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Gates Scholarship The Gates Cambridge Scholarships were established with a $210 million endowment by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 to enable outstanding graduate students from outside the United Kingdom to study at the University of Cambridge. The awardees are given funding for postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge in England for at least one year, but no more than four.
Gates' Law Gates' Law is the observation that the speed of commercial software generally slows by fifty percent every 18 months. This can be for a variety of reasons: "featuritis", "code cruft", programmer laziness, or a management turnover whose design philosophy does not coincide with the previous manager.
Gateshead Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear in north-east England on the south side of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne which covers the North Bank. It is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.
Gateshead East (UK Parliament constituency) Gateshead East was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Gateshead in what is now Tyne and Wear. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Gateshead East and Washington West (UK Parliament constituency) Gateshead East and Washington West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Gateshead Interchange Gateshead Interchange is the name of a transport interchange in the centre of the town of Gateshead, England. It is served by the Tyne and Wear Metro, whose station is underground, as well as local bus services.
Gateshead Millennium Bridge The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a foot and cycle bridge spanning the River Tyne in England between Gateshead on the south bank, and Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank. The award-winning structure was conceived by
Gateshead rally The Gateshead rally is a motorsports rally which is also known as the Pirelli International Rally. It takes place in the northeast of England and is a mixture of fast open sprints across farmland and twisty forest tracks.
Gateshead Talmudical College The Gateshead Talmudical College (), popularly known as Gateshead Yeshiva, is located in the town of Gateshead in the United Kingdom. It is the largest Haredi yeshiva in Europe and is one of the most prestigious yeshiva gedolas in the Orthodox world.
Gateshead Thunder Gateshead Thunder are a rugby league team from Gateshead in Tyne and Wear. They are the only professional rugby league team in the North East of England though several amateur teams now exist, notably Gateshead Storm.
Gateshead West (UK Parliament constituency) Gateshead West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Gateshead in what is now Tyne and Wear. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Gateside, Fife Gateside is a small village in the north east of Fife, Scotland. It is inhabited by around 200 people although a local housing development scheme wish to use a site in Gateside, (to the majority of residents dislike) to build many more houses.
Gatesville Company Gatesville Company is an ongoing comic book series created by writer Marc Bryant and artist Patrick McEvoy. A supernatural drama comprised of self-contained issues, it started publication in July, 2005 from Speakeasy Comics.
Gateway (comics) Gateway is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe, an Australian mutant with the ability to teleport objects and people from one location to another. He is considered an unofficial member of the X-Men.
Gateway (computer game) Gateway (Frederik Pohl's Gateway, 1992) and Gateway 2 (Gateway 2: Homeworld, 1993), are interactive fiction games released by Legend Entertainment, and written by Glen Dahlgren and Mike Verdu. They are based on Frederik Pohl's novels, but deviate significantly while still being similar enough to make both the games and the books severe spoilers for each other.
Gateway AnyKey The Gateway AnyKey is a programmable PC keyboard that was sold with desktop computers from the Gateway 2000 company roughly from 1990 to 1995. It was manufactured in at least five known versions and incarnations by Tucson, Arizona-based Maxi Switch, now a subsidiary of LiteOn Technology Corporation.
Gateway Bridge, Brisbane The Gateway Bridge is at the centre of the Gateway Motorway, which skirts the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is the crossing of the Brisbane River closest to Moreton Bay and crosses at the Quarries Reach, in between Eagle Farm and Hemmant.
Gateway Cities The Gateway Cities of Southern California are those located in southeastern Los Angeles County. There is some cross-over between these cities and those comprising South Los Angeles, East Los Angeles, the South Bay, and the San Gabriel Valley.
Gateway College Gateway College is a further education college in Leicester, England. Currently situated near the centre of Leicester, adjacent to the main campus of De Montfort University, the college is to relocate to Hamilton within the next three years.
Gateway Community and Technical College Gateway Community and Technical College (GCTC), located in Covington, KY, is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). The name of the college was changed from Northern Kentucky Community and Technical College in 2002 when KCTCS decided to significantly expand its program offerings there.
