A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Robinson, William ... Rock Springs Robinson, William British landscape designer who was a leading exponent of the wild, or natural, garden, which ... [2 Related Articles] Robinson, William Heath British cartoonist, book illustrator, and designer of theatrical scenery, who was best known for his ... Robinson-Patman Act (from the article "Clayton Antitrust Act") ...as were discriminatory freight (shipping) agreements and the distribution of sales territories among so-called natural ... robinsonade any novel written in imitation of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719-22) that ... [1 Related Articles] Robinsonville (from the article "Johnson, Robert") Born into the large family of a sharecropper, Johnson was reared in Memphis, Tenn., and ... Robiquet, Pierre-Jean (from the article "codeine") ...that is used in medicine as a cough suppressant and analgesic drug. Codeine exerts its ... roble beech (from the article "beech") The wavy-leaved Antarctic beech, or nire (Nothofagus antarctica), and the roble beech (N. obliqua), both ... Robles, Emmanuel Algerian-French novelist and playwright whose works came out of the war and political strife that ... [1 Related Articles] Robles, Marco A. (from the article "Panama") ...and he became a front-runner in the presidential election of 1964; however, the National Guard ... RoboCup (from the article "robot") ...In 1993 an international community of researchers organized a long-term program to develop robots capable ... robot any automatically operated machine that replaces human effort, though it may not resemble human beings ... [10 Related Articles] robotics (from the article "automation") ...section will discuss the development of industrial robotics, the design of the robot manipulator, and ... Robotpatent (German: "Forced-Labour Patent"), law governing compulsory labour, performed by peasants for their lord in the ... Robson, Dame Flora British actress renowned for the excellence of her performances on the stage and in motion ... Robson, Mount peak in eastern British Columbia, Can., 50 miles (80 km) west-northwest of Jasper, Alta. Rising ... [2 Related Articles] Robusti, Domenico (from the article "Tintoretto") In 1555 Tintoretto, now a famous and sought-after painter, married Faustina Episcopi, who, affectionate and ... Robusti, Marietta (from the article "Tintoretto") In 1555 Tintoretto, now a famous and sought-after painter, married Faustina Episcopi, who, affectionate and ... roc gigantic legendary bird, said to carry off elephants and other large beasts for food. It ... [2 Related Articles] Roc, Patricia British actress (b. June 7, 1915, London, Eng.-d. Dec. 30, 2003, Locarno, Switz.), was one ... roca (from the article "Latin America, history of") ...with the indigenous people, becoming accustomed to manioc (cassava) as their staple rather than wheat, ... Roca, Cape promontory in Portugal, and the westernmost point of continental Europe. It lies on the Atlantic ... Roca, Julio Argentino (from the article "Argentina") General Julio Argentino Roca, who was also from San Miguel de Tucuman and who had ... Roca-Runciman Agreement (from the article "Argentina") The new president, facing a difficult economic situation, instituted several controversial reforms and initiatives. In ... Rocafuerte, Vicente (from the article "Ecuador") ...have played on this Quito-Guayaquil rivalry since the foundation of the republic in 1830. During ... rocaille in Western architecture and decorative arts, 18th-century style featuring elaborately stylized shell-like, rocklike, and scroll ... [1 Related Articles] Rocard, Michel French public servant and politician who was premier of France from 1988 to 1991. [1 Related Articles] Rocard, Yves-Andre French mathematician and physicist who contributed to the development of the French atomic bomb and ... Rocca (from the article "Bergamo") ...by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo; the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (begun 1137, rebuilt 14th and ... Rocca, Giorgio (from the article "Skiing") ...Michael Walchhofer, but Norwegian rising star Aksel Lund Svindal broke up the Austrian monopoly, capturing ... Rocca, Roberto Italian-born Argentine businessman (b. February 1922, Milan, Italy-d. June 10, 2003, Milan), transformed Techint, a ... Roccella (from the article "Roccella") genus of tropical fruticose lichen, an important source of the dye