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Gennadiy Avdeyenko Gennadiy Avdeyenko (born November 4, 1963 in Odessa) is a retired athlete who represented USSR and later Ukraine. Competing in the high jump, he won the 1983 World Championships as well as a silver medal at the 1987 World Championships with a personal best of 2.
Gennadiy Aygi Gennadiy Nikolaevich Aygi (Chuvash: Айхи Геннадий Николаевич; Russian: Геннадий Николаевич Айги, August 21, 1934 - February 21 2006, Moscow) was a Chuvashian poet and a translator. His poetry is written both in Chuvash and in Russian.
Gennadiy Laliyev Gennadiy Laliyev (born March 30, 1979) is an Kazakh wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. He has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since November 2002.
Gennadiy Prigoda Gennadiy Prigoda (born May 2, 1965) is a former freestyle swimmer from Russia, who competed twice at the Summer Olympics first for the USSR in 1988, and then for the Unified Team in 1992. The sprinter won a total number of four Olympic medals: two silver and two bronze.
Gennady Grushevoy Gennady Grushevoy (Belarusian language: Генадзь Грушавы, Hienadź Hrušavy) is Professor of philosophy at the Belarusian State University since 1973. Elected member of the Belarus Parliament in 1990.
Gennady Hazanov Gennady Hazanov (Геннадий Хазанов), born on January 12, 1945, is an acclaimed Russian stand-up comedian and part time actor, best known for his consistent parodies of Russian and Soviet politicians, and his mockery of various sub-cultural groups in modern Russia.
Gennady Konyakhin Gennady Konyakhin (Геннадий Коняхин) was mayor of the Western Siberian mining city of Leninsk-Kuznetsky in 1997. He has become successful in business, amassing wealth of about half a billion US$.
Gennady Strekalov Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov (Russian: Геннадий Михайлович Стрекалов) (October 26 1940 - December 25, 2004) was an Instructor-Test-Cosmonaut and Department Head at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia. He has been decorated twice as Hero of the Soviet Union (December 10, 1980 and April 11, 1984).
Gennady Troshev Gennady Troshev was a general in the Russian military and was formerly the commander of the North Caucasus Military District, covering the Chechnya region. He publicly defied, on national television, Minister of Defense Sergi Ivanov's suggestion that Troshev should relocate from Chechnya (the North Caucasus Military District) to a region in Siberia.
Gennady Zyuganov Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov or Guennady Ziuganov () (born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (since 1993), deputy of the State Duma(since 1995), and a member of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (since 1996).
Gennai Gennai is a fictional character from the anime Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02 who serves as a guide to the Digital World. He is a mysterious being that the DigiDestined first encounter after the battle with Devimon.
Gennaker A gennaker is a recently-developed sail used when sailing downwind; it can be described as a cross between a genoa and a spinnaker. It is asymmetric like a genoa, but, the gennaker is not attached to the forestay over the full length of its luff, being rigged like a spinnaker.
Gennaro Lombardi Gennaro Lombardi was an Italian immigrant who moved to the US in 1897 and opened a small grocery store in New York's Little Italy. An employee of his, Antonio Totonno Pero, also an Italian immigrant, began making pizza for the store to sell.
Genndy Tartakovsky Genndy Tartakovsky (Russian: Геннадий Тартаковский (Gyennadiy Tartakovskiy), born January 17, 1970) is an Emmy Award-winning Russian animator. His work is influenced heavily by American comic books, pop culture, and Japanese anime.
Gennesaret Gennesaret ("a garden of riches") was a town of Naphtali, called "Chinnereth" (Joshua 19:35), sometimes in the plural form "Chinneroth" (Joshua 11:2). In later times the name was gradually changed to Genezareth, Genezar and Gennesaret (Luke 5:1).
Genny Goulet Genny Goulet (born February 15 1980 in Sorel, Quebec) is a French Canadian professional wrestler who works under the ringname LuFisto. She currently works for Combat Zone Wrestling where she is the former CZW Iron Man Champion.
Geno Geno is the doll belonging to Gaz, the Rose Town innkeeper's son in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. A Star agent sent by a higher authority to recover the seven Star Pieces inhabits this doll, and since his true name is rather "hard to pronounce" (as it consists in the game of the various decorative symbols: ♥♪!?
