Dole
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Dole may refer to:
  • The Grain supply to the city of Rome
    Grain supply to the city of Rome
    In classical antiquity, the grain supply to the city of Rome could not be met entirely from the surrounding countryside, which was taken up by the villas and parks of the aristocracy and which produced mainly fruit, vegetables and other perishable goods...

     in ancient times.
  • Since the early 20th Century, a colloquial term referring to government public assistance programs; see Unemployment benefits. Originally it referred to any charitable gift of food, clothing or money. The dole has taken on many different forms in modern society, most notably welfare. Churches often hand out the dole to parishioners in hard times. Some churches still continue these hand outs as traditions in England
    England
    England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

    , such as the Wayfarer's Dole
    Hospital of St Cross
    The Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty is a medieval almshouse in Winchester, England, founded between 1133 and 1136. It is the oldest charitable institution in the United Kingdom...

    , St Briavels Bread & Cheese Dole and the Tichborne Dole
    Tichborne
    Tichborne is a village and civil parish near Winchester in Hampshire, England.The manor of Tichborne is mentioned in a grant of land by Edward the Elder in 909 but it is not mentioned in the Domesday Book...

    . The term was later applied to Outdoor relief
    Outdoor relief
    This article refers to Britain's welfare provision after the 1601 Poor Law. For welfare programmes see Social securityAfter the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law , outdoor relief was that kind of poor relief where assistance was in the form of money, food, clothing or goods, given to alleviate...

    .

  • A flock of dove.

  • A Scottish legal term for Mens Rea
    Mens rea
    Mens rea is Latin for "guilty mind". In criminal law, it is viewed as one of the necessary elements of a crime. The standard common law test of criminal liability is usually expressed in the Latin phrase, actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea, which means "the act does not make a person guilty...

    . Derived from the Latin Dolus, the term denotes an evil intent.


Things
  • Dole Food Company
    Dole Food Company
    Dole Food Company, Inc. is an American-based agricultural multinational corporation headquartered in Westlake Village, California. The company is the largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world, operating with 74,300 full-time and seasonal employees who are responsible for over 300...

    , US agricultural corporation
  • Dôle, a blend style of Swiss wine
    Swiss wine
    Swiss wine is produced from nearly 15 000 hectares of vineyards, and the wines are mainly produced in the west and in the south of Switzerland, in the cantons of Geneva, Neuchâtel, Ticino, Valais and Vaud...

     from the Valais
  • DOLE, Department of Labor and Employment (Philippines)
    Department of Labor and Employment (Philippines)
    The Philippines' Department of Labor and Employment is the executive department of the Philippine Government mandated to formulate policies, implement programs and services, and serve as the policy-coordinating arm of the Executive Branch in the field of labor and employment...

  • Dole Air Race
    Dole Air Race
    The Dole Air Race, also known as the Dole Derby, was a tragic air race to cross the Pacific Ocean from northern California to the Territory of Hawaii in August 1927. Of the 15-18 entrant airplanes, 11 were certified to compete but three crashed before the race, resulting in three deaths...

    , ill-fated 1927 air race named for sponsor James Dole (see below)

A dole/dule of doves (@see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collective_nouns_for_birds) one can see the connection to feeding doves (often grain) and various charities described in this article.

Places
  • Dole, Jura
    Dole, Jura
    Dole is a commune in the Jura department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France, of which it is a subprefecture ....

    , a commune in the département Jura in France
    • Arrondissement of Dole
      Arrondissement of Dole
      The arrondissement of Dole is an arrondissement of France, located in the Jura département, in the Franche-Comté région. It has 10 cantons and 130 communes.-Cantons:The cantons of the arrondissement of Dole are:# Chaumergy# Chaussin# Chemin...

      , a French arrondissement containing the commune Dole
  • La Dôle
    La Dôle
    La Dôle is a peak in the Jura mountains in Vaud in western Switzerland rising to an altitude of 1677.2 meters. It is the second highest peak in the Swiss Jura, the highest being Mont Tendre....

