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- saclike structure containing thick gelatinous fluid that appears on the top or underside of the wrist or, less commonly, on the top of the foot. The cause is unknown, but ...
- ganglion of Scarpa
- (from the article "nervous system, human") ...information on linear acceleration and the influence of gravitational pull. This information is relayed by the vestibular fibres, whose bipolar cell bodies are located in the vestibular (Scarpa) ganglion. The ...
- ganglioside
- (from the article "lipid storage disease") In Tay-Sachs disease, or amaurotic (blind) idiocy, gangliosides are deposited in body tissues, chiefly those of the central nervous system, which deteriorates, resulting in severe mental deficiency. Characteristic early symptoms ...
- Gangor
- (from the article "Rajasthan") Hardly a month passes in Rajasthan without a religious festival. The most remarkable and typical is the festival called Gangor, when clay images of Mahadevi and Parvati (representing the benevolent ...
- Gangotri
- (from the article "Himalayas") ...which drain into the Indus. Glaciers also play an important role in draining the higher altitudes and in feeding the Himalayan rivers. Several glaciers occur in Uttarakhand, of which the ...
- gangrene
- localized death of animal soft tissue, caused by prolonged interruption of the blood supply that may result from injury or infection. Diseases in which gangrene is prone to occur include ... [1 Related Articles]
- gangsta rap
- form of hip-hop music that became the genre's dominant style in the 1990s, a reflection and product of the often violent lifestyle of American inner cities afflicted with poverty and ... [3 Related Articles]
- gangster film
- (from the article "motion picture, history of the") ...new filmmaking techniques and talents, it also created new genres and renovated old ones. The realism it permitted inspired the emergence of tough, socially pertinent films with urban settings. Crime ...
- Gangtok
- town, capital of Sikkim state, northeastern India. It lies at an elevation of 5,600 feet (1,700 m). The town (the name of which means "top of the hill") rises over ... [2 Related Articles]
- gangue
- (from the article "copper processing") In the ore-dressing plant, the material received from the mine is crushed in several stages and finely ground to a size which ensures that copper minerals are liberated from the ...
- Ganguillet, Emile-Oscar
- (from the article "Earth sciences") ...Their formula contained no term for roughness of channel and on this and other grounds was later found to be inapplicable to the rapidly flowing streams of mountainous regions. In ...
- Ganguly, Sourav
- (from the article "Cricket") ...a drawn first Test, Rahul Dravid scored a century in both innings to help India win the second. Younis Khan replied with innings of 267 and 84 not out to ...
- Gangut, battle of
- (from the article "Peter I") ...engineers-the redoubts erected in the path of the Swedish troops to break their combat order, to split them into little groups, and to halt their onslaught. Peter also took part ...
- Ganio, Mathieu
- (from the article "Performing Arts") ...on to a series of full-length classics. The Royal Ballet's Alina Cojocaru made an acclaimed company debut in Giselle, and POB appointed two new stars of its own; Marie-Agnes Gillot ...
- Ganioda'yo
- Seneca Indian chief who developed a new religion for the Iroquois (see Handsome Lake cult). The cult was so successful that in the 20th century several thousand Indians still adhered ... [1 Related Articles]
- ganita
- (from the article "mathematics, South Asian") ...a demonstration was perhaps not so much a solid foundation for the student's understanding as a crutch for the weak student's lack of understanding. The Indian concept of
- Ganivet y Garcia, Angel
- Spanish essayist and novelist, considered a precursor of the Generation of '98 because of his concern for the spiritual regeneration of his country. Fluent in five languages, he served with ... [2 Related Articles]
- Ganj Dareh
- (from the article "agriculture, origins of") ...Sheep and goats eventually replaced gazelles as the primary animal food of Southwest Asia. The earliest evidence for managed sheep and goat herds, a decrease in the size of animals, ...
- Ganjin
- (from the article "Japan") ...in later ages, still stands in the Todai Temple and is famous the world over as the Great Buddha of Nara. The court also tried to attract Chinese monks to ...
- Ganku
- Japanese painter of the late Tokugawa period who established the Kishi school of painting.
- gannet
- any of three oceanic bird species within the family Sulidae (order Pelecaniformes). Closely related to the boobies and variously classified with them in the genus Sula or separated as Morus ... [3 Related Articles]
- Gannett Co., Inc.
- one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States, with interests in newspaper Web sites and television broadcasting as well. The company also publishes a number of newspapers and ... [2 Related Articles]
- Gannett Peak
- mountain in the Wind River Range and the highest point (13,804 feet [4,207 metres]) in Wyoming, U.S. Located 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Lander on the crest of the ... [2 Related Articles]
- Gannett, Frank Ernest
- American publisher who established a major chain of daily newspapers in small and medium-sized U.S. cities. During his career Gannett bought many newspapers and often merged them, creating one paper ... [1 Related Articles]
- ganoid scale
- (from the article "fish") ...scales of either the ganoid or the cosmoid type. Cosmoid scales have a hard, enamel-like outer layer, an inner layer of cosmine (a form of dentine), and then a layer ...
- Gans, Eduard
- a major German jurist and, for a time, a potent force in the revival of studies of Jewish culture.
- Gans, Joe
- American professional boxer, known as the Old Master, who was perhaps the greatest fighter in the history of the lightweight division. Because he was black, he was compelled by boxing ... [1 Related Articles]
- Gansu Corridor
- (from the article "Kansu") Some modernization has taken place since 1949, including increased irrigation and mechanization and the introduction of chemical fertilizers. The fertile Kansu Corridor produces most of the province's food crops, which ...
- Gansus yumenensis
- (from the article "Life Sciences") Newly described three-dimensional specimens of Gansus yumenensis, an amphibious bird from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China, showed that the bird had advanced features previously found only in Late Cretaceous ...
- Gante, Pedro de
- Franciscan monk who founded the first school in New Spain (Mexico) and laid the foundations for future Indian education in the Spanish colonies.
- Ganter Bridge
- (from the article "bridge") ...piers. The trapezoidal box girder, only 11 metres (36 feet) wide at the top, haunches at the supports and carries an 26-metre- (85-foot-) wide turnpike. More impressive yet is the ...
- gantry crane
- (from the article "crane") ...depicted in Figure 4. If the construction of overhead rails is impracticable, the ends of the bridge can be attached to upright towers that move on rails at the ground ...
- Ganvie
- (from the article "African architecture") Closer to the coast of West Africa, some peoples build houses raised on stilts; the most notable are those built in the lakeside village of Ganvie in Benin. The buildings ...
- Ganymede
- in Greek legend, the son of Tros (or Laomedon), king of Troy. Because of his unusual beauty, he was carried off either by the gods or by Zeus, disguised as ...
- Ganymede
- largest of Jupiter's satellites and of all the satellites in the solar system. One of the Galilean moons, it was discovered by the Italian astronomer Galileo in 1610. It was ... [4 Related Articles]
- Ganymedes
- (from the article "Arsinoe IV") Upon landing in Alexandria in 48, Caesar captured the members of the Ptolemaic royal family, but Arsinoe managed to escape with the aid of Ganymedes, her mentor, and joined the ...
- Ganz, Rudolph
- pianist, conductor, and composer, who introduced works by contemporary composers such as Bartok, Ravel, and Vincent d'Indy, and who revived little-played older works in the keyboard repertory.
- Ganzhou
- city, southern Jiangxi sheng (province), southeastern China. It is located on the Gan River and is a natural route centre at the confluence of the various river ... [1 Related Articles]
- Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
- (from the article "Sichuan") The autonomous prefectures are the Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, with its headquarters at Ma'erkang (Barkam); the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, with its capital at Kangding; and the Liangshan Yi Autonomous ...
- Gao
- town, eastern Mali, western Africa. It is situated on the Niger River at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, about 200 miles (320 km) east-southeast of Timbuktu. The population ... [7 Related Articles]
- Gao E
- (from the article "Dream of the Red Chamber") ...in manuscript form in Beijing during Cao Zhan's lifetime. In 1791, almost 30 years after his death, the novel was published in a complete version of 120 chapters prepared by ...
- Gao Gang
- one of the early leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and one of the most important figures in the communist government established after 1949. His purge in 1954-55 was ... [1 Related Articles]
- Gao Ling
- (from the article "Badminton") ...men's singles final, Chen Hong defeated the top seed, defending champion Lin Dan. The women's events also featured all-Chinese finals as Xie Xingfang bested Zhang Ning in the singles competition ...
- Gao Ming
- Chinese poet and playwright whose sole surviving opera, Pipaji (The Lute), became the model for drama of the Ming dynasty.
- Gao Qipei
- technically innovative Chinese landscape painter who used his hands-palms, fingers, nails-in place of the traditional Chinese brush. Gao was precocious and gifted and served in an official capacity during the ...
- Gao Xingjian
- Chinese emigre novelist, playwright, and critic who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity." He was also ...
- Gaohou
- the first woman ruler of China, wife of Gaozu, the first emperor (reigned 206-195 BC) of the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). [1 Related Articles]
- gaohu
- (from the article "erhu") ...is played both as a solo instrument and in an orchestral setting. A higher-pitched version with a smaller resonator surface and shorter post is the gaohu, or ...
- Gaombalet, Celestin
- (from the article "Central African Republic") Area: 622,436 sq km (240,324 sq mi) | Population (2005 est.): 4,038,000 | Capital: Bangui | Chief of state: President Francois Bozize | Head of government: Prime Ministers Celestin Gaombalet ...
- gaon
- the title accorded to the Jewish spiritual leaders and scholars who headed Talmudic academies that flourished, with lengthy interruptions, from the 7th to the 13th century in Babylonia and Palestine. ... [3 Related Articles]
- Gaona, Tito
- (from the article "circus") Mexican acrobats became known for their skill at the flying trapeze. Trapeze artist Tito Gaona first performed in 1964 at age 15 and-even blindfolded-flawlessly performed the triple somersault from bar ...
- gaonera
- (from the article "bullfighting") ...coming first, the others following in turn). It is the time in the fight when one sees the varied flashy passes with the big colourful cape. Among these passes are ...
- Gaoual
- town, northwestern Guinea, West Africa, on the Fouta Djallon plateau. It lies at the point where the Koumba and Nomo rivers join to form the Tomine and is at the ...
- Gaozong
- temple name (miaohao) of the first emperor of the Nan (Southern) Song dynasty (1127-1279). He fled to South China when the nomadic Juchen tribesmen overran North China ... [4 Related Articles]
- Gaozong
- temple name (miaohao) of the third emperor of the Tang dynasty and husband of the empress Wuhou. During his 34-year reign (649-683) he expanded the Tang empire ... [4 Related Articles]
- Gaozu
- temple name (miaohao) of the founder and first emperor of the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), under which the Chinese imperial system assumed most of the characteristics ... [5 Related Articles]
- Gaozu
- (from the article "Five Dynasties") ...Cunxu), who established the Hou (Later) Tang dynasty in 923. Although Zhuangzong and his successors ruled relatively well for 13 years, the Hou Tang was finally terminated when one of ...
- Gaozu
- temple name (miaohao) of the founder and first emperor (618-626) of the Tang dynasty (618-907). [3 Related Articles]
- Gaozu
- (from the article "Five Dynasties") ...to the Khitan in 946, they reinvaded North China and carried him into captivity, thus ending the 10-year Hou Jin dynasty. The following year a former Hou Jin general who ...
- Gap
- town, capital of the Hautes-Alpes departement, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region, southeastern France, south-southeast of Grenoble. Situated at an elevation of 2,406 feet (733 metres) in a valley on ...
- Gap Design Editions
- (from the article "Fashions") ...Year. The affordable dresses, jeans, T-shirts, shoes, handbags, sunglasses, bangles, and earrings translated Deacon's dressed-up, glossy glamour into a more casual idiom. A month later Gap launched Gap Design Editions, ...