Geno Auriemma Geno Auriemma (born March 23, 1954 in Montella, Italy) is an Italian-American basketball coach, best known as the head coach of the University of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team, in which capacity Auriemma has led the Huskies to five National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I national championships (in 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2004) and has garnered five national Naismith College Coach of the Year awards.
Geno Breaker The Geno Breaker is a Tyrannosaurus-type Zoid, one of over 200 species of biomechanical lifeforms depicted by TOMY's Zoids model, toy, and media franchise. Based on the Geno Saurer, the Geno Breaker was first released in 2002, and the Zoid plays a significant role in both the Battle Story and the Zoids: Guardian Force anime.
Geno Washington Geno Washington (Born William Francis Washington, December 1943 - ) is a British R&B musician born in Evansville, Indiana, released five albums with The Ram Jam Band between 1966 and 1969, and eight solo albums beginning in 1976. He is also the man who in 1984 met Ian Brown at a birthday party in Manchester, telling young Brown that he was a star who should begin singing.
Genoa (sail) A genoa (pronounced like the city, or as jenny) is a type of large jib-sail used on bermuda rigged craft, commonly the single-masted sloop and twin-masted boats such as yawl and ketch. Its large surface area increases the speed of the craft in moderate winds; in high wind conditions a smaller jib is usually substituted, and in light winds a spinnaker may be used.
Genoa Indian Industrial School The Indian Industrial School at Genoa, Nebraska, was the fourth nonreservation boarding institution established by the Office of Indian Affairs. The facility opened on February 20, 1884, and, like other such schools, its mission was to educate and teach Christianity to Native American children.
Genoa Keawe A mainstay on the Hawaiian music scene for almost 50 years, "Aunty" Genoa Keawe is an icon in Hawaiian music. With her tremendous voice she has captivated audiences, kama 'aina (locals) and malihini (visitors) alike.
Genoa salami Genoa salami is a variety of dry cured Italian sausage commonly believed to have originated in the area of Genoa. It is normally made from pork but may also contain beef, and is seasoned with garlic, salt, black and white peppercorns and red wine.
Genocidal massacre The term Genocidal Massacre, was introduced by Professor Leo Kuper (1908-1994) to denote breaches of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which are massacres committed on a relatively smaller scale when compared to such major genocides such as the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust and the Rwandan Genocide. Some contest that such massacres have been committed commonly by imperialist states; a target of such accusations is the United States.
Genocide Genocide is the mass killing of a group of people as defined by Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; and forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."
Genocide (Judas Priest album) Genocide, released in 2000, is another compilation consisting of the first two Judas Priest albums, Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings of Destiny. Like several others in the past, Genocide was released under the label Gull Records, in an effort to "capitalize on Judas Priest's popularity.
Genocide (World at War Episode) Genocide is episode 20 of the 1973 Thames Television documentary series The World at War. It contains first-person testimonies concerning the Holocaust, and features film footage and photographs of the events described.
Genocide Awareness Project The Genocide Awareness Project (GAP) is a movable anti-abortion display being temporarily installed on multiple university campuses in the United States and Canada since 1997. The display includes pictures of aborted foetuses juxtaposed next to pictures of abused animals and victims of genocide.
Genocide denial Genocide denial occurs when an otherwise accepted act of genocide is met with attempts to deny the occurrence and minimize the scale or death toll. The most well-known type is Holocaust denial, but it's definition can extend to any genocidal event that has been minimalized or met with excessive skepticism.
Genocide Organ [Organ is a German industrial]/[[Noise music|noise group that formed in 1986. Almost all of their records are out of print except for Genocide Organ 虐殺機関 and In-Konflikt, both available from Tesco Organisation.
Genocide Organ 虐殺機関 Genocide Organ 虐殺機関 is the 2003 release from German industrial and noise band Genocide Organ. With sound material recorded between 1985 and 1990, this self-titled album was originally intended for release in Japan in 1990 as Genocide Organ's second LP, and is the missing link between Leichenlinie and Save Our Slaves.
Genocide Remembrance Day Genocide Remembrance Day (local name: ÔµŐ˛ŐĄŐĽŐ¶Ő« Ő¦Ő¸Ő°ŐĄÖ€Ő« Ő°Ő«Ő·ŐˇŐżŐˇŐŻŐ« Ö…Ö€) is a national holiday in Armenia, observed on April 24. It is held annually to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide during the government of the Young Turks, from 1915 to 1917 in the Ottoman Empire.
