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Guti ... Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard

Guti mountain people of ancient Mesopotamia who lived primarily around Hamadan in the central Zagros Range. The Guti were a strong political force throughout the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC, especially about 2230, when they swept down into Babylonia (southern Mesopotamia), overthrowing the Akkadian empire (ruled at that time either by ... Gutierrez Najera, Manuel Mexican poet and prose writer whose musical, elegant, and melancholy poetry and restrained rhythmic prose sketches and tales mark the transition in Mexican literature between Romanticism and Modernism. His active support of the fledgling Modernist movement, which attempted to revitalize and modernize Spanish poetic language, gave encouragement to a generation ... Gutierrez Solana, Jose painter and writer who was a key figure in the Spanish cultural revival of the early 20th century. Gutierrez, Gustavo Roman Catholic theologian and Dominican priest who is considered the father of liberation theology, which emphasizes a Christian duty to aid the poor and oppressed through involvement in civic and political affairs. Gutierrez, Lucio Ecuadoran army colonel and politician who served as president of Ecuador (2003-05). Guto'r Glyn Welsh bard whose praise poems represent one of the high points of the classical bardic tradition. Gwaith Guto'r Glyn ("The Works of Guto'r Glyn," first published in 1939) was collected by J.Ll. Williams and edited by Sir Ifor Williams. Guto'r Glyn lived at Glynceiriog and spent his last years at ... Gutob language language spoken in India, one of the Munda languages belonging to the Austro-Asiatic family of languages. Dialects include Gadba and Gudwa. gutta-percha yellowish or brownish leathery material derived from the latex of certain trees in Malaysia, the South Pacific, and South America, especially Palaquium oblongifolia and, formerly, P. gutta. To obtain the latex, the tree may be felled and rings cut in the bark; in plantation cultivation the fresh leaves are gathered, ... Gutzkow, Karl novelist and dramatist who was a pioneer of the modern social novel in Germany. Guwahati city, western Assam state, northeastern India. It lies along the Brahmaputra River and is picturesquely situated with an amphitheatre of wooded hills to the south. Guwahati was the capital of the Hindu kingdom of Kamarupa (under the name of Pragjyotisa) about 400 CE. In the 17th century the town repeatedly ... Guwen early form of Chinese writing, examples of which are found on bronze vessels and objects of the Shang (c. 18th-12th century BC) and Zhou (12th century-256/255 BC) dynasties. The term jinwen ("metal script"), a reference to those metal objects, has also been used to designate guwen characters. Guwen is close ... Guy count of Flanders (from 1278) and margrave of Namur (Namen). He was the son of Margaret, countess of Flanders and Hainaut. Guy king of Jerusalem who lost that Crusader kingdom in a struggle with rival Conrad of Montferrat. Guy Fawkes Day British observance, celebrated on November 5, commemorating the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Guy II duke of Spoleto, who was claimant to the throne of the Holy Roman Empire in the chaotic end of the Carolingian era. Guy Of Warwick English hero of romance whose story was popular in France and England from the 13th to the 17th century and was told in English broadside ballads as late as the 19th century. The kernel of the story is a single combat in which Guy defeats Colbrand (a champion of the ... Guy, Buddy American blues musician noted for his slashing electric guitar riffs and passionate vocals. Guy, Rosa American writer who drew on her own experiences to create fiction for young adults that usually concerned individual choice, family conflicts, poverty, and the realities of life in urban America and the West Indies. Guy, Thomas founder of Guy's Hospital, London. Guy-Blache, Alice pioneer of the French and American film industries. The first woman director, she is also generally acknowledged to be the first director to film a narrative story. Guyana: Year in Review 1994 A republic and member of the Commonwealth, Guyana is situated in northeastern South America, on the Atlantic Ocean. Area: 215,083 sq km (83,044 sq mi). Pop. (1993 est.): 755,000. Cap.: Georgetown. Monetary unit: Guyana