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Definition: Gore |
GoreNoun1. Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948). 2. Coagulated blood from a wound. 3. A triangular piece of cloth. 4. The shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the blood of his kinsmen". Verb1. Wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument. 2. Cut into gores; "gore a skirt". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Gore" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "having a triangular shape". |
Date "Gore" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | Blood. Shed daily in Chicago abattoirs but never spilled in French duels. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Military & Defense | A pie-shaped piece of material, one of the several that are sewn together to make a canopy. The commonest type. . . contains 28 --s. Source: European Union. (references) |
Multilingual Slang | Dutch (graftak). (references) |
Occupations | An elastic insert in side, front, or panels of a shoe used to decorate or reinforce, or to allow stretching that will provide additional comfort and freedom of movement to wearer. (references) |
Sports & Leisure | For most canopy types, this is the designation given to one of a number of tapered sections which, when assembled, form the canopy drag-producing surface. The most common gore design is bounded by the radial seam at the side, the skirt hem at the base, and the vent hem at the top. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | One of a number of shaped sections which, when assembled, form the envelope of a gas bag. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician and the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He also ran for President himself in 2000 following Clinton's eight-year term, and was defeated by Republican candidate George W. Bush.
Biographical Summary
Born the son of Albert Gore, Sr, a veteran Democratic Senator from Tennessee, and Pauline Gore, Al Gore Jr. divided his childhood between Washington, D.C (where his father worked) and Carthage, Tennessee. During the school year, Gore Jr. lived in a hotel in Washington, where he attended the St. Albans private school; during summer vacations, he lived in Carthage, where he worked on the Gore family farm.
In 1965, Gore enrolled at Harvard, where he majored in government and met Tipper Aitcheson, whom he would later marry (see Tipper Gore). He graduated from Harvard in June of 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He majored in Government.
Shortly afterwards, on August 7, 1969, Gore enrolled in the army to participate in the Vietnam War effort. After completing training as a military journalist, Gore shipped to Vietnam in early 1971. He served as an Army war correspondent until May 24 of that year, slightly less than two years after he enlisted.
After returning from Vietnam, Gore spent five years as a reporter for the Tennessean, a newspaper headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. During this time, Gore also attended Vanderbilt Divinity School and Vanderbilt Law School, although he did not complete a degree at either.
In the spring of 1976, Gore quit law school to run for the U.S. House, in Tennessee's Fourth District. Gore defeated Stanley Rogers in the Democratic primary, then ran unopposed and was elected to his first Congressional post. He was re-elected three times, in 1978, 1980, and 1982. In 1984 Gore did not run for the House; instead he successfully ran for a seat in the Senate. Gore served as the Senator from Tennessee until 1992, when he was elected Vice President.
In 1988, Gore ran unsuccessfully for President, but failed to obtain the Democratic nomination, which went instead to Michael Dukakis. In the wake of the failed election bid, Gore wrote a book about environmental conservation called Earth in the Balance.
After two terms as Vice President, Gore ran for President and was narrowly defeated by George W. Bush in the 2000 election. On March 19, 2003, Gore joined the board of directors of Apple Computer. He has decided not to run for President in 2004.
Controversies about Gore's personal life
Several topics in Al Gore's biography have become subjects of debate, particularly his academic and military careers.
Academic career
On March 21, 2000, the Washington Post reported on Gore's academic performance at Harvard. The news article included the information that, during Gore's second year, he earned a D in one science course, a C-minus in introductory economics, and two C-pluses and a B-minus in other, unspecified courses. The article also stated that, during his junior year, Gore earned a B, B-plus, and an A-minus in three government courses. (See United States academic grade.) Gore graduated from Harvard cum laude based on his strong senior thesis, on the impact of television on the U.S. presidency.
This Washington Post article was subsequently picked up by many conservative news organizations, who repeated the story with several alterations. The Boston Globe claimed that Gore's transcript was "riddled with C's". Many conservative commentators also called attention to the fact that, at Vanderbilt Divinity School, Gore failed five of the eight classes he took over three semesters, and that Gore never completed his degree at Vanderbilt Law School. During the 2000 Presidential campaign, conservatives pointed out that this evidence seemed to contradict the popular perception that George W. Bush was the less intelligent of the two candidates.
In rebuttal, Gore defenders noted that:
Therefore, Gore advocates claimed, it was reasonable to assume that Gore was intelligent and academically successful, although perhaps not exceptionally so.
- Prior to his attending Harvard, Gore graduated from St. Albans ranked 25th in a class of 51, and scored 1355 on his SAT test, well above average.
- Gore graduated from Harvard with honors (cum laude). His sophomore year was his worst year, academically, and was not representative of his college career.
- On IQ tests taken in 1961 and 1964, Gore scored 133 and 134 respectively, which placed him above the 90th percentile in the general population.
- Gore was working at the Tennessean, and also dealing with his recently born baby daughter, during his time at Vanderbilt Divinity school. Under such conditions, it was perhaps understandable that Gore would not prioritize his studies.
