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Growth of the Ottoman Empire During the growth period, also "Pax Ottomana", empire grow in size and extent, expanding into North Africa in the southwest, and battling with the Shi'ia Islamic Safavid Empire of re-emergent Persia, to the east.
Growth rate (group theory) In group theory, the growth rate of a group with respect to a symmetric generating set describes the size of balls in the group. Every element in the group can be written as a product of generators, and the growth rate counts the number of elements that can be written as a product of length n.
Growth regulator The term given to a group of chemicals, principally synthetic plant hormones, which modify the natural growth of (mainly) cereals, particularly winter wheat and winter barley, as an aid to optimising agricultural profitability.
Groyne A groyne (groin in the United States) is a rigid hydraulic structure built out from the shore (in coastal engineering) or from the bank (in rivers) and interrupts the flow of water and sediment. Groynes serve a multitude of functions.
Grsecurity grsecurity is a project for Linux which institutes several security enhancements, including mandatory access control, randomization of key local and network informational data, /proc and chroot() jail restrictions, network socket control, capabilities control, and extra auditing functions. The grsecurity patch is based on a vanilla kernel and includes the PaX patch set.
Grub Street Until the early 1800s, Grub Street was the name of a street in London's impoverished Moorfields district. In the 1700s and 1800s, the street was famous for its concentration of mediocre, impoverished 'hack writers', aspiring poets, and low-end publishers and booksellers, who existed on the margins of the journalistic and literary scene.
Grub Street Journal Published from 1730 to 1737, The Grub-Street Journal was a satire on popular journalism and hack-writing as it was conducted in Grub Street in London. It was largely edited by Richard Russel and the botanist John Martyn.
Gruba kreska Gruba kreska (Polish for "thick line") was a term used by prime minister of Poland Tadeusz Mazowiecki in 1989 in his first parliamentary speech in Sejm. He said "We draw a thick line on what has happened in the past.
Grubbs Grady Grubbs Grady, short for Grubitsch Grady is the main character in The Demonata series by Darren Shan. He is the protagonist of the first book, Lord Loss, the third, Slawter, the fifth, Blood Beast, and the sixth book, of which the title has not yet been announced.
Gruber-De Gasperi Agreement The Gruber-De Gasperi Agreement, named after the foreign ministers of Italy (Alcide De Gasperi) and Austria (Karl Gruber), of September 1946, allowed South Tyrol and Trentino to remain part of Italy, but ensured its autonomy. For more information, see South Tyrol.
Grudge Match Tournament of Champions The Grudge Match Tournament of Champions is an annual event at the Grudge Match website, in which contestants who have already won Grudge Matches in the previous year return to compete amongst themselves for the Grudge Match Bowl.
GrudziÄ…dz GrudziÄ…dz (pronounce: ['grudĘ‘Č‹É”ĚĘŁ]; ) is a city in northern Poland with 100,787 inhabitants (2000). Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999), the city was previously in the ToruĹ„ Voivodeship (1975-1998).
GrudziÄ…dz County GrudziÄ…dz County () is a powiat (county) in Poland, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. The county seat is the town of GrudziÄ…dz and the powiat includes the area around it, but not the city itself which forms its own separate urban powiat.
Grue (color) Grue and bleen are artificial predicates, coined as two portmanteaux of "green" and "blue" by philosopher Nelson Goodman in one of the seminal works in the philosophy of science, Fact, Fiction, and Forecast. The words are used to illustrate what Goodman calls "the new riddle of induction".
Gruen transfer In shopping mall design, the Gruen transfer refers to the moment when consumers respond to "scripted disorientation" cues in the environment. It is named for Austrian architect Victor Gruen (who disavowed such manipulative techniques) and lately popularized by Douglas Rushkoff.
Gruen Trophy The Gruen Trophy was a Canadian Football League trophy, given to the most outstanding rookie in the East Division. The award, sponsored by the Gruen watch making company, was discontinued and the trophy retired in 1973, as there seems to be some conflict that year with the Schenley Award (which had a separate and different rookie of the year for the Eastern Division.
Gruene Hall Gruene Hall was built in the 1880s in the town of Gruene, Texas, which is now a part of New Braunfels. Billing itself as the oldest dance hall in Texas, Gruene Hall has played host to such acts as Willie Nelson, George Strait, Jerry Jeff Walker, Lyle Lovett and the Old 97's.
Gruene, Texas The town of Gruene, Texas (pronounced like the color "green") was founded in 1872 by German farmer Herman D. Grueneand now lies within the city limits of New Braunfels, Texas] in the [[Texas Hill Country.
Gruey Gruey was a 1988 BBC children's comedy TV series about the misadventures and escapades of Stephen 'Gruey' Grucock, a mischievous schoolboy in the Jennings and Just William mold. In 1989 another series was produced and aired, titled Gruey Twoey.
Gruff Rhys Gruff Rhys (pronounced ; born July 18, 1970 in Haverfordwest (Welsh: Hwlffordd) in south-west Wales) is a member of the Super Furry Animals who were at the forefront of the wave of successful Welsh bands which broke through into the mainstream music scene in the 1990s.
Gruffydd Maelor Gruffydd Maelor was Prince of Powys Fadog. He received Maelor and Iâl as his portion of his father's realm and later added Nanheudwy, Cynllaith Owain and Lower Mochnant on the death of his half-brother Owain Fychan 1187.
Gruffydd Robert Gruffydd Robert (before 1532 - after 1598) was a Welsh humanist scholar who wrote a pioneering Welsh grammar while in enforced exile with his colleague and fellow-writer Morys Clynnog in Milan in 1567. He was an ardent Roman Catholic.
Grug Grug is a fictional character appearing in a series of Australian children's books by the author Ted Prior, not unlike the Little Miss and Mr Men series of books by Roger Hargreaves. They were published between 1976 and 1992 by Hodder Headline Australia and are no longer in print.
Grug Maria Grug Maria is a Welsh television actress best known for playing the character of Julie Hughes in the Welsh soap Pobol y Cwm. Maria works closely with actress Lisa Victoria who portrays Sheryl Hughes in the Welsh soap.
Grulla National Wildlife Refuge Grulla National Wildlife Refuge is located in Eastern New Mexico in Roosevelt County, New Mexico southwest of the intersection of State Highway 88 and the Texas - New Mexico border about 25 miles southeast of Portales, New Mexico east of the tiny community of Arch. It was once part of the DZ Ranch.
