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Gladys Knight Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American R&B/soul singer and actress. She is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, the most famous incarnation of which also included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest.
Gladys Knight & Ron Winan's Chicken & Waffles Gladys Knight & Ron Winan's Chicken & Waffles, named for its founders Gladys Knight and Ron Winans, is a chain of elegant sit-down–style restaurants that specialize in waffles and fried chicken, often served on the same plate.
Gladys Knight & the Pips Gladys Knight & the Pips were an R&B/soul musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. Best known for its string of hit singles from 1967 to 1975, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1967) and "Midnight Train To Georgia" (1973).
Gladys Kravitz Gladys Kravitz was a fictional character on the American situation comedy Bewitched (1964-1972). Portrayed by Alice Pearce from the show's premiere in 1964 until Pearce's death in 1966 and then by Sandra Gould from 1966 until her last appearance in 1971, Gladys Kravitz was an across-the-street neighbor of the program's protagonists, Darrin Stephens (played by Dick York from 1964 to 1969 and Dick Sargent from 1969 until 1972) and his wife, witch Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montgomery).
Gladys Marín Gladys del Carmen Marín Millie (July 16 1941 – March 6 2005) was a Chilean activist and political figure. She was Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh) (1994-2002) and then president of the PCCh until her death.
Gladys Root Gladys Towles Root (1905–1982) was a successful criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, California known for her piercing cross-examinations. Root was forced to specialize in sexual assault and murder cases because no other work was available to her.
Gladys Swain Gladys Swain (1945-1993) was a French psychiatrist who is remembered today for her books about the history of Psychiatry and her critique of the views of Michel Foucault on the changing attitudes towards madness in western civilization. Her best known works are “Le subject de la folie” (1977), “Dialogue avec l'insensé” (1994), and “Le vrai Charcot” (1997), the last two co-authored with Marcel Gauchet.
Gladys Swetland Marguerite Gladys Swetland (18 April, 1892 - 14 December, 2005) was the oldest living person in the northern part of the United States when she died. Born in Mills, Swetland began her career as a teacher in 1910, and only retired at age 78.
Gladys Yang Gladys Yang (born Gladys Taylor, at Beijing, January 19, 1919; died Beijing, November 18, 1999) was a British translator of Chinese literature, the wife of another noted translator Yang Xianyi. Her father was a missionary to China, and she herself became a lover of Chinese culture since her childhood.
Glagolitic alphabet The Glagolitic alphabet or Glagolitsa is the oldest known Slavic alphabet. It was created by brothers St Cyril (827-869 AD) and St Methodius (826-885 AD) in 855 or around 862–863 in order to translate the Bible and other texts into the Slavic languages.
Glagolitic Mass The Glagolitic Mass (also called Slavonic Mass; in Czech Glagolská mše and sometimes Mša glagolskaja) usually refers to a particular composition for soloists, chorus and orchestra by Leoš Janáček. The text is written in Old Church Slavonic.
Glaisdale Glaisdale is a village and civil parish in the English county of North Yorkshire. It lies on the River Esk, between the villages of Lealholm and Egton Bridge, eight miles west of Whitby, and is served by Glaisdale railway station on the Esk Valley Line.
Glaisdale railway station Glaisdale railway station serves the village of Glaisdale in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all of the station's passenger services.
Glaisher (crater) Glaisher is a lunar impact crater that is located in the region of terrain that forms the southwest border about Mare Crisium. It lies to the southwest of the lava-flooded Yerkes crater, and west-northwest of the Greaves-Lick crater pair.
Glaisher-Kinkelin constant In mathematics, the Glaisher-Kinkelin constant, typically denoted A, is a mathematical constant, related to the K-function and the Barnes G-function. It is named after mathematicians James Whitbread Lee Glaisher and Hermann Kinkelin.
Glalie is a fictional species from the Pokémon franchise. Among the more exotic creatures in the franchise, it shares physical similarities with an ice hockey goalie's mask as well as with the Japanese rice food onigiri.
