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g (psychology)
British psychologist who theorized that a general factor of intelligence, g, is present in varying degrees in different human abilities....
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g (measurement)
unit of mass or weight that is used especially in the centimetre-gram-second system of measurement (see International System of Units). One gram is equal to 0.001 kg. The gram is very nearly equal (it was originally intended to be equal; see metric system) to the mass of one cubic centimetre ...
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G (physics)
The constant of gravitation has been measured in three ways: The comparison of the pull of a large natural mass with that of the EarthThe measurement with a laboratory balance of the attraction of the Earth upon a test massThe direct measurement of the force between two masses in the laboratory...
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G cell (anatomy)
...by local diffusion of somatostatin from the D cells in the vicinity of the target tissue. On the other hand, gastrin, a hormone produced by the granular gastrin (G) cells in the mucosa of the gastric antrum (the lower part of the stomach), is secreted into the blood....
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G clef (music)
Music for instruments and voices is written in the clef corresponding most closely to the range of their parts. The treble, or G, clef fixes the position of the G above middle C. In modern notation this is invariably the second line from the bottom of the staff:...
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G metal (metallurgy)
variety of bronze, formerly used for ordnance. Modern admiralty gunmetal is composed of 88 percent copper, 10 percent tin, and 2 percent zinc and is used for gears and bearings that are to be subjected to heavy loads and low speeds. It withstands atmospheric, steam, and seawater corrosion and is suitable for valves, pump parts, and steam fittings....
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G protein-coupled receptor (biochemistry)
protein located in the cell membrane that binds extracellular substances and transmits signals from these substances to an intracellular molecule called a G protein (guanine nucleotide-binding protein). GPCRs are found in the cell membranes of a wide range of organisms, including ...
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G ring (astronomy)
Still farther out is the tenuous G ring, with an optical depth of only 0.000001; lying at about 2.8 Saturn radii, it was originally detected by its influence on charged particles in Saturn’s magnetosphere, and it is faintly discernible in Voyager images. Cassini images taken in 2008 revealed the presence in the G ring of a small moon, named Aegaeon, that is about 0.5 km (0.3 mile) across. T...
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G-30 (international organization)
...to finance the purchase of infrastructure, food, and medicine (the program was terminated with the start of the Iraq War in 2003). In 2006 Volcker became chairman of the board of trustees of the Group of Thirty (G-30), a private nonprofit group of academics and financiers dedicated to enhancing the understanding of international financial, economic, and policy issues. In November 2008 U.S.......
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G-6-PD deficiency (pathology)
hereditary metabolic defect characterized by an increased tendency of the red blood cells to break and release their hemoglobin (hemolysis), especially after the intake of certain drugs. The condition is caused, as the name indicates, by the markedly reduced activity in the red blood cells of a particular organic catalyst, ...
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G-77 (international organization)
loose alliance of developing countries established on June 15, 1964. The name of the group derives from the 77 original signatories to the Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven Countries at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. The primary goals of the G-77 are to maint...
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G-actin (chemical compound)
...myofilaments, is the major component of the thin filaments in muscle. An individual molecule of actin is a single protein chain coiled to form a roughly egg-shaped unit. Actin in this form, called globular actin or G-actin, has one calcium or magnesium ion and one molecule of ATP bound to it. Under the proper conditions, G-actin is......
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G-class asteroid (astronomy)
Asteroids of the B, C, F, and G classes have low albedos and spectral reflectances similar to those of carbonaceous chondritic meteorites and their constituent assemblages produced by hydrothermal alteration and/or metamorphism of carbonaceous precursor materials. Some C-class asteroids are known to have hydrated minerals on their surfaces, whereas Ceres, a G-class asteroid, probably has water......
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G-CSF (biology)
...failure and that related to therapy with zidovudine (AZT) in patients infected with HIV. It may also be useful in reversing anemia in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Filgrastim (granulocyte colony-stimulating factor [G-CSF]) is used to stimulate the production of white blood cells, which prevents infection in patients whose white blood cells are diminished......