orchil and litmus (qq.v.).for ... Roccella tinctorum (from the article "litmus") mixture of coloured organic compounds obtained from several species of lichen that grow in The ... Rocchigiani, Graciano (from the article "Boxing's "Alphabet Soup" of Champions") In 2002 German boxer Graciano Rocchigiani won a $30 million judgment against the WBC when ... Rocco, San (from the article "Tintoretto") In May 1564 the councillors of the Scuola Grande di S. Rocco decided to have ... Roch, Rene (from the article "Fencing") FIE Pres. Rene Roch of France was reelected to a third consecutive four-year term in ... Rocha city, southeastern Uruguay, situated in palm-dotted coastal lowlands. It is the surrounding region's main commercial ... Rocha, Glauber motion-picture director who was a leading figure in Brazil's Cinema Nuovo ("New Cinema"). Rochalimaea (from the article "rickettsia") any member of three genera (Rickettsia, Coxiella, Rochalimaea) of bacteria in the family Rickettsiaceae. The ... Rochalimaea quintana (from the article "Some disease-causing rickettsiae") ...bones, and joints; and outbreaks of skin lesions on the chest and back. It is ... Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de (count of ) general who supported the American Revolution by commanding French forces that helped ... [4 Related Articles] Rochat, Ami Napoleon (from the article "automaton") ...fairly large size and intended for public display. At the other end of the scale ... Rochat, Louis (from the article "automaton") ...for public display. At the other end of the scale are exquisitely finished, pocket-sized objects ... Rochberg, George American composer (b. July 5, 1918, Paterson, N.J.-d. May 29, 2005, Bryn Mawr, Pa.), at ... Rochdale (from the article "Rochdale") town and metropolitan borough in the northeastern part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, ... Rochdale town and metropolitan borough in the northeastern part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, ... Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers (from the article "cooperative") Modern consumer cooperatives, usually called co-ops in the United States, are thought to have begun ... Roche limit in astronomy, the minimum distance to which a large satellite can approach its primary body ... [2 Related Articles] roche moutonnee glaciated bedrock surface, usually in the form of rounded knobs. The upstream side of a ... [2 Related Articles] Roche, Edouard (from the article "solar system") ...their existence can be easily understood in terms of their position relative to the planet ... Roche, H. P. (from the article "Duchamp, Marcel") ...ready-mades had anticipated by a few years the Dada movement, which Picabia introduced to New ... Roche, James Michael American businessman (b. Dec. 16, 1906, Elgin, Ill.-d. June 6, 2004, Belleair, Fla.), served (1967-71) ... Roche, Kevin naturalized American architect of governmental, educational, and corporate structures, especially noted for the work he ... Roche, Martin (from the article "Holabird, William") U.S. architect who, with his partner, Martin Roche, was a leading exponent of the influential ... Rochefort town and commercial harbour, Charente-Maritime departement, Poitou-Charentes region, western France, situated on the right bank ... Rochefort, Christiane (from the article "French literature") ...Creative writers in the realist mode addressed a widening popular readership with accounts of the ... Rochefort, Victor-Henri, marquis de Rochefort-Lucay gifted polemical journalist under the Second Empire and the Third Republic who distinguished himself, at ... Rochelle salt a crystalline solid having a large piezoelectric effect (electric charge induced on its surfaces by ... [2 Related Articles] Rocher de Cancale (from the article "restaurant") ...building. The Cafe de Paris, on the Boulevard des Italiens, was the first of many ... Rocher-Perce (from the article "Perce") ...1534 by Jacques Cartier, it has been the site of a Roman Catholic mission since ... Roches, Leon (from the article "Abdelkader") ...did not prevent him from employing competent persons of all nationalities, whether Jews or Christians, ... Rochester (from the article "Benny, Jack") ...to Benny's type of humour. In an era of comedy characterized by broad jokes and ... Rochester city, seat of Olmsted county, southeastern Minnesota, U.S. It lies on the Zumbro River and ... [1 Related Articles] Rochester industrial city, seat (1821) of