Genocide Watch Genocide Watch is an international organization based in the United States which attempts to predict, prevent, limit, eliminate, and punish genocides throughout the world through reporting, public awareness campaigns, and judicial or quasi-judicial follow-up. This can include trials in national justice systems, special national and international tribunals, the International Criminal Court, and truth and reconciliation commissions.
Genocides in history Genocide is defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) article 2 as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such: "Killing members of the group; Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; and forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."
Genoese crossbowmen The Genoese crossbowmen (Italian: Balestrieri genovesi) were a famous military corps of the Middle Ages, which acted both in defence of the Italian city of Genoa, and both as mercenaries for other Italian or European powers.
Genogram A genogram is a pictorial display of a patient's family relationships and medical history. It goes beyond a traditional family tree by allowing the user to visualize hereditary patterns and psychological factors that punctuate relationships.
Genome project Genome projects are scientific endeavours that ultimately aim to determine the complete genome sequence of an organism (be it an animal, a plant, a fungus, a bacterium, an archaean, a protist or a virus). The genome sequence for any organism requires the DNA sequences for each of the chromosomes in an organism to be determined.
Genome Research Genome Research is the title of a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. The focus of the journal is on genome-wide studies in any organism, including single gene studies that are placed in a genomic context.
Genome size Genome size refers to the total amount of DNA contained within one copy of a genome. It is typically measured in terms of mass (in picograms, or trillionths [10^-12] of a gram [abbreviated pg], or less frequently in Daltons) or as the total number of nucleotide base pairs (typically in millions of base pairs, or megabases [abbreviated Mb or Mbp]).
Genome Valley Genome Valley is a biotech cluster setup near Hyderabad, India to provide world-class facilities to over 100 biotech companies. It is a 200 acre Knowledge Park(KP) which is a joint initiative of ICICI Bankhttp://www.
Genome-Based Peptide Fingerprint Scanning GFS is a system for performing Genome-Based Peptide Fingerprint Scanning, that identifies the genomic origins of sample proteins by scanning their peptide-mass fingerprint against the theoretical translation and proteolytic digest of an entire genome.
Genome@home Genome@home was a distributed computing project run by Stefan Larson of Stanford University until March 8, 2004. The goal of the project was to design new genes and proteins for the purpose of better understanding how genomes evolve, and how genes and proteins operate.
Genomics Genomics is the study of an organism's entire genome. Investigation of single genes, their functions and roles is something very common in today's medical and biological research, and can not be said to be genomics but rather the most typical feature of molecular biology.
Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners The Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (Afrikaans for "Society of Real Afrikaners") was formed on 14 August 1875 in the town of Paarl by a group of Afrikaans speakers from the Western Cape region. From 15 January 1876 the society published a journal in Afrikaans called Die Afrikanse Patriot ("The African Patriot") as well as a number of books, including grammars, dictionaries, religious material and histories.
Genophobia Genophobia (also known as coitophobia) is the fear of sexual intercourse. This phobia may be caused by actual sexual trauma (such as rape or molestation especially at an early age) or by witnessing a traumatic sexual act in real life or in the media.
Genos Genos (plural gene, "clan") is the ancient Greek term for small kinship groups which identified themselves as a unit, referred to by a single name. Most gene seem to have been composed of noble families—Herodutus uses the term to denote noble families—and much of early Greek politics seems to have involved struggles between gene.
Genotype The genotype is the specific genetic makeup (the specific genome) of an individual, in the form of DNA. Together with the environmental variation that influences the individual, it codes for the phenotype of that individual.
Genotype-phenotype distinction The genotype-phenotype distinction refers to the fact that while genotype and phenotype of an organism are related, they do not necessarily coincide. The genotype of an organism represents its exact genetic makeup, that is, the particular set of genes it possesses.
Genovesa Genovesa is part of the Galapagos islands and is commonly visited due to her unusual bird life. A colony of Red-footed Boobies lives on the 14 km² island, along with Red-billed Tropicbirds, Storm-petrels, and three Darwin finches.
Genoveva Genoveva is an opera in four acts by Robert Schumann in the genre of German Romanticism with a libretto by the composer. The only opera Schumann ever wrote, it received its first performance on 25 June 1850 at the Stadttheater in Leipzig, with the composer conducting.