Grullo Grullo (also black dun, blue dun or lobo dun) is a color of horses, characterized by smoky or mouse-colored hairs on the body, often with shoulder and dorsal stripes and black barring on the lower legs. In this coloration each individual hair is mouse colored, unlike a roan which is composed of a mixture of dark and light hairs.
GruĹľa The GruĹľa (Serbian Cyrillic: Đ“Ń€Ńжа) is a river and a region in central Serbia. The river is a 77 km long left tributary to the Zapadna Morava and the region, with the village of the same name, is poetically referred to as the Heart of Ĺ umadija.
Grumant Grumant was a Soviet Russian settlement in Svalbard, Norway, abandoned in 1961. "Grumant" is a Pomor toponym traditionally applied to the whole of Svalbard, and may be a corruption of "Greenland," with which this land was confused.
Grumbar In many Dungeons and Dragons campaign settings, Grumbar is the "Elemental Lord of the Earth." Ed Greenwood created Grumbar for his home Dungeons & Dragons game, inspired by the deity Grome, created by Michael Moorcock for his Elric stories.
Grumentum Grumentum was an ancient town in the centre of Lucania, 33 miles south of Potentia (now Potenza) by the direct road through Anxia, and 52 m. by the Via Herculia, at the point of divergence of a road eastward to Heraclea ().
Grumman Ag Cat The Grumman G-164 Ag Cat is a single-engine biplane agricultural aircraft, developed by Grumman in the 1950s. The design has been in almost continual production since 1959; Schweizer Aircraft Corporation built 2,628 under contract between 1959 and 1979.
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a leading producer of military and civilian aircraft of the 20th century. Founded in 1929 by Leroy Grumman with Jake Swirbul, its independent existence ended in a 1994 merger with the Northrop Corporation to form Northrop Grumman.
Grumman American AA-1 The Grumman American AA-1 series is a family of light, 2-seat aircraft. The family includes the original American Aviation AA-1 Yankee Clipper and AA-1A Trainer, the Grumman American AA-1B Trainer and TR-2 and the Gulfstream American AA-1C Lynx and T-Cat.
Grumman American AA-5 The Grumman American AA-5 series is a family of all-metal, 4-seat, light aircraft. The line includes the original American Aviation AA-5 Traveler, the Grumman American AA-5 Traveler, AA-5A Cheetah, and AA-5B Tiger, the Gulfstream American AA-5A Cheetah, and AA-5B Tiger, the American General AG-5B Tiger, and the Tiger Aircraft AG-5B Tiger.
Grumman sport boat The Grumman sport boat is a 15' long 4 foot wide square stern canoe manufactured in America. It is manufactured in a fashion similar to an aircraft, made of a stressed skin aluminum, riveted together, it weighs slightly over 110 pounds.
Grumpier Old Men Grumpier Old Men is a 1995 Warner Bros. romantic comedy film starring Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret, and Sophia Loren, with Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Katie Sagona, Ann Morgan Guilbert.
Grumpy Old Men (TV series) Grumpy Old Men is a conversational-style television programme on BBC2 which debuted in 2003. The first run of four programmes was repeated several times before a second series, also of four episodes, was shown in 2004.
Grundfos Grundfos is one of the world's leading pump manufacturers, with an annual production of more than 10 million pump units. Circulator pumps (UP), submersible pumps (SP), and centrifugal pumps (CR) are the three major product groups.
Grundig (band) Grundig was an American heavy metal band based out of Jacksonville, Florida. Founded in 1986 by singer Scooter Ward, drummer Sam McCandless, bassist Jeremy Marshall, and guitarist Matt Loughran, the band was later renamed "Cold" and signed to Geffen Records.
Grundisburgh Primary School Grundisburgh Primary School is a village based school for 5-11 year olds in the East Anglian village of Grundisburgh, Suffolk. It was first built in 1874 next to St Mary's Church but 115 years later it was relocated to Meeting Lane as a new modern building in 1989 to which it still remains today.
GrundriĂź der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen GrundriĂź der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen ("Outline of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-European languages") is a major work of historical linguistics by Karl Brugmann and Berthold DelbrĂĽck, published in two editions between 1886 and 1916. Brugmann treated phonology and morphology, and DelbrĂĽck treated syntax.
Grundrisse The Grundrisse der Kritik der Politischen Ă–konomie (German, Outlines of the Critique of Political Economy) is a lengthy manuscript by the German philosopher Karl Marx, completed in 1858. However, as it existed primarily as a collection of unedited notes, the work remained unpublished until 1941.
GrundzĂĽge der physiologischen Psychologie GrundzĂĽge der physiologischen Psychologie (Principles of Physiological Psychology) was a landmark textbook of experimental psychology, authored by Wilhelm Wundt and published in 1874, while he was a professor at Zurich.
Grunewald Grunewald (Greenwood) is both a forest in Berlin on the east side of the Havel and a municipal district of Berlin (part of the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The district developed out of a so-called "mansion colony" when the upper class of Berlin discovered Grunewald as an attractive site for living.
Grunewaldturm The Grunewaldturm is a historical tower in Berlin (Germany) build by the plans of Franz Schwechten between 1897 and 1898. The municipality of Teltow assigned the building order on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the German Emperor Wilhelm I.
Grunge music Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a genre of alternative rock inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock. It became commercially successful in the early 1990s, peaking in mainstream popularity between 1991 and 1994.
Grunge speak Grunge speak was a hoax created by Megan Jasper, a sales representative for Sub Pop Records. Under pressure from a reporter for The New York Times who wanted to know if grunge fans had their own slang, Jasper, 25 at the time, told the reporter a set of made-up on-the-spot slang terms that she claimed were associated with the Seattle grunge scene in the early and mid 1990s.
Grunge Whore (He's A) Grunge Whore is a 10" Vinyl EP released by the Norwegian band Turbonegro in 1993 on Sympathy For The Record Industry. It was the first release with vocalist Hans Erik Dyvik Husby (aka Hank Von Helvete).
Grungust The Grungust is a fictional robot in the Super Robot Wars series. It has appeared as a playable unit in Super Robot Wars 4, Super Robot Wars F, Super Robot Wars F Final, the Super Robot Wars Alpha series and the Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation series.
Grunt (board game) Grunt: The Game of Tactical Level Combat in Viet Nam was a tactical level board wargame released by Simulations Publications Inc. as part of the magazine Strategy & Tactics, released as part of issue #26 in 1971.
Gruntilda Winkybunion Gruntilda Winkybunion, also referred to as Grunty for short, is a fictional witch who serves as the villain of the Banjo-Kazooie series of videogames. She is a stereotypical witch, with green skin, warts, a witch's hat and a hideous cackle.
