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Gance
French film director and screenwriter. He worked in the cinema from 1909, finally winning acclaim with Mater dolorosa (1917) and Tenth Symphony (1918). His J'accuse (1918) and The Wheel (1923) were hailed as masterpieces. He devoted four years to his masterpiece, Napolé on (1927), in which he used experimental techniques to emphasize cinematic movement. Battle sequences were shot with three synchronized cameras and the images were projected on a triple screen to produce a three-dimensional effect, and the film pioneered in the use of stereophonic sound. A triumph in Europe, it fared badly in a harshly cut version in the U.S. but was finally released in its original glory in 1981. Gance's later films, largely controlled by the studios, gave inadequate scope for his creative genius.
Ganda
People of S Uganda who speak Luganda, a Bantu language of the Benue-Congo group. Numbering 3.7 million, the Ganda are Uganda's largest ethnic group. Traditionally hoe cultivators, they also grow cotton and coffee for export and keep livestock. In the 19th cent. the Ganda developed the centralized state known as Buganda.
Gandhi
Prime minister of India (1966-77, 1980-84). The only child of J. Nehru, she studied in India and at Oxford Univ. In 1942 she married Feroze Gandhi (d.1960), a fellow member of the Indian National Congress. In 1959 she was given the largely honorary position of party president, and in 1966 she achieved actual power when she was made leader of the Congress Party and, consequently, prime minister. She instituted major reforms, incl. a strict population-control program. In 1971 she mobilized Indian forces against Pakistan in the cause of E. Bengal's secession. She oversaw the incorporation of Sikkim in 1974. Convicted in 1975 of violating election laws, she declared a state of emergency, jailing opponents and passing many laws limiting personal freedoms. She was defeated in the following election, but she returned to power in 1980. In 1984, in response to Sikh separatist violence, she ordered an army attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, which resulted in over 450 Sikh deaths. She was later shot and killed by her own Sikh bodyguards in revenge.
gannet
Any of three oceanic bird species (family Sulidae) closely related to the boobies. Gannets are found in the N. Atlantic, where they are the largest seabirds, and in temperate waters around Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Adults are mainly white with black-tipped wing feathers and a large, yellowish or buff-colored head marked with black around the eyes. They have a tapered beak and pointed tail. They dive with half-closed wings to catch fish and squid. They waddle on land but are expert fliers, spending most of their lives over water. They nest in dense colonies on cliffs. The largest species is the 40-in. (100-cm) northern gannet.
Gansu
Province (pop., 1996 est.: 24,380,000), N ...
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