Genovia The Principality of Genovia ("Kingdom of Genovia" in the films) (pronounced "zhä'no'vë'ä" in the films by native Genovians, but often as "jä'no'vë'ä" by outsiders) is a fictional country central to the plot of the novel The Princess Diaries and the films based on them (see The Princess Diaries (film)). Their author, Meg Cabot, made up the country of Genovia, but based it on Monaco.
Genowefa Wiśniowska Genowefa Wiśniowska (born March 04, 1949 in Ożary) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 10670 votes in 24 Białystok district, candidating from Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej list.
Genpei War The (1180–1185) were a conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans in late-Heian period Japan. They resulted in the fall of the Taira clan and establishment of the Kamakura shogunate under Minamoto Yoritomo in 1192.
Genre Balkan Genre Balkan is a type of honey flavored yogurt first invented in France during the mid 19th century. A yogurt company in Belgium then began producing more of the dessert, until it became associated with Belgium, rather than France.
Genre fiction Genre fiction is a term for fictional works (novels, short stories) written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre in order to appeal to the fans of that genre. In contemporary fiction-publishing, genre is an elastic term used to group works sharing similarities of character, theme, and setting—such as mystery, romance, or horror—that have been proven to appeal to particular groups of readers.
Genre studies Genre studies are a structuralist approach to literary theory, film theory, and other cultural theories. When studying a genre in this way, one examines the structural elements that combine in the telling of a story and find patterns in collections of stories.
Genre works Genre works, also called genre scenes or genre views, are pictorial representations in any of various media that represent scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, and street scenes. Such representations may be realistic, imagined, or romanticized by the artist.
Genrich Altshuller Genrikh Saulovich Altshuller (Ге́нрих Сау́лович Альтшу́ллер ) (October 15, 1926 - September 24, 1998), penname Genrikh Altov was born in Tashkent. He created the Teoriya Resheniya Izobreatatelskikh Zadatch (Theory of Solving Inventive Problems or TRIZ), in English called the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TIPS).
Genrich Sretenski Genrich Sretenski is a former Soviet ice dancer. With partner Natalia Annenko, Sretenski won the bronze medal at the 1986, 1987 and 1989 European Championships, the silver at the 1988 European Championships, and the silver at the 1986 World Championships.
Genrikh Gasparyan Genrikh Gasparyan (; February 27, 1910 in Tbilisi — December 27, 1995 in Erevan) is considered to have been one of the greatest composers of chess endgame studies. He was also an active chess player, winning the Armenian championship many times.
Genrō was an unofficial designation given to certain retired elder Japanese statesmen, considered the “founding fathers” of modern Japan, who served as informal extraconstitutional advisors to the emperor, during the Meiji and Taisho periods in Japanese history.
Genroku Genroku (Japanese: 元禄) was a Japanese era that spanned the period from 30 September 1688 to 13 March 1704. The reigning emperor was Higashiyama, the reigning Shogun was Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, nicknamed the "dog shogun".
Gens Calpurnia Gens Calpurnia was a family in ancient Rome. The patriarch was a plebeian who pretended to be descended from Calpus, the third of the four sons of Numa; and accordingly we find the head of Numa on some of the coins of this gens.
Gens du pays "Gens du pays" is the unofficial national anthem of Quebec. Written by poet, songwriter, and avowed Quebec nationalist Gilles Vigneault (with music co-written by Gaston Rochon), it was first performed by Vigneault on June 24, 1975 during a concert on Montreal's Mount Royal at that year's Fête nationale du Québec ceremony.
Gens Sempronia Gens Sempronia (female) or Sempronius (male), was one of the plebs gens of ancient Rome. Although the family were not of Patrician stock, they were one of the wealthiest families and considered one of the most well connected and important political families during the Roman Republic.
Gens Sound Record Gens Sound Record (GSR) is a new file format for the storage of Sega GenesisMega Drive music. It is more efficient than GYM in that the format stores DAC samples on an indexed table so they can be reused during the playback, avoiding redundancy and saving a lot of space.
Genseiryu Genseiryu (玄制流) is a karate style with roots in Shuri-Te, one of the three original karate styles on Okinawa (a Japanese island). It was developed by Seiken Shukumine (1925-2001) who combined classic techniques with his own thus developing special characteristics of Genseiryu.