Gruntruck Gruntruck was formed in 1989 in Seattle, Washington by Ben McMillan and Scott McCullum, both previously from Skin Yard. The group took its name to honor Professor Albert von Grunt Truck, a professor of enyclopedia studies at Middlebury University prior to the university's unexpected bankruptcy.
Grupo ACS Grupo ACS, (Actividades de ConstrucciĂłn y Servicios, SA), (IBEX-35:ACS) is a Spanish company dedicated to civil and engineering construction, all types services and telecommunications. The company was founded in 1997 due the fusion to OCP Construcciones, S.
Grupo AeromĂłvil de Fuerzas Especiales The Grupo AeromĂłvil de Fuerzas Especiales (Special Forces Airmobile Group, GAFE) is a special forces unit of the Mexican Army's Special Forces Corps. There are a total of nine battalions, one High Command GAFE unit and one other group is assigned to the Infantry Parachutists Brigade.
Grupo AeromĂłvil de Fuerzas Especiales del Alto Mando The Grupo AeromĂłvil de Fuerzas Especiales del Alto Mando (High Command Special Forces Airmobile Group) is a special operations unit of the Mexican Army. Its a group with no more than 100 members, they are specially trained in counter-terrorist tactics.
Grupo Alacrán The Grupo Alacrán (Scorpion Group) is a special operations service of the Argentine National Gendarmerie, often referred as the Equipo Antiterrorista de GendarmerĂa (Gendarmerie Counter-terrorism Team). The division is headquartered in Evita City and responds to high-risk and counterterrorist situations throughout Argentina, but primarily in the rural areas.
Grupo Albatros The Grupo Albatros (Albatross Group) is a special operations service of the Argentine Naval Prefecture. Located in the province of Buenos Aires, it conducts river and maritime operations in the lakes and rivers and anything close to the coast line.
Grupo Anti-Secuestro de Aviones The Grupo Anti-Secuestro de Aviones (Airborne Counter-Hijacking Group, GASDA) is an elite unit of the Colombian Air Force, although it is under the operational command of the CIAES (Centro de Información Anti-Extorsión y Secuestros). The unit's task is to counter terrorist and criminal activity at all of Colombia's airports; it is located at Madrid Air Base, outside Bogotá.
Grupo Armado Grupo Armado was a popular Nicaraguan rock band formed by Alejandro MejĂa (lead vocals and percusion), Bikentios Chávez (drums), Noel Portocarrero (bass) and Ernesto RodrĂguez (lead guitar). The group was an offspring of CPU, another popular rock band started by MejĂa and Chávez.
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores, SA Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores, SA (Grupo Aval) is a Colombian holding company engaged in a wide variety of financial activities, including banking, telecommunications and real estate. Grupo Aval is controlled by Luis Carlos Sarmiento (estimated net worth of $4.
Grupo Aymara Grupo Aymara, Bolivia's premiere folk troupe, has been acclaimed worldwide for its inspiring interpretations of traditional music of pre-Hispanic and contemporary music of the Andes, particularly that of the Aymara and Quechua speaking people of Bolivia. They perform their evocative music on indigenous flutes, panpipes and drums, as well as stringed instruments introduced since the Spanish conquest.
Grupo Capoeira Brasil Grupo Capoeira Brasil is an international organization that practices, teaches, and demonstrates the Afro-Brazilian martial art of Capoeira. Grupo Capoeira Brasil practices a style of Capoeira known as Capoeira Regional Contemporanea.
Grupo Colina Grupo Colina was a paramilitary death squad created in Peru that was active from 1990 until 1994, under the administration of Alberto Fujimori and headed by Vladimiro Montesinos, who was also chief of Peru's intelligence service, Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional (SIN).
Grupo Continental Grupo Continental is a total beverage company dedicated to the production, sales and distribution of products owned by The Coca-Cola Company, has a huge presence in central and western Mexico. The company has its headquarters in Tampico, Tamaulipas.
Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (Spain) Special Operations Group (in Spanish, Grupo de Operaciones Especiales, GOES) is an elite commando unit, part of the Spanish Army. Not to be confused with the similar-sounding named Grupo Especial de Operaciones, a police antiterrorist force.
Grupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica GULCR stands for "Grupo de usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica" (Costa Rican Linux User Group). The GULCR is a non-profit organization whose goal is to provide information about the Linux OS to the local community.
Grupo De Apoyo a la Democracia The Grupo De Apoyo a la Democracia (Group for the Support of Democracy) is a group of dissident Cuban exiles living in the US. They have recently been criticised for misusing US governmental funding to send consumer products to Cuba as part of the US government's embargo against Cuba and it's continued neoliberal ideological warfare.
Grupo Elektra Grupo Elektra is a Mexican financial and retail corporation owned by Grupo Salinas. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (EKT), the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (ELEKTRA*) and on the Spanish Stock Market Latibex (XEKT).
Grupo EMS Sigma Pharma Grupo EMS Sigma Pharma is a Brazilian pharmeceutical company founded in Santo André, São Paulo state in 1950. They are known in Brazil to have sponsored, using its product Energil C, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from the Brazilian Série A in the 1996/99 seasons for and helped bring Rivaldo to the club in 2003.
Grupo Especial de Operaciones The Grupo Especial de Operaciones (Special Operations Group, GEO) is part of the Spanish National Police and is stationed in Guadalajara near the capital, Madrid. The GEO has special response capabilities and is responsible for VIP protection duties, as well as countering and responding to terrorism.
Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales (Argentina) The Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales (Federal Special Operations Group, GEOF) is a special operations division of the Argentine Federal Police trained to strategically perform counterterrorist and counternarcotics missions. It is also used for VIP protection and hostage rescue situations.
Grupo Especial Uno The 1er BatallĂłn de Combate-Grupo Especial Uno (1st Combat Battalion-Special Group One, GE-1) is a tactical assault division of the Argentine Federal Police. It depends directly of the Infantry Guard Corps, and its motto is Nihil Obstat (Nothing Hinders).
Grupo ManĂa Grupo ManĂa (sometimes spelled GrupomanĂa or GrupoManĂa) is a popular merengue group from Puerto Rico that released its debut album in 1993. The group was formed by brothers HĂ©ctor, Edwin and Oscar Serrano together with Alfred Cotto in the early 90s.
Grupo Montparnasse The Grupo Montparnasse was an organization of Chilean artists who had joined the gathering of great artists in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France in the early part of the 20th century. The groups first exhibition was organized by Luis Vargas Rosas in Santiago in 1923.