- Gore left Vanderbilt Law School because he decided to run for Congress instead. It was therefore unfair to accuse Gore of being an academic failure for not completing his law degree.
Nevertheless, in 2002, a search of Google for "Al Gore grades" revealed many sites that criticized Gore for his weak sophomore year grades without mentioning the rest of his academic career. Some observers chalked this up to the echo chamber effect.
Military service
American politicians, like political figures everywhere, are frequently questioned about their military service: faithful military service is taken as a sign of patriotism and commitment to civic duty. Some conservatives accused Al Gore of insufficient military service, even though he served for nearly two years, because he was "only" a journalist and he served five months in Vietnam. These accusations were frequently made during the 2000 presidential election, even though Gore's opponent, George W. Bush, avoided serving in Vietnam altogether by joining the Texas National Guard.
Gore served in the Army from August 1969 to May 1971. The chronology of his military service is as follows:
Gore stated many times that he opposed the Vietnam War, but chose to enlist anyway. Some observers have noted that Gore could have avoided Vietnam in any number of ways:
- August 1969: Enlisted at the Newark, New Jersey recruiting office.
- August to October 1969: 8 weeks of basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey
- Late October 1969 to December 1970: Fort Rucker, Alabama, on-the-job occupational training at the Army Flier newspaper.
- January 1971 to May 1971: field reporter in Vietnam, part of the 20th Engineer Brigade, stationed primarily at Bien Hoa Air Base near Saigon.
- May 24, 1971: Discharged, after granting of early discharge request, as part of general troop reductions.
Gore considered all these options, but claimed that his sense of civic duty compelled him to serve. On the other hand, some have suggested that Gore already foresaw that military service might be advantageous in his future career in politics.
- He could have married Tipper, to whom he was already engaged.
- He could have gone to graduate school and received a deferment, as many of his peers at Harvard did.
- He could have used his father's connections (as a Senator) to avoid service.
- He could have escaped to Canada, as many men his age did.
Gore served only five months in Vietnam, which some sources have characterized as "less than half the standard two-year tour". Although this is true, Gore served in the Army only 75 fewer days than the standard two-year term. Gore was not shipped immediately to Vietnam after completing basic training, spending most of his term in Fort Rucker.
Because Gore was a journalist, he was never exposed to front-line combat, and some allege that his famous father's influence helped him to obtain this position. However, others argue that any man who enlisted with a Harvard degree had a good chance of being assigned a support specialty rather than an infantry position.
Once in Vietnam, some also allege that Gore received special treatment as a former Senator's son (Gore Sr. lost the 1970 election, and was no longer a Senator by the time Gore arrived in Vietnam). According to combat photographer H. Alan Leo, Gore was protected from dangerous situations at the request of Brigadier General Kenneth B. Cooper, the 20th Engineer Brigades Commander. Leo stated that Gore's trips into the field were safe, and that Leo "could have worn a tuxedo." These remarks seem to contradict Gore's public statements that he "walked through the elephant grass" and "was fired upon".
For his part, Gore has stated that he knew Leo but rarely traveled with him in Vietnam, and that he never felt that he was being given special protection. On the other hand, Leo's testimony is that Cooper gave the orders before Gore arrived, so Gore would not know about them. The question of whether Leo freqently traveled with Gore or not still has not been conclusively answered.
Controversies about Gore's political views and career
Influence on the Internet
On March 9, 1999, Wolf Blitzer interviewed Gore on CNN. During this interview, Gore said, "During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
Conservative news outlets, pundits, and activists quickly took this statement and repeated many variations on it in order to discredit Gore. The statement soon metamorphosed into the meme "Al Gore said he invented the Internet!" One Republican press release noted that the ARPANET, the Internet's predecessor, existed in 1971, five years before Gore even ran for Congress.
However, observers noted that the ARPANET was a relatively small public-sector research project, whereas the Internet is a massive private-sector project that was created much later. Gore's statement referred specifically to his introduction around 1990 of a bill designed to fund the creation of an "information systems highway" for education. The bill itself, and the phrase "information superhighway" in particular, were widely seen as factors in advancing the growth of the Internet.
On September 28, 2000, an email jointly signed by Vint Cerf (often called the "father of the Internet") and Robert Kahn stated the following:
When presented with this evidence (which is still not widely known), many conclude that, although worded poorly, Gore's statement was essentially correct. Gore, however, was never fully understood on this point and did not clearly rebut George W. Bush when teased about the issue during their debates. He did however often attempt to play-up the percieved silliness of the allegation, by often making jokes about his influences over the internet. On the David Letterman Show, he joked that Americans should vote for him because "I gave you the internet, and I can take it away!"
- As far back as the 1970s Congressman Gore promoted the idea of high speed telecommunications as an engine for both economic growth and the improvement of our educational system. He was the first elected official to grasp the potential of computer communications to have a broader impact than just improving the conduct of science and scholarship. Though easily forgotten, now, at the time this was an unproven and controversial concept. Our work on the Internet started in 1973 and was based on even earlier work that took place in the mid-late 1960s. But the Internet, as we know it today, was not deployed until 1983. When the Internet was still in the early stages of its deployment, Congressman Gore provided intellectual leadership by helping create the vision of the potential benefits of high speed computing and communication. As an example, he sponsored hearings on how advanced technologies might be put to use in areas like coordinating the response of government agencies to natural disasters and other crises.
- As a Senator in the 1980s Gore urged government agencies to consolidate what at the time were several dozen different and unconnected networks into an "Interagency Network." Working in a bi-partisan manner with officials in Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush's administrations, Gore secured the passage of the High Performance Computing and Communications Act in 1991. This "Gore Act" supported the National Research and Education Network (NREN) initiative that became one of the major vehicles for the spread of the Internet beyond the field of computer science.
- As Vice President Gore promoted building the Internet both up and out, as well as releasing the Internet from the control of the government agencies that spawned it. He served as the major administration proponent for continued investment in advanced computing and networking and private sector initiatives such as Net Day. He was and is a strong proponent of extending access to the network to schools and libraries. Today, approximately 95% of our nation's schools are on the Internet. Gore provided much-needed political support for the speedy privatization of the Internet when the time arrived for it to become a commercially-driven operation.
Gore and the environment
Gore's book Earth in the Balance gave Gore a reputation for strongly pro-environmentalist views. This reputation was an asset with some constituencies, but because of it Gore was often accused of environmental hypocrisy, environmental radicalism, or both.
Corporate use of Gore family land
During the 2000 presidential campaign, Gore was accused of hypocrisy because of the behavior of corporations that had contracted to extract resources from land owned by his family. The corporations were the Occidental Petroleum Corporation and the Pasminco Zinc Mine.
Al Gore owned (indirectly through his father's estate) several thousand shares of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Occidental Petroleum angered environmentalists by trying to open a new oil/gas drilling field in Colombia.
Additionally, the Gore family licensed mining rights on their Cumberland River Valley farm to Pasminco Zinc, which was fined in 2000 for exceeding water pollution limits. Specifically, the Environmental Protection Agency found that zinc levels in the Caney Fork river near the mine were 1.480 mg/L (milligrams per liter); the maximum allowed monthly average was .65 mg/L, and the daily allowed maximum was 1.30 mg/L. Therefore, Pasminco Zinc was found on one occasion to exceed the daily maximum for zinc pollution by about 14%.
However, even the conservative Wall Street Journal stated that "mining is intrinsically a messy business, and Pasminco Zinc generally has a good environmental record" (The Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2000). Two independent tests sponsored by the Wall Street Journal, conducted in September 1999 and June 2000, found that the water in the river was within legal limits, although soil tests near the river revealed troublingly high levels of heavy metals.
Gore and the internal combustion engine
Ironically, even as Gore was criticized for being insufficiently environmentalist, he was simultaneously attacked for being too radical an environmentalist. Conservative commentators frequently claimed that Gore wanted to "ban the internal combustion engine". The basis for these claims was quote on p. 326 of Earth in the Balance:
This quote clearly does not advocate the banning of the internal combustion engine. The relevant chapter advocated the replacement of the internal combustion engine with more advanced technology. Many agreed with Gore's assessment, and not only radical environmentalists---in 1998, John Smith, then C.E.O. of General Motors, said:
- [I]t ought to be possible to establish a coordinated global program to accomplish the strategic goal of completely eliminating the internal combustion engine over, say, a twenty-five year period.
In corroboration, the Wall Street Journal reported that
- No car company will be able to thrive in the 21st century if it relies solely on internal combustion engines. (New York Times, January 5 1998)
Or, in other words, the C.E.O. of General Motors agreed with Al Gore that the internal combustion engine should be phased out in a few decades in favor of more advanced technology.
- [Smith] predicts a "slow phase-off" of the internal combustion engine in 20 to 30 years . . . Any auto-maker that doesn't do so risks being left in the dust. (Wall Street Journal, January 5, 1998)
Nevertheless, conservatives attacked Gore, attributing different positions to him. For example, Jim Nicholson, chairman of the Republican National Committee, stated that Gore was "a wasteful dreamer" who was trying to "do away with the internal combustion engine [and] the automobile". (New York Times, March 16, 1999) (note also that Gore never advocated the elimination of the automobile). Nicholson also said that
Jack Kemp stated:
- . . . unlike Clinton (who is liberal but pragmatic), Gore is an ideologue who believes the combustible engine (i.e., the automobile) is the earth's greatest enemy. (Washington Post, April 30, 1999).
Note that Gore never called for the elimination of the engine, just the replacement of internal combustion engines with more advanced technology.
- Al Gore said the other day he wants to eliminate the internal combustion engine. Now let me ask you-we've got 162 million internal combustion engines on the earth. Do we want 162 