Gateway drug The term gateway drug is used to describe a lower classed drug that can lead to the use of "harder", more dangerous drugs. The term is also used to describe introductory experiences to "addictive" experiences.
Gateway District The Gateway District is a large open air retail, residential and office complex in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The complex is centered around the historic Union Pacific Depot in downtown Salt Lake City.
Gateway District(Minneapolis) The Gateway District of Minneapolis is centered at the convergence of Hennepin Avenue, Nicollet Avenue, and Washington Avenue, as well as several surrounding blocks surrounding the intersection. It is a part of the Downtown West neighborhood.
Gateway Geyser The Gateway Geyser, located on the riverfront of the Mississippi River in East Saint Louis, Illinois, is the world's tallest fountain. Water can reach a height of around 600 feet when shot out of its main spout.
Gateway Regional School District The Gateway Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students from four communities in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students in grades 7-12 from the boroughs of National Park (283 students from a 2000 Census population of 3,205), Wenonah (181 students from a population of 2,317), Westville (375 students from a population of 4,501) and Woodbury Heights (286 students from a population of 2,988).
Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex The Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex, located in Cleveland, Ohio, consists of Jacobs Field, which houses the Cleveland Indians MLB baseball team, and Quicken Loans Arena, home to the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA basketball team. Quicken Loans Arena was formerly known as Gund Arena.
Gateway to Higher Education (program) The "Gateway Institute for Pre-College Education", begun as the Gateway to Higher Education program was started in New York City in 1986. Its initial goal was to prepare high school students from demographics underrepresented in science, medicine, and technology, for higher education in those fields.
Gateway to the Savage Frontier Gateway to the Savage Frontier (1991) is a Gold Box Dungeons and Dragons computer game developed by Stormfront Studios and published by SSI for the Commodore 64, PC and Amiga personal computers. The title was the #1 selling game in North America in August of 1991.
Gateway Tour The Gateway Tour is a third-level men's professional golf tour headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona that runs tournaments in Arizona and Florida. The top-level of men's professional golf in the United States is the PGA Tour and the second-level is the Nationwide Tour, which is the official developmental tour run by the PGA Tour.
Gateways club The Gateways club was the major lesbian nightclub just off the Kings Road, Chelsea, London, England. It was the longest surviving such club in the world, first opening in 1930 and eventually closing on Saturday 21 September 1985 after some years of only opening for a few hours each weekend.
Gath (city) Gath (גת Hebrew: "winepress"), a common place name in ancient Israel and the surrounding regions. Various cities are mentioned in the Bible with such names as Gath of the Philistines, Gath-Gittaim, and Gath Carmel, and other sites with similar names appear in various ancient sources, including the Amarna letters.
Gath (helmet) Gath is a brand of lightweight helmets made by Gath Sports Pty Ltd in Australia. The helmets are a popular choice among water and snowsport enthusiasts and skydivers who prefer the light weight and compact size to better protection; Gath helmets are not certified to provide any protection from impact.
Gathered on This Beach: Poems & Perspectives for a Converging World Short debut volume of poetry by British writer Adrian McO-Campbell (1977-), concerning cyberculture and its anticipated effects. Completed in 2000, with further amendments and additions towards a finalised, self-published edition for Amazon UK in 2005 /6, it attempts to address some implications for the individual and collective spirit before and after the widespread changes caused by digital technology have arisen.
Gathering Blue Gathering Blue is a 2000 novel by noted children's author Lois Lowry. While not a sequel in the strictest sense to her earlier novel The Giver (1993), it is set in the same future time period, and it treats some of the same themes.
Gathering of Developers Gathering of Developers (aka God Games and Gathering) was an American videogame publisher based in Dallas, TX (and then later Austin, TX) founded by a number of independent game developers. Gathering was created to serve as a "friendly" publisher for independent development companies.
Gathering of Israel The Gathering of Israel, as foretold by numerous Old Testament prophets, refers to recovery or return of Israel's Lost Ten Tribes to the lands of their inheritance. The following are some references regarding the gathering (King James Version of the Bible):
Gathering place A gathering place is any place where people are able to congregate. Gathering places may be public; for example, city streets, town squares, and parks; or private; for example, churches, coffee shops, stadiums, and theaters.