Grupo Niche Grupo Niche is one of the world's best known salsa and cumbia group from Colombia and it enjoys great popularity throughout Latin America. It was formed in 1980 by Jairo Varela,who became producer, director, songwriter, vocalist and guiro player.
Grupo Poma Grupo Poma is a family owned company head by Ricardo Poma in El Salvador. Some of Grupo Poma’s business activities include automobile dealerships, real estate development and construction, industrial manufacturing and hotels, as well as investments in telecommunications and a variety of nonprofit organizations that carry out social projects.
Grupo Reforma Grupo Reforma is media company that controls a newswire service, and a number of Mexican daily newspapers including El Norte in Monterrey, Reforma in Mexico City, Mural in Guadalajara, and Palabra in Saltillo .
Grupo Salinas Grupo Salinas is a Mexican corporation which owns the second-largest television network in the country, TV Azteca as well as one of the largest retail stores Elektra, as well as financial, telecommunication and Internet companies. Its annual revenues are US Dollar 3.
Grupo Sanborns In Mexico, few companies are as steeped in history as Sanborn Hermanos, owners of Sanborns pharmacy. The retail company was founded on in Mexico City on June 19,1903 by California immigrants Walter and Frank Sanborn, who also opened Mexico's first soda fountain.
Grupo Santander Grupo Santander () () is a marketing name of Banco Santander Central Hispano and its subsidiaries. Originating in Spain, it consists of a vast network of banking organisations with the majority based across Europe and Latin America.
Grupo Sumol Grupo Sumol (Sumol Group) is a Portuguese company headquartered in Carnaxide, near Lisbon. The companies in the Sumol Group manage brands, manufacture and distribute soft drinks, juices and nectars, waters and beers.
Grupo TACA Grupo TACA is a group of five Latin American airlines. Originally an acronym of Transportes AĂ©reos Centroamericanos (Central American Air Transport), it now stands for Transportes AĂ©reos del Continente Americano (American Continent Air Transport), reflecting it expansion to North and South America.
Grupo TransportaciĂłn Ferroviaria Mexicana TransportaciĂłn Ferroviaria Mexicana (Mexican Rail Transportation) is the name of a company dedicated to freight transportation using rail in the North Eastern part of Mexico. TFM owns its own fleet and the "right of use" of some of the railtracks in the country, being the most important the "Ferrocarril del Noreste" (Northeasthern railtrack) line.
Grupo Universitario de Tandil Grupo Universitario are an Argentina Football club, their home town is Tandil, in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. They currently play in Zone B of the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino B.
Grupos Antiterroristas de LiberaciĂłn Grupos Antiterroristas de LiberaciĂłn (GAL, Antiterrorist Liberation Groups) were death squads illegally set up by officials within the Spanish government to fight ETA. They were active from 1983 until 1987, under PSOE's cabinets. It was proven in a judicial trial that they were financed and backed by key officials within the Spanish Homeland Ministry. The Spanish daily El Mundo played a key role revealing the plot with its series on the matter.
Gruppen (Stockhausen) Gruppen ("Groups") for three orchestras (1955-57) is amongst the best-known works of German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. In it, a large group of 107 players is divided into three orchestral units, each with its own conductor, which are deployed in a horseshoe shape to the left, front, and right of the audience.
Gruppo di Intervento Speciale Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (GIS, in English "Special Intervention Group") is a counterterrorism asset inside the Italian Carabinieri military police, first formed in 1978. In 2004 the GIS evolved into a special forces unit.
Gruppo di Investigazione CriminalitĂ Organizzata Gruppo di Investigazione CriminalitĂ Organizzata (Organized Crime Investigation Group, GICO) is a specialized department of the Italian Guardia di Finanza, a Special Police force that fights against international illegal drugs trafficking, customs and borders control, financial crimes, Anti-Mafia operations, illegal immigration, maintaining public order and safety, political and military defense of the Italian borders, smuggling, money laundering and Terrorist Financing.
Gruppo Sportivo Gruppo Sportivo are a Dutch pop band, from The Hague, formed in 1976, who enjoyed some measure of international success in the late 1970s and 1980s. The frontman of the band, and writer of the material, is Hans Vandenburg.
Grupul Antiterorist Grupul Antiterorist (The Anti-Terrorist Group)Referred to in some press article as "DetaĹźamentul Special al SIE", or SIE's Special Detachment. is an anti-terrorist unit belonging to the Romanian External Intelligence Service.
Grupul Special de ProtecĹŁie Ĺźi IntervenĹŁie Grupul Special de ProtecĹŁie Ĺźi IntervenĹŁie (GSPI, "The Special Group for Protection and Intervention") is an organization under the control of the Romanian Ministry of Administration and Interior (MAI). The designated nickname of the unit is "Acvila", which is Romanian for "Eagle".
Grus (constellation) Grus (IPA: , ) is a southern constellation. The constellation was one of twelve constellations created by Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597, and it first appeared in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.
Grushinsky festival Grushinsky festival () - an annual Russian bard songs festival, from 1968 takes places near city of Samara, on Mastryk lakes. (Valeri Grushin, in whose memory the festival is named was a student who died during backcountry trip saving his drowning friends).
Grutness Grutness is a small settlement and headland at the southern tip of the main island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is located close to Sumburgh Head, and is the terminus of the ferry service between the Shetland Mainland and Fair Isle.
Gruumsh In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Gruumsh, also known as Gruumsh One-Eye, is the chief deity of orcs, conquest, survival, strength, and territory. He is also considered a member of the default D&D pantheon of deities.
Gruvis Malt Gruvis Malt or GrĂĽvis Malt is a six piece band from Providence, Rhode Island that was formed in 1995. They have released 5 full length records albums independently, one full-length with the defunct label Lakeshore Records, and several EPs (independently).
Gruyère (cheese) Gruyère is a hard yellow cheese made from cow's milk, named after the town of Gruyères in Switzerland, and made in the cantons of Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Jura, and Berne. Before 2001, when Gruyère gained Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée status as a Swiss cheese, some controversy existed whether French cheeses of a similar nature could also be labeled Gruyère.
Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23 (ГШ-23) is a twin-barreled 23 mm autocannon developed by the Soviet Union, primarily for military aircraft use. It entered service in 1965, replacing the earlier Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannon.
Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 (also known by the service designation 9A-4071K) is a 30 mm cannon designed for use on Soviet and later Russian military aircraft, entering service in the early 1980s. Its current manufacturer is the Russian company Izhmash JSC.