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g-force (physical force)
Universal force of attraction that acts between all bodies that have mass....
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G-Mark (design award)
...Hirano & Associates (1960)—studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. In 1957 MITI established the Good Design Awards (formerly the Good Design Selection System), or G-Marks. The G-Mark award system consists of an annual juried competition of new consumer products, with awards given for products within various categories and one grand prize that spans all. Awa...
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g-orbital (physics)
...(oxygen, sulfur, selenium, and tellurium) need two electrons to fill their outer p-shell. (Electron shells are divided into subshells, designated as s, p, d, f, g, and so forth. Each subshell is divided further into orbitals.) Two electrons are transferred from the cations to the anions, leaving each with a ......
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G-protein (biochemistry)
...1994 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with American biochemist Martin Rodbell for their separate research in discovering molecules called G proteins, which are intermediaries in the multistep pathway cells use to react to an incoming signal, such as a hormone or neurotransmitter....
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g-state (physics)
...(oxygen, sulfur, selenium, and tellurium) need two electrons to fill their outer p-shell. (Electron shells are divided into subshells, designated as s, p, d, f, g, and so forth. Each subshell is divided further into orbitals.) Two electrons are transferred from the cations to the anions, leaving each with a ......
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G-type star (astronomy)
...are closely related to their luminosity and that are therefore useful in measuring interstellar and intergalactic distances. Most are spectral type F (moderately hot) at maximum luminosity and type G (cooler, Sun-like) at minimum. The prototype star is Delta Cephei, the variability of which was discovered by John Goodricke in 1784. In 1912 Henrietta Leavitt of Harvard Observatory......
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G. & C. Merriam Company (Massachusetts company)
any of various lexicographic works published by the G. & C. Merriam Co.—renamed Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, in 1982—which is located in Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S., and which since 1964 has been a subsidiary of Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Among the dictionaries are Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language...
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G.B.E. (British order of knighthood)
British order of knighthood instituted in 1917 by King George V to reward both civilian and military wartime service, although currently the honour is bestowed for meritorious service to the government in peace as well as for gallantry in wartime. In 1918 a separate military division of the order was created....
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G.C. (British medal)
a British civilian and military decoration, instituted in 1940 by King George VI for “acts of the greatest heroism or of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger.” The award, which can be conferred posthumously, is usually given to civilians, although it can be bestowed on military personnel for acts for w...
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G.C.B. (British knighthood)
order of British knighthood established by King George I in 1725, conferred as a reward either for military service or for exemplary civilian merit. Like most chivalric orders, it has antecedents that reach far before the actual date of its founding. Bathing as a purification ritual was probably introduced in a religious cont...
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G.C.M.G. (British knighthood)
British order of knighthood founded in 1818 by the Prince Regent, later King George IV, to commemorate the British protectorate over the Ionian islands (now in Greece) and Malta, which came under British rule in 1814....
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G.C.V.O. (British knighthood)
British order of knighthood instituted by Queen Victoria in 1896 to reward personal services rendered the monarch. As it is a family order, conferment of this honour is solely at the discretion of the British sovereign....
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G.I. Joe (American film)
...Sicily, Italy, and France brought him a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1944, as well as several other awards. The motion picture G.I. Joe (1945) was about Pyle’s coverage of the Italian campaign. He was with the U.S. forces in the Pacific on Iwo Jima, and during the......
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G.I. Joe® (action doll)
...Sicily, Italy, and France brought him a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1944, as well as several other awards. The motion picture G.I. Joe (1945) was about Pyle’s coverage of the Italian campaign. He was with the U.S. forces in the Pacific on Iwo Jima, and during the.........
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G.M. (British medal)
The George Medal, instituted at the same time as the George Cross, is analogous to it but is awarded for services not quite so outstanding as those which merit the George Cross. Recipients of this medal can add G.M. after their names. The medal is silver; one side has the effigy of the reigning British monarch, and the other side has St. George and the dragon with the inscription “The......
