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Greater Scaup The Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), or just Scaup in Europe, is a small diving duck. It breeds on the ground by lakes and bogs on the tundra and at the northern limits of the boreal forest across Arctic and subarctic regions of northern North America, Europe and Asia.
Greater Short-toed Lark The Short-toed Lark, or Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) is a small passerine bird. It breeds in southern Europe, northwest Africa, and across temperate Asia from Turkey and southern Russia to Mongolia.
Greater Skopje Greater Skopje (Macedonian: Големо СкопŃе, Golemo Skopje), is an administrative division within the Republic of Macedonia constituted of 10 municipalities. As a such administrative unit Skopje is the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.
Greater Somalia Greater Somalia refers to those regions in the Horn of Africa in which ethnic Somalis live. Greater Somalia thus encompasses Somalia (the former British and Italian colonial areas), eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti and northeastern Kenya.
Greater Sooty Owl The Greater Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa) is a medium to large owl found in south-eastern Australia, Montane rainforests of New Guinea and have been seen on Flinders Island in the Bass Strait. They have a finely white spotted head with scattered white spots on the wings.
Greater Southampton Greater Southampton is an unofficial term for the conurbation surrounding Southampton in Hampshire, England. It has been variously defined as the Southampton Travel to Work Area, and the Office for National Statistics have referred to it as the Southampton Urban Area with a population of around 442,969 (2001 census) which includes the following components:
Greater Southwest International Airport Greater Southwest International Airport was the commercial airport serving Fort Worth, Texas from 1953 until 1972. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (or DFW) opened in 1974 on property adjacent to the north side of the airport.
Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2006 The Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2006 was held in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 2006. All municipal elections in the province of Ontario are held on the same date; see Ontario municipal elections, 2006 for elections in other cities.
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog The Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, or GroĂźer Schweizer Sennenhund, is the largest of the traditional Swiss herding breeds, the Sennenhunds, a grouping in which the Bernese Mountain Dog, Entlebucher Mountain Dog, and Appenzeller Sennenhund are also included. They are believed descended from large dogs brought to Switzerland by the Romans in the first century B.
Greater Syria Greater Syria, also known (in a historic context) as Syria, or Bilad ash-Sham (Arabic: بلاد الشام) is a term that denotes a historic region in the Middle East bordering the Mediterranean. It is generally considered to comprise roughly the modern states of Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Kuwait, portions of Iraq, the settled areas of Jordan, the Sinai and Hatay Province in Turkey.
Greater Talent Network Greater Talent Network (GTN) is a celebrity speakers bureau based in New York City that exclusively represents prominent public speakers from all sectors of society, including politics, business, literature, sports, arts and entertainment.
Greater Toronto Airports Authority The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) operates Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and may operate the proposed Pickering Airport east of Toronto if that airport is built. The GTAA operates Canada's largest airport facility with traffic of more than 29.
Greater Toronto Hockey League The Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL), formerly known as the "Metro Toronto Hockey League", is a minor level ice hockey organization based out of the Toronto region of Ontario. The league is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation and Hockey Canada.
Greater Toronto Services Board Greater Toronto Services Board was created in 1998 under the Greater Toronto Services Act by the province of Ontario and began sessions in 1999. It was created following the amalgamation of the City of Toronto.
Greater Tuna Greater Tuna is the first in a trilogy of comedic plays (followed by A Tuna Christmas and Red, White and Tuna), each set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. The trilogy was written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard.
Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program The Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program (GUPPY) was initiated by the United States Navy after World War II to improve the submerged speed, maneuverability, and endurance of its submarines. (The 'Y' in the acronym was added to increase pronounceability.
Greater Union Greater Union is an Australian chain of cinema multiplexes. They are rivals with Hoyts and Village Cinemas, although Amalgamated Holdings Limited, who run the Greater Union chain, have a 50% share holding in the Village Cinemas chain.
Greater Vancouver Distance Education School The Greater Vancouver Distance Education School is a distance learning organisation headquarterd in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It primarily offers distance learning opportunities for school age children in the following school districts:
Greater Vancouver Electoral Area A, British Columbia Greater Vancouver Electoral Area A is a part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia. It includes several unincorporated areas in the GVRD: the University Endowment Lands and the University of British Columbia, west of the City of Vancouver; Bowyer, Passage, and Barnston Islands; the west side of Pitt Lake; the northern portion of Indian Arm; and a large area to the north of the North Shore that is mostly mountainous and sparsely populated.
Greater Vancouver Regional District The Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) is a regional district within the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. It comprises the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Vancouver, and is essentially synonymous with Greater Vancouver or the Vancouver Metropolitan Area.
Greater Victoria, British Columbia Greater Victoria (also known as the Greater Victoria Region) is located in British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. It is not a political entity but rather a group of thirteen different municipalities of the Capital Regional District (CRD).
Greater Vision Greater Vision is a Southern Gospel trio founded in 1990 by Gerald Wolfe, Mark Trammell, and Chris Allman. Over the last several years, this trio has consistently been named Southern Gospel's favorite trio of the year in the Singing News Fan Awards.
Greater Vitória Greater Vitória is an administrative entity in Brazil made up of the following municipalities: Serra, Vitória, Vila Velha, Cariacica and Viana according to IBGE and it has an approximate area of 1.350 Km², and 1,612,885 inhabitants (2005).
Greater wing of sphenoid bone The greater wing of the sphenoid bone, or ali-sphenoid, is a bony process of the sphenoid bone; there is one on each side, extending from the side of the body of the sphenoid and curving upward, laterally, and backwards.
Greater Western Sydney Greater Western Sydney, Western Sydney and the Western Suburbs are general terms which are used to describe the western region of the metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. By some of its larger definitions, Western Sydney includes the 14 local government areas covered by the New South Wales government's Office of the Minister for Western Sydney and the Greater Western Sydney Economic Development Board.
Greater Windsor Recreation and Sports Centre The Greater Windsor Recreation and Sports Centre is a 6,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Windsor, Ontario Canada that is currently in the planning stages. As of November 7th, 2006, a final location has been announced.
Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway The Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway is a 102-mile long industrial railway from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Shoal Lake near Manitoba's eastern boundary. The railway was built to assist in the construction and maintenance of an aqueduct supplying fresh water to Winnipeg.
Greater Worcester Land Trust Founded in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1987, the Greater Worcester Land Trust is a non-profit land conservation organization dedicated to the protection of important lands in Worcester and the surrounding towns (the two concentric rings around the City of Worcester). As a conservation land trust the trust's properties are managed simultaneously for wildlife habitat and passive recreation (hiking trails, walking, cross-country skiing, birdwatching, etc.