Grybaulia Grybaulia is a small village in Dzūkija National Park in Lithuania. The village is best known for its extensive fish ponds, which, surrounded by boreal forests provide breeding, feeding and wintering habitats for a number of bird species.
Growth rate (group theory) In group theory, the growth rate of a group with respect to a symmetric generating set describes the size of balls in the group. Every element in the group can be written as a product of generators, and the growth rate counts the number of elements that can be written as a product of length n.
Growth regulator The term given to a group of chemicals, principally synthetic plant hormones, which modify the natural growth of (mainly) cereals, particularly winter wheat and winter barley, as an aid to optimising agricultural profitability.
Groyne A groyne (groin in the United States) is a rigid hydraulic structure built out from the shore (in coastal engineering) or from the bank (in rivers) and interrupts the flow of water and sediment. Groynes serve a multitude of functions.
Grsecurity grsecurity is a project for Linux which institutes several security enhancements, including mandatory access control, randomization of key local and network informational data, /proc and chroot() jail restrictions, network socket control, capabilities control, and extra auditing functions. The grsecurity patch is based on a vanilla kernel and includes the PaX patch set.
Grub Street Until the early 1800s, Grub Street was the name of a street in London's impoverished Moorfields district. In the 1700s and 1800s, the street was famous for its concentration of mediocre, impoverished 'hack writers', aspiring poets, and low-end publishers and booksellers, who existed on the margins of the journalistic and literary scene.
Grub Street Journal Published from 1730 to 1737, The Grub-Street Journal was a satire on popular journalism and hack-writing as it was conducted in Grub Street in London. It was largely edited by Richard Russel and the botanist John Martyn.
Gruba kreska Gruba kreska (Polish for "thick line") was a term used by prime minister of Poland Tadeusz Mazowiecki in 1989 in his first parliamentary speech in Sejm. He said "We draw a thick line on what has happened in the past.
Grubbs Grady Grubbs Grady, short for Grubitsch Grady is the main character in The Demonata series by Darren Shan. He is the protagonist of the first book, Lord Loss, the third, Slawter, the fifth, Blood Beast, and the sixth book, of which the title has not yet been announced.
Gruber-De Gasperi Agreement The Gruber-De Gasperi Agreement, named after the foreign ministers of Italy (Alcide De Gasperi) and Austria (Karl Gruber), of September 1946, allowed South Tyrol and Trentino to remain part of Italy, but ensured its autonomy. For more information, see South Tyrol.
Grudge Match Tournament of Champions The Grudge Match Tournament of Champions is an annual event at the Grudge Match website, in which contestants who have already won Grudge Matches in the previous year return to compete amongst themselves for the Grudge Match Bowl.
GrudziÄ…dz GrudziÄ…dz (pronounce: ['grudĘ‘Č‹É”ĚĘŁ]; ) is a city in northern Poland with 100,787 inhabitants (2000). Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999), the city was previously in the ToruĹ„ Voivodeship (1975-1998).
GrudziÄ…dz County GrudziÄ…dz County () is a powiat (county) in Poland, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. The county seat is the town of GrudziÄ…dz and the powiat includes the area around it, but not the city itself which forms its own separate urban powiat.
Grue (color) Grue and bleen are artificial predicates, coined as two portmanteaux of "green" and "blue" by philosopher Nelson Goodman in one of the seminal works in the philosophy of science, Fact, Fiction, and Forecast. The words are used to illustrate what Goodman calls "the new riddle of induction".
Gruen transfer In shopping mall design, the Gruen transfer refers to the moment when consumers respond to "scripted disorientation" cues in the environment. It is named for Austrian architect Victor Gruen (who disavowed such manipulative techniques) and lately popularized by Douglas Rushkoff.
Gruen Trophy The Gruen Trophy was a Canadian Football League trophy, given to the most outstanding rookie in the East Division. The award, sponsored by the Gruen watch making company, was discontinued and the trophy retired in 1973, as there seems to be some conflict that year with the Schenley Award (which had a separate and different rookie of the year for the Eastern Division.
Gruene Hall Gruene Hall was built in the 1880s in the town of Gruene, Texas, which is now a part of New Braunfels. Billing itself as the oldest dance hall in Texas, Gruene Hall has played host to such acts as Willie Nelson, George Strait, Jerry Jeff Walker, Lyle Lovett and the Old 97's.
Gruene, Texas The town of Gruene, Texas (pronounced like the color "green") was founded in 1872 by German farmer Herman D. Grueneand now lies within the city limits of New Braunfels, Texas] in the [[Texas Hill Country.
Gruey Gruey was a 1988 BBC children's comedy TV series about the misadventures and escapades of Stephen 'Gruey' Grucock, a mischievous schoolboy in the Jennings and Just William mold. In 1989 another series was produced and aired, titled Gruey Twoey.
Gruff Rhys Gruff Rhys (pronounced ; born July 18, 1970 in Haverfordwest (Welsh: Hwlffordd) in south-west Wales) is a member of the Super Furry Animals who were at the forefront of the wave of successful Welsh bands which broke through into the mainstream music scene in the 1990s.
Gruffydd Maelor Gruffydd Maelor was Prince of Powys Fadog. He received Maelor and Iâl as his portion of his father's realm and later added Nanheudwy, Cynllaith Owain and Lower Mochnant on the death of his half-brother Owain Fychan 1187.
Gruffydd Robert Gruffydd Robert (before 1532 - after 1598) was a Welsh humanist scholar who wrote a pioneering Welsh grammar while in enforced exile with his colleague and fellow-writer Morys Clynnog in Milan in 1567. He was an ardent Roman Catholic.
Grug Grug is a fictional character appearing in a series of Australian children's books by the author Ted Prior, not unlike the Little Miss and Mr Men series of books by Roger Hargreaves. They were published between 1976 and 1992 by Hodder Headline Australia and are no longer in print.
Grug Maria Grug Maria is a Welsh television actress best known for playing the character of Julie Hughes in the Welsh soap Pobol y Cwm. Maria works closely with actress Lisa Victoria who portrays Sheryl Hughes in the Welsh soap.
Grulla National Wildlife Refuge Grulla National Wildlife Refuge is located in Eastern New Mexico in Roosevelt County, New Mexico southwest of the intersection of State Highway 88 and the Texas - New Mexico border about 25 miles southeast of Portales, New Mexico east of the tiny community of Arch. It was once part of the DZ Ranch.
Grullo Grullo (also black dun, blue dun or lobo dun) is a color of horses, characterized by smoky or mouse-colored hairs on the body, often with shoulder and dorsal stripes and black barring on the lower legs. In this coloration each individual hair is mouse colored, unlike a roan which is composed of a mixture of dark and light hairs.