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G2 V star (astronomy)
The Sun is classified as a G2 V star, with G2 standing for the second hottest stars of the yellow G class—of surface temperature about 5,800 kelvins (K)—and the V representing a main sequence, or dwarf, star, the typical star for this temperature class. (G stars are so called because of the prominence of a band of atomic and......
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G20 (international body)
international body created in 1999 that provides a forum for strategic economic communication between industrialized and developing countries. The G20 originated as a response to the economic crises of the late 1990s; it expanded on the work of the Group of Seven (G7; known as the Group of Eight [G8] in its political incarna...
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G6PD (enzyme)
...phosphate cycle. During reaction [12], hydrogen atoms or electrons are removed from the carbon atom at position 1 of glucose 6-phosphate in a reaction catalyzed by glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase. The product of the reaction is 6-phosphogluconate. ... ...
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G7 (international organization)
...outgoing governor, Toshihiko Fukui, had expired on March 19. The post thus stood vacant for several weeks—with Masaaki Shirakawa serving as acting chief—as an important meeting of the Group of Seven economic officials approached. Only the potential embarrassment of having Shirakawa attend this meeting as a mere “acting” governor compelled the DPJ to stand aside and.....
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G8 (international organization)
intergovernmental organization that originated in 1975 through informal summit meetings of the leaders of the world’s leading industrialized countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan). Canada did not atten...
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GA (political party, Austria)
The environmentalist parties, including the Green Alternative (Die Grüne Alternative; GA; founded 1986) and the United Greens of Austria (Vereinte Grüne Österreichs; VGÖ; founded 1982), have come to be known collectively as the Greens. The Greens first won seats in the Austrian parliament in 1986....
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Ga (people)
people of the southeast coast of Ghana, speaking a dialect of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo languages. The Ga are descended from immigrants who came down the Niger River and across the Volta during the 17th century. The Ga-speaking peoples were organized into six independent towns (Accra, Osu, Labadi, Tesh...
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Ga (chemical element)
chemical element, metal of main Group 13 (IIIa, or boron group) of the periodic table. It liquefies just above room temperature....
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GAA (gay rights organization)
...which was founded in southern California as a discussion group for gay men and had flourished in the 1950s, soon made way for more radical groups such as the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) and the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA). In addition to launching numerous public demonstrations to protest the lack of civil rights for gay individuals, these organizations often resorted to such tactics as......
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GAA (Irish organization)
Dublin played a leading role in the cultural renaissance that began in 1884 with the establishment of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) for the revival of historically Irish games. It was broadened in 1893 with the foundation of the Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaeilge), which promotes the Irish language and Irish......
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Gaa paa! (work by Lie)
...ævne (Beyond Human Power I) and his novel Det flager i byen og på havnen (The Heritage of the Kurts); Lie’s novels Gaa paa! (“Go Ahead!”), Livsslaven (“The Life Convict”; Eng. trans. One of Life’s Slaves), and Familjen paa Gilje...
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GAAP
...based in the United Kingdom. In the United States the principles are embodied in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which represent partly the consensus of experts and partly the work of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), a private body. Within the......
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Gaarder, Jostein (Norwegian writer)
Norwegian school teacher and author of books that examined the history of philosophy and religion for an audience of young readers. His novel Sofies verden (1991; Sophie’s World) was an international best seller....
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GaAs (chemical compound)
Besides the elemental semiconductors, such as silicon and germanium, some binary crystals are covalently bonded. Gallium has three electrons in the outer shell, while arsenic lacks three. Gallium arsenide (GaAs) could be formed as an insulator by transferring three electrons from gallium to arsenic; however, this does not occur. Instead, the bonding is more covalent, and gallium arsenide is a......
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GaAs chip (computing)
...Because storage battery technologies have not kept pace with power consumption in portable devices, there has been renewed interest in gallium arsenide (GaAs) chips. GaAs chips can run at higher speeds and consume less power than silicon chips. (GaAs chips are also more......