Greater Yellowlegs The Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca, is a large shorebird similar in appearance to the smaller Lesser Yellowlegs. Its closest relative, however, is the Greenshank, together with which and the Spotted Redshank it forms a close-knit group.
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Greater Yellowstone is the last large, nearly intact ecosystem in the northern temperate zone of the Earth and is partly located in Yellowstone National Park. Conflict over management has been controversial, and the area is a flagship site among conservation groups that promote ecosystem management.
Greater Yemen Greater Yemen (Arabic: اليمن الŮبرى [Al-Yaman al-KubrÄ]) is a geographic term denoting the present territory of the Republic of Yemen as well as the regions of 'Asir, Najran Province, Jizan Province, Al Bahah Province, the adjacent islands in the Red Sea and the adjacent parts of Tihamah (currently part of Saudi Arabia) and sometimes Dhofar (currently part of Oman).
Greatest Ape The Greatest Ape: the English equivalent of the alternative (serious/tongue-in-cheek) Homo stupidus economicus for Homo sapiens, the misleading scientific name given to human beings by the Swedisch biologist, Carl Linnaeus in the 18th Century.
Greatest common divisor In mathematics, the greatest common divisor (gcd), sometimes known as the greatest common factor (gcf) or highest common factor (hcf), of two non-zero integers, is the largest positive integer that divides both numbers without remainder. Some authors emphasize that "greatest" is not so much a measure of magnitude as a label for the fact that any other common divisor of two numbers divides their gcd.
Greatest conjunction Greatest conjunction is a term applied in astronomy to a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn at or near their opposition to the Sun. In this scenario, Jupiter and Saturn will occupy the same position in right ascension on three separate occasions over a period of a few months.
Greatest Day "Greatest Day" was the fifth single released from Prodigal Sista, a studio album by British soul singer Beverley Knight. The track became her biggest charting single up to that point when it peaked at #14 in Britain, and still remaims one of her best known hits.
Greatest element In mathematics, especially in order theory, the greatest element of a subset S of a partially ordered set (poset) is an element of S which is greater than or equal to any other element of S. The term least element is defined dually.
Greatest Engineering Achievements The National Academy of Engineering of America has produced a list of its top twenty engineering achievements of the century, ranging from electrification to developments in materials science. The basic guideline for inclusion in the list was whether or not an advancement had made a great contribution to the quality of life.
Greatest fixed point In mathematics, more specifically in order theory, the greatest fixed point (gfp or GFP) of a function is the fixed point which is greater than or equal to all other fixed points, according to some partial order.
Greatest hits A greatest hits album (sometimes referred to as a "best of" album) is a compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular music artist or band. To increase the appeal of the album – especially to people who already own the previously released material – it is common to include remixes of popular songs or new material, with new songs often being released as singles (and themselves sometimes becoming successful).
Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003 Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003 is an official DVD released by Björk on December 2, 2002. The DVD includes all the videos featured on the original DVD/home video release "Volumen", as well as the new release "Volumen Plus", which was made available for people who had already got "Volumen".
Greatest Hits & Unheard Bits Greatest Hits & Unheard Bits is the second greatest hits album by Space, released on September 22, 2003. It includes all the band's singles, as well as tracks from their previous albums and songs remaining from their "unfinished" third album Love You More Than Football.
Greatest Hits (2Pac album) Greatest Hits is a double disc greatest hits album for the late rapper 2Pac, released by Death Row Records in 1998. The album's nonchronological sequence highlights 2Pac's music; the 21 popular hits, some slightly re-edited for legal reasons, are accompanied by four previously unreleased songs: "God Bless the Dead" (Dedicated to a "Biggie Smalls", thought by many to be about the late Notorious B.
Greatest Hits (A*Teens) Greatest Hits is A*Teens last Official Album, a compilation including biggest worldwide hits such as "Mamma Mia", "Upside Down", "Halfway Around The World", "Floorfiller" and many others, every track included on that album (except by the new tracks) reached the Top 20 in some country. Marie's Official Website
Greatest Hits (ABBA album) Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). Greatest Hits was rush-released to counter expected import sales of similar collections released by licencees in Europe.
Greatest Hits (Alice Cooper album) Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Alice Cooper, released in 1974. It features cuts from Cooper's 3rd album (Love It to Death) to his last album with his original lineup, (Muscle of Love).
Greatest Hits (Atomic Kitten album) Greatest Hits by Atomic Kitten was released due to the fact that the singer of the band, Natasha Hamilton preferred to the spend time with her son. This technically implied that the band no longer existed - even though two more releases have been made since then.
Greatest Hits (Creed) Greatest Hits is a greatest hits compilation album from the alternative rock band Creed. It was released in 2004, soon after the announcement that the band had broken up, and that lead singer Scott Stapp and the other members of the band would go their separate ways.
Greatest Hits (Highway 101) This compilation of their previous hits also included two new songs: "Someone Else's Trouble Now" and "The Change," which were both singles that never appeared on any previous album. The rest of the album was filled with four songs from Highway 101, and two songs each from Highway 101² and Paint the Town.
Greatest Hits (Kylie Minogue album) Kylie Minogue's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, released in 1992. It contains 19 hit singles from her albums Kylie, Enjoy Yourself, Rhythm of Love and Let's Get To It, as well as 3 songs recorded specifically for inclusion on this album.
Greatest Hits (Lee Ann Womack album) Greatest Hits is a 2004 compilation album from Lee Ann Womack. It features eleven of her biggest hits, a reworking of previous album track "Does My Ring Burn Your Finger" (originally from I Hope You Dance) and two new tracks.
Greatest Hits (Lighthouse Family album) Greatest Hits was a greatest hits compilation album released by UK duo Lighthouse Family in 18 November, 2002 on Polydor. There are two different versions of this album, one with the two bonus tracks - Lifted (Linslee Mix) and End Of The Sky, and one without them.
Greatest Hits (Mariah Carey album) Greatest Hits is the eleventh album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on December 4 2001 (see 2001 in music) by Columbia Records. It is a greatest hits compilation album: CD 1 is primarily a collection of Carey's hits from 1990 to 1995, while CD 2 is primarily a collection of hits from 1996 to 2000.
Greatest Hits (Martha and the Vandellas album) Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Martha and the Vandellas, released by the Motown's Gordy label in 1966. Included are popular Vandellas hits such as "Dancing in the Street", "Come And Get These Memories", "(Love is Like a) Heat Wave", "Live Wire", "Wild One", "Nowhere to Run", and "Quicksand" and featured non-album singles "You've Been In Love Too Long", "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)".
