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'''''Gag Concert'''''<br /> | '''''Gag Concert'''''<br /> | ||
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'''Galician'''<br /> | '''Galician'''<br /> | ||
| − | 26 - | + | 26 - Galician Jews are a subdivision of the Ashkenazim geographically originating from Galicia, and from the south-eastern corner of Poland. As of 1920, Galicia passed to Poland. The Polish government prohibited both Galician Jews and Ukrainians from working in the state enterprises, institutions, railway, post, telegraph etc. These measures were applied in their strictest form. Galician Jews and Ukrainians experienced ethnic oppression by undergoing a forceful Polonization. |
In September 1939, most of Galicia passed to Soviet Ukraine. | In September 1939, most of Galicia passed to Soviet Ukraine. | ||
| − | The majority of Galician Jews perished during the Holocaust. Most survivors immigrated to Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom or Australia. [ | + | The majority of Galician Jews perished during the Holocaust. Most survivors immigrated to Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom or Australia. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Galicia_%28Eastern_Europe%29 Wikipedia entry] |
'''Game Boy'''<br /> | '''Game Boy'''<br /> | ||
| − | + | 138, "Doom" | |
'''garçonnière'''<br /> | '''garçonnière'''<br /> | ||
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'''Gargamel's cat'''<br /> | '''Gargamel's cat'''<br /> | ||
| − | + | 209 - In the world of The Smurfs, Gargamel is the Evil Wizard and the sworn enemy of the Smurfs, always trying to capture them. Gargamel lives in a run-down, though solidly built hovel with his mangy cat Azrael. Gargamel frequently denigrates, insults, and abuses Azrael, but he does in fact love him. | |
'''Gates, Bill'''<br /> | '''Gates, Bill'''<br /> | ||
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'''Ghost in the Shell'''<br /> | '''Ghost in the Shell'''<br /> | ||
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| + | '''Gimelmans'''<br /> | ||
| + | 457 - Fictional Trotskyite couple from Cedarhurst who started Camp Tewattsirokwas | ||
'''Giuliani, Rudy'''<br /> | '''Giuliani, Rudy'''<br /> | ||
| − | 34; and Times Square cleanup, 51; and bike messengers, 107; the tree hugger, 165; | + | 34 - Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani (b. 1944) is an American lawyer, businessman, former politician, and public speaker from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001; "quality-of-life issues" 34; and Times Square cleanup, 51; and bike messengers, 107; the tree hugger, 165; "tireless quest for quality infastructure" 210; ''fucking Giuliani'', 244; |
'''Gladys'''<br /> | '''Gladys'''<br /> | ||
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'''Goodnight, Slade May'''<br /> | '''Goodnight, Slade May'''<br /> | ||
| − | + | 185 Fictional country singer | |
'''Göring, Hermann'''<br /> | '''Göring, Hermann'''<br /> | ||
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| + | <div id="gotz_stu"></div>'''Gotz, Stu'''<br /> | ||
| + | Name is a pun on "stugots"; an Americanized play on an Italian phrase referring to male genitalia. According to ''The Sopranos'' website, it derives from ''stu cazzo'' or ''u' cazzu'', meaning "the testicles." Tony Soprano's boat is The Stugots. "Stugots" comes from an exclamatory expression of many dialects of Southern Italy "stu cazzo", in Italian "questo cazzo" (literally "this cock"). [http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_'stugots'_when_translated_from_Italian_to_English] Pynchon also used "''un' gazz'''" — along with lots more colorful Italian phrases — in his first novel, [http://v.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=U ''V.'']; 219 - at Joie de Beavre; | ||
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| + | '''grace'''<br /> | ||
| + | 320 - "something you don't ask for" | ||
'''Grant, Cary'''<br /> | '''Grant, Cary'''<br /> | ||
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'''GREED'''<br /> | '''GREED'''<br /> | ||
| − | 42, labyrinthine sewers of; greedy dotcommers, 116; | + | 42, labyrinthine sewers of; greedy dotcommers, 116; "deals with the satanic forces" 218; |
'''Gretzky, Wayne, Principle'''<br /> | '''Gretzky, Wayne, Principle'''<br /> | ||
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'''Greylock, Flatiron, Union Square'''<br /> | '''Greylock, Flatiron, Union Square'''<br /> | ||
66 - All Venture Capital firms in Manhattan — Greylock Partners is a leading venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. Flatiron Partners, started by Fred Wilson, was named after the Flatiron District, and grew into an investment fund that focused primarily on follow-on investing, with investments in notable dot-com bubble successes and failures, as did Union Square Ventures, another Fred Wilson VC firm. | 66 - All Venture Capital firms in Manhattan — Greylock Partners is a leading venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. Flatiron Partners, started by Fred Wilson, was named after the Flatiron District, and grew into an investment fund that focused primarily on follow-on investing, with investments in notable dot-com bubble successes and failures, as did Union Square Ventures, another Fred Wilson VC firm. | ||