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GABA (biology)
...The excitatory amino acids include glutamic acid (or glutamate) and aspartic acid (or aspartate), and the inhibitory amino acids include gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glycine....
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gabardine (fabric)
any of several varieties of worsted, cotton, silk, and mixed tightly woven fabrics, embodying certain features in common and chiefly made into suits and overcoats. It is a relatively strong and firm cloth, made with a twill weave, and somewhat resembling whipcord but of lighter texture. The weft, or filling, lies entirely a...
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Gabars (Zoroastrian group, Iran)
any member of the small Zoroastrian minority in Iran. The name Gabar was formerly applied derogatorily to the Iranian Zoroastrians; the term is linguistically related to the Arabic kāfir, meaning “infidel.” The Zoroastrians who remained in Persia (modern Iran) after the Arab–Muslim conquest (7th century ad) had a long history as outcasts. Although ...
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Gabashvili, Besarion (Georgian poet)
...of Wisdom and Lies). Two major poets emerged in the next generation: Davit Guramishvili used colloquial language to write revealing autobiographical poetry that has a Romantic immediacy, and Besiki (pseudonym of Besarion Gabashvili) adapted conventional poetics to passionate love poetry. Both died in the 1790s while in exile....
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gabay (style of poetry)
Poetry is a major form of expression in the Somali oral tradition. Its different types include the gabay, usually chanted, the jiifto, also chanted and usually moody, the geeraar, short and dealing with war, the buraambur, composed by women, the......
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gabbai (Jewish official)
treasurer or honorary official of a Jewish Orthodox congregation, often placed in charge of funds used for charity. The office is a carry-over from former times, when men whose reputations were above reproach collected funds for charity. These gabbaʾe tzedaqa were so esteemed that no financial reports were ever asked for. The Talmud, nonetheless, insisted that they work in pai...
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gabbaim (Jewish official)
treasurer or honorary official of a Jewish Orthodox congregation, often placed in charge of funds used for charity. The office is a carry-over from former times, when men whose reputations were above reproach collected funds for charity. These gabbaʾe tzedaqa were so esteemed that no financial reports were ever asked for. The Talmud, nonetheless, insisted that they work in pai...
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gabbais (Jewish official)
treasurer or honorary official of a Jewish Orthodox congregation, often placed in charge of funds used for charity. The office is a carry-over from former times, when men whose reputations were above reproach collected funds for charity. These gabbaʾe tzedaqa were so esteemed that no financial reports were ever asked for. The Talmud, nonetheless, insisted that they work in pai...
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Gabbiani, Domenico (Italian painter)
...Giaquinto, as court painter in Madrid, turned increasingly toward the Rococo, and Sebastiano Conca worked in Rome, falling increasingly victim to the academic classicism dominant there. Anton Domenico Gabbiani practiced a particularly frigid classicism in Florence, and it was mainly in Bologna and Venice that real attempts were made to break away from the confines of Late Baroque......
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gabbro (rock)
any of several medium- or coarse-grained rocks that consist primarily of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene. Essentially, gabbro is the intrusive (plutonic) equivalent of basalt, but whereas basalt is often remarkably homogeneous in mineralogy and composition, gabbros are exceedingly variable. Gabbros are found widely on the Earth and on the Moon as well. Gabbros are sometimes q...
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Gabelentz, Hans Conon von der (German linguist)
German linguist, ethnologist, and government official who conducted important studies of a large number of languages. He also took some part in political affairs and was prime minister of the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg from 1848 to 1849....
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Gabelich, Gary (American race–car driver)
American automobile-racing driver who set a world one-mile land-speed record of 622.407 miles per hour (1,001.67 km/h) on Oct. 23, 1970....
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gabelle (French tax)
form of tax in France before the Revolution of 1789—in particular, from the 15th century onward, the tax on salt....