GruĹľa The GruĹľa (Serbian Cyrillic: Đ“Ń€Ńжа) is a river and a region in central Serbia. The river is a 77 km long left tributary to the Zapadna Morava and the region, with the village of the same name, is poetically referred to as the Heart of Ĺ umadija.
Grumant Grumant was a Soviet Russian settlement in Svalbard, Norway, abandoned in 1961. "Grumant" is a Pomor toponym traditionally applied to the whole of Svalbard, and may be a corruption of "Greenland," with which this land was confused.
Grumbar In many Dungeons and Dragons campaign settings, Grumbar is the "Elemental Lord of the Earth." Ed Greenwood created Grumbar for his home Dungeons & Dragons game, inspired by the deity Grome, created by Michael Moorcock for his Elric stories.
Grumentum Grumentum was an ancient town in the centre of Lucania, 33 miles south of Potentia (now Potenza) by the direct road through Anxia, and 52 m. by the Via Herculia, at the point of divergence of a road eastward to Heraclea ().
Grumman Ag Cat The Grumman G-164 Ag Cat is a single-engine biplane agricultural aircraft, developed by Grumman in the 1950s. The design has been in almost continual production since 1959; Schweizer Aircraft Corporation built 2,628 under contract between 1959 and 1979.
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a leading producer of military and civilian aircraft of the 20th century. Founded in 1929 by Leroy Grumman with Jake Swirbul, its independent existence ended in a 1994 merger with the Northrop Corporation to form Northrop Grumman.
Grumman American AA-1 The Grumman American AA-1 series is a family of light, 2-seat aircraft. The family includes the original American Aviation AA-1 Yankee Clipper and AA-1A Trainer, the Grumman American AA-1B Trainer and TR-2 and the Gulfstream American AA-1C Lynx and T-Cat.
Grumman American AA-5 The Grumman American AA-5 series is a family of all-metal, 4-seat, light aircraft. The line includes the original American Aviation AA-5 Traveler, the Grumman American AA-5 Traveler, AA-5A Cheetah, and AA-5B Tiger, the Gulfstream American AA-5A Cheetah, and AA-5B Tiger, the American General AG-5B Tiger, and the Tiger Aircraft AG-5B Tiger.
Grumman sport boat The Grumman sport boat is a 15' long 4 foot wide square stern canoe manufactured in America. It is manufactured in a fashion similar to an aircraft, made of a stressed skin aluminum, riveted together, it weighs slightly over 110 pounds.
Grumpier Old Men Grumpier Old Men is a 1995 Warner Bros. romantic comedy film starring Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret, and Sophia Loren, with Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Katie Sagona, Ann Morgan Guilbert.
Grumpy Old Men (TV series) Grumpy Old Men is a conversational-style television programme on BBC2 which debuted in 2003. The first run of four programmes was repeated several times before a second series, also of four episodes, was shown in 2004.
Grundfos Grundfos is one of the world's leading pump manufacturers, with an annual production of more than 10 million pump units. Circulator pumps (UP), submersible pumps (SP), and centrifugal pumps (CR) are the three major product groups.
Grundig (band) Grundig was an American heavy metal band based out of Jacksonville, Florida. Founded in 1986 by singer Scooter Ward, drummer Sam McCandless, bassist Jeremy Marshall, and guitarist Matt Loughran, the band was later renamed "Cold" and signed to Geffen Records.
Grundisburgh Primary School Grundisburgh Primary School is a village based school for 5-11 year olds in the East Anglian village of Grundisburgh, Suffolk. It was first built in 1874 next to St Mary's Church but 115 years later it was relocated to Meeting Lane as a new modern building in 1989 to which it still remains today.
GrundriĂź der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen GrundriĂź der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen ("Outline of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-European languages") is a major work of historical linguistics by Karl Brugmann and Berthold DelbrĂĽck, published in two editions between 1886 and 1916. Brugmann treated phonology and morphology, and DelbrĂĽck treated syntax.
Grundrisse The Grundrisse der Kritik der Politischen Ă–konomie (German, Outlines of the Critique of Political Economy) is a lengthy manuscript by the German philosopher Karl Marx, completed in 1858. However, as it existed primarily as a collection of unedited notes, the work remained unpublished until 1941.
GrundzĂĽge der physiologischen Psychologie GrundzĂĽge der physiologischen Psychologie (Principles of Physiological Psychology) was a landmark textbook of experimental psychology, authored by Wilhelm Wundt and published in 1874, while he was a professor at Zurich.
Grunewald Grunewald (Greenwood) is both a forest in Berlin on the east side of the Havel and a municipal district of Berlin (part of the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The district developed out of a so-called "mansion colony" when the upper class of Berlin discovered Grunewald as an attractive site for living.
Grunewaldturm The Grunewaldturm is a historical tower in Berlin (Germany) build by the plans of Franz Schwechten between 1897 and 1898. The municipality of Teltow assigned the building order on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the German Emperor Wilhelm I.
Grunge music Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a genre of alternative rock inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock. It became commercially successful in the early 1990s, peaking in mainstream popularity between 1991 and 1994.
Grunge speak Grunge speak was a hoax created by Megan Jasper, a sales representative for Sub Pop Records. Under pressure from a reporter for The New York Times who wanted to know if grunge fans had their own slang, Jasper, 25 at the time, told the reporter a set of made-up on-the-spot slang terms that she claimed were associated with the Seattle grunge scene in the early and mid 1990s.
Grunge Whore (He's A) Grunge Whore is a 10" Vinyl EP released by the Norwegian band Turbonegro in 1993 on Sympathy For The Record Industry. It was the first release with vocalist Hans Erik Dyvik Husby (aka Hank Von Helvete).
Grungust The Grungust is a fictional robot in the Super Robot Wars series. It has appeared as a playable unit in Super Robot Wars 4, Super Robot Wars F, Super Robot Wars F Final, the Super Robot Wars Alpha series and the Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation series.
Grunt (board game) Grunt: The Game of Tactical Level Combat in Viet Nam was a tactical level board wargame released by Simulations Publications Inc. as part of the magazine Strategy & Tactics, released as part of issue #26 in 1971.
Gruntilda Winkybunion Gruntilda Winkybunion, also referred to as Grunty for short, is a fictional witch who serves as the villain of the Banjo-Kazooie series of videogames. She is a stereotypical witch, with green skin, warts, a witch's hat and a hideous cackle.