Genseiryu Karate-do International Federation The master of Genseiryu, Kunihiko Tosa, started training Karate as a student of Seiken Shukumine (the founder of Genseiryu Karate-do) in 1952, which is one year earlier than the official naming of Genseiryu in 1953. In 1962 Seiken Shukumine left the world of Karate-do in order to pursue his newest creation Taido, which has nothing to do with Karate as it is a completely new martial art.
Genset trailer A genset trailer is a range extending device for use with battery electric vehicles consisting of an internal combustion engine and an electrical generator. They run on traditional fuels such as gasoline or diesel and are sized to provide the continuous power requirements for the vehicle they are used with.
Genshin Genshin (源信 942–1017) was the most influential of a number of Tendai scholars active during the eleventh and twelfth centuries in Japan. He was not a wandering evangelist as Kuuya was, but was an elite cleric who espoused a doctrine of Amidism which taught that because Japan was thought to have entered mappō, the "degenerate age" of the "latter law," the only hope for salvation lay in the reliance on the power of Amitabha.
Gent-Wevelgem 2005 These are the results for the 2005 edition of the Gent-Wevelgem cycling classic, won in controversial circumstances by Nico Mattan. After the race, Fassa Bortolo team director Giancarlo Ferreti lodged an appeal with the race jury, claiming that Mattan had used the slipstream of press and support vehicles to beat Fassa rider Juan Antonio Flecha.
Gente de Primera Gente de Primera is the name of the Spanish Reality TV program on TVE where famous popstars take members of the public and make them popstars over 12 weeks. The first series in 2005 was won by a singer helped by Angelo Marquez, and the second helped by Natalia.
Gentiana acaulis Gentiana acaulis (often called "stemless gentian" although that may equally apply to G. clusii) is a small gentian native to central and southern Europe from Spain east to the Balkans, growing especially in mountainous regions, such as the Alps, Cevennes and the Pyrenees, at heights of 800 to 3,000 m.
Gentiana andrewsii The closed bottle gentian is considered a threatened species by the USDA in New England states, New York, and Maryland. It grows in wet meadows, late blooming (August-October) flowers are closed 1 to 1½ inches, violet blue in groups of 6.
Gentiana Ismajli Gentiana Ismajli, also known as Genta Ismajli, is an ethnic Albanian singer from Kosovo. She became famous in Kosovo and other countries with Albanian population, with the song "Kthehu"(Come back) after that she sung in a TV-show on RTK, Kosovo’s national broadcaster.
Gentiana lutea Gentiana lutea (Great Yellow Gentian) is a species of gentian native to the mountains of central and southern Europe. Other names include 'Yellow Gentian', 'Bitter Root', 'Bitterwort', 'Centiyane', and 'Genciana'.
Gentile The word Gentile from the Latin gentilis, can either be a translation of the Hebrew goy/גוי or of the Hebrew word nochri/נכרי. In the most common modern use it refers to the former being derived from the Latin term gens (meaning "clan" or a "group of families") and it is often employed in the plural.
Gentile, Bishop of Agrigento Gentile or Gentilis (died 1171) was the bishop of Agrigento in Sicily from 1154 to his death. He has been described as a prélat aventureux et vagabond, an "adventurous and vagabond prelate" (Chalandon).
Gentilly Nuclear Generating Station Gentilly Nuclear Generating Station (or Centrale Nucléaire de Gentilly in French) is a Canadian nuclear power station located in Bécancour, Quebec. The facility derives its name from the Gentilly suburb of the city of Bécancour (itself a part of the metropolitan area of Trois-Rivières), in which it is located.
Genting Group Genting Group is trading name of Genting Berhad, established in 1964 by Malaysian entrepreneur Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong. The group's pioneer project is Genting Highlands Resort, the main attraction of the resort is its casino and theme park.
Genting Highlands Genting Highlands (Malay: Tanah Tinggi Genting) (2000m above sea level ) is a mountain peak within the Titiwangsa Mountains of Peninsular Malaysia and is home to a famous mountain resort by the same name. Straddling on the borders of Malaysian states of Pahang and Selangor, it can be reached in over an hour by car from Kuala Lumpur or via the fastest moving cable car in Southeast Asia.
Genting Klang-Pahang Highway The Genting Klang-Pahang Highway or Jalan Genting Klang and Jalan Pahang is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia. This highway is maintained by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall or Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL)
Gentium Gentium (Latin: for the nations) is an open Unicode serif typeface designed by Victor Gaultney and released under the SIL Open Font License [OFL]See the OFL page on sil.org, which permits modification and redistribution.
