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 garden mignonette ... Garoua garden mignonette (from the article "mignonette") ...leaf blades are typically pinnately lobed. Mignonettes bear long spikes-technically racemes-of small white or yellowish ... Garden of Students (from the article "Dewantoro, Ki Hadjar") original name Raden Mas (Lord) Suwardi Surjaningrat founder of the Taman Siswa (literally "Garden of ... Garden of the Master of the Nets (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...preserved today, the Liu Garden in Su-chou offers the finest general design and the best ... garden pansy (from the article "pansy") ...under such diverse conditions and in such a variety of forms that their origin is ... garden pea (from the article "Pea plants with dominant and recessive characters obtained by Mendel in the second generation of hybrids") ...species, comprising hundreds of varieties, of herbaceous annual plants belonging to the family Leguminosae, grown ... Garden Peninsula (from the article "Green Bay") ...miles (37 km) at its widest point, opposite Rock Island Passage (the main entrance to ... Garden Ring (from the article "Moscow") In the remainder of the central part of Moscow, within the Garden Ring, are buildings ... garden sculpture (from the article "metalwork") An extension of the use of lead took place with the introduction of lead garden ... garden sorrel (from the article "sorrel") ...pungent, sour leaves are used as a vegetable, as a flavouring in omelets and sauces, ... garden spider a member of the orb weaver family Araneidae (order Araneida) characterized by white marks arranged ... [1 Related Articles] garden warbler (from the article "migration") ...true celestial navigation is involved because the birds determine their latitude and longitude by the ... Garden, Mary soprano famous for her vivid operatic portrayals. She was noted for her acting as well ... Garden, The (from the article "Epicurus") When Epicurus and his followers came to Athens in 306, he bought a house and, ... gardener (from the article "bowerbird") ...type consists of a tower of twigs erected around one or more saplings in a ... Gardener, Helen Hamilton American writer, reformer, and public official, a strong force in the service of woman suffrage ... Gardenia genus of ornamental shrubs and trees of the madder family (Rubiaceae), containing about 60 species ... gardening the laying out and care of a plot of ground devoted partially or wholly to ... [14 Related Articles] gardening (from the article "Moon") ...bombardment and of the Moon's thermal, particulate, and radiation environments. In the ancient past the ... Gardeyz town, eastern Afghanistan, located on a high plain at an elevation of 7,550 feet (2,300 ... Gardiner city, Kennebec county, southwestern Maine, U.S., on the Kennebec River (head of navigation) just south ... Gardiner, James Garfield Canadian politician who twice served as premier of Saskatchewan (1926-29 and 1934-35). Gardiner, Samuel Rawson English historian, whose career was dedicated to the study of the English Civil Wars. [1 Related Articles] Gardiner, Sir Alan (from the article "Sinaitic inscriptions") ...As yet not satisfactorily deciphered, the small number of different Sinaitic symbols appear to indicate ... Gardiner, Stephen English bishop and statesman, a leading exponent of conservatism in the first generation of the ... [2 Related Articles] Gardini, Raul Italian entrepreneur (b. June 7, 1933, Ravenna, Italy--d. July 23, 1993, Milan, Italy), turned a ... Gardner Museum home and art collection, located in Fenway Court, Boston, Mass., U.S. The building, designed in ... [1 Related Articles] Gardner, Alexander photographer of the American Civil War and of the American West during the latter part ... 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Gardner, Gerald Brousseau (from the article "witchcraft") ...No cult of the "Goddess" played a significant role in Western culture between late antiquity ... Gardner, Helen American art historian and educator whose exhaustive, standard-setting art history textbook remained widely read for ... Gardner, Herbert George American playwright (b. Dec. 28, 1934, Brooklyn, N.Y.