Glam rock Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), was a style of rock and roll music popularised in the early 1970s. It was mostly an English phenomenon, at its peak between the years of 1971 and 1973, made famous by acts such as Slade, Sweet, David Bowie, Gary Glitter, Elton John & T.
Glam Slam "Glam Slam" is a single from Prince's 1988 album, Lovesexy. The title originates from the sexual quote "Slam, bam, thank you, ma'am" which is an allusion to the popularized line from glam-rock star David Bowie's "Suffragette City".
Glamis Glamis (pronounced Glams) is a small village in Angus, Scotland, located 4 miles south of Kirriemuir and 5 miles SW of Forfar. It is the location of Glamis Castle, the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Glamis, California Glamis, California is one of a series of former railroad stops along the eastern edge of the Algodones Dunes, in Imperial County, California, located where the railway crosses California State Route 78; other former stops in this area include Acolita, Clyde, Ruthven, and Ogilby.
Glamma Kid Iyael Iyases Tafari Constable (born 1978-03-14 in Hackney, London, UK), better known as Glamma Kid, is a British ragga toaster and former Royal Air Force trainee of part Jamaican descent. During the 1990s he was featured on many productions by UK duo Mafia & Fluxy.
Glamorama (Macy's) Glamorama is an annual Chicago fashion event, attracting top American designers and celebrities. The high-profile fashion show, which originated with Marshall Field's, is one of the signature events of Macy's parent company Federated Department Stores.
Glamorgan Bird Club The Glamorgan Bird Club is based in South Wales, and is dedicated to the study and conservation of the county's avifauna. Membership ranges from beginners and back-garden birdwatchers to those who are professionally involved in conservation.
Glamorgan cattle It was thought that Glamorgan Cattle (Gwartheg Morgannwg) had died out in Britain in the 1920’s. In 1979 Major 'Teddy' Savage of Seddlescombe, near Hastings in East Sussex, decided to sell his cattle herd which he claimed included Glamorgan cattle, Pembroke cattle and Gloucester cattle.
Glamorgan County Cricket Club Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire (). Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club.
Glamorgan County Cricket Club in 2005 Glamorgan County Cricket Club started their 2005 season as defending totesport League champions, but the 2005 season ended without a trophy - instead, they suffered relegation in the first class form. They played their first-class cricket in the First Division of the County Championship.
Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency) Glamorganshire was a parliamentary constituency in Wales, returning two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 divided it into five new constituencies: East Glamorganshire, South Glamorganshire, Mid Glamorganshire, Gower and Rhondda.
Glamorous Sky "Glamorous Sky" is Mika Nakashima's 16th single under the name Nana starring Mika Nakashima and it is the second most successful single in her career after "Stars (single)". It is her first rock song and it was used as one of the image songs for the movie Nana (as one of the bands Black Stones's song).
Glamour The original meaning of the word "glamour" was the act of casting a spell over someone, particularly to change how things appeared to them Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures, "Glamour", p191. ISBN 0-394-73467-X.
Glamourbomb A glamourbomb is a prank or act of mischief aimed at challenging or altering perceptions -- in particular, expanding the target's view of reality, with the hope of encouraging belief in magic, and/or magical beings such as fairies, nature spirits, etc. The people who engage in glamourbombing are quite varied -- many are members of the Otherkin subculture who think of themselves as fairies in human form, while others are practitioners of various forms of magic or neopaganism (particularly of those traditions with an appreciation for chaos and the Trickster archetype, such as Discordians and chaos magicians), or simply individuals drawn to the imagery and mythology of faerie and the desire to foster a more magical world.
Glamourcon Glamourcon is a corruption of the phrase Glamour Convention, and is the brainchild of entrepreneur Robert Schulz. This event takes place twice a year, once in Chicago and once in Los Angeles, and is where Playboy Playmates, Penthouse Pets, Hustler Honeys, Perfect 10 Models, Pornographic Actresses and other pin-up models of notoriety due to their appearances on one or more Internet pay websites, appear to meet and greet their fans and sell their photographs, videos and other memorabilia.
