rota

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US forces use the Rota naval base and Moron air base in southern Spain under an agreement signed in 1953 under the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

“Everything is harder,” said Njord Rota, a former military pilot who tested experimental helicopters for Lockheed Martin and now helps run Ravco, a high-altitude helicopter training school in Colorado.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The black humor and arch-fabulism of what Smerilli and Schimberg concocted took inspiration from opera and old Italian movies — they both love composer Nino Rota — as well as Duke Ellington and Bernard Herrmann.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

The ballet, with choreography by Natalia Horecna, is set to music by Nino Rota, who composed for many of Fellini’s films.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2024

United States scientists have had some encouraging early results with the melon fly and the oriental and Mediterranean fruit flies in laboratory tests in Hawaii and field tests on the remote island of Rota.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson