San José
San José , city (1989 pop. 287,535), central Costa Rica, capital and largest city of Costa Rica. San José is the economic, political, and social center of Costa Rica, dominating the Central Valley and the nearby towns, Alajuela , Cartago , and Heredia . During colonial times, the main industry of the region was tobacco raising; by the mid-19th cent., the city had become the center of a coffee-producing area. It is the national distribution point for imports. San José was founded (c.1738) at the beginning of the westward expansion from Cartago; with independence from Spain (1821), it became the center of the country's liberal element and, in 1823, the capital. A modern city, with parks and fine public buildings, including the elaborate National Theater, it has a mixture of Spanish and North American architecture, with many houses set back to have lawns and gardens fronting the street. San José is a stop for international airlines, the hub of the highway system, and the center of the Pacific and Caribbean railroads. It has several universities.
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A Gaelic revival, with critics Some Scots question benefits of investing in the language
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 12/9/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...2006 Scotland's first contemporary feature film in Gaelic is in post-production. The BBC has begun broadcasting live sports coverage in Gaelic. A Gaelic-only high school has opened in Glasgow. A leading...
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Gaelic Language Bill set for launch
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 10/10/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...with news that the long-awaited draft Gaelic Language Bill is to be launched ahead...modernise the national guidelines for Gaelic for those aged between five and 14, to...recognise the needs of language development in Gaelic- medium education. The bill will recognise...
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Gaelic in class of its own; EDUCATION NOTEBOOK.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/14/2003; 700+ words
; ...Executive has now unveiled a draft Bill aimed at stemming the decline of Gaelic and promoting it in the classroom. The Gaelic Language Bill will create legislation to recognise Gaelic as a language of Scotland and establish the development body Bord...
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Gaelic-speaking mobile phone users get up to speed on texting
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 4/13/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...getting the text-message treatment. Gaelic-speaking mobile phone users have devised...will cause purists to shudder, younger Gaelic activists claim the trend may help save...by fewer than 60,000 Scots. A tiny Gaelic guide to texting has even been published...
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Gaelic lobby urges MSPs to stand up for status of language
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 6/7/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...government-funded development agency for Gaelic today will call on MSPs to vote down ministers' proposals for the future of Gaelic education. Comunn na Gaidhlig (CNAG...will be the "last opportunity for Gaelic to be given proper legal status...
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Gaelic for hikers
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 12/11/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...waves, their names sounding a rugged Gaelic litany - Stob a'Choire Odhair, Bealach...split ridge", and for MacLeod, a native Gaelic speaker from the Isle of Lewis, just...landscape. Next month, he gives non-Gaelic-speakers the benefit of his knowledge...
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Gaelic gets TV channel
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 3/24/2007; ; 607 words
; A New Gaelic television channel is expected to be launched...thanks to a pounds3million boost. The Gaelic Media Service (GMS) has been given the...pounds100,000 towards the purchase of the SMG Gaelic archive which has built up in recent years...
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Gaelic to play central role at newly revamped culloden battlefield
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 2/2/2007; 560 words
; ...Inverness, will be surrounded by the Gaelic language, it was revealed yesterday...which will mark the central role played by Gaelic speakers in the last battle fought on...system and the continued repression of the Gaelic language. Given the high proportion of...
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Gaelic to be given equal status to English in Highland classrooms
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 11/14/2002; ; 700+ words
; HIGHLAND Council has drawn up a Gaelic education strategy which, for the first time in Scotland, gives Gaelic and English equal status in schools where...ethos throughout its schools to encourage Gaelic to thrive and widen the scope for it to...
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Gaelic speakers send a message to mobile firms
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 8/8/2009; ; 700+ words
; IS MATH bruidhinn.* Gaelic speakers hope that mobile phone manufacturers...Welsh speakers could be followed by a Gaelic version. The Welsh phone, a Samsung...first Irish language phone last year. Gaelic campaigners say a similar project could...
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Gaelic
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Gaelic, one of the Celtic dialects, is of the group known as the Goidelic, comprising Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Scottish Gaelic and Manx developed through the migrations of Irish speakers in...
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SCOTTISH GAELIC
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
SCOTTISH GAELIC. The Celtic language of the West Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. GAELIC -speaking Scots arrived from Ireland on the...NORTHERN ENGLISH , the use and prestige of Gaelic began to decline and since the 12c there has...
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Gaelic literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gaelic literature literature in the native tongue of Ireland and Scotland. Since Scots Gaelic became separate from Irish Gaelic only in the 17th cent., the literature is conventionally divided...
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GAELIC
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
GAELIC 1. Of the Celts of Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man, their languages, customs, etc.: Gaelic coffee , a Gaelic phrase book . 2. The English name for the Celtic language of Ireland...
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Gaelic Storm
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Gaelic Storm Celtic music group While Celtic music...with the mournful sounds of tragic loss, Gaelic Storm has added a completely new dimension...appearance as the steerage band in the film. Gaelic Storm has been going strong ever since...
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