- gap filler
- (from the article "warning system") In addition to large conventional radars, small distributed radars (called gap fillers) are used to detect low-flying aircraft penetrating gaps in large radar coverage. Over-the-horizon radars and AWACS (airborne warning ...
- Gap Inc.
- (from the article "Fashions") ...of the Year. The affordable dresses, jeans, T-shirts, shoes, handbags, sunglasses, bangles, and earrings translated Deacon's dressed-up, glossy glamour into a more casual idiom. A month later Gap launched Gap ...
- gap junction
- (from the article "animal") ...from the axon per impulse received, increasing the number of receptors in the dendrite, or changing the sensitivity of the receptors. Bridging the synapse directly by the formation of membrane-bound ...
- Gapapaiwa language
- (from the article "Austronesian languages") ...five). In the New Guinea area several Austronesian languages have radically restructured number systems that probably result from intensive contact with neighbouring Papuan languages. An example is Gapapaiwa of Milne ...
- gaper clam
- (Tresus nuttallii and Tresus capax), either of two species of bivalve mollusks of the family Mactridae. These clams live in sand and mud flats along the coast of western North ...
- Gapon, Georgy Apollonovich
- (from the article "Bloody Sunday") ...wave of strikes, partly planned by one of the legal organizations of workers-the Assembly of Russian Workingmen-broke out in St. Petersburg. The leader of the assembly, the priest Georgy Gapon, ...
- Gaprindashvili, Nona
- women's world chess champion from 1962 to 1978. A strong attacking player, Gaprindashvili won the title from Elizaveta Bykova of the Soviet Union in 1962 by a crushing score of ... [1 Related Articles]
- gar
- any of several large North or Middle American fishes of the genus Lepisosteus, in the family Lepisosteidae. Gars, which are related to the bowfin in the superorder Holostei, are confined ... [1 Related Articles]
- garaba
- dance form popular at festival times in Gujarat, India. It is a simple, joyful dance, based on a circular pattern and characterized by a sweeping action from side to side ... [2 Related Articles]
- Garabil Plateau
- (from the article "Karakum Desert") ...and 300 miles (500 km) from north to south. It is bordered on the north by the Sarykamysh Basin, on the northeast and east by the Amu Darya (ancient Oxus ...
- Garabit Viaduct
- (from the article "Eiffel, Gustave") ...of 1867. In 1877 he bridged the Douro River at Oporto, Port., with a 525-foot (160-metre) steel arch, which he followed with an even greater arch of the same type, ...
- Garajonay National Park
- national park located at the centre of La Gomera island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife provincia (province), in the Canary Islands comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), Spain. The park, created in 1980, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Garamantes
- (from the article "Fezzan") The Greek historian Herodotus mentioned Fezzan as part of the territory of the Garamantes. The Romans conquered the Garamantes in 19 BC and annexed their country, which the Romans called ...
- Garamba National Park
- large natural area in northeastern Congo (Kinshasa), bordering on The Sudan. The park, created in 1938, has an area of 1,900 square miles (4,920 square km) and is a continuation ... [4 Related Articles]
- Garamea
- (from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") ...Aramaye in Aramaic, and it was governed directly by the Parthian ruler. In the south was Characene, while to the northeast of Ctesiphon, which had supplanted Seleucia as the Parthian ...
- Garamond
- (from the article "typography") ...types Morison commissioned for Monotype and demonstrated by their intelligent use that mechanical composition could be used to produce books at once handsome and functional. Among these types were Garamond, ...
- Garamond, Claude
- French type designer and publisher. [3 Related Articles]
- Garand rifle
- semiautomatic, gas-operated .30-calibre rifle adopted by the U.S. Army in 1936. It was developed by John C. Garand, a civilian engineer employed at the Springfield Armory, Springfield, Mass. The Garand ... [2 Related Articles]
- Garand, John C.