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Gabelsberger, Franz Xaver (German stenographer)
...for stenographers in business. Because the geometric systems then in use required a high level of education and long training, a need existed for a method that would be easier to learn. The German Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789–1849) turned away from geometric methods and developed a simple cursive system. Gabelsberger’s system, which he called “Speech-sign art,” was...
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Gabelsberger shorthand
...training, a need existed for a method that would be easier to learn. The German Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789–1849) turned away from geometric methods and developed a simple cursive system. Gabelsberger’s system, which he called “Speech-sign art,” was based on Latin longhand characters and had a neatness and beauty of outline that is unsurpassed. It enjoyed a sponta...
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gaberdine (garment)
A caftan has long, wide sleeves and is open in the front, although frequently it is bound with a sash. The word caftan (or gaberdine) also refers to a black frock coat worn by Ḥasidic Jews since the European Middle Ages. An ankle-length coatlike garment with wide sleeves became fashionable for women’s evening wear in the mid-20th century and was called a caftan. ...
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Gaberones (Botswana)
town, capital of Botswana. The seat of government was transferred there from Mafeking (now spelled Mafikeng), South Africa, in 1965, one year before Botswana became independent of Britain. Gaborone is located on the Cape-Zimbabwe railway and is the site of government offices, parliament buildings, health f...
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Gabès (Tunisia)
town in southeastern Tunisia. Situated on a Mediterranean oasis along the Gulf of Gabes, the town is located at the mouth of the Wadi Qābis (Oued Gabès), which has its source 6 miles (10 km) upstream at the Ras al-Oued (springs), the town’s main water source. The town’s remains attest to Carthaginian settlement be...
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Gabès, Golfe de (gulf, Tunisia)
inlet, on the east coast of Tunisia, northern Africa. It is 60 miles (100 km) long and 60 miles wide and is bounded by the Qarqannah (Kerkena) Islands on the northeast and by Jarbah (Djerba) Island on the southeast. Except for the Strait of Gibraltar and the Gulf of Venice...
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Gabes, Gulf of (gulf, Tunisia)
inlet, on the east coast of Tunisia, northern Africa. It is 60 miles (100 km) long and 60 miles wide and is bounded by the Qarqannah (Kerkena) Islands on the northeast and by Jarbah (Djerba) Island on the southeast. Except for the Strait of Gibraltar and the Gulf of Venice...
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gabieta (Baltic religion)
in Baltic religion, the domestic hearth fire. In pre-Christian times a holy fire (šventa ugnis) was kept in tribal sanctuaries on high hills and riverbanks, where priests guarded it constantly, extinguishing and rekindling it once a year at the midsummer festival. Eventually this tradition was...
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gabija (Baltic religion)
in Baltic religion, the domestic hearth fire. In pre-Christian times a holy fire (šventa ugnis) was kept in tribal sanctuaries on high hills and riverbanks, where priests guarded it constantly, extinguishing and rekindling it once a year at the midsummer festival. Eventually this tradition was...
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Gabin, Jean (French actor)
one of the most popular film actors in France from the 1930s to the ’60s....
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Gabinetto Scientifico e Letterario G.B. Vieusseux (library, Florence, Italy)
...including many rare editions. The Riccardiana and Moreniana libraries adjoining the Medici Palace have the most complete collection, including valuable manuscripts, of works on Tuscan history. The Gabinetto Scientifico e Letterario G.B. Vieusseux is a scientific and literary library founded in 1819 by Jean-Baptiste Vieusseux, who was the central figure of a group that included the leading......
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Gabinian law (Roman law)
...processes, the plebeians sought to expand their freedom. Voting in electoral and judicial assemblies had been public, allowing powerful senators more easily to manage the votes of their clients. The Gabinian law (139) and Cassian law (137) introduced secret written ballots into the assemblies, thus loosening the control of patrons over their clients. Significantly, the reform was supported by.....
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Gabinius, Aulus (Roman politician)
Roman politician and a supporter of Pompey the Great....