dollar, with (Oct. 4, 1993) an official rate of G$126 to U.S. $1 (G$191.52 = ... Guyana: Year in Review 1995 A republic and member of the Commonwealth, Guyana is situated in northeastern South America, on the Atlantic Ocean. Area: 215,083 sq km (83,044 sq mi). Pop. (1994 est.): 733,000. Cap.: Georgetown. Monetary unit: Guyana dollar, with (Oct. 7, 1994) an official rate of G$142.13 to U.S. $1 (G$226.06 = ... Guyana: Year in Review 1996 A republic and member of the Commonwealth, Guyana is situated in northeastern South America, on the Atlantic Ocean. Area: 215,083 sq km (83,044 sq mi). Pop. (1995 est.): 770,000. Cap.: Georgetown. Monetary unit: Guyana dollar, with (Oct. 6, 1995) an official rate of G$143.80 to U.S. $1 (G$227.33 = ... Guyana: Year in Review 1997 A republic and member of the Commonwealth, Guyana is situated in northeastern South America, on the Atlantic Ocean. Area: 215,083 sq km (83,044 sq mi). Pop. (1996 est.): 712,000. Cap.: Georgetown. Monetary unit: Guyana dollar, with (Oct. 11, 1996) an official rate of G$138.90 to U.S. $1 (G$218.81 = ... Guyana: Year in Review 1998 Area: 215,083 sq km (83,044 sq mi) Guyana: Year in Review 1999 Area: 215,083 sq km (83,044 sq mi) Guyana: Year in Review 2000 Guyana was beset by political and industrial turmoil for most of 1999. The trouble began in March with the resumption of street protests by the opposition People's National Congress (PNC). Demonstrations by the PNC had been suspended in July 1998 after intervention by Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) countries ... Guyana: Year in Review 2001 Guyana finally pulled in line with the majority of its Caribbean Community and Common Market colleagues in February 2000 when it passed a bill making money laundering a specific criminal offense. Guyana: Year in Review 2002 Guyana's ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP)/Civic alliance was returned to office in the general election held on March 19, 2001. The victory gave the alliance's leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, another five-year term as president and head of state. PPP/Civic, which took 209,031 of the 393,709 votes cast, secured 34 of the ... Guyana: Year in Review 2003 For most of 2002 Guyana was in the grip of a crime wave following the breakout from jail of five hardened criminals in February. Eight police officers were killed in clashes with the gang during the year, and several businessmen were murdered. Three of the escapees were also killed. In ... Guyana: Year in Review 2004 The opposition People's National Congress (PNC) acquired a new leader in February 2003, when attorney Robert Corbin succeeded Desmond Hoyte, who had died in December 2002. Corbin promptly led the PNC back into the National Assembly; the party had refused to take up its 27 seats in 2002. Guyana: Year in Review 2005 In January 2004 the Guyanese opposition People's National Congress (PNC) launched a national signature campaign to force Home Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj out of office on the basis of allegations that he had been linked to a "phantom squad" blamed for more than 40 execution-style killings over the previous 12 ... Guyana: Year in Review 2006 Severe flooding following torrential rainfall wreaked havoc in Guyana beginning in January 2005. The downpour, which lasted about six weeks, inundated the coastal belt, caused the deaths of 34 people, and destroyed large parts of the rice and sugarcane crops. The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ... Guyana: Year in Review 2007 Russia took control of a major part of the all-important Guyana bauxite industry in March 2006 when the Rusal company bought 90% of the Aroaima Mining Co. in Berbice. The Guyanese government retained the other 10%. In September Rusal announced that it was also interested in buying into Guyana's other ... Guyana: Year in Review 2008 Despite strong opposition from religious groups, the parliament in January 2007 approved a bill to legalize casino gambling in Guyana's 10 administrative regions. The initiative was especially designed to help hotel and resort complexes attract more international tourists. Guyana: Year in Review 2009 Following the settlement of Guyana's maritime boundary dispute with Suriname in 2007, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission announced in May 2008 that the world's largest oil company, ExxonMobil, had begun exploration