Glan Conwy railway station Glan Conwy railway station is on the east bank of the River Conwy on A470 road in the centre of the village of Llansanffraid Glan Conwy and is located on the Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog Conwy Valley Line. There are through services to Blaenau Ffestiniog and Llandudno.
Glan-Foucault prism A Glan-Foucault prism (also called a Glan-air prism) is a type of prism which is used as a polarizer. It is similar in construction to a Glan-Thompson prism, except that two right-angled calcite prisms are spaced with an air-gap instead of cemented together.
Glanbrook Township, Ontario Glanbrook was formerly a rural township of about ten thousand inhabitants south of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with which it was amalgamated in 2001. Unlike the other municipalities which became part of the new city of Hamilton, Glanbrook lacked a sense of common identity.
Gland A gland is an organ in an animal's body that synthesizes a substance for release such as hormones, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
Gland (engineering) A Gland is a general type of stuffing box, used to seal a rotating or reciprocating shaft against a fluid. The most common example is in the head of a tap (faucet) where the gland is usually packed with string which has been soaked in tallow or similar grease.
Gland, Switzerland Gland is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Even though French is the main language, there are over 80 nationalities living in this city with a population of 10,775 (2005).
Glandore, South Australia Glandore (postcode 5037) is a suburb south-west of Adelaide, halfway between the beachside suburb of Glenelg and the central business district. It is bordered by Anzac Highway (north), Cross Road (south), South Road (east), and Beckman Street and Winifred Avenue (west).
Glans The glans (Latin for "acorn", because the glans of an uncircumcised penis often looks like an acorn popping out of its cap) is a structure internally composed of corpus spongiosum in males or of corpus cavernosa and vestibular tissue in females that is located at the tip of homologous genital structures involved in sexual arousal.
Glantane East Glantane East (Grid Ref: W277830) is a 3500 year old megalithic complex set in the Keel River valley on the NW upper slopes of Musherabeg mountain, near Carriganimmy, County Cork, Ireland. Megalithic monuments found in the area include a wedge tomb, two stone circles, and two stone alignments.
Glanville railway station, Adelaide Glanville railway station is a railway station with three platforms on the Outer Harbor railway line which is located in the northwestern Adelaide suburb of Glanville on the LeFevre Peninsula. It is located 13.
Glanvilles Wootton Glanvilles Wootton, or Wootton Glanville, is a village in North Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of the Dorset Downs, five miles south of Sherborne. The village has a population of 201 (2001).
Glare (vision) Glare is difficulty seeing in the presence of bright light such as direct or reflected sunlight or artificial light such as car headlamps at night. Because of this, some cars includes mirrors with automatic anti-glare function.
Glas (book) Glas is a book by Jacques Derrida published in 1974. Following the structure of Jean Genet's Ce qui est resté d'un Rembrandt déchiré en petits carrés bien réguliers, et foutu aux chiottess, the text is written in two columns.
Glas Maol Glas Maol is the highest point in the Mounth hills, in the southeastern part of the Highlands of Scotland. The broad, flat summit is divided between the council area of Aberdeenshire, Angus and Perth and Kinross, though the highest point lies wholly within Angus; indeed Glas Maol is the highest point in that council area.
Glasair I The Glasair I, originally built as the prototype Glasair TD taildragger, is a high-performance homebuilt aircraft built of fiberglass. Created by Tom Hamilton as a fast, two-seat kitplane, the Glasair TD first flew in 1979.
Glascock Prize The Glascock Poetry Prize is awarded to the winner of the annual Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest at Mount Holyoke College. The "invitation-only competition is sponsored by the English department at Mount Holyoke and counts many well-known poets, including Sylvia Plath and James Merrill, among its past winners" and is the "oldest intercollegiate poetry competition" [http://www.
Glaser-Dirks DG-300 The DG-300 is a Standard Class single-seat high performance sailplane built of glass reinforced plastic. The DG-300 was designed by Wilhelm Dirks and manufactured by Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau and later by the Slovenian company Elan.