- Canadian-born U.S. firearms engineer, inventor of the M1 semiautomatic rifle, with which U.S. infantrymen fought in World War II and the Korean War. [1 Related Articles]
- Garang, John
- Sudanese rebel leader and politician (b. June 23, 1945, Wangkulei, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan [now in The Sudan]-d. July 30/31, 2005, southern Sudan), was appointed to the post of first vice president ... [2 Related Articles]
- Garanhuns
- city, eastern Pernambuco estado (state), northeastern Brazil. The city lies in the Serra Garanhuns, at 2,841 feet (866 m) above sea level. It was elevated to city status in 1874. ...
- Garasanin, Ilija
- statesman and administrator of Serbia who was twice prime minister (1852, 1861-67). [1 Related Articles]
- Garavani, Valentino
- (from the article "Fashions") In September the Roman fashion house Valentino announced that its founders, 75-year-old designer in chief Valentino Garavani and his business partner Giancarlo Giammetti, would retire. The announcement followed July's lavish ...
- Garavito, Luis
- Colombian serial killer who was convicted of murdering 189 boys in the 1990s. Many of Garavito's victims lived in poor neighbourhoods apart from their families, who could not afford to ...
- Garay, Juan de
- (from the article "Mar del Plata") coastal city, southeastern Buenos Aires provincia (province), east-central Argentina. Juan de Garay, the second founder of Buenos Aires, first explored the coastal area of Mar del ...
- Garba, Joseph Nanven
- Nigerian military officer and diplomat (b. July 17, 1943, Langtang, Nigeria-d. June 1, 2002, Abuja, Nigeria), participated in the 1975 bloodless coup that deposed Gen. Yakubu Gowon as head of ...
- garbage
- (from the article "environmental works") ...management. All nonhazardous solid waste from a community that requires collection and transport to a processing or disposal site is called refuse or municipal solid waste. Refuse includes garbage and ...
- garbage grease
- (from the article "grease") ...parts used to make white grease. Brown grease contains beef and mutton fats as well as hog fats. Fleshing grease is the fatty material trimmed from hides and pelts. Bone ...
- Garbett, Cyril Forster
- archbishop of York and ecclesiastical writer who promoted a social conscience among the membership of the Church of England by his reports on the human misery in the areas he ...
- garbhagrha
- (from the article "North Indian temple architecture") The typical Hindu temple in northern India, on plan, consists of a small square-shaped sanctuary (called the garbhagrha, or "womb-room") housing the main image, preceded by one or more adjoining ...
- Garbo, Greta
- one of the most glamorous and popular motion-picture stars of the 1920s and '30s who is best known for her portrayals of strong-willed heroines, most of them as compellingly enigmatic ...
- Garboli, Cesare
- (from the article "Literature") Several important intellectual figures died during the year, including literary critic Cesare Garboli (1928-2004), who was famous for his translations of Shakespeare and Moliere, and Giovanni Raboni (1932-2004), an accomplished ...
- Garborg, Arne Evensen
- novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist, one of the first great writers to show the literary possibilities of Nynorsk, a language that many writers wished to establish in place of the ...
- Garcao, Pedro Antonio Correia
- one of Portugal's principal Neoclassical poets.
- Garces, Francisco
- (from the article "Gila Bend") ...abandoned by Indians the Spanish called Opas, who had annually produced two crops of grain. The rancheria was re-established in 1774 by Juan Bautista de Anza and Father Francisco Garces, ...
- Garcetti v. Ceballos
- (from the article "Law") ...In previous decisions the court had ruled that government workers would often be protected from dismissal or other retaliation for expressing their views on matter of public importance. In Garcetti ...
- Garches
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...Exposition at Stuttgart (1927), and his influential but unexecuted submittal to the League of Nations competition-was a footnote to that dream of a new city. The villa, Les Terrasses, at ...
- Garci, Jose Luis
- (from the article "1982: Best Foreign-Language Film") Other Nominees
- Garcia (I)
- self-styled king or chief of the Navarrese, centred in Pamplona. He is partly legendary, perhaps originally a count and vassal of Asturias, and is said to have reconquered many towns ...
- Garcia de la Huerta, Vicente
- playwright, poet, and critic whose Neoclassical tragedy Raquel (1778) was once considered the most distinguished tragic drama of 18th-century Spain.
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