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| + | '''Gridley'''<br /> | ||
| + | 291 - Local kid, with Curtis | ||
'''Gross, Bill'''<br /> | '''Gross, Bill'''<br /> | ||
| − | 13 | + | 13 - William H. "Bill" Gross (b. 1944) is a prominent stamp collector who made the money to spend lavishly on his hobby by being a co-founder of Pacific Investment Management (PIMCO). Gross also runs PIMCO's $270.0 billion Total Return Fund (PTTRX). As of November 2005, he became the third person to form a complete collection of 19th century United States postage stamps; 118; |
| − | ''' | + | '''Ground Zero'''<br/> |
| − | + | the name, 328; Maxine visits, 445 | |
'''Gulf War'''<br /> | '''Gulf War'''<br /> | ||
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'''Gunther'''<br /> | '''Gunther'''<br /> | ||
| − | + | 131 - Gabriel Ice's chauffeur; 472; | |
'''Gurney's'''<br /> | '''Gurney's'''<br /> | ||
| − | + | 191 - Inn in Montalk where Maxine stayed as a kid | |
'''''Guys and Dolls'''''<br /> | '''''Guys and Dolls'''''<br /> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:24, 17 March 2014
Bleeding Edge Alpha Guide to Characters, Places & More
Gag Concert
154, Korean TV hit
Galician
26 - Galician Jews are a subdivision of the Ashkenazim geographically originating from Galicia, and from the south-eastern corner of Poland. As of 1920, Galicia passed to Poland. The Polish government prohibited both Galician Jews and Ukrainians from working in the state enterprises, institutions, railway, post, telegraph etc. These measures were applied in their strictest form. Galician Jews and Ukrainians experienced ethnic oppression by undergoing a forceful Polonization.
In September 1939, most of Galicia passed to Soviet Ukraine.
The majority of Galician Jews perished during the Holocaust. Most survivors immigrated to Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom or Australia. Wikipedia entry
Game Boy
138, "Doom"
garçonnière
88, French: "bachelor flat";
Gargamel's cat
209 - In the world of The Smurfs, Gargamel is the Evil Wizard and the sworn enemy of the Smurfs, always trying to capture them. Gargamel lives in a run-down, though solidly built hovel with his mangy cat Azrael. Gargamel frequently denigrates, insults, and abuses Azrael, but he does in fact love him.
Gates, Bill
12, 46
Gestapo techniques
54
Ghost in the Shell
69
Gimelmans
457 - Fictional Trotskyite couple from Cedarhurst who started Camp Tewattsirokwas
Giuliani, Rudy
34 - Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani (b. 1944) is an American lawyer, businessman, former politician, and public speaker from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001; "quality-of-life issues" 34; and Times Square cleanup, 51; and bike messengers, 107; the tree hugger, 165; "tireless quest for quality infastructure" 210; fucking Giuliani, 244;
Gladys
13, wife of guy who collects migratory bird and conservation stamps, on AMBOPEDIA cruise
Globex
92
Goodnight, Slade May
185 Fictional country singer
Göring, Hermann
55
Name is a pun on "stugots"; an Americanized play on an Italian phrase referring to male genitalia. According to The Sopranos website, it derives from stu cazzo or u' cazzu, meaning "the testicles." Tony Soprano's boat is The Stugots. "Stugots" comes from an exclamatory expression of many dialects of Southern Italy "stu cazzo", in Italian "questo cazzo" (literally "this cock"). [1] Pynchon also used "un' gazz'" — along with lots more colorful Italian phrases — in his first novel, V.; 219 - at Joie de Beavre;
grace
320 - "something you don't ask for"
Grant, Cary
62; 65
Grant, Hugh
94, The Phil Mickelson Story
GREED
42, labyrinthine sewers of; greedy dotcommers, 116; "deals with the satanic forces" 218;
Gretzky, Wayne, Principle
62 - Steve Jobs: “There’s an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. ‘I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.’ And we’ve always tried to do that at Apple. Since the very very beginning. And we always will.”
Greylock, Flatiron, Union Square
66 - All Venture Capital firms in Manhattan — Greylock Partners is a leading venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. Flatiron Partners, started by Fred Wilson, was named after the Flatiron District, and grew into an investment fund that focused primarily on follow-on investing, with investments in notable dot-com bubble successes and failures, as did Union Square Ventures, another Fred Wilson VC firm.
Gridley
291 - Local kid, with Curtis
Gross, Bill
13 - William H. "Bill" Gross (b. 1944) is a prominent stamp collector who made the money to spend lavishly on his hobby by being a co-founder of Pacific Investment Management (PIMCO). Gross also runs PIMCO's $270.0 billion Total Return Fund (PTTRX). As of November 2005, he became the third person to form a complete collection of 19th century United States postage stamps; 118;
Ground Zero
the name, 328; Maxine visits, 445
Gulf War
48
Gunther
131 - Gabriel Ice's chauffeur; 472;
Gurney's
191 - Inn in Montalk where Maxine stayed as a kid
Guys and Dolls
92; 96;