-d. Sept. 24, 2003, New York, N.Y.), featured ... Gardner, Howard (from the article "genius") ...ability, creativity, mastery of a domain, and other personality traits such as autonomy and capacity ... Gardner, Isabella Stewart eclectic American socialite and art collector, a patron of many arts, remembered largely for the ... Gardner, John American novelist and poet whose philosophical fiction reveals his characters' inner conflicts. Gardner, John Edmond British writer was the author of more than 50 thrillers but was best known for ... Gardner, John William American social and political activist (b. Oct. 8, 1912, Los Angeles, Calif.-d. Feb. 16, 2002, ... Gardner, Percy English archaeologist who was noted for his contributions to the study of Greek numismatics. Gardner, Rulon (from the article "Wrestling") ...division. Ibrahim scored a 12-1 technical superiority win over Ramaz Nozadze of Georgia to give ... Gardnerella (from the article "vaginitis") Among the microorganisms that commonly cause vaginitis are Candida albicans, a common ... Gare du Nord (from the article "Western architecture") ...the Classical style. Jacques-Ignace Hittorff was typical of those architects who combined the practice of ... Garfield American newspaper comic strip featuring a fat, lazy cat with a dry sense of humour. ... Garfield, James A. 20th president of the United States (March 4-September 19, 1881), who had the second shortest ... [4 Related Articles] Garfield, John American film and stage actor who is best known for his intense portrayals of rebels ... Garfield, Leon (from the article "children's literature") ...(pseudonym of Ronald O. Felton), C. Walter Hodges, Hester Burton, Mary Ray, Naomi Mitchison, and ... Garfield, Lucretia American first lady (March 4-September 19, 1881), the wife of James A. Garfield, 20th president ... garfish (from the article "garfish") European species of needlefish (q.v.).for more general content related to this topic Garfunkel, Art (from the article "Simon, Paul") As a teenager Simon teamed up with his classmate from Queens, New York, Art Garfunkel, ... Gargallo, Pablo Spanish sculptor who was among the first artists to work in iron; he introduced Pablo ... garganey (from the article "anseriform") ...of over 9,600 km (6,000 miles). In the Old World the northern shoveler (Anas clypeata) ... Gargano mountainous promontory jutting into the Adriatic Sea from the east coast of Italy, in Foggia ... [1 Related Articles] Garganta del Diablo spectacular cataract on the Rio Iguazu (Rio Iguacu) at the border of Argentina and Brazil. ... [1 Related Articles] Gargas cave in the French Pyrenees that contains important examples of Late Paleolithic mural art, paintings, ... gargoyle in architecture, waterspout designed to drain water from the parapet gutter. Originally the term referred ... garhapatya (from the article "Roman religion") ...and from surviving funerary urns. Vesta's shrine contained the eternal fire, but the absence of ... garibaldi (from the article "damselfish") Better-known members of the family include the bright-coloured species of Pomacentrus, the black-and-white, or three-stripe, ... Garibaldi, Giuseppe Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento, a republican who, through his conquest of Sicily ... [14 Related Articles] Garibaldi, Mount peak in southern British Columbia, Canada, in the Coast Mountains east of the Cheakamus River. ... Garibay, Ricardo Mexican writer and journalist who vividly depicted modern-day Mexico in more than 50 books, including ... Gariep Dam (from the article "Orange River") From the Gariep (formerly Hendrik Verwoerd) Dam the Orange swings to the northwest to its ... Gariep Reservoir (from the article "Orange River") ...however, varies greatly in both width and depth because of dolerite outcrops that sometimes narrow ... Garifuna (from the article "Dangriga") town, east-central Belize, at the mouth of the 20-mile- (32-km-) long North Stann Creek on ... Garig Gunak Barlu National Park (from the article "Cobourg Peninsula") ...site of an early settlement. The peninsula was seen in 1818 by Captain Phillip Parker ... garigue (from the article "maquis") a scrubland vegetation of the Mediterranean region, composed primarily of leathery, broad-leaved evergreen shrubs or ... garimpeireo (from the article "Amazon River") ...a feverish pitch in the 1980s, stimulated by high world prices of gold. At the ... Garinei, Pietro Italian playwright and impresario (b. Feb. 25, 1919, Trieste, Italy-d. May 9, 2006, Rome, Italy), ... Garip movement (from the article "Turkish literature") In 1941 three poets-Orhan Veli