Gathland State Park Gathland State Park is a small state park located near Burkittsville, Maryland in the United States. The park is composed of the remains of the estate of George Alfred Townsend (1841-1914), a correspondent during the American Civil War who wrote under the pen name "Gath".
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook GCSI PC (1 October, 1814–30 October, 1906), known as Gathorne Hardy until 1878, was a prominent British Conservative politician. He held office in every Conservative government between 1858 and 1892 and notably served as Home Secretary from 1867 to 1868 and as Secretary of State for War from 1874 to 1878.
Gaths Mine Gaths Mine is a village adjacent to Mashava in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe and is located 40km from Masvingo. The village once served as a residential a number of asbestos mines, Temeraire, Gaths and King mines, however only King mine is functioning at the moment.
Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras (1644–1712) was a French novelist and memorialist who wrote semi-fictional "memoirs" (in the first person) of historical figures from the recent past (such as the marquis de Montbrun and M. de Rochefort).
Gatighan The isle of Gatighan was a way station of the Armada de Molucca under Captain-General Ferdinand Magellan on their way to Cebu in Central Philippines. The name appears only in the map and text of the firsthand account of the Vicentine diarist Antonio Pigafetta and referred to as an isle at 10° N in the eyewitness report of Francisco Albo, Greek pilot whose logbook is the chief authority for most navigational treatises on the track of the circumnavigation of the globe.
Gatineau Hills The Gatineau Hills are a geological formation in Canada that makes up part of the southern tip of the Canadian Shield, and acts as the northern shoulder of the Ottawa Valley. They are also the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains which stretch east through Quebec, beginning north of Montreal and joining up with others into Vermont and New Hampshire.
Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival The Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival is a yearly festival, held in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, and organized by the city, during which hundreds of hot air balloons are flown. It is normally held over several days in early September.
Gatineau Park Administered by the National Capital Commission, Gatineau Park is a federal park located near the southern border of Quebec, just north of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its territory includes parts of the City of Gatineau, the Municipality of Chelsea, and the Municipality of La PĂŞche.
Gatineau River The Gatineau River is a river in western Quebec which rises in lakes north of the Baskatong Reservoir and flows south to join the Ottawa River at the city of Gatineau, Quebec. The river is 386 km (240 miles) long and drains an area of 23,700 km².
Gating (punishment) Gating is a type of punishment similar to a detention used typically at educational institutions, especially boarding schools. Precisely what a gating consists of and the rules surrounding it will vary between institutions, but the common element is that someone who has been gated is not permitted to leave the establishment.
Gatis GĹ«ts Gatis GĹ«ts (born 15 April 1976, Ventspils) is a Latvian bobsleigh pilot who has competed since 1994. His two latest seasons have seen him twice in the top ten in the World Cup, both times with co-pilot Intars DÄ«cmanis.
Gatjil Djerrkura Gatjil Djerrkura OAM (1950-2004) was an Aboriginal leader and indigenous spokesman in the Northern Territory and Australia and served as Chairman of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), appointed on 6 December 1996 to 2000.
Gatling gun The Gatling gun is a rapid-repeating weapon invented in the 1860s which used multiple rotating barrels turned by a hand crank. Unlike earlier weapons, such as the mitrailleuse, which had limited capacity and long reloading times, the Gatling gun was reliable, easy to load, and had a high firing rate.
GatlingEngine The gatlingEngine is a Microsoft Windows based program that allows people to play collectible card games and non-traditional card games online and is produced by CCG Workshop. It also includes support for some collectible dice games and tile based strategy games.
Gatnet Gatnet is a community of practice and public policy program on Gender and Transport, addressing the problems of women, particularly Southern women, facing the everyday reality of gender inequality in the transport sector. The program deals with specific problems in specific places in Africa, Asia and Latin America, mainly in very poor outlying areas where access is an enormous problem of day to day life, often falling especially hard on women and young girls.