work in its offshore Stabroek block. Guyana did not produce any oil of its own. Guyana: Year in Review 2010 In 2009 Guyana faced setbacks in its plan to expand its renewable energy capacity through the addition of hydroelectric power. Synergy Holdings, the Florida-based developer of the proposed 154-MW Amaila Falls hydroelectric power plant, was having difficulty raising (by the October deadline) the $450 million required for the company to ... Guyana: Year in Review 2011 Guyana's response to drug trafficking remained a central issue in 2010. The U.S. State Department's annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report gave the country improved grades in March for institutionalizing intelligence sharing between state agencies and undertaking more drug seizures, but it urged the government to identify and confront known ... Guyana: Year in Review 2012 An ongoing battle between the People's Progressive Party (PPP) administration and the Guyana media heated up in March 2011. Pres. Bharrat Jagdeo called on PPP supporters to boycott newspapers and television stations "hostile" to the government by not "putting money" in their "pockets." The PPP's Donald Ramotar won the presidency ... Guyana: Year in Review 2013 Guyana reaffirmed its commitment to renewable energy (RE) in January 2012 when the government emphasized its continuing support for the $840 million hydroelectric project under development at Amaila Falls by the American company Sithe Global. In March it was announced that Brazil's private sector was also interested in developing hydropower ... Guyana country located in the northeastern corner of South America. Indigenous peoples inhabited Guyana prior to European settlement, and their name for the land, guiana ("land of water"), gave the country its name. Present-day Guyana reflects its British and Dutch colonial past and its reactions to that past. It is the ... Guyana, flag of national flag consisting of a green field incorporating a red hoist triangle and a central yellow arrowhead, separated by black and white borders. The width-to-length ratio of the flag is 1 to 2 at sea and 3 to 5 on land. Guyenne former region of southwestern France, merged with Gascony for the last centuries before the French Revolution in the gouvernement of Guyenne and Gascony (Guyenne-et-Gascogne). The Guyenne region corresponds to the modern departement of Gironde and to most of the departements of Lot-et-Garonne, Dordogne, Lot, and Aveyron. The region was under ... Guymon city, seat (1907) of Texas county, northwestern Oklahoma, U.S. It lies on the high plains of the Panhandle, near the North Canadian River. Originally called Sanford, it was founded by E.T. Guymon, a grocer and land speculator, in 1901 on the arrival of the Rock Island Railroad. The city is ... Guynemer, Georges-Marie one of the most renowned combat pilots of World War I and France's first great fighter ace. Guyon, Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte, Madame Du Chesnoy , nee Bouvier De La Motte, byname Madame Guyon French mystic and writer, a central figure in the theological debates of 17th-century France through her advocacy of quietism, an extreme passivity and indifference of the soul, even to eternal salvation, wherein she believed that one became an agent of God. guyot isolated submarine volcanic mountain with a flat summit more than 200 metres (660 feet) below sea level. Such flat tops may have diameters greater than 10 km (6 miles). (The term derives from the Swiss American geologist Arnold Henry Guyot.) Guyot, Arnold Henry Swiss-born American geologist, geographer, and educator whose extensive meteorological observations led to the founding of the U.S. Weather Bureau. The guyot, a flat-topped volcanic peak rising from the ocean floor, is named after him. Guys and Dolls American musical film, released in 1955, that was adapted from the triumphant stage hit of the same name, which was based on writings by Damon Runyon. Guys, Constantin cartoonist and comic illustrator who depicted the fashionable world of the French Second Empire (1852-70). A fighter for Greek independence in his youth, Guys reported the Crimean War (1853-56) for The Illustrated London News. Settling in Paris in the 1860s, he continued to work for the News as an illustrator, ... Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard French chemist who played a major part in the reform of chemical nomenclature.