    , a mountain in Switzerland
  • Dole, Nepal
    Dole, Nepal
    Dole is a small village in the Khumbu region of Nepal. It lies in the Dudh Kosi River valley just north of Khumjung and south of Machhermo at an altitude of 4038m ....

    , a village in Nepal
  • Livery Dole
    Livery Dole
    Livery Dole is now a street and crossroads in the Heavitree area of Exeter in Devon, England. It was originally a triangle of land between what is now Heavitree Road, Polsloe Road and Magdalen Road. The name derives from the Old English "Leofhere", a man who owned the land, and dole, meaning a...

    , an area of Exeter in Devonshire, England
  • Small Dole
    Small Dole
    Small Dole is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, in England. It lies on the A2037 road two miles south of Henfield.In the late 1970s the Church of England altered its ecclesiastical parish boundaries, transferring Small Dole from the parish of Upper Beeding to the parish of...

    , a hamlet in the Civil parish of Upper Beeding in West Sussex, England


People
  • Bob Dole
    Bob Dole
    Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...

    , (born 1923), U.S. politician, former U.S. Senator
  • Charles Fletcher Dole
    Charles Fletcher Dole
    Charles Fletcher Dole was an influential Unitarian minister, speaker, and writer in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston, Massachusetts, and Chairman of the Association to Abolish War...

     (1845–1927), Unitarian minister and author
  • Daniel Dole
    Daniel Dole
    Daniel Dole was a Protestant missionary educator from the United States to the Hawaiian Islands.-Life:Daniel Dole as born September 9, 1808 in Skowhegan, Maine...

     (1808–1878), missionary who founded Punahou School
  • Edmund Pearson Dole
    Edmund Pearson Dole
    Edmund Pearson Dole was a lawyer from New England who served as the first Attorney General of the Territory of Hawaii, and argued a case up to the U.S. Supreme Court. He also wrote several novels.-Life:...

     (1850–1928), lawyer and Hawaii attorney general
  • Elizabeth Dole
    Elizabeth Dole
    Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford "Liddy" Dole is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush presidential administrations, as well as a United States Senator....

    , (born 1936), U.S. politician, former U.S. Senator and former U.S. Cabinet member, wife of "Bob" Dole
  • James Dole
    James Dole
    James Drummond Dole , also known as the "Pineapple King'", was an American industrialist who developed the pineapple industry in Hawaii and established the Hawaiian Pineapple Company. Hawaiian Pineapple Company, or HAPCO, was later reorganized to become the Dole Food Company, which now does...

      (1877–1958), Hawaiian Pineapple planter
  • Lester Dole
    Lester Dole
    Lester Carrington Dole , was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played in with the New Haven Elm Citys.He was born in Meriden, Connecticut and died in Concord, New Hampshire.-External links:...

     (1855–1918), American baseball player
  • Nathan Haskell Dole
    Nathan Haskell Dole
    Nathan Haskell Dole was an American editor, translator, and author. He attended Phillips Academy, Andover, and graduated from Harvard University in 1874. He was a writer and journalist in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston...

     (1852–1935), Boston author
  • Mary Phylinda Dole
    Mary Phylinda Dole
    Mary Phylinda Dole was an American physician.Born in Massachusetts, she graduated from Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1886. After earning her M.D. from the Women's Medical College of Baltimore two years later, she returned to Mount Holyoke to receive her B.S. in 1889...

     (1862–1947), American woman doctor
  • Sanford B. Dole
    Sanford B. Dole
    Sanford Ballard Dole was a lawyer and jurist in the Hawaiian Islands as a kingdom, protectorate, republic and territory...

     (1844–1926), first Governor of Hawaii
  • Vincent Dole
    Vincent Dole
    Vincent Dole was an American doctor, who, along with his wife Dr Marie Nyswander , pioneered the highly controversial practice of substituting the synthetic narcotic agonist methadone to treat heroin addiction. Drs...

     (1913–2006), American doctor
  • Wigglesworth Dole
    Wigglesworth Dole
    Wigglesworth Dole was a patriarch of an influential American family.-Life:Wigglesworth Dole was born November 17, 1779 in Newburyport, Massachusetts and then moved to Maine....

    (1779–1845), Deacon and patriarch of several others
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