Gruntruck Gruntruck was formed in 1989 in Seattle, Washington by Ben McMillan and Scott McCullum, both previously from Skin Yard. The group took its name to honor Professor Albert von Grunt Truck, a professor of enyclopedia studies at Middlebury University prior to the university's unexpected bankruptcy.
Grupo ACS Grupo ACS, (Actividades de ConstrucciĂłn y Servicios, SA), (IBEX-35:ACS) is a Spanish company dedicated to civil and engineering construction, all types services and telecommunications. The company was founded in 1997 due the fusion to OCP Construcciones, S.
Grupo AeromĂłvil de Fuerzas Especiales The Grupo AeromĂłvil de Fuerzas Especiales (Special Forces Airmobile Group, GAFE) is a special forces unit of the Mexican Army's Special Forces Corps. There are a total of nine battalions, one High Command GAFE unit and one other group is assigned to the Infantry Parachutists Brigade.
Grupo AeromĂłvil de Fuerzas Especiales del Alto Mando The Grupo AeromĂłvil de Fuerzas Especiales del Alto Mando (High Command Special Forces Airmobile Group) is a special operations unit of the Mexican Army. Its a group with no more than 100 members, they are specially trained in counter-terrorist tactics.
Grupo Alacrán The Grupo Alacrán (Scorpion Group) is a special operations service of the Argentine National Gendarmerie, often referred as the Equipo Antiterrorista de GendarmerĂa (Gendarmerie Counter-terrorism Team). The division is headquartered in Evita City and responds to high-risk and counterterrorist situations throughout Argentina, but primarily in the rural areas.
Grupo Albatros The Grupo Albatros (Albatross Group) is a special operations service of the Argentine Naval Prefecture. Located in the province of Buenos Aires, it conducts river and maritime operations in the lakes and rivers and anything close to the coast line.
Grupo Anti-Secuestro de Aviones The Grupo Anti-Secuestro de Aviones (Airborne Counter-Hijacking Group, GASDA) is an elite unit of the Colombian Air Force, although it is under the operational command of the CIAES (Centro de Información Anti-Extorsión y Secuestros). The unit's task is to counter terrorist and criminal activity at all of Colombia's airports; it is located at Madrid Air Base, outside Bogotá.
Grupo Armado Grupo Armado was a popular Nicaraguan rock band formed by Alejandro MejĂa (lead vocals and percusion), Bikentios Chávez (drums), Noel Portocarrero (bass) and Ernesto RodrĂguez (lead guitar). The group was an offspring of CPU, another popular rock band started by MejĂa and Chávez.
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores, SA Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores, SA (Grupo Aval) is a Colombian holding company engaged in a wide variety of financial activities, including banking, telecommunications and real estate. Grupo Aval is controlled by Luis Carlos Sarmiento (estimated net worth of $4.
Grupo Aymara Grupo Aymara, Bolivia's premiere folk troupe, has been acclaimed worldwide for its inspiring interpretations of traditional music of pre-Hispanic and contemporary music of the Andes, particularly that of the Aymara and Quechua speaking people of Bolivia. They perform their evocative music on indigenous flutes, panpipes and drums, as well as stringed instruments introduced since the Spanish conquest.
Grupo Capoeira Brasil Grupo Capoeira Brasil is an international organization that practices, teaches, and demonstrates the Afro-Brazilian martial art of Capoeira. Grupo Capoeira Brasil practices a style of Capoeira known as Capoeira Regional Contemporanea.
Grupo Colina Grupo Colina was a paramilitary death squad created in Peru that was active from 1990 until 1994, under the administration of Alberto Fujimori and headed by Vladimiro Montesinos, who was also chief of Peru's intelligence service, Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional (SIN).
Grupo Continental Grupo Continental is a total beverage company dedicated to the production, sales and distribution of products owned by The Coca-Cola Company, has a huge presence in central and western Mexico. The company has its headquarters in Tampico, Tamaulipas.
Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (Spain) Special Operations Group (in Spanish, Grupo de Operaciones Especiales, GOES) is an elite commando unit, part of the Spanish Army. Not to be confused with the similar-sounding named Grupo Especial de Operaciones, a police antiterrorist force.
Grupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica GULCR stands for "Grupo de usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica" (Costa Rican Linux User Group). The GULCR is a non-profit organization whose goal is to provide information about the Linux OS to the local community.
Grupo De Apoyo a la Democracia The Grupo De Apoyo a la Democracia (Group for the Support of Democracy) is a group of dissident Cuban exiles living in the US. They have recently been criticised for misusing US governmental funding to send consumer products to Cuba as part of the US government's embargo against Cuba and it's continued neoliberal ideological warfare.
Grupo Elektra Grupo Elektra is a Mexican financial and retail corporation owned by Grupo Salinas. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (EKT), the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (ELEKTRA*) and on the Spanish Stock Market Latibex (XEKT).
Grupo EMS Sigma Pharma Grupo EMS Sigma Pharma is a Brazilian pharmeceutical company founded in Santo André, São Paulo state in 1950. They are known in Brazil to have sponsored, using its product Energil C, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from the Brazilian Série A in the 1996/99 seasons for and helped bring Rivaldo to the club in 2003.
Grupo Especial de Operaciones The Grupo Especial de Operaciones (Special Operations Group, GEO) is part of the Spanish National Police and is stationed in Guadalajara near the capital, Madrid. The GEO has special response capabilities and is responsible for VIP protection duties, as well as countering and responding to terrorism.
Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales (Argentina) The Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales (Federal Special Operations Group, GEOF) is a special operations division of the Argentine Federal Police trained to strategically perform counterterrorist and counternarcotics missions. It is also used for VIP protection and hostage rescue situations.
Grupo Especial Uno The 1er BatallĂłn de Combate-Grupo Especial Uno (1st Combat Battalion-Special Group One, GE-1) is a tactical assault division of the Argentine Federal Police. It depends directly of the Infantry Guard Corps, and its motto is Nihil Obstat (Nothing Hinders).
Grupo ManĂa Grupo ManĂa (sometimes spelled GrupomanĂa or GrupoManĂa) is a popular merengue group from Puerto Rico that released its debut album in 1993. The group was formed by brothers HĂ©ctor, Edwin and Oscar Serrano together with Alfred Cotto in the early 90s.
Grupo Montparnasse The Grupo Montparnasse was an organization of Chilean artists who had joined the gathering of great artists in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France in the early part of the 20th century. The groups first exhibition was organized by Luis Vargas Rosas in Santiago in 1923.
Grupo Niche Grupo Niche is one of the world's best known salsa and cumbia group from Colombia and it enjoys great popularity throughout Latin America. It was formed in 1980 by Jairo Varela,who became producer, director, songwriter, vocalist and guiro player.