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Gabirol, Ibn (Jewish poet and philosopher)
one of the outstanding figures of the Hebrew school of religious and secular poetry during the Jewish Golden Age in Moorish Spain. He was also an important Neoplatonic philosopher....
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gable (architecture)
triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, extending from the eaves to the peak. The gables in Classical Greek temples are called pediments....
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Gable, Christopher Michael (British dancer and actor)
British ballet dancer and actor (b. March 13, 1940, Hackney, London, Eng.--d. Oct. 23, 1998, near Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng.), was a popular star of the Royal Ballet, and his strong dramatic ability paved the way for him to make a smooth transition to theatre and motion pictures. When he was a young boy, Gable, having seen dan...
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Gable, Clark (American actor)
American film actor who epitomized the American ideal of masculinity and virility for three decades. An enormously popular star during his lifetime, Gable was dubbed the “King of Hollywood.”...
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Gable, Dan (American athlete)
American freestyle wrestler who is often considered to be the greatest amateur wrestler in American history....
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Gable, Daniel Mack (American athlete)
American freestyle wrestler who is often considered to be the greatest amateur wrestler in American history....
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gable end (architecture)
...“beams-and-columns”); the gable-end beams are sequentially shortened and alternate with vertical struts that bear the roof purlins and the main roof beam. The flexible proportions of the gable-end framework of struts and beams, vertical rise and horizontal span, permits the roof to take any profile desired, typically a low and rather straight silhouette in northern China before th...
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Gable, William Clark (American actor)
American film actor who epitomized the American ideal of masculinity and virility for three decades. An enormously popular star during his lifetime, Gable was dubbed the “King of Hollywood.”...
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Gabler, Milt (American record producer)
...vocal groups (the Mills Brothers and the Ink Spots) and big bands (led by Lionel Hampton and Buddy Johnson)—worked in prewar idioms. Decca’s black roster was supervised by Milt Gabler, a jazz fan who had previously run his own Commodore label. At Decca, Gabler formed a close relationship with Louis Jordan, whose hugely popular and influential jump-blues combo topped......
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Gabler, Norma (American textbook reviewer)
June 16, 1923Garrett, TexasJuly 22, 2007Phoenix, Ariz.American textbook reviewer who together with her husband, Mel Gabler (died 2004), exerted enormous influence in the selection of school textbooks, especially in her home state of Texas, where a single committee chose books for the entire...
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Gablonz an der Neisse (Czech Republic)
city, northwestern Czech Republic. It lies about 1,600 feet (500 m) above sea level in the upper valley of the Nis (Neisse) River, in the Giant Mountains (Krkonoše). It was populated mainly by Germans between World Wars I and ...
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Gabo, Naum (Russian sculptor)
pioneering Constructivist sculptor who used materials such as glass, plastic, and metal and created a sense of spatial movement in his work....
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Gabon
Country, central Africa....
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gabon chocolate tree (plant)
edible nut of the dika tree, which is also called the dika bread, or Gabon chocolate, tree (species Irvingia barteri), and is native to western Africa. The nut is used principally for food and oil....
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Gabon ebony
D. dendo, native to Angola, is a valuable timber tree with very black and hard heartwood known as black ebony, as billetwood, or as Gabon, Lagos, Calabar, or Niger ebony. Jamaica, American, or green ebony is produced by Brya ebenus, a leguminous tree or shrub; the heartwood is rich dark brown, very heavy, exceedingly hard, and......
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Gabon Estuary (estuary, Gabon)
inlet of the Gulf of Guinea, in western Gabon. It is fed by the Como and Mbeï rivers, which rise in the Cristal Mountains to the northeast. The estuary is 40 miles (64 km) long and 9 miles (14 km) wide at its mouth. It was explored in the 1470s by Portuguese navigators who may have named it Gabão (“Hoode...
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Gabon viper (snake)
extremely venomous but usually docile ground-dwelling snake found in tropical forests of central and western Africa. It is the heaviest venomous snake in Africa, weighing 8 kg (18 pounds), and it grows to a length of 2 metres (about 7 feet). The Gaboon viper also possess...