Greatest Hits (Martina McBride album) The Greatest Hits album By Martina McBride contained 13 hits including "Independence Day", and "I love you". It also contained the song "Strangers", which Martina decided to put onto the album despite it never being a single - She felt that given the chance, it would have been a hit, and that over the years, it had become a fan favorite.
Greatest Hits (Partridge Family) The Partridge Family's Greatest Hits album was issued by Arista in 1989. It was the first Partridge Family album to be issued on CD and included the second theme song to the television show, "Come on Get Happy".
Greatest Hits (Robbie Williams album) Greatest Hits is a greatest hits compilation by Robbie Williams, released in 2004. It included two new songs, these being "Radio" and "Misunderstood", which were both released as singles, Radio reached #1 in the UK.
Greatest Hits (Temptations album) Greatest Hits is a 1966 greatest hits album for The Temptations, released by the Gordy (Motown) label. Included are popular Temptations hits such as "The Way You Do the Things You Do", "Get Ready", "Since I Lost My Baby", "My Baby", "Don't Look Back", and their signature #1 hit, "My Girl".
Greatest Hits (The Jackson 5 album) Greatest Hits was the first greatest hits compilation for The Jackson 5, released by Motown Records in late 1971. The Top 20 hit single "Sugar Daddy" is included as a new track alongside J5 hits such as "I Want You Back" and "I'll Be There".
Greatest Hits (Waylon Jennings album) Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Waylon Jennings, released in 1979 on RCA Victor. It documents Jennings' outlaw country years for RCA and includes several of his most well-known signature songs, the most recent of which had been the title track of I've Always Been Crazy, released the year before.
Greatest Hits 1970-2002 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 is a career-spanning collection of Elton John's biggest hits up to 2002. It was released in an alternate 3-CD version (as opposed to the usual 2-CD) and slightly different versions in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Greatest Hits 1987-1997 Greatest Hits 1987-1997 (also known as Greatest Hits 87-97) is a 2003 compilation album by Australian-born singer Kylie Minogue. Released by BMG, the album collects work from Kylie's PWL and Deconstruction periods, including the albums Kylie (1988), Enjoy Yourself (1989), Rhythm of Love (1990), Let's Get To It (1991), Greatest Hits (1992), Kylie Minogue (1994) and Impossible Princess (1997).
Greatest Hits 1994-2004 Australian superstar Tina Arena celebrated a decade of hits with the release of her first Greatest hits album. This collection of songs is a testament to her career over the previous ten years which resulted in 3 studio albums and over 3.
Greatest Hits Encore Greatest Hits Encore was not a compilation of Tanya Tucker's old hits, as might be perceived at first glance, but rather Capitol Records' newly re-recorded versions of Tucker's hits for her former Columbia and MCA labels, which still owned the original versions. They are done mostly in the same style as the originals, and an unfamiliar ear might be led into believing they were the originals.
Greatest Hits Live (Diana Ross album) Greatest Hits Live is a 1989 live album released by Diana Ross on the Motown label. The album saw Ross performing older tracks during her Supremes days and early solo career to current music including "Workin' Overtime", "Paradise" and "This House".
Greatest Hits Video Collection The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection (1991-2000) is a video containing all official Smashing Pumpkins videos, from Siva to Try, Try, Try. Extras include an exclusive short film Try, a previously unreleased I Am One music video, behind the scenes and outtakes footage, narration by the video directors, band commentary, and two live videos.
Greatest Hits Volume II ("Weird Al" Yankovic album) Greatest Hits Volume II is a compilation CD of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic that features his best known songs that did not appear on "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits, plus the new single "Headline News" which first appeared on disc four of the boxed set Permanent Record: Al in the Box (released a month prior to Greatest Hits Volume II). The cover art for Greatest Hits Volume II was also taken from Permanent Record.
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Marvin Gaye album) Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits is a 1964 compilation album, the first for American R&B singer Marvin Gaye, released on the Tamla label. Released during Gaye's first brand of success, it was also his first charted album as a solo artist after making his album chart debut with the Mary Wells duet album, Together, the same year.
Greatest Hits: Still Squeaky After All These Years Greatest Hits: Still Squeaky After All These Years is a 1999 music album by Alvin and the Chipmunks, released by Capitol Records, and containing 17 tracks, including a newly recorded bonus track, "Chat with Alvin: Alvin Interviews Ross Bagdasarian, Jr."
Greatest Hits: The Platinum Collection Greatest Hits: The Platinum Collection was an album released in 1993 by singer and songwriter Barry Manilow. All of the songs were previously released with the exception of three re-mixes of previously recorded songs that were made in 1993.
Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money Greatest Hits: Sound Of Money is a compilation of Eddie Money's biggest hits plus three new tracks (at the time): "Peace In Our Time", "Looking Through The Eyes Of A Child" and "Stop Steppin' On My Heart", released in 1989.
Greatest Love of All "Greatest Love of All" is the fourth and final single released from Whitney Houston's self-titled first studio album, Whitney Houston, released in April 1986. It was written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed, and originally recorded (as "The Greatest Love of All") by George Benson for the 1977 Muhammad Ali film The Greatest.
Greatest Painting in Britain Vote The Greatest Painting in Britain Vote was a survey made by BBC Radio 4's Today programme in Summer 2005 with the aim of discovering the best-loved painting in Britain, in the manner of 100 Greatest Britons and The Big Read. It has been criticised for the conservatism of the final selection as well as the unsuitability of the idea for the non-visual medium of radio.
Greatest thing since sliced bread The phrase "the greatest thing since sliced bread" ("best" may be substituted for "greatest", and "innovation" or "invention" may be substituted for "thing") is a commonly used hyperbolic (and sometimes sarcastic) means of praising an invention or other society-advancing development. Sliced bread — meaning pre-sliced, packaged bread — has existed only since 1928, and it appears to be something of an arbitrary selection as the benchmark against which later inventions should be judged.
Greatest Time of Year "Greatest Time of Year" is the first official single from Aly & AJ second studio album Acoustic Hearts of Winter. The single will be used for The Santa Clause 3, similar to the way Hilary Duff's song Santa Claus Lane was used for The Santa Clause 2, and the music video will have scenes from the film.
Greatford Greatford is a village located in Lincolnshire, England. There are several generally accepted pronunciations and spellings for this village's name, including Greatford (the common modern pronunciation), Gritford (an older version), and Gretford (the general local pronunciation).
Greathall Productions Greathall Productions is a recording company located in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, specializing in audio books for children and young adults. They are most popular for their cassettes and CDs of classic literature and mythology read by storyteller Jim Weiss.
Greatheart Silver Greatheart Silver is a 1982 science fiction novel ISBN 0-523-48535-2 written by Philip José Farmer. It is a collection of three of Farmer's stories from the series Weird Heroes published in the 1970s with the title character, a lineal descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, working for the Acme Zeppelin Corporation as a blimp pilot and private detective.
Greatsword The Greatsword or grete Swerd is referenced today mostly as an extremely large or powerful weapon, like the Bihänder, in comparison with less sizable weapons like the falchion. In history, the sword had the same relative use as a comparative term between one smaller weapon and another considerably larger.
Greatswords The Great swords are a some of the Empires most formatible warriors. Armed with swords longer than a spear in some cases, their physical and mental strength must be greater than any other for they will be in the thickest fighting.
Greatwinter The Greatwinter Series is a sequence of science fiction novels by Sean McMullen. In Australia, the home country of the author, the first book was released as two separate novels, Voices in the Light and Mirrorsun Rising.
Grebbestads Grebbestads brewery, from the town Grebbestad on the swedish west coast, is a relatively small and local brewery producing their products mainly for the use of the local county Bohuslän only. Their main production are in two lager beers known as;
Grebe Grebes are members of the Podicipediformes order, a widely distributed order of freshwater diving birds, some of which visit the sea when migrating and in winter. This order contains only a single family, the Podicipedidae, containing some 20 species in 6 extant genera.
Grebo (ethnic group) The name Grebo is used to refer to an ethnic group or subgroup within the larger Kru group of West Africa, to certain of its constituent elements, or to the Grebo language. Within Liberia members of this group are found primarily in Maryland County and Grand Kru County in the southeastern portion of the country, but also in River Gee County and Sinoe County.
Grebo language The name Grebo is used to refer to a language group or subgroup within the larger Kru language group of Niger-Congo languages in West Africa, or to certain of its constituent speech varieties, and spoken by members of the Grebo ethnic group or its various subgroups.
Grecìa Salentina Grecia Salentina (Salentinian Greece) is a Griko-speaking area in the peninsula of Salento in southern Italy, near the town of Lecce. It consists of the nine small towns of Calimera, Martano, Castrignano dei Greci, Corigliano d'Otranto, Melpignano, Soleto, Sternatia, Zollino and Martignano.
Greccio Greccio is an old hilltown and comune of the province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio, 42°27N 12°45E, at 705 meters (2313 ft) above sea-level overhanging the Velino river on a spur of the Monti Sabini, a sub-range of the Apennines, about 16 km (10 mi) by road NW of Rieti, the nearest large town. The population of the comune was 1500 as of the 2003 census.
Grecia Colmenares Grecia Dolores Colmenares Mieussens (born December 7, 1962 in Valencia, Venezuela), better known plainly as Grecia Colmenares, is a Venezuelan-Argentine actress who gained fame across Latin America, specially during the 1980s.
Greco Deco Greco deco is a term coined by art historian James Goode to describe a style of art and architecture popularized in the late 1920s and 1930s. Arising out of the Beaux-Arts tradition, Greco Deco combined Greek and Roman traditions with those of the then fashionable Art Deco, as it is now called.
Greco guitars Greco is a Japanese guitar manufacturer, known mainly for their replicas of famous guitar models produced during the 1970s and 1980s. They are regarded highly among vintage guitar aficionados for their exceptional quality and likeness to the originals.
Greco Pizza Restaurant Greco Pizza Restaurant is a franchise restaurant chain consisting of over 170 restaurants in Eastern Canada, whose menu is highlighted by pizza delivery. The first restaurant opened in 1977 in Moncton, New Brunswick as Greco Donair...
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (or Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom) covered the areas of Bactria and Sogdiana, comprising today's northern Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia, the easternmost area of the Hellenistic world, from 250 to 125 BCE. The expansion of the Greco-Bactrians into northern India from 180 BCE established the Indo-Greek Kingdom, which was to last until around 10 CE.
Greco-Buddhism Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelled Graeco-Buddhism, is the cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 800 years in Central Asia in the area corresponding to modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan, between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century CE. Greco-Buddhism influenced the artistic (and, possibly, conceptual) development of Buddhism, and in particular Mahayana Buddhism, before it was adopted by Central and Northeastern Asia from the 1st century CE, ultimately spreading to China, Korea and Japan.
Greco-Buddhist art Greco-Buddhist art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between the Classical Greek culture and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 1000 years in Central Asia, between the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE, and the Islamic conquests of the 7th century CE. Greco-Buddhist art is characterized by the strong idealistic realism of Hellenistic art and the first representations of the Buddha in human form, which have helped define the artistic (and particularly, sculptural) canon for Buddhist art throughout the Asian continent up to the present.
Greco-Buddhist monasticism The role of Greek Buddhist monks in the development of the Buddhist faith under the patronage of emperor Ashoka around 260 BCE, and then during the reign of Menander is described in an important non-canonical Theravada Buddhist historical text compiled in Sri Lanka in the 6th century CE, in the Pali language: the Mahavamsa.
Greco-Bulgarian relations Relations between Greece (the Hellenic Republic) and Bulgaria (the Republic of Bulgaria) have generally been cordial, although have been characterized by periods of intense mutual hostility. Since Bulgaria's independence in 1908, Greece and Bulgaria faced each other in three major wars: the Second Balkan War, the First World War and the Second World War, in which Bulgaria briefly occupied parts of northern Greece.
Greco-Italian War The Greco-Italian War ( or Πόλεμος του ΣαĎάντα, "War of '40") was a conflict between Italy and Greece from October 28, 1940 to April 6, 1941. It marked the beginning of the Balkans Campaign of World War II.
Greco-Persian Wars The Greco-Persian Wars or Persian Wars or Medic Wars were a series of conflicts between several Greek city-states and the Persian Empire that started about 500 BC and lasted until 448 BC. The expression "Persian Wars" usually refers to either or both of the two Persian invasions of the Greek mainland in 490 BC and in 480-479 BC; in both cases, the allied Greeks successfully defeated the invasions.
Greco-Turkish War (1897) The Greco-Turkish War of 1897, also called the Thirty Days' War, was a war between Greece and the Ottoman Empire, under its ruler Sultan Hamid. Its immediate cause was Greek concern over the situation in Crete, where the Greek population was still under Ottoman control.
Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) The Greco–Turkish War of 1919–1922, ("War in Asia Minor"), or the Greek campaign of the Turkish War of Independence, was a series of military events occurring during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after the World War I between May 1919 and October 1922. The war was fought between Greece and Turkish revolutionaries of the Turkish National Movement that would later establish the Republic of Turkey.
Gredia Project Grid technology has achieved significant advances in the past few years, thanks in part to a significant number of prominent organisations who have contributed to Grid middleware. This has opened horizons for new exploitation opportunities; however, this potential exploitation has not yet fully materialised in terms of the emergence of new applications for industry.
Greater Short-toed Lark The Short-toed Lark, or Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) is a small passerine bird. It breeds in southern Europe, northwest Africa, and across temperate Asia from Turkey and southern Russia to Mongolia.
Greater Skopje Greater Skopje (Macedonian: Големо СкопŃе, Golemo Skopje), is an administrative division within the Republic of Macedonia constituted of 10 municipalities. As a such administrative unit Skopje is the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.
Greater Somalia Greater Somalia refers to those regions in the Horn of Africa in which ethnic Somalis live. Greater Somalia thus encompasses Somalia (the former British and Italian colonial areas), eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti and northeastern Kenya.
Greater Sooty Owl The Greater Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa) is a medium to large owl found in south-eastern Australia, Montane rainforests of New Guinea and have been seen on Flinders Island in the Bass Strait. They have a finely white spotted head with scattered white spots on the wings.
Greater Southampton Greater Southampton is an unofficial term for the conurbation surrounding Southampton in Hampshire, England. It has been variously defined as the Southampton Travel to Work Area, and the Office for National Statistics have referred to it as the Southampton Urban Area with a population of around 442,969 (2001 census) which includes the following components:
Greater Southwest International Airport Greater Southwest International Airport was the commercial airport serving Fort Worth, Texas from 1953 until 1972. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (or DFW) opened in 1974 on property adjacent to the north side of the airport.
Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2006 The Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2006 was held in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 2006. All municipal elections in the province of Ontario are held on the same date; see Ontario municipal elections, 2006 for elections in other cities.
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog The Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, or GroĂźer Schweizer Sennenhund, is the largest of the traditional Swiss herding breeds, the Sennenhunds, a grouping in which the Bernese Mountain Dog, Entlebucher Mountain Dog, and Appenzeller Sennenhund are also included. They are believed descended from large dogs brought to Switzerland by the Romans in the first century B.
Greater Syria Greater Syria, also known (in a historic context) as Syria, or Bilad ash-Sham (Arabic: بلاد الشام) is a term that denotes a historic region in the Middle East bordering the Mediterranean. It is generally considered to comprise roughly the modern states of Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Kuwait, portions of Iraq, the settled areas of Jordan, the Sinai and Hatay Province in Turkey.
Greater Talent Network Greater Talent Network (GTN) is a celebrity speakers bureau based in New York City that exclusively represents prominent public speakers from all sectors of society, including politics, business, literature, sports, arts and entertainment.
Greater Toronto Airports Authority The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) operates Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and may operate the proposed Pickering Airport east of Toronto if that airport is built. The GTAA operates Canada's largest airport facility with traffic of more than 29.
Greater Toronto Hockey League The Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL), formerly known as the "Metro Toronto Hockey League", is a minor level ice hockey organization based out of the Toronto region of Ontario. The league is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation and Hockey Canada.
Greater Toronto Services Board Greater Toronto Services Board was created in 1998 under the Greater Toronto Services Act by the province of Ontario and began sessions in 1999. It was created following the amalgamation of the City of Toronto.
Greater Tuna Greater Tuna is the first in a trilogy of comedic plays (followed by A Tuna Christmas and Red, White and Tuna), each set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. The trilogy was written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard.
Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program The Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program (GUPPY) was initiated by the United States Navy after World War II to improve the submerged speed, maneuverability, and endurance of its submarines. (The 'Y' in the acronym was added to increase pronounceability.
Greater Union Greater Union is an Australian chain of cinema multiplexes. They are rivals with Hoyts and Village Cinemas, although Amalgamated Holdings Limited, who run the Greater Union chain, have a 50% share holding in the Village Cinemas chain.
Greater Vancouver Distance Education School The Greater Vancouver Distance Education School is a distance learning organisation headquarterd in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It primarily offers distance learning opportunities for school age children in the following school districts:
Greater Vancouver Electoral Area A, British Columbia Greater Vancouver Electoral Area A is a part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia. It includes several unincorporated areas in the GVRD: the University Endowment Lands and the University of British Columbia, west of the City of Vancouver; Bowyer, Passage, and Barnston Islands; the west side of Pitt Lake; the northern portion of Indian Arm; and a large area to the north of the North Shore that is mostly mountainous and sparsely populated.
Greater Vancouver Regional District The Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) is a regional district within the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. It comprises the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Vancouver, and is essentially synonymous with Greater Vancouver or the Vancouver Metropolitan Area.
Greater Victoria, British Columbia Greater Victoria (also known as the Greater Victoria Region) is located in British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. It is not a political entity but rather a group of thirteen different municipalities of the Capital Regional District (CRD).
Greater Vision Greater Vision is a Southern Gospel trio founded in 1990 by Gerald Wolfe, Mark Trammell, and Chris Allman. Over the last several years, this trio has consistently been named Southern Gospel's favorite trio of the year in the Singing News Fan Awards.
Greater Vitória Greater Vitória is an administrative entity in Brazil made up of the following municipalities: Serra, Vitória, Vila Velha, Cariacica and Viana according to IBGE and it has an approximate area of 1.350 Km², and 1,612,885 inhabitants (2005).
Greater wing of sphenoid bone The greater wing of the sphenoid bone, or ali-sphenoid, is a bony process of the sphenoid bone; there is one on each side, extending from the side of the body of the sphenoid and curving upward, laterally, and backwards.
Greater Western Sydney Greater Western Sydney, Western Sydney and the Western Suburbs are general terms which are used to describe the western region of the metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. By some of its larger definitions, Western Sydney includes the 14 local government areas covered by the New South Wales government's Office of the Minister for Western Sydney and the Greater Western Sydney Economic Development Board.
Greater Windsor Recreation and Sports Centre The Greater Windsor Recreation and Sports Centre is a 6,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Windsor, Ontario Canada that is currently in the planning stages. As of November 7th, 2006, a final location has been announced.
Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway The Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway is a 102-mile long industrial railway from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Shoal Lake near Manitoba's eastern boundary. The railway was built to assist in the construction and maintenance of an aqueduct supplying fresh water to Winnipeg.
Greater Worcester Land Trust Founded in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1987, the Greater Worcester Land Trust is a non-profit land conservation organization dedicated to the protection of important lands in Worcester and the surrounding towns (the two concentric rings around the City of Worcester). As a conservation land trust the trust's properties are managed simultaneously for wildlife habitat and passive recreation (hiking trails, walking, cross-country skiing, birdwatching, etc.
Greater Yellowlegs The Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca, is a large shorebird similar in appearance to the smaller Lesser Yellowlegs. Its closest relative, however, is the Greenshank, together with which and the Spotted Redshank it forms a close-knit group.
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Greater Yellowstone is the last large, nearly intact ecosystem in the northern temperate zone of the Earth and is partly located in Yellowstone National Park. Conflict over management has been controversial, and the area is a flagship site among conservation groups that promote ecosystem management.
Greater Yemen Greater Yemen (Arabic: اليمن الŮبرى [Al-Yaman al-KubrÄ]) is a geographic term denoting the present territory of the Republic of Yemen as well as the regions of 'Asir, Najran Province, Jizan Province, Al Bahah Province, the adjacent islands in the Red Sea and the adjacent parts of Tihamah (currently part of Saudi Arabia) and sometimes Dhofar (currently part of Oman).
Greatest Ape The Greatest Ape: the English equivalent of the alternative (serious/tongue-in-cheek) Homo stupidus economicus for Homo sapiens, the misleading scientific name given to human beings by the Swedisch biologist, Carl Linnaeus in the 18th Century.
Greatest common divisor In mathematics, the greatest common divisor (gcd), sometimes known as the greatest common factor (gcf) or highest common factor (hcf), of two non-zero integers, is the largest positive integer that divides both numbers without remainder. Some authors emphasize that "greatest" is not so much a measure of magnitude as a label for the fact that any other common divisor of two numbers divides their gcd.
Greatest conjunction Greatest conjunction is a term applied in astronomy to a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn at or near their opposition to the Sun. In this scenario, Jupiter and Saturn will occupy the same position in right ascension on three separate occasions over a period of a few months.
Greatest Day "Greatest Day" was the fifth single released from Prodigal Sista, a studio album by British soul singer Beverley Knight. The track became her biggest charting single up to that point when it peaked at #14 in Britain, and still remaims one of her best known hits.
Greatest element In mathematics, especially in order theory, the greatest element of a subset S of a partially ordered set (poset) is an element of S which is greater than or equal to any other element of S. The term least element is defined dually.
Greatest Engineering Achievements The National Academy of Engineering of America has produced a list of its top twenty engineering achievements of the century, ranging from electrification to developments in materials science. The basic guideline for inclusion in the list was whether or not an advancement had made a great contribution to the quality of life.
Greatest fixed point In mathematics, more specifically in order theory, the greatest fixed point (gfp or GFP) of a function is the fixed point which is greater than or equal to all other fixed points, according to some partial order.
Greatest hits A greatest hits album (sometimes referred to as a "best of" album) is a compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular music artist or band. To increase the appeal of the album – especially to people who already own the previously released material – it is common to include remixes of popular songs or new material, with new songs often being released as singles (and themselves sometimes becoming successful).
Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003 Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003 is an official DVD released by Björk on December 2, 2002. The DVD includes all the videos featured on the original DVD/home video release "Volumen", as well as the new release "Volumen Plus", which was made available for people who had already got "Volumen".
Greatest Hits & Unheard Bits Greatest Hits & Unheard Bits is the second greatest hits album by Space, released on September 22, 2003. It includes all the band's singles, as well as tracks from their previous albums and songs remaining from their "unfinished" third album Love You More Than Football.
Greatest Hits (2Pac album) Greatest Hits is a double disc greatest hits album for the late rapper 2Pac, released by Death Row Records in 1998. The album's nonchronological sequence highlights 2Pac's music; the 21 popular hits, some slightly re-edited for legal reasons, are accompanied by four previously unreleased songs: "God Bless the Dead" (Dedicated to a "Biggie Smalls", thought by many to be about the late Notorious B.
Greatest Hits (A*Teens) Greatest Hits is A*Teens last Official Album, a compilation including biggest worldwide hits such as "Mamma Mia", "Upside Down", "Halfway Around The World", "Floorfiller" and many others, every track included on that album (except by the new tracks) reached the Top 20 in some country. Marie's Official Website
Greatest Hits (ABBA album) Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). Greatest Hits was rush-released to counter expected import sales of similar collections released by licencees in Europe.
Greatest Hits (Alice Cooper album) Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Alice Cooper, released in 1974. It features cuts from Cooper's 3rd album (Love It to Death) to his last album with his original lineup, (Muscle of Love).
Greatest Hits (Atomic Kitten album) Greatest Hits by Atomic Kitten was released due to the fact that the singer of the band, Natasha Hamilton preferred to the spend time with her son. This technically implied that the band no longer existed - even though two more releases have been made since then.
Greatest Hits (Creed) Greatest Hits is a greatest hits compilation album from the alternative rock band Creed. It was released in 2004, soon after the announcement that the band had broken up, and that lead singer Scott Stapp and the other members of the band would go their separate ways.
Greatest Hits (Highway 101) This compilation of their previous hits also included two new songs: "Someone Else's Trouble Now" and "The Change," which were both singles that never appeared on any previous album. The rest of the album was filled with four songs from Highway 101, and two songs each from Highway 101² and Paint the Town.
Greatest Hits (Kylie Minogue album) Kylie Minogue's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, released in 1992. It contains 19 hit singles from her albums Kylie, Enjoy Yourself, Rhythm of Love and Let's Get To It, as well as 3 songs recorded specifically for inclusion on this album.
Greatest Hits (Lee Ann Womack album) Greatest Hits is a 2004 compilation album from Lee Ann Womack. It features eleven of her biggest hits, a reworking of previous album track "Does My Ring Burn Your Finger" (originally from I Hope You Dance) and two new tracks.
Greatest Hits (Lighthouse Family album) Greatest Hits was a greatest hits compilation album released by UK duo Lighthouse Family in 18 November, 2002 on Polydor. There are two different versions of this album, one with the two bonus tracks - Lifted (Linslee Mix) and End Of The Sky, and one without them.
Greatest Hits (Mariah Carey album) Greatest Hits is the eleventh album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on December 4 2001 (see 2001 in music) by Columbia Records. It is a greatest hits compilation album: CD 1 is primarily a collection of Carey's hits from 1990 to 1995, while CD 2 is primarily a collection of hits from 1996 to 2000.
Greatest Hits (Martha and the Vandellas album) Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Martha and the Vandellas, released by the Motown's Gordy label in 1966. Included are popular Vandellas hits such as "Dancing in the Street", "Come And Get These Memories", "(Love is Like a) Heat Wave", "Live Wire", "Wild One", "Nowhere to Run", and "Quicksand" and featured non-album singles "You've Been In Love Too Long", "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)".
Greatest Hits (Martina McBride album) The Greatest Hits album By Martina McBride contained 13 hits including "Independence Day", and "I love you". It also contained the song "Strangers", which Martina decided to put onto the album despite it never being a single - She felt that given the chance, it would have been a hit, and that over the years, it had become a fan favorite.
Greatest Hits (Partridge Family) The Partridge Family's Greatest Hits album was issued by Arista in 1989. It was the first Partridge Family album to be issued on CD and included the second theme song to the television show, "Come on Get Happy".
Greatest Hits (Robbie Williams album) Greatest Hits is a greatest hits compilation by Robbie Williams, released in 2004. It included two new songs, these being "Radio" and "Misunderstood", which were both released as singles, Radio reached #1 in the UK.
Greatest Hits (Temptations album) Greatest Hits is a 1966 greatest hits album for The Temptations, released by the Gordy (Motown) label. Included are popular Temptations hits such as "The Way You Do the Things You Do", "Get Ready", "Since I Lost My Baby", "My Baby", "Don't Look Back", and their signature #1 hit, "My Girl".
Greatest Hits (The Jackson 5 album) Greatest Hits was the first greatest hits compilation for The Jackson 5, released by Motown Records in late 1971. The Top 20 hit single "Sugar Daddy" is included as a new track alongside J5 hits such as "I Want You Back" and "I'll Be There".
Greatest Hits (Waylon Jennings album) Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Waylon Jennings, released in 1979 on RCA Victor. It documents Jennings' outlaw country years for RCA and includes several of his most well-known signature songs, the most recent of which had been the title track of I've Always Been Crazy, released the year before.
Greatest Hits 1970-2002 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 is a career-spanning collection of Elton John's biggest hits up to 2002. It was released in an alternate 3-CD version (as opposed to the usual 2-CD) and slightly different versions in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Greatest Hits 1987-1997 Greatest Hits 1987-1997 (also known as Greatest Hits 87-97) is a 2003 compilation album by Australian-born singer Kylie Minogue. Released by BMG, the album collects work from Kylie's PWL and Deconstruction periods, including the albums Kylie (1988), Enjoy Yourself (1989), Rhythm of Love (1990), Let's Get To It (1991), Greatest Hits (1992), Kylie Minogue (1994) and Impossible Princess (1997).
Greatest Hits 1994-2004 Australian superstar Tina Arena celebrated a decade of hits with the release of her first Greatest hits album. This collection of songs is a testament to her career over the previous ten years which resulted in 3 studio albums and over 3.
Greatest Hits Encore Greatest Hits Encore was not a compilation of Tanya Tucker's old hits, as might be perceived at first glance, but rather Capitol Records' newly re-recorded versions of Tucker's hits for her former Columbia and MCA labels, which still owned the original versions. They are done mostly in the same style as the originals, and an unfamiliar ear might be led into believing they were the originals.
Greatest Hits Live (Diana Ross album) Greatest Hits Live is a 1989 live album released by Diana Ross on the Motown label. The album saw Ross performing older tracks during her Supremes days and early solo career to current music including "Workin' Overtime", "Paradise" and "This House".
Greatest Hits Video Collection The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection (1991-2000) is a video containing all official Smashing Pumpkins videos, from Siva to Try, Try, Try. Extras include an exclusive short film Try, a previously unreleased I Am One music video, behind the scenes and outtakes footage, narration by the video directors, band commentary, and two live videos.
Greatest Hits Volume II ("Weird Al" Yankovic album) Greatest Hits Volume II is a compilation CD of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic that features his best known songs that did not appear on "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits, plus the new single "Headline News" which first appeared on disc four of the boxed set Permanent Record: Al in the Box (released a month prior to Greatest Hits Volume II). The cover art for Greatest Hits Volume II was also taken from Permanent Record.
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Marvin Gaye album) Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits is a 1964 compilation album, the first for American R&B singer Marvin Gaye, released on the Tamla label. Released during Gaye's first brand of success, it was also his first charted album as a solo artist after making his album chart debut with the Mary Wells duet album, Together, the same year.
Greatest Hits: Still Squeaky After All These Years Greatest Hits: Still Squeaky After All These Years is a 1999 music album by Alvin and the Chipmunks, released by Capitol Records, and containing 17 tracks, including a newly recorded bonus track, "Chat with Alvin: Alvin Interviews Ross Bagdasarian, Jr."
Greatest Hits: The Platinum Collection Greatest Hits: The Platinum Collection was an album released in 1993 by singer and songwriter Barry Manilow. All of the songs were previously released with the exception of three re-mixes of previously recorded songs that were made in 1993.
Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money Greatest Hits: Sound Of Money is a compilation of Eddie Money's biggest hits plus three new tracks (at the time): "Peace In Our Time", "Looking Through The Eyes Of A Child" and "Stop Steppin' On My Heart", released in 1989.
Greatest Love of All "Greatest Love of All" is the fourth and final single released from Whitney Houston's self-titled first studio album, Whitney Houston, released in April 1986. It was written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed, and originally recorded (as "The Greatest Love of All") by George Benson for the 1977 Muhammad Ali film The Greatest.
Greatest Painting in Britain Vote The Greatest Painting in Britain Vote was a survey made by BBC Radio 4's Today programme in Summer 2005 with the aim of discovering the best-loved painting in Britain, in the manner of 100 Greatest Britons and The Big Read. It has been criticised for the conservatism of the final selection as well as the unsuitability of the idea for the non-visual medium of radio.
Greatest thing since sliced bread The phrase "the greatest thing since sliced bread" ("best" may be substituted for "greatest", and "innovation" or "invention" may be substituted for "thing") is a commonly used hyperbolic (and sometimes sarcastic) means of praising an invention or other society-advancing development. Sliced bread — meaning pre-sliced, packaged bread — has existed only since 1928, and it appears to be something of an arbitrary selection as the benchmark against which later inventions should be judged.
Greatest Time of Year "Greatest Time of Year" is the first official single from Aly & AJ second studio album Acoustic Hearts of Winter. The single will be used for The Santa Clause 3, similar to the way Hilary Duff's song Santa Claus Lane was used for The Santa Clause 2, and the music video will have scenes from the film.
Greatford Greatford is a village located in Lincolnshire, England. There are several generally accepted pronunciations and spellings for this village's name, including Greatford (the common modern pronunciation), Gritford (an older version), and Gretford (the general local pronunciation).
Greathall Productions Greathall Productions is a recording company located in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, specializing in audio books for children and young adults. They are most popular for their cassettes and CDs of classic literature and mythology read by storyteller Jim Weiss.
Greatheart Silver Greatheart Silver is a 1982 science fiction novel ISBN 0-523-48535-2 written by Philip José Farmer. It is a collection of three of Farmer's stories from the series Weird Heroes published in the 1970s with the title character, a lineal descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, working for the Acme Zeppelin Corporation as a blimp pilot and private detective.