Monroe county, northwestern New York, U.S. It is a St. ... [1 Related Articles] Rochester city, Strafford county, southeastern New Hampshire, U.S., on the Cocheco and Salmon Falls rivers, just ... Rochester town, Medway unitary authority, historic county of Kent, England, on the River Medway, east of ... Rochester cathedral (from the article "Rochester") The cathedral church has a Norman west front (1125-30) and later Gothic work. The remains ... Rochester Institute of Technology private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Rochester, New York, U.S. It includes colleges of ... Rochester, George (from the article "subatomic particle") The discovery of the pion in 1947 seemed to restore order to the study of ... Rochester, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of, Viscount Wilmot Of Athlone, Baron Wilmot Of Adderbury distinguished Cavalier general during the English Civil Wars, who helped Charles II to escape after ... Rochester, John Wilmot, 2nd earl of court wit and poet who helped establish English satiric poetry. [2 Related Articles] Rochester, Lawrence Hyde, 1st earl of influential English statesman who served under Charles II, James II, William III, and Queen Anne. Rochester, University of private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Rochester, New York, U.S. The university includes the ... [1 Related Articles] Rochford district, administrative and historic county of Essex, England, bordered on the north by the Crouch ... Rochow, Eugene George (from the article "industrial polymers, major") ...that of a ketone (that is, the polymer chains formed by silicon atoms, with oxygen ... rock in geology, naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of one or more minerals. Such aggregates constitute ... [27 Related Articles] rock form of popular music that emerged in the 1950s. [54 Related Articles] rock and roll style of popular music that originated in the United States in the mid-1950s and that ... rock and roll (from the article "dance") ...dancer might jump, kick his legs, stretch his arms out to the side or above ... Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (from the article "Performing Arts") The year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees were Grandmaster Flash and the Furious ... rock art (from the article "African music") The cultures of the "Green Sahara" left behind a vast gallery of iconographic documents in ... rock avalanche (from the article "landslide") ...fall freely under gravity, and land on a surface from which they bounce and fall ... rock barnacle (from the article "barnacle") ...six pairs of cirri and more or less complete shells. Pedunculate (stalked) forms include the ... rock bass (from the article "sunfish") ...spots and wavy, bright-blue streaks; the pumpkinseed, or common, sunfish (L., or Eupomotis, gibbosus), a ... rock bolt in tunneling and underground mining, steel rod inserted in a hole drilled into the roof ... [4 Related Articles] rock burst (from the article "seismograph") ...examinations based on seismographic measurements make it possible to estimate the intensity of shocks and, ... rock chamber (from the article "tunnels and underground excavations") For large rock chambers and also particularly large tunnels, the problems increase so rapidly with ... rock church (from the article "African architecture") Until the late 19th century, Christian influence on African architecture was minimal, with the remarkable ... rock climbing (from the article "Approximate energy expenditure for activity levels") Rock climbing, like hiking, is a widely practiced sport in its own right. The essentials ... Rock Cornish (from the article "poultry processing") Birds bred for poultry production are generally grown for a particular amount of time or ... Rock Creek Butte (from the article "Blue Mountains") ...6,500 ft (2,000 m); it comprises an uplifted, warped, and dissected lava plateau, above which ... Rock Creek Park (from the article "Washington") In 1890 the city acquired Rock Creek Park, one of the largest natural parks within ... rock cress any of the 120 species of the genus Arabis, herbs belonging to the mustard family ... [1 Related Articles] rock criticism (from the article "Rock criticism") Rock criticism was born at that moment in the mid-1960s when rock and roll ceased ... rock crystal transparent variety of the silica mineral quartz that is valued for its clarity and total ... [1 Related Articles] rock