Glaser-Dirks DG-400 The Glaser-Dirks DG-400 is a single-seat self-launching motorglider that was produced by Glaser-Dirks between 1981 and 1990. It was the first self-launching motorglider with retractable engine and propeller to be produced in large numbers.
Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region) Glasgow is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), which were created in 1999. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).
Glasgow (UK Parliament constituency) Clyde Burghs, representing the burghs along the River Clyde and the Firth of Clyde, was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities, in Scotland, was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It was merged with the Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities constituency to form the Combined Scottish Universities constituency.
Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway The Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway company was formed in 1837 to provide a railway link between Glasgow and Paisley, Scotland. It was promoted jointly by the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.
Glasgow and South Western Railway The Glasgow and South Western Railway, (G&SWR), one of the pre-grouping railway companies, served a triangular area of south-west Scotland, between Glasgow, Stranraer and Carlisle. The G&SWR became a constituent of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the 1923 grouping of the railways.
Glasgow and West of Scotland Football League The Glasgow and West of Scotland Football League was formed in 1898 as one of several 'supplementary' football leagues that operated at the time to give extra fixtures to the various Scottish Football League sides.
Glasgow Accies Cricket Club Glasgow Academicals Cricket Club is a cricket club based in the Anniesland area of Glasgow, Scotland. They are linked with The Glasgow Academy, a private school in Glasgow's West End, although the club has had open membership for many years.
Glasgow Airport railway station Glasgow Airport Railway Station is a proposed railway termini for GARL which will be opened in 2009 to serve Glasgow International Airport, Scotland. The station will be the Southern termini of the GARL or Glasgow Airport Rail Link.
Glasgow Airport Rail Link The Glasgow Airport Rail Link (GARL) is a proposed rail link which will link Glasgow Central station to Glasgow International Airport. The link is due for completion in late 2009, with trains running on the route by Summer 2010 and will see 4 trains an hour operate between the two stations via Paisley Gilmour Street railway station.
Glasgow Anniesland (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Anniesland was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005, when it was replaced by the larger Glasgow North West, with the exception of Kelvindale which joined Glasgow North. It was represented by Donald Dewar until his death in 2000.
Glasgow Barrowland market The Barras (more properly The Barrowland market) is a major street and indoor weekend market in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. The term "barra" is Glaswegian dialect for "barrow", relating to the market's early years, where traders sold their wares from handcarts.
Glasgow Bellgrove rail crash On March 6 1989 two Class 303 commuter trains crashed on the Springburn branch of the North Clyde Line, just east of Bellgrove station in the East End of Glasgow. One passenger and the driver of one of the trains were killed.
Glasgow Botanic Gardens Set in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland, the Glasgow Botanic Gardens is a large public park with several glasshouses, the most notable of which is the Kibble Palace. The gardens were created in 1817, and run by the Royal Botanic Institution of Glasgow (founded by Thomas Hopkirk of Dalbeth), and were intended to supply the University of Glasgow.
Glasgow Bridge Street railway station Bridge Street station was the original Glasgow terminus of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway; jointly owned by the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway (GP&G), which later merged with the Caledonian Railway, and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (GPK&A), which became part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway.
Glasgow Bridgeton (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Bridgeton was a parliamentary constituency city of Glasgow. From 1885 to 1974, it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Glasgow Cathcart by-election, 2005 The Glasgow Cathcart by-election to the Scottish Parliament was held on 29 September, 2005. It was caused by the resignation from the Scottish Parliament of Mike Watson, who won the seat at both the 1999 and 2003 elections.
Glasgow Central (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Central is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). In its current form, the constituency was first used in the general election of 2005, but there was also a Glasgow Central constituency from 1885 to 1997.
Glasgow Central by-election, 1989 The Glasgow Central by-election, in the Glasgow Central constituency, Scotland, was held on June 15, 1989. It was caused by the death of the sitting Member of Parliament for the constituency, Robert McTaggart.
Glasgow City and District Railway The Glasgow City and District Railway is a railway line in Glasgow, Scotland. With the exception of a short spur to Bridgeton Central, that closed in 1979 upon the opening of the Argyle Line, the line is still open to passenger trains.