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Gabon: Year In Review 1993
Gabon is a republic of central Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. Area: 267,667 sq km (103,347 sq mi). Pop. (1993 est.): 1,280,000. Cap.: Libreville. Monetary unit: CFA franc, with (Oct. 4, 1993) a par value of CFAF 50 to the French franc and a free rate of CFAF 283.25 to U.S. $1 (CFAF 429.12 = £ 1 sterling). President in 1993, Omar Bongo; prime minister, Casimir Oyé-Mba....
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Gabon: Year In Review 1994
Gabon is a republic of central Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. Area: 267,667 sq km (103,347 sq mi). Pop. (1994 est.): 1,139,000. Cap.: Libreville. Monetary unit: CFA franc, with (Oct. 7, 1994) a par value of CFAF 100 to the French franc and a free rate of CFAF 526.67 to U.S. $1 (CFAF 837.67 = £ 1 sterling). President in 1994, Omar Bongo; prime ministers, Casimir Oyé-Mba and, from Nove...
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Gabon: Year In Review 1995
Gabon is a republic of central Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. Area: 267,667 sq km (103,347 sq mi). Pop.: (1995 est.): 1,156,000. Cap.: Libreville. Monetary unit: CFA franc, with (Oct. 6, 1995) a par value of CFAF 100 to the French franc and a free rate of CFAF 501.49 to U.S. $1 (CFAF 792.78 = £ 1 sterling). President in 1995, Omar Bongo; prime minister, Paulin Obame-Nguema....
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Gabon: Year In Review 1996
Gabon is a republic of central Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean. Area: 267,667 sq km (103,347 sq mi). Pop.: (1996 est.): 1,173,000. Cap.: Libreville. Monetary unit: CFA franc, with (Oct. 11, 1996) a par value of CFAF 100 to the French franc and a free rate of CFAF 518.24 to U.S. $1 (CFAF 816.38 = £ 1 sterling). President in 1996, Omar Bongo; prime minister, Paulin Obame-Nguema....
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Gabon: Year In Review 1997
Area: 267,667 sq km (103,347 sq mi)...
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Gabon: Year In Review 1998
Area: 267,667 sq km (103,347 sq mi)...
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Gabon: Year In Review 1999
Pres. Omar Bongo, victorious in the first round of the December 1998 presidential elections, named Jean-François Ntoutoume-Emane prime minister on Jan. 23, 1999. The new Cabinet was dominated by ministers loyal to Bongo and included many members of the previous administration. No opposition members or defeated preside...
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Gabon: Year In Review 2000
Eight African nations conducted French-sponsored military exercises in Gabon in January 2000. This was designed as a preliminary step toward creating a rapid-reaction peace force to be deployed to rescue and protect refugees in the case of ethnic conflict of the severity of that experienced in Rwanda in 1999. Soldiers from Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the ...
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Gabon: Year In Review 2001
Amid a rising wave of urban crime, on March 1, 2001, Gabon’s minister of the interior suspended the import and sale of firearms. Prime Minister Jean-François Ntoutoume-Emane addressed the National Assembly on May 16 to answer deputies’ concerns about public safety. Despite the creation during the year of a special crime squad, the incidents of armed robbery and other violent c...
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Gabon: Year In Review 2002
In January, following his Gabonese Democratic Party’s victory in the December legislative elections, Pres. Omar Bongo pledged that his new government would be an open one. He invited opposition parties to participate in the collective management of the state. Father Paul Mba Abessole, leader of the opposition National Rally of Woodcutters, told his members that they should join the new gove...
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Gabon: Year In Review 2003
In February 2003, Gérard Nguema Mitoghe, president of Gabon’s opposition National Rally of Republicans, demanded the dissolution of Parliament and municipal councils, citing the high level of voter abstention in the December 2001 elections. Condemning the conduct of the Omar Bongo regime and accusing unnamed high government officials of enriching themselves with public funds, he anno...
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