dove (from the article "columbiform") Nesting colonies of the rock dove (Columba livia) were farmed by Neolithic husbandmen for food, ... rock drill (from the article "drilling machinery") The first patented rock drill was invented in 1849 by J.J. Couch of Philadelphia. Its ... rock drumlin (from the article "glacial landform") A feature similar to roches moutonnees, rock drumlins are bedrock knobs or hills completely streamlined, ... Rock Eagle (from the article "Georgia") ...earth. Some mounds contained human burials and elaborately worked jewelry, pottery, and figurines. Others did ... rock edicts narrative histories and announcements carved into cliff rock, onto pillars, and in caves throughout India ... [5 Related Articles] rock elm (from the article "elm") ...smaller distribution, has a gluelike substance in the inner bark, which was formerly steeped in ... rock fan fan-shaped bedrock surface at the foot of a mountain, often where a stream flows out ... rock fern (from the article "cliff brake") The name cliff brake is sometimes used for rock ferns or rock brakes, about four ... rock festival (from the article "Rock festivals") Rock festivals had their origin in the jazz festivals held in Newport, Rhode Island, and ... rock flour (from the article "Karakoram Range") ...for the most part, occurs in the high-altitude zone, the melted waters of seasonal and ... rock fulgurite (from the article "fulgurite") Rock fulgurites, the other variety, are thin, glassy crusts on rocks. They generally occur on ... rock garden (from the article "gardening") Rock gardens are designed to look as if they are a natural part of a ... rock glacier tonguelike body of coarse rock fragments, found in high mountains above the timberline, that moves ... [1 Related Articles] rock gunnel (from the article "gunnel") ...if present, are very small. About eight species are found in the northern regions of ... Rock Hill city, York county, northern South Carolina, U.S., near the Catawba River, 26 miles (42 km) ... rock hind (from the article "grouper") ...markings, to dark brown or gray brown; the red grouper (Epinephelus morio), another variable Caribbean ... rock hyrax (from the article "hyrax") ...are rodentlike in appearance, with squat bodies and plump heads; the neck, ears, and tail ... Rock in Rio (from the article "Portugal") The year 2004 started off on a strong note in Portugal as the economy slowly ... Rock Island city, seat (1833) of Rock Island county, northwestern Illinois, U.S. It lies on the Mississippi ... rock magnetism (from the article "Earth exploration") Magnetic effects result primarily from the magnetization induced in susceptible rocks by the Earth's magnetic ... rock mechanics (from the article "mining") ...(2.5 miles) below the surface, pressure becomes so intense that the rock literally explodes. These ... rock mole (from the article "tunnels and underground excavations") ...development of sound-wall blasting (to preserve rock strength), treated below under rock chambers, since its ... Rock of Cashel (from the article "Cashel") town and urban district, County Tipperary, southern Ireland, about 30 miles (50 km) east-southeast of ... rock oil (from the article "petroleum production") ...throughout recorded history. Other near-surface deposits of liquid petroleum seep slowly to the surface through ... rock opera (from the article "Who, the") British rock group that was among the most popular and influential bands of the 1960s ... Rock River nonnavigable stream in the north central United States, rising in Washington County, eastern Wisconsin, and ... rock rose (Cistus), any of a genus of 18 species of low to medium-sized shrubs, in the ... [1 Related Articles] rock scorpion (from the article "scorpion") ...bristles (setae) form combs on the legs that increase the surface area and allow them ... rock selaginella (from the article "spike moss") ...is a small forest and bog-side plant in northern North America and Eurasia. Its branches ... rock shell (from the article "gastropod") ...canal; proboscis well developed and often extensible; shells generally large; all marine.Superfamily MuricaceaMurex shells (Muricidae), ... rock shelter (from the article "cave") Rock shelters are produced by bedrock erosion in insoluble rocks. A common setting is where ... Rock Springs city, Sweetwater county, southwestern Wyoming, U.S. The city is located on Bitter Creek, at an ...

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