Glasgow City Chambers The City Chambers of Glasgow (1882-90, architect William Young), Scotland, are the headquarters of Glasgow City Council, the largest local authority in Scotland, and were completed in 1889. Located on the eastern side of the city's George Square, Queen Victoria performed the inauguration ceremony in August 1888, and the first Council meeting was held in October 1889.
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies Glasgow College of Nautical Studies (or GCNS) is a further education college of nautical and maritime studies, and a provider of marine and offshore training courses. Degree courses, in subjects including Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, are offered in association with the University of Strathclyde.
Glasgow Coma Scale The Glasgow Coma Scale is a neurological scale which seems to give a reliable, objective way of recording the conscious state of a person, for initial as well as continuing assessment. A patient is assessed against the criteria of the scale, and the resulting points give the Glasgow Coma Score (or GCS).
Glasgow Football League The Glasgow Football League was formed in 1895 in Scotland as one of several 'supplementary' football leagues that were created in order to increase the number of fixtures for Scottish Football League clubs. In 1899 a number of clubs who played in the Edinburgh / East of Scotland Football League joined and the league was re-named the Inter City Football League.
Glasgow Girls (activists) The Glasgow Girls are a group of young women in Glasgow, Scotland, who have highlighted the situation of asylum seekers in Glasgow. Originally established by Amal Azzudin in response to the detention of one of her close friends, Agnesa Murselaj, however the group expanded as more and more children at her school were dawn raided, detained and deported.
Glasgow Gorbals (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Gorbals was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Glasgow. From 1918 until 1974, it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Glasgow Govan (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Govan was a parliamentary constituency in the Govan district of Glasgow. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 2005, returning one Member of Parliament elected by the first past the post system.
Glasgow Govan by-election, 1988 The Glasgow Govan by-election, in the British House of Commons constituency of Glasgow Govan, Scotland, was held on November 10, 1988. It was caused by the resignation of Bruce Millan as Member of Parliament for the constituency.
Glasgow Harp F.C. Glasgow Harp Football Club are a football (soccer) club from Glasgow in Scotland. They play their home games at the ground of Allan Glen's RFC and compete in the Caledonian Amateur Football League and have entered teams in the Scottish Amateur Football League as well as the Lanarkshire League in the past.
Glasgow Haskell Compiler The Glasgow Haskell Compiler (or GHC) is an open source native code compiler for the functional programming language Haskell. It was originally developed at the University of Glasgow primarily by Simon Peyton Jones and Simon Marlow.
Glasgow Housing Association Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) is a private not-for-profit company created by the British Government for the purpose of owning and managing Glasgow's social housing stock. This housing stock, numbering many thousands of houses and flats, was, prior to 2003, owned by the Glasgow City Council.
Glasgow Ice Cream Wars The Glasgow Ice Cream Wars were conflicts in the East End of Glasgow in the 1980s between rival ice cream van operators, over lucrative territory. The conflicts involved daily violence and intimidation, and led to the deaths by arson of several members of the family of one ice cream van driver and a consequent court case that lasted for 20 years.
Glasgow Inner Ring Road The Glasgow Inner Ring Road was a proposed ring road encircling the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland. Construction of the roads began in the 1965, and half of its circumference was completed by 1972, but no subsequent construction was made and the remaining plans were formally abandoned in 1980.
Glasgow Kelvin (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Kelvin was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005. The area it represented is now covered by Glasgow Central, Glasgow North and Glasgow North West.
Glasgow Lions The Glasgow Lions were the first amateur American football team to be founded in Scotland. They were founded in 1984, and disbanded after the 1996 season owing to a competitive imbalance in their league, although their junior flag football program continued beyond that point.
Glasgow Maryhill (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Maryhill was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005 when it was subsumed into the new Glasgow North and Glasgow North East constituencies.