Gentle Ben Gentle Ben is the name of a book of fiction for children by author Walt Morey, which was later made into a film and television series in the 1960s, as well as made-for-TV movie in 2002. The book concerns the friendship between the title character, a bear, and a young boy.
Gentle Faith Gentle Faith was a Christian country rock band in the 1970s, during the Jesus Music era, before the rise of the CCM industry. The group formed in 1974 and released one self-titled album in 1976 under the Maranatha!
Gentle Giant Gentle Giant was a British progressive rock band, one of the most experimental of the 1970s. Inspired by philosophy, personal events and the works of François Rabelais, the group's purpose was to "expand the frontiers of contemporary popular music at the risk of becoming very unpopular.
Gentleman The term gentleman (from Latin gentilis, belonging to a race or "gens", and "man", cognate with the French word gentilhomme, the Spanish gentilhombre and the Italian gentil uomo or gentiluomo), in its original and strict signification, denoted a man of good family, the Latin generosus (its invariable translation in English-Latin documents). In this sense the word equates with the French gentilhomme (nobleman), which latter term was in Great Britain long confined to the peerage.
Gentleman Ghost The Gentleman Ghost is a recurring nemesis of Hawkman and Hawkgirl. He first appeared during the late 1940's as the mysterious "Ghost" or "Gentlemen Ghost", seemingly manifesting astral abilities although whether or not this was his true nature was left ambiguous.
Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation is an early collection of short stories by Harlan Ellison, originally published in paperback in 1961. Most of the stories were originally published in pulp fiction magazines of the era.
Gentleman scientist A gentleman scientist was a scientist with a private income who could pursue scientific study independently as he wished without excessive external financial pressures, in the days before large-scale government funding was available, up to the Victorian era, especially in England. For example, Charles Darwin's father helped fund him to be a gentleman scientist in Victorian times.
Gentleman thief In the Victorian vernacular, a gentleman thief is a particularly well-behaving and apparently well bred thief. A "gentleman" is usually, but not always, a man with an inherited title of nobility and inherited wealth, who need not work for a living.
Gentleman's Agreement Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 film about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who falsely represents himself as a Jew to research anti-semitism in New York City and the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut. The movie was controversial in its time, as was a similar film on the same subject, Crossfire, which was also released the same year and also nominated for an Oscar for best picture.
Gentleman's bet A gentleman's bet is a bet in which no money is bet; only the honor of the two parties is at stake. Therefore, there is no need for proof that one party's side of the bet has been fulfilled; he or she is taken at word.
Gentlemen & Players Gentlemen & Players is a novel by Joanne Harris first published in 2005. Set in the present during Michaelmas term at St Oswald's, an elite public school for boys somewhere in the North of England, the book is a psychological suspense novel about mysterious goings-on at the school which, as the term progresses, increase in both frequency and seriousness.
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes Gentlemen Marry Brunettes is a 1955 musical film made by Russ-Field productions and released by United Artists. It was directed by Richard Sale, produced by the director and Robert Waterfield with Robert Bassler as executive producer, from a screenplay by Mary Loos and Sale, based on a work by Anita Loos, But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes.
Gentlemen of Fortune Gentlemen of Fortune (1971) (, Dzhentlmeny udachi) is one of the best-known Russian comedies of all time (filmed at Mosfilm). The stars of the film include famous Russian actors such as Savely Kramarov, Yevgeny Leonov, George Vitsin, and Radner Muratov.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (film) is a 1953 film adaptation of the 1949 stage musical, released by 20th Century Fox, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe, with Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, Taylor Holmes, and Norma Varden in supporting roles. The screenplay by Charles Lederer is augmented by the music of songwriting teams Hoagy Carmichael & Harold Adamson and Jule Styne & Leo Robin.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical) was a smash Broadway musical that launched the career of Carol Channing. The musical was based on the best selling comic novel by Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (book).
Gentlemen v Players The Gentlemen v Players game was a first-class cricket match played frequently (usually at least annually and often several times in a year), between a team made up of amateurs (the Gentlemen) and one made up of professionals (the Players), from 1806 until the abolition of the distinction between the two after the 1962 season. There is considerable argument about when first-class cricket as such began, and so some of the early matches in the series are not considered to have such status by some authorities.

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