Gato (computer game) Gato was a real-time submarine simulator published by Spectrum HoloByte in the 1980s for use on several platforms including the Apple IIe. It simulated combat operations aboard the USS Gato (SS-212) in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Gato Barbieri Leandro Barbieri (born on November 28 1934 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina) better known as El Gato Barbieri (Spanish for "Barbieri the Cat") is an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist and composer who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and from his latin jazz recordings in the 1970s. Born to a family of musicians, Barbieri began playing music after hearing Charlie Parker's "Now's the Time.
Gato class submarine The Gato-class submarine was the state of the art in American design at the start of World War II. Using the previous Tambor-class submarine as a basis, Gatos incorporated improvements to increase their overall patrol and combat abilities.
Gato Negro Gato Negro is 7 Year Bitch's final album and their only full-length to appear on a major label (Atlantic Records). The record spawned three singles: "The History Of My Future," "24,900 Miles Per Hour" and "Miss Understood" as well as a video for "24,900 Miles Per Hour.
Gator Football Ring of Honor The Gator Football Ring of Honor is a ring on the displayed on the North Endzone façade of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium displaying the names of the players and coaches who have contributed greatly to the Florida Gators football team. It was created in 2006 in commemoration of 100 years of Florida Football and unveiled before the kickoff of the Alabama game that season.
Gator Growl Gator Growl is the largest and most well known student run pep rally in the world. It is held annually in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, otherwise known as the Swamp at the University of Florida and has been a UF tradition for more than 80 years.
Gator Chomp The Gator Chomp is a nationally recognized gesture made by fans of the University of Florida to show their support of the Florida Gators. The Gator Chomp is done by fully extending ones arms, one over the other, in front of the body with the palms facing each other.
Gatorade Gatorade is a non-carbonated sports drink marketed by PepsiCo. Originally made for athletes (the drink was created by researchers at the University of Florida and named for the school's mascot), it is now often consumed as a snack beverage.
Gatorade Duel The Gatorade Duel, is NASCAR Nextel Cup preliminary event to the Daytona 500 held annually in February at Daytona International Speedway. It consists of two 150-mile races, and serves as a qualifying race for the Daytona 500.
Gatorade Shower The Gatorade shower is a sports tradition involving dumping a cooler full of liquid (most commonly Gatorade) over a coach's (or occasionally star player or owner's) head following a meaningful win. The tradition began with the New York Giants football team in the mid-80s.
GatorBox The GatorBox is a type of LocalTalk-to-Ethernet bridge and was one of a number of network gateway products produced by Cayman Systems. Other products in the same family include: GatorBox CS, GatorMIM CS, GatorBox CS/Rack, GatorStar GXM, GatorStar GXR.
Gatorland Gatorland is a 110-acre theme park and wildlife preserve located along South Orange Blossom Trail in Orange County, Florida. It was founded by the late Owen Godwin in 1949, and still privately owned by his family today.
Gatow Airport Known for most of its operational life as RAF Gatow, this former airfield is in the district of Gatow in south-western Berlin, west of the Havel river, in the borough of Spandau. It is now called General-Steinhoff Kaserne and is home to the Luftwaffen Museum der Bundeswehr, the Luftwaffe Museum.
Gatra A gatra ("embryo" or "semantic unit"Class notes from a class taught by Sumarsam, accessed on June 19, 2006) is a unit of melody in Javanese gamelan music, analogous to a measure in Western music. It is often considered the smallest unit of a gamelan composition.
Gatsbys American Dream and the Volcano In 2005, Gatsbys American Dream released their fourth album, Volcano (also known by the full title printed on the cover, Gatsbys American Dream and the Volcano). After recording the album, In The Land Of Lost Monsters, in 2004 the band began looking for a record label.
Gattermann reaction The Gattermann rection in organic chemistry refers to that reaction where a diazonium salt is converted to an aryl halide by using copper powder and hydrochloric acid as opposed to using cuprous salt of the halide as in the Sandmeyer reaction.
Gattermann-Koch reaction The Gattermann-Koch reaction in organic chemistry refers to a Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction in which carbon monoxide and hydrochloric acid are used in-situ with Friedel-Crafts catalyst, namely AlCl3 to produce a benzaldehye-derivative from a benzene-derivative in one step. Benzaldahyde and many aromatic aldeydes are conveniently synthesized by this reaction.
