correspondent. He also played American football for one season in the National Football League (NFL) with the Brooklyn Lions.
Norman Reynolds was a British production designer and art director,best known for his work on the original Star Wars trilogy and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Sir Robert Reynolds (1601–1678) was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament (MP) Long Parliament who took the parliamentary side on the outbreak of the Civil War. He served as Solicitor General and Attorney General during the First Commonwealth and supported the restoration of the Monarchy during the Second.
James Clark McReynolds was an American lawyer and judge from Tennessee who served as United States Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served on the Court from 1914 to his retirement in 1941. McReynolds is best known today for his sustained opposition to the domestic programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his personality,which was widely viewed negatively and included documented elements of overt antisemitism and racism. Born in Elkton,Kentucky,McReynolds practiced law in Tennessee after graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law. He served as the U.S. Assistant Attorney General during President Theodore Roosevelt's administration and became well known for his skill in antitrust cases. After Wilson took office in 1913,he appointed McReynolds as his administration's first attorney general. Wilson nominated McReynolds to the Supreme Court in 1914 to fill the vacancy caused Associate Justice Horace Harmon Lurton's death.
Wick House is a Grade II listed house in Richmond,Greater London,located near the corner of Nightingale Lane and Richmond Hill in Surrey. The painter Sir Joshua Reynolds commissioned the house from Sir William Chambers and it was completed in 1772.
Rear Admiral William Reynolds Purnell was an officer in the United States Navy who served in World War I and World War II. A 1908 graduate of the United States Naval Academy,he captained destroyers during World War I. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his role in protecting convoys against German submarines as commander of the USS Lamson.
A statue of Sir Joshua Reynolds stands in the Annenberg Courtyard of Burlington House,off Piccadilly in the City of Westminster,London,England. Reynolds was the first president of the Royal Academy,who occupy the main wing of Burlington House.
The Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team is the college football program representing Texas A&M University–Commerce. The school competes in the Southland Conference (SLC) in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Prior to joining the Southland,they competed in the Lone Star Conference of Division II. The A&M–Commerce football team plays its home games at Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Commerce,Texas. On Dec. 16,2017,A&M-Commerce won its first NCAA Division II national championship,by defeating West Florida,37-27,in Kansas City. The Lions recorded a perfect record in 1934,won the NAIA National Championship in 1972,and have amassed a total of 24 LSC conference championships since joining as a charter member in 1931. On September 28,2021,the university accepted an invitation from the Southland Conference,moving the university's athletics programs up to the NCAA Division I level. This ended a 90-year affiliation with the Lone Star Conference,as A&M-Commerce was the last founding member remaining. The football team will compete at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level beginning in the 2022 season.
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- ↑ "Tommy Reynolds II". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
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