(Encyclopedia) OralOralôrälˈ [key], formerly UralskUralsky&oobreve;rălskˈ, Rus. &oomacr;rälskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 199,835), NW Kazakhstan, on the Ural River. Among its industries are the…
(Encyclopedia) oral history, compilation of historical data through interviews, usually tape-recorded and sometimes videotaped, with participants in, or observers of, significant events or times.…
Homework Center – Speaking & Listening Skills How to Give an Oral Report In many ways, planning an oral report is similar to planning a written report. Choose a subject…
(Encyclopedia) Point Roberts, uninc. town (1990 pop. 750), Whatcom co., NW Wash., on the Strait of Georgia near the tip of the Point Roberts, or Tsawwassen, peninsula, extending south from British…
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, Richard John, 1943–, British biochemist, Ph.D., Univ. of Sheffield, 1968. Roberts joined James D. Watson's Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York in 1972, becoming…
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, Lawrence Gilman, 1937–2018, American computer scientist, b. Westport, Conn., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963. He worked at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory, a…
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885–1957, American author, b. Kennebunk, Maine, grad. Cornell, 1908. Well known as staff correspondent for the Saturday Evening Post and as an author of travel…
(Encyclopedia) Poinsett, Joel RobertsPoinsett, Joel Robertspoinˈsĕt [key], 1779–1851, American diplomat and politician, b. Charleston, S.C. In 1810 he was sent as a special commissioner to South…
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of KandaharRoberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandaharkăndəhärˈ [key], 1832–1914, British field marshal. He joined the Bengal…