Gattilusio The Gattilusio family was the ruling dynasty of the island of Lesbos from 1355 to 1462, when the last prince was strangled on the orders of Sultan Mehmed II. A junior branch of the family ruled Ainos until 1488.
Gatton Gatton was a small town near Reigate in Surrey, United Kingdom. It elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons but by 1831 had only seven voters and was disenfranchised as the most rotten borough in the country.
Gatton College of Business and Economics Gatton College of Business and Economics is a college of the University of Kentucky. Founded in 1925, it was not given the current name "Gatton College of Business and Economics" until 1996 after a large monetary gift to the University in 1995 from Carl Martin "Bill" Gatton.
Gatton murders The Gatton Murders is the name given to a never-solved homicide that occurred near the town of Gatton, Queensland on 26 December, 1898. The victims, all members of the same family, were found the following day in a field 2 kilometres from the town by their brother-in-law, who had set out to look for them after they had failed to return from a dance the previous evening.
Gatumba The village of Gatumba lies on the western side of Burundi, near to the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On August 13 2004, a refugee camp in Gatumba was the scene of one of the largest civilian massacres carried out in Burundi in recent years.
Gatun Dam The Gatun Dam is a large earthen dam across the Chagres River in Panama, near the town of Gatun. The dam, constructed between 1907 and 1913, is a crucial element of the Panama Canal; it impounds the artificial Gatun Lake, which in turn carries ships for 33 km (20 statute miles) of their transit across the Isthmus of Panama.
Gatun Lake Gatun Lake (Sp. Lago GatĂşn) is a large artificial lake situated in the Republic of Panama; it forms a major part of the Panama Canal, carrying ships for 33 km (20 miles) of their transit across the Isthmus of Panama.
Gatwick Airport railway station Gatwick Airport station is the train station at Gatwick Airport that provides a direct rail connection to London. The station platforms are located directly below the airport’s South Terminal, and the ticket office is adjacent to that terminal’s concourse.
Gau (country subdivision) A Gau (plural Gaue) is a German term for a region within a country, often a (former or actual) province. It was used in medieval times, when it can be seen as roughly corresponding to an English shire, and was revived as an administrative subdivision during the period of Nazi rule in Germany.
Gaubildstelle In Nazi Germany, the Gaubilstelle was the office that arranged Nazi party meetings and political rallies. The group consisted primarily of journalists and amateur photographers, who became known for creating elaborate slide shows to be presented during the meetings.
Gaudeamus Foundation The Gaudeamus Foundation and Contemporary Music Center is a renowned center for contemporary music, the Gaudeamus Foundation organizes and promotes contemporary musical activities and concerts both in the Netherlands and abroad. Founded in 1945, Gaudeamus focuses on supporting the career development of young composers and musicians through its library facilities, contacts with international organizations, and its own activities.
Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales Gaudencio BorbĂłn Cardinal Rosales (born August 10, 1932) is the current Cardinal Archbishop of Manila, succeeding Jaime Cardinal Sin in 2003. Rosales concurrently holds the titles of Metropolitan and Primate of the Philippines, and is the Cardinal Priest of SS.
Gaudete "Gaudete" ("Rejoice") is a sacred Christmas carol, composed sometime in the 16th century, most likely in reference to Gaudete Sunday, the third Sunday in Advent. It is celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church falling between December 11 and December 17 inclusive.
Gaudibert (crater) Gaudibert is a lunar crater that lies along the northeast edge of Mare Nectaris in the eastern part of the Moon's near side. Just to the east are the Montes Pyrenaeus mountain chain, and to the northeast beyond the mountains is Gutenberg crater.
Gaudium et Spes Gaudium et Spes, the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, was one of the chief accomplishments of the Second Vatican Council. Approved by a vote of 2,307 to 75 of the bishops assembled at the council, and was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on December 8, 1965, the day the council ended.
Gaudiya Kutir Gaudiya Kutir (গৌড়ীয় কুটীর) is an organization formed to further the aims of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. The organization's particular concern is with the classical alignments of the tradition.