Grupo Poma Grupo Poma is a family owned company head by Ricardo Poma in El Salvador. Some of Grupo Poma’s business activities include automobile dealerships, real estate development and construction, industrial manufacturing and hotels, as well as investments in telecommunications and a variety of nonprofit organizations that carry out social projects.
Grupo Reforma Grupo Reforma is media company that controls a newswire service, and a number of Mexican daily newspapers including El Norte in Monterrey, Reforma in Mexico City, Mural in Guadalajara, and Palabra in Saltillo .
Grupo Salinas Grupo Salinas is a Mexican corporation which owns the second-largest television network in the country, TV Azteca as well as one of the largest retail stores Elektra, as well as financial, telecommunication and Internet companies. Its annual revenues are US Dollar 3.
Grupo Sanborns In Mexico, few companies are as steeped in history as Sanborn Hermanos, owners of Sanborns pharmacy. The retail company was founded on in Mexico City on June 19,1903 by California immigrants Walter and Frank Sanborn, who also opened Mexico's first soda fountain.
Grupo Santander Grupo Santander () () is a marketing name of Banco Santander Central Hispano and its subsidiaries. Originating in Spain, it consists of a vast network of banking organisations with the majority based across Europe and Latin America.
Grupo Sumol Grupo Sumol (Sumol Group) is a Portuguese company headquartered in Carnaxide, near Lisbon. The companies in the Sumol Group manage brands, manufacture and distribute soft drinks, juices and nectars, waters and beers.
Grupo TACA Grupo TACA is a group of five Latin American airlines. Originally an acronym of Transportes AĂ©reos Centroamericanos (Central American Air Transport), it now stands for Transportes AĂ©reos del Continente Americano (American Continent Air Transport), reflecting it expansion to North and South America.
Grupo TransportaciĂłn Ferroviaria Mexicana TransportaciĂłn Ferroviaria Mexicana (Mexican Rail Transportation) is the name of a company dedicated to freight transportation using rail in the North Eastern part of Mexico. TFM owns its own fleet and the "right of use" of some of the railtracks in the country, being the most important the "Ferrocarril del Noreste" (Northeasthern railtrack) line.
Grupo Universitario de Tandil Grupo Universitario are an Argentina Football club, their home town is Tandil, in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. They currently play in Zone B of the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino B.
Grupos Antiterroristas de LiberaciĂłn Grupos Antiterroristas de LiberaciĂłn (GAL, Antiterrorist Liberation Groups) were death squads illegally set up by officials within the Spanish government to fight ETA. They were active from 1983 until 1987, under PSOE's cabinets. It was proven in a judicial trial that they were financed and backed by key officials within the Spanish Homeland Ministry. The Spanish daily El Mundo played a key role revealing the plot with its series on the matter.
Gruppen (Stockhausen) Gruppen ("Groups") for three orchestras (1955-57) is amongst the best-known works of German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. In it, a large group of 107 players is divided into three orchestral units, each with its own conductor, which are deployed in a horseshoe shape to the left, front, and right of the audience.
Gruppo di Intervento Speciale Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (GIS, in English "Special Intervention Group") is a counterterrorism asset inside the Italian Carabinieri military police, first formed in 1978. In 2004 the GIS evolved into a special forces unit.
Gruppo di Investigazione CriminalitĂ Organizzata Gruppo di Investigazione CriminalitĂ Organizzata (Organized Crime Investigation Group, GICO) is a specialized department of the Italian Guardia di Finanza, a Special Police force that fights against international illegal drugs trafficking, customs and borders control, financial crimes, Anti-Mafia operations, illegal immigration, maintaining public order and safety, political and military defense of the Italian borders, smuggling, money laundering and Terrorist Financing.
Gruppo Sportivo Gruppo Sportivo are a Dutch pop band, from The Hague, formed in 1976, who enjoyed some measure of international success in the late 1970s and 1980s. The frontman of the band, and writer of the material, is Hans Vandenburg.
Grupul Antiterorist Grupul Antiterorist (The Anti-Terrorist Group)Referred to in some press article as "DetaĹźamentul Special al SIE", or SIE's Special Detachment. is an anti-terrorist unit belonging to the Romanian External Intelligence Service.
Grupul Special de ProtecĹŁie Ĺźi IntervenĹŁie Grupul Special de ProtecĹŁie Ĺźi IntervenĹŁie (GSPI, "The Special Group for Protection and Intervention") is an organization under the control of the Romanian Ministry of Administration and Interior (MAI). The designated nickname of the unit is "Acvila", which is Romanian for "Eagle".
Grus (constellation) Grus (IPA: , ) is a southern constellation. The constellation was one of twelve constellations created by Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597, and it first appeared in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.
Grushinsky festival Grushinsky festival () - an annual Russian bard songs festival, from 1968 takes places near city of Samara, on Mastryk lakes. (Valeri Grushin, in whose memory the festival is named was a student who died during backcountry trip saving his drowning friends).
Grutness Grutness is a small settlement and headland at the southern tip of the main island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is located close to Sumburgh Head, and is the terminus of the ferry service between the Shetland Mainland and Fair Isle.
Gruumsh In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Gruumsh, also known as Gruumsh One-Eye, is the chief deity of orcs, conquest, survival, strength, and territory. He is also considered a member of the default D&D pantheon of deities.
Gruvis Malt Gruvis Malt or GrĂĽvis Malt is a six piece band from Providence, Rhode Island that was formed in 1995. They have released 5 full length records albums independently, one full-length with the defunct label Lakeshore Records, and several EPs (independently).
Gruyère (cheese) Gruyère is a hard yellow cheese made from cow's milk, named after the town of Gruyères in Switzerland, and made in the cantons of Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Jura, and Berne. Before 2001, when Gruyère gained Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée status as a Swiss cheese, some controversy existed whether French cheeses of a similar nature could also be labeled Gruyère.
Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23 (ГШ-23) is a twin-barreled 23 mm autocannon developed by the Soviet Union, primarily for military aircraft use. It entered service in 1965, replacing the earlier Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannon.
Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 (also known by the service designation 9A-4071K) is a 30 mm cannon designed for use on Soviet and later Russian military aircraft, entering service in the early 1980s. Its current manufacturer is the Russian company Izhmash JSC.
Grybaulia Grybaulia is a small village in Dzūkija National Park in Lithuania. The village is best known for its extensive fish ponds, which, surrounded by boreal forests provide breeding, feeding and wintering habitats for a number of bird species.
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