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 Gallio, Junius ... gamelan Gallio, Junius Roman official who dismissed the charges brought by the Jews against the apostle Paul (Acts ... Gallipoli seaport and town, European Turkey. It lies on a narrow peninsula where the Dardanelles opens ... Gallipoli Peninsula (from the article "Murad I") ...emperor John V Palaeologus to become a vassal. Adrianople was renamed Edirne, and it became ... Gallipoli, battle of (from the article "Monash, Sir John") Monash attended Scotch College and Melbourne University, obtaining degrees in the arts, civil engineering, and ... Gallipolis city, seat (1803) of Gallia county, southern Ohio, U.S., on the Ohio River, near its ... Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine one of the first Roman Catholic priests to serve as a missionary to European immigrants ... gallium chemical element, metal of main Group 13 (IIIa, or boron group) of the periodic table. ... [2 Related Articles] gallium arsenide (from the article "crystal") Besides the elemental semiconductors, such as silicon and germanium, some binary crystals are covalently bonded. ... gallium arsenide chip (from the article "computer") ...increase, cryogenic cooling systems may become necessary. Because storage battery technologies have not kept pace ... gallium arsenide epitaxy (from the article "epitaxy") ...vapour by thermally heating the constituent source materials. For example, silicon can be placed in ... gallium hydride (from the article "hydride") ...hydrides can be formed from boron (B), aluminum (Al), and gallium (Ga) of group 13 ... gallium phosphide (from the article "lamp") ...and drop to a state of lower energy. Part of the released energy is emitted ... Gallivare (from the article "mineral deposit") ...of a hydrothermal solution that deposited the magnetite. Many experts draw the latter conclusion. Considerable ... gallnut ink (from the article "drawing") Although all dyestuffs of low viscosity lend themselves to pen drawing, the various inks are ... gallo pinto (from the article "Nicaragua") Nicaraguan cuisine is a mixture of indigenous and Creole traditions. The country's national dish is ... Gallo, Ernest American winegrower together with his brother Julio, founded (1933) E.&J. Gallo Winery in Modesto ... Gallo, Joseph (from the article "Colombo, Joseph A., Sr.") ...28, 1971, Colombo, speaking at an Italian-American rally in Columbus Circle, was shot by a ... Gallo, Julio Robert U.S. winegrower (b. March 21, 1910, Oakland, Calif.--d. May 2, 1993, near Tracy, Calif.), together ... Gallo-Italian (from the article "Romance languages") ...however, these variant dialects form a continuum of intelligibility, although geographically distant dialects may be ... gallon (from the article "British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measures") ...on the basis of precise definitions of selected existing units. The 1824 act sanctioned a ... gallop accelerated canter in which the rider's weight is brought sharply forward as the horse reaches ... [3 Related Articles] gallotannin (from the article "tannin") ...condensed. Hydrolyzable tannins (decomposable in water, with which they react to form other substances), yield ... Galloway traditional region, southwestern Scotland, comprising the historic counties of Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire, which form the ... [1 Related Articles] Galloway (from the article "livestock farming") Although the native home of the Galloway breed is the ancient region of Galloway in ... Galloway Plan (from the article "Galloway, Joseph") ...by pleading cases before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania before he was 20. Elected to ... Galloway, James (from the article "Xenia") ...as a trading centre for farmers and stock raisers. Small manufactures (furniture, cordage, plastics, castings, ... Galloway, Joseph distinguished American colonial attorney and legislator who remained loyal to Great Britain at the time ... Galloway, Mull of (from the article "Irish Sea") ...sea is about 130 miles (210 km) long and 150 miles (240 km) wide. Its ... gallstone concretion composed of crystalline substances (usually cholesterol, bile pigments, and calcium salts) embedded in a ... [4 Related Articles] Gallup city, seat (1901) of McKinley county, northwestern New Mexico, U.S., on the Puerco River, near ... Gallup, George Horace American public-opinion statistician whose Gallup Poll became almost synonymous