Glasgow Monday Glasgow Monday is the 47th release, third live album, and second-ever double album release, from avant-folk/blues singer/songwriter Jandek. It is his fifth release of the year (counting the DVD version of Glasgow Sunday) and features "The Corwood Representative" on piano and vocals, along with the same rhythm section he performed with at the shows documented on Glasgow Sunday and Newcastle Sunday, bassist Richard Youngs (playing upright bass) and drummer/percussionist Alex Neilson who accents the music with chimes and echoing percussion.
Glasgow patter Glasgow patter or Glaswegian is an anglicised urban Scots dialect spoken in and around Glasgow, Scotland. The Glasgow patter has evolved over the centuries amongst the working classes, Irish immigrants and passing seamen in the dockyards.
Glasgow Perthshire F.C. Glasgow Perthshire Football Club are a Scottish football (soccer) club based in Possilpark, in the North of Glasgow. Nicknamed the Shire, they were formed in 1890 and play at Keppoch Park, not far from the Saracen Park home of Ashfield F.
Glasgow salad A Glasgow salad is an insult aimed at Glaswegians and makes reference to the supposed bad diet of Glaswegians; a Glasgow salad being a portion of chips (fries) served in paper and soaked liberally with salt and vinegar.
Glasgow smile A Glasgow smile (or Chelsea grin) is a nickname for the practice of cutting a victim's face from the edges of the mouth to the ears: the cut, or its scars, form an "extension" of what looks like a smile. Sometimes to further hurt or even kill the victim, he or she would then be stabbed, most notably in the stomach, so that the the face would be ripped apart when the victim screams.
Glasgow Science Centre Glasgow Science Centre is a major science and technology museum located in Glasgow, Scotland. The science mall building contains the Scottish Power Planetarium, a climate change theatre, as well as three floors of interactive exhibits, including 'Alice Through the Looking Glass,' a new (Feb 06) interactive experience about perception.
Glasgow Shettleston (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Shettleston was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005. The area is represented is now covered by Glasgow Central and Glasgow East.
Glasgow School The Glasgow School was a circle of influential modern artists and designers who began to coalesce in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1870s, and flourished from the 1890s to sometime around 1910. Glasgow experienced an economic boom at the end of the 19th century, resulting in a burst of distinctive contributions to the Art Nouveau movement, particularly in the fields of architecture, interior design, and painting.
Glasgow School of Art Glasgow School of Art is one of four independent art schools in Scotland, situated in the Garnethill area of Glasgow. It was founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design, one of the first Government Schools of Design.
Glasgow Solicitors Property Centre The Glasgow Solicitors Property Centre (GSPC) is a company based in Glasgow, Scotland, which helps people buy and sell house in the West of Scotland region. The company has been helping in the buying and selling of houses since 1780 when it was founded as the "Glasgow Lawyers Property Centre" .
Glasgow Springburn (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Springburn was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until the 2005 general election, when it was largely replaced by the Glasgow North East constituency.
Glasgow Sunday Glasgow Sunday is the second of four albums released in 2005 by musician Jandek on Corwood Industries, as (0779). His 41st overall, it was recorded live on October 17th 2004 at The Arches, Glasgow, as part of the Instal festival.
Glasgow Sunday (DVD) Glasgow Sunday is the DVD counterpart to the 2005 live album released in 2005 by musician Jandek. Like the original album (and all of Jandek's previous output), it was released on June 13, 2006 by Corwood Industries and shares the same catalog number, albeit with the suffix "DVD" attached (0779-DVD).
Glasgow Tigers The Glasgow Tigers are a BCAFL team located in Scotland and consisting of players from the University of Glasgow. Since the early 1990's the Tigers, one of the leagues oldest teams, have been the strongest and most consistent team in BCAFL's Scottish division.
Glasgow Tower The Glasgow Tower is a free-standing tower built adjacent to the Glasgow Science Centre in 2001. The original design was by the architect Richard Horden, but, controversially, after commissioning the project was taken over by the Glasgow architects BDP.
Glasgow University Library Glasgow University Library is one of the oldest and largest libraries in the United Kingdom. Its holdings currently stand at around two million volumes and more than ten thousand journals are subscribed to in both print and electronic formats.

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