Greatsword The Greatsword or grete Swerd is referenced today mostly as an extremely large or powerful weapon, like the Bihänder, in comparison with less sizable weapons like the falchion. In history, the sword had the same relative use as a comparative term between one smaller weapon and another considerably larger.
Greatswords The Great swords are a some of the Empires most formatible warriors. Armed with swords longer than a spear in some cases, their physical and mental strength must be greater than any other for they will be in the thickest fighting.
Greatwinter The Greatwinter Series is a sequence of science fiction novels by Sean McMullen. In Australia, the home country of the author, the first book was released as two separate novels, Voices in the Light and Mirrorsun Rising.
Grebbestads Grebbestads brewery, from the town Grebbestad on the swedish west coast, is a relatively small and local brewery producing their products mainly for the use of the local county Bohuslän only. Their main production are in two lager beers known as;
Grebe Grebes are members of the Podicipediformes order, a widely distributed order of freshwater diving birds, some of which visit the sea when migrating and in winter. This order contains only a single family, the Podicipedidae, containing some 20 species in 6 extant genera.
Grebo (ethnic group) The name Grebo is used to refer to an ethnic group or subgroup within the larger Kru group of West Africa, to certain of its constituent elements, or to the Grebo language. Within Liberia members of this group are found primarily in Maryland County and Grand Kru County in the southeastern portion of the country, but also in River Gee County and Sinoe County.
Grebo language The name Grebo is used to refer to a language group or subgroup within the larger Kru language group of Niger-Congo languages in West Africa, or to certain of its constituent speech varieties, and spoken by members of the Grebo ethnic group or its various subgroups.
Grecìa Salentina Grecia Salentina (Salentinian Greece) is a Griko-speaking area in the peninsula of Salento in southern Italy, near the town of Lecce. It consists of the nine small towns of Calimera, Martano, Castrignano dei Greci, Corigliano d'Otranto, Melpignano, Soleto, Sternatia, Zollino and Martignano.
Greccio Greccio is an old hilltown and comune of the province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio, 42°27N 12°45E, at 705 meters (2313 ft) above sea-level overhanging the Velino river on a spur of the Monti Sabini, a sub-range of the Apennines, about 16 km (10 mi) by road NW of Rieti, the nearest large town. The population of the comune was 1500 as of the 2003 census.
Grecia Colmenares Grecia Dolores Colmenares Mieussens (born December 7, 1962 in Valencia, Venezuela), better known plainly as Grecia Colmenares, is a Venezuelan-Argentine actress who gained fame across Latin America, specially during the 1980s.
Greco Deco Greco deco is a term coined by art historian James Goode to describe a style of art and architecture popularized in the late 1920s and 1930s. Arising out of the Beaux-Arts tradition, Greco Deco combined Greek and Roman traditions with those of the then fashionable Art Deco, as it is now called.
Greco guitars Greco is a Japanese guitar manufacturer, known mainly for their replicas of famous guitar models produced during the 1970s and 1980s. They are regarded highly among vintage guitar aficionados for their exceptional quality and likeness to the originals.
Greco Pizza Restaurant Greco Pizza Restaurant is a franchise restaurant chain consisting of over 170 restaurants in Eastern Canada, whose menu is highlighted by pizza delivery. The first restaurant opened in 1977 in Moncton, New Brunswick as Greco Donair...
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (or Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom) covered the areas of Bactria and Sogdiana, comprising today's northern Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia, the easternmost area of the Hellenistic world, from 250 to 125 BCE. The expansion of the Greco-Bactrians into northern India from 180 BCE established the Indo-Greek Kingdom, which was to last until around 10 CE.
Greco-Buddhism Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelled Graeco-Buddhism, is the cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 800 years in Central Asia in the area corresponding to modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan, between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century CE. Greco-Buddhism influenced the artistic (and, possibly, conceptual) development of Buddhism, and in particular Mahayana Buddhism, before it was adopted by Central and Northeastern Asia from the 1st century CE, ultimately spreading to China, Korea and Japan.
Greco-Buddhist art Greco-Buddhist art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between the Classical Greek culture and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 1000 years in Central Asia, between the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE, and the Islamic conquests of the 7th century CE. Greco-Buddhist art is characterized by the strong idealistic realism of Hellenistic art and the first representations of the Buddha in human form, which have helped define the artistic (and particularly, sculptural) canon for Buddhist art throughout the Asian continent up to the present.
Greco-Buddhist monasticism The role of Greek Buddhist monks in the development of the Buddhist faith under the patronage of emperor Ashoka around 260 BCE, and then during the reign of Menander is described in an important non-canonical Theravada Buddhist historical text compiled in Sri Lanka in the 6th century CE, in the Pali language: the Mahavamsa.
Greco-Bulgarian relations Relations between Greece (the Hellenic Republic) and Bulgaria (the Republic of Bulgaria) have generally been cordial, although have been characterized by periods of intense mutual hostility. Since Bulgaria's independence in 1908, Greece and Bulgaria faced each other in three major wars: the Second Balkan War, the First World War and the Second World War, in which Bulgaria briefly occupied parts of northern Greece.
Greco-Italian War The Greco-Italian War ( or Πόλεμος του ΣαĎάντα, "War of '40") was a conflict between Italy and Greece from October 28, 1940 to April 6, 1941. It marked the beginning of the Balkans Campaign of World War II.
Greco-Persian Wars The Greco-Persian Wars or Persian Wars or Medic Wars were a series of conflicts between several Greek city-states and the Persian Empire that started about 500 BC and lasted until 448 BC. The expression "Persian Wars" usually refers to either or both of the two Persian invasions of the Greek mainland in 490 BC and in 480-479 BC; in both cases, the allied Greeks successfully defeated the invasions.
Greco-Turkish War (1897) The Greco-Turkish War of 1897, also called the Thirty Days' War, was a war between Greece and the Ottoman Empire, under its ruler Sultan Hamid. Its immediate cause was Greek concern over the situation in Crete, where the Greek population was still under Ottoman control.
Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) The Greco–Turkish War of 1919–1922, ("War in Asia Minor"), or the Greek campaign of the Turkish War of Independence, was a series of military events occurring during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after the World War I between May 1919 and October 1922. The war was fought between Greece and Turkish revolutionaries of the Turkish National Movement that would later establish the Republic of Turkey.
Gredia Project Grid technology has achieved significant advances in the past few years, thanks in part to a significant number of prominent organisations who have contributed to Grid middleware. This has opened horizons for new exploitation opportunities; however, this potential exploitation has not yet fully materialised in terms of the emergence of new applications for industry.
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