with public-opinion surveys. Gallup helped to ... [3 Related Articles] Gallurian (from the article "Romance languages") ...Other dialects of Sardinian include Campidanese (Campidanian), centred around Cagliari in the south, heavily influenced ... Gallus Roman emperor from 251 to 253. [1 Related Articles] Gallus Caesar ruler of the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire, with the title of caesar, from ... [2 Related Articles] Gallus, Aelius (from the article "ancient Rome") In the south, Augustus found suitable frontiers quickly. In 25 BC an expedition under Aelius ... Gallus, Gaius Aelius (from the article "Arabia Felix") ...Romans chose the name because of the area's pleasant climate and reputed riches in agricultural ... Gallus, Gaius Cornelius Roman soldier and poet, famous for four books of poems to his mistress "Lycoris" (the ... [1 Related Articles] Galois group (from the article "Galois, Evariste") ...analyze the "admissible" permutations of the roots of the equation. His key discovery, brilliant and ... Galois theory (from the article "algebra") The last significant influence on van der Waerden's structural image of algebra was by Artin, ... Galois, Evariste French mathematician famous for his contributions to the part of higher algebra now known as ... [9 Related Articles] Galon Army (from the article "San, Saya") ...Saya San organized peasant discontent and proclaimed himself a pretender to the throne who, like ... Galston, Arthur William American plant physiologist and bioethicist conducted research in the late 1950s into a powerful herbicide ... Galswintha daughter of Athanagild, Visigothic king of Spain, and Goisuintha; sister of Brunhild, queen of Austrasia; ... [2 Related Articles] Galsworthy, John English novelist and playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932. [2 Related Articles] Galt (from the article "Cambridge") city, regional municipality of Waterloo, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies 55 miles (90 km) west-southwest ... Galt, John prolific Scottish novelist admired for his depiction of country life. [2 Related Articles] Galt, Sir Alexander Tilloch Canadian businessman, statesman, and influential early advocate of federation. Galtieri, Leopoldo Fortunato Argentine military ruler (b. July 15, 1926, Caseros, Arg.-d. Jan. 12, 2003, Buenos Aires, Arg.), ... [3 Related Articles] Galton, Sir Francis English explorer, anthropologist, and eugenicist, known for his pioneering studies of human intelligence. He was ... [13 Related Articles] Galty Mountains mountain range, extending across the border between southwestern County Tipperary and southeastern County Limerick, southern ... Galtymore (from the article "Galty Mountains") ...County Limerick, southern Ireland. The range has the east-west trend characteristic of the extreme south ... Galuppi, Baldassare Italian composer whose comic operas won him the title "father of the opera buffa." His ... Galvan, Manuel de Jesus (from the article "Dominican Republic") During the 19th-century Haitian occupation, a nationalist spirit began to develop in Dominican literature, notably ... Galvani, Luigi Italian physician and physicist who investigated the nature and effects of what he conceived to ... [4 Related Articles] galvanizing protection of iron or steel against exposure to the atmosphere and consequent rusting by application ... [5 Related Articles] galvanneal process (from the article "steel") There are several variations of the basic galvanizing process. The galvanneal process heats the strip ... galvanometer instrument for measuring a small electrical current or a function of the current by deflection ... [1 Related Articles] galvanometer drive (from the article "watch") Electric-powered watches use one of three drive systems: (1) the galvanometer drive, consisting of the ... galvanostatic method (from the article "electrochemical reaction") ...of others observed. One such method consists of placing a constant current pulse upon an ... galvanotropism (from the article "tropism") ...to gravity), chemotropism (response to particular substances), hydrotropism (response to water), thigmotropism (response to mechanical ... Galvao, Duarte (from the article "Manuel I") The crusading aspect of the expansion reached its apogee with Albuquerque, who nourished grandiose schemes ... Galveston city, seat (1838) of Galveston county, southeastern Texas, U.S., 51 miles (82 km) southeast of ... [2 Related Articles] Galveston Bay inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, on the southeastern shore of Texas, U.S. Protected from ... Galvez, Jose, Marques De La Sonora Spanish colonial administrator particularly noted for his work as inspector general (visitador general) in New ... [1 Related Articles] Galvez, Manuel novelist and biographer, whose documentation of a wide range of social ills in Argentina in ... Galvez, Maria Rosa (from the article "Spanish literature") ...costumbrista comedies. While some women wrote for small private audiences (convents and literary salons), others ... Galvez, Mariano (from the article "Central America") ...candidate Jose Cecilio del Valle defeated Morazan, but he died before taking office, leaving Morazan ... Galvezia speciosa (from the article "snapdragon") Snapdragons are popular garden plants, and many horticultural varieties exist. Galvezia speciosa, a related plant, ... Galvus (from the article "Health and Disease") ...lowered liver glucose production. Based on clinical trials, Januvia was less likely than other oral ... Galway county in the province of Connaught (Connacht), western Ireland. It is bounded by the Atlantic ... Galway seaport and county town (seat) of County Galway, western Ireland, located on the northern shore ... Galway Theatre (from the article "MacLiammoir, Micheal") ...Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, Eugene O'Neill, and Arthur Miller and called attention to such new Irish ... Galway, Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval French soldier who became a trusted servant of the British king William III. Gama, Basilio da neoclassical poet and author of the Brazilian epic poem O Uraguai (1769), an account of ... Gama, Estevao da (from the article "Gama, Vasco da") Da Gama was the third son of Estevao da Gama, a minor provincial nobleman who ... Gama, Vasco da Portuguese navigator whose voyages to India (1497-99, 1502-03, 1524) opened up the sea route from ... [15 Related Articles] Gamagori city, southern Aichi ken (prefecture), central Honshu, Japan, facing Mikawa Bay. The ... gamakas (from the article "percussion instrument") ...cups do not contain water. But the jaltarang, also South Asian, makes ... Gamaliel I a tanna, one of a select group of Palestinian masters of the Jewish Oral Law, ... [1 Related Articles] Gamaliel II nasi (president) of the Sanhedrin, at that time the supreme Jewish legislative body, in Jabneh, ... [3 Related Articles] Gamaliel III eldest son of Judah ha-Nasi, and the renowned editor of the Mishna (the basic compilation ... Gamarra, Agustin, General (from the article "Bolivia") ...Santa Cruz temporarily reorganized state finances in an effort to repair the war-torn economy, and ... Gamarra, Jose (from the article "Latin American art") ...("sacred conversation of the saints"), and their faces are de-emphasized by blurring and shading. His ... Gamarra, Pierre (from the article "children's literature") Children's verse has at least one delightful practitioner in Pierre Gamarra. His Mandarine et le ... Gambaga (from the article "Gambaga Scarp") ...the elevation (1,000-1,500 feet [300-460 m]), the climate is relatively cool and moist, allowing cultivation ... Gambaga Scarp line of cliffs along the Volta River basin, northeastern Ghana, western Africa. The scarp forms ... gambang (from the article "xylophone") ...act as a resonating chamber. Most often the wooden bars may be set on insulating ... Gambel's quail (from the article "quail") ...quail include two important game birds introduced widely elsewhere: the California, or valley, quail (Callipepla ... Gambela (from the article "Ethiopia") Domestically, preparation for parliamentary elections scheduled for May 2005 began with the training of election ... Gamberaia, Villa (from the article "garden and landscape design") ...and is due not only to the date they were made, the exigencies of the ... gambeson (from the article "military technology") ...closer-fitting, extending downward from the middle of the upper arm to the wrist; at the ... Gambetta, Leon French republican statesman who helped direct the defense of France during the Franco-German War of ... [4 Related Articles] Gambia Daily, The (from the article "Gambia, The") The Gambia Daily is published by the government. There are also privately owned publications, such ... Gambia People's Party (from the article "Gambia, The") ...the 1994 coup. Since 1996 the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction has been the ... Gambia Produce Marketing Board (from the article "Gambia, The") The most significant industry in the country is peanut processing. The crop is sold to ... Gambia River river in western Africa, 700 miles (1,120 km) long, rising in the Republic of Guinea ... [3 Related Articles] Gambia, flag of The national flag consisting of horizontal stripes of red, blue, and green separated by two thinner ... Gambia, The country in western Africa situated on the Atlantic coast and surrounded by the neighbouring country ... [21 Related Articles] Gambia, The, history of (from the article "Gambia, The") HistoryBritish colonial rulewestern Africa, history ... Gambia, University of The (from the article "Gambia, The") ...level is free but not compulsory. There are secondary and postsecondary schools, including a teacher-training ... Gambian Wolof language (from the article "Wolof language") an Atlantic language of the Niger-Congo language family genetically related to Fula and Serer. There ... gambier (from the article "Rubiaceae") ...include quinine, which is derived from the bark of Cinchona species; coffee, from the seeds ... Gambier Islands southeasternmost extension of the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia in the central South Pacific, nearly ... [1 Related Articles] Gambier, James (from the article "Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of") ...elected member of Parliament. He led a hazardous fireship attack on the French fleet in ... Gambier, Mount (from the article "Mount Gambier") city, southeastern South Australia. It is situated about 280 miles (450 km) southeast of Adelaide, ... Gambino, Carlo head of one of the Five Families of organized crime in New York City from ... [1 Related Articles] gambit (from the article "chess") There followed a proliferation of speculative pawn sacrifices in the opening, called gambits, in order ... Gamble, James (from the article "Procter, William Cooper") The soapmaking firm of Procter & Gamble was founded in Cincinnati by Procter's grandfather, William ... Gamble, Kenny (from the article "Pickett, Wilson") ...Land of 1000 Dances (1966), Mustang Sally (1966), Funky ... gambler's ruin (from the article "probability theory") An application of the law of total probability to a problem originally posed by Christiaan ... Gamblian Pluvial Stage (from the article "Africa") During the Gamblian, or Fourth, Pluvial, which occurred from approximately 30,000 to 15,000 years ago, ... gambling the betting or staking of something of value, with consciousness of risk and hope of ... [26 Related Articles] Gamboa town, Balboa district, (Panama) Canal Zone, at the end of Gatun Lake on the Panama ... Gamboa, Pedro de (from the article "map") ...have used star charts painted on elk skin to guide them on night marches across ... Gamboa, Santiago (from the article "Literature") ...consort. The professor locks up Lucia after having his way with her, which thus duplicates ... gamboge hard, brittle gum resin that is obtained from various Southeast Asian trees of the genus ... Gambon, Michael (from the article "Performing Arts") The Beckett centenary was celebrated in the West End by Michael Gambon acting without words ... gambrel (from the article "roof") ...It was commonly used in Italy and elsewhere in southern Europe and is now a ... Gambrill, Charles D. (from the article "Richardson, Henry Hobson") Richardson lived and worked in New York City for the next eight years, forming in ... Gamburtsev Mountains subglacial range in the central part of eastern Antarctica, extending 750-800 miles (1,200-1,300 km). The ... [1 Related Articles] game in gastronomy, the flesh of any wild animal or bird. Game is usually classified according ... [3 Related Articles] Game Boy (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") Nintendo introduced a dual-screen version of its Game Boy for the holiday selling season, and ... game law (from the article "falconry") ...and the placing of many of the traditional prey species on the protected list had ... game management (from the article "hunting") In the second half of the 20th century with species extinction being a concern of ... game theory branch of applied mathematics that provides tools for analyzing situations in which parties, called players, ... [14 Related Articles] gamelan the indigenous orchestra type of Java and Bali, consisting largely of several varieties of gongs ... [12 Related Articles]

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