Gaudiya Math Shortly after Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura took the renounced order of Sanyasa in 1918, the Gaudiya Math was organized. Its purpose was to spread Gaudiya Vaishnavism throughout India through preaching and publishing work.
Gaudiya Vaishnavism Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (Bengal) Vaishnavism, is a Vaishnava religious movement founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534). Its philosophical basis is primarily that of the Bhagavad Gita and Bhagavata Purana, as well as other Puranic scriptures and Upanishads such as the Isha Upanishad.
Gaudy A gaudy (from the Latin, "gaudere", meaning "to rejoice") at the University of Oxford is a reunion held by a college for its alumni. The origin of the term may be connected to the traditional University graduation song, Gaudeamus.
Gauge blocks Gauge blocks (also known as gage blocks, Johansson gauges, or slip gauges) are precision ground and lapped measuring standards. They are used as references for the setting of measuring equipment such as micrometers, sine bars, dial indicators (when used in an inspection role).
Gauge boson In particle physics, gauge bosons are bosonic particles which act as carriers of the fundamental forces of Nature. More specifically, elementary particles whose interactions are described by gauge theory exert forces on each other by the exchange of gauge bosons, usually as virtual particles.
Gauge convertible Gauge convertible is a term applies to railway tracks than can be easily converted from one gauge to another. Firstly, the sleepers have to be long enough to take the wider of the gauges, and secondly, the sleepers must be able to take the fittings of both gauges that allow the rails to be fixed securely to those sleepers.
Gauge covariant derivative The gauge covariant derivative (pronounced: [geɪdʒ koʊ'vɛriənt dɪ'rɪvətɪv]) is like a generalization of the covariant derivative used in general relativity. If a theory has gauge transformations, it means that some physical properties of certain equations are preserved under those transformations.
Gauge factor Strain Gauge factor (G) or strain factor is the product of strain and the quotient of change in strain gauge resistance and unstrained resistance of strain gauge. Strain gauge factor is a factor usually associated with strain gauge (ε), circuit Temperature measurement and the Wheatstone bridge.
Gauge fixing In the physics of gauge theories, gauge fixing (also called choosing a gauge) denotes a mathematical procedure for coping with redundant degrees of freedom in field variables. By definition, a gauge theory represents each physically distinct configuration of the system as an equivalence class of detailed local field configurations.
Gaugino condensation In particle physics, gaugino condensation is the nonzero vacuum expectation value in some models of a bilinear expression constructed in theories with supersymmetry from the superpartner of a gauge boson called the gaugino. The gaugino and the bosonic gauge field and the D-term are all components of a supersymmetric vector superfield in the Wess-Zumino gauge.
Gauhati University Gauhati University, the first University of North East India, located in Jalukbari area in the western part Guwahati city, Assam, was established in the year 1948. It is a four star university accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India.
Gauche caviar Gauche caviar (Caviar left) is a French term to describe someone who claims to be a socialist without feeling the need to espouse an appropriate lifestyle. It implies that the person is less than sincere in their beliefs.
Gauche plurielle The Gauche Plurielle (French for Plural Left) was a left-wing coalition in France, composed of the Socialist Party (Parti socialiste or PS), the French Communist Party (Parti communiste français or PCF), the Greens, the Left Radical Party (Parti radical de gauche or PRG), and the Citizens' Movement (Mouvement des citoyens or MDC). It governed from 1997 to 2002.
Gauche socialiste Gauche Socialiste is a Trotskyist faction within Québec socialiste (formerly the Parti de la Democratie Socialiste (PDS) in Quebec, Canada). It was formed in 1983 by Trotskyists who left or were expelled from the Revolutionary Workers League/Ligue Ouvrière Révolutionnaire when the group turned away from Trotskyism in the early 1980s and was the successor of Organisation Combat Socialiste which existed from 1980 to 1982 and Mouvement socialiste which had been founded in 1982.
Gauchito Gil The Gauchito Gil (literally "Little Gaucho Gil") is a popular religious figure in Argentina, an adopted saint. His full name was Antonio Mamerto Gil Núñez and he was allegedly born in the area of Pay Ubre, nowadays Mercedes, Corrientes, possibly in the 1840s, and died on 8 January 1878.

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