Kanik, Oktay Rifat, and Melih Cevdet Anday-initiated the Garip ("Strange") ... Garis, Howard R author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories, who began his career as ... Garissa town, east-central Kenya. The town is a market centre situated on the Tana River, and ... Garland city, Dallas county, northern Texas, U.S. Adjacent to Dallas (west), it was founded in 1887, ... garland a band, or chain, of flowers, foliage, and leaves; it may be joined at the ... [1 Related Articles] garland crab (from the article "crab apple") ...crab (M. spectabilis), Siberian crab (M. baccata), Toringo crab (M. sieboldii), and Japanese crab (M. ... garland flower (from the article "Daphne") ...mezereon (D. mezereum) is a larger shrub, up to 1.5 m (5 feet), with deciduous ... Garland the Computist (from the article "logic, history of") ...between the time of Boethius and the 12th century. Certainly Byzantium produced nothing of note. ... Garland, Ex parte (from the article "Chase, Salmon P.") ...a U.S. military commission in a former Confederate state could try a civilian for opposing ... Garland, Hamlin American author perhaps best remembered for his short stories and his autobiographical "Middle Border" series ... [2 Related Articles] Garland, Hank American musician (b. Nov. 11, 1930, Cowpens, S.C.-d. Dec. 27, 2004, Orange Park, Fla.), was ... Garland, John English grammarian and poet whose writings were important in the development of medieval Latin. Though ... Garland, Judy American singer and actress whose exceptional talents and vulnerabilities combined to make her one of ... [5 Related Articles] garlic (species Allium sativum), bulbous perennial plant of the lily family (Liliaceae). The plant's bulbs are ... [4 Related Articles] Garlock, John Harry (from the article "medicine, history of") ...part of the esophagus is particularly difficult to reach, but in 1909 the British surgeon ... garment hook (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...of gold, silver, jade, glass, and semiprecious stones also indicate the increasing commercial interaction and ... Garmes, Lee (from the article "1931/32: Other Winners") Original Story: Frances Marion for The ChampAdaptation: Edwin Burke for Bad GirlCinematography: Lee Garmes for ... Garmisch (from the article "Garmisch-Partenkirchen") ...and Partnach valleys, in the Bavarian Alps at the foot of the Zugspitze (9,718 feet ... Garmisch-Partenkirchen market town, Bavaria Land (state), southern Germany. It lies at the junction ... Garmisch-Partenkirchen Olympics (from the article "Olympic Games") Held in a Bavarian resort, the fourth Winter Olympics were opened by Chancellor Adolf Hitler. ... garmsir (from the article "Fars") ...is composed mostly of ridges that are prolongations of the Zagros Mountains; the ridges run ... Garneau, Francois-Xavier first outstanding French-Canadian historian, known as the father of Canadian historiography. [1 Related Articles] Garneau, Hector de Saint-Denys poet who was the cofounder of the important French Canadian literary journal La Releve (1934; ... [2 Related Articles] Garneau, Marc Canadian naval officer and astronaut, the first Canadian citizen to go into space. Garner, Alan British writer whose works, noted for their somewhat idiosyncratic style, appeal primarily to young readers. [1 Related Articles] Garner, Erroll (from the article "jazz") Equally sui generis yet completely different in intent, technique, and feeling, Garner had developed from ... 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Garo language (from the article "Table 44: Baric Languages") ...origin, and their languages and dialects belong to these groups. The Khasis are the only ... Garo, John (from the article "Solomon Islands") In a midyear cabinet reshuffle, the leader of the opposition, John Garo, joined the government ... Garofalo (from the article "whirlpool") Notable oceanic whirlpools include those of Garofalo (supposedly the Charybdis of ancient legend), along the ... Garofalo, Benvenuto Italian painter, one of the most prolific 16th-century painters of the Ferrarese school. Garonne River most important river of southwestern France, rising in the Spanish central Pyrenees and flowing into ... [4 Related Articles] Garoua town, northeastern Cameroon, west central Africa. The town lies along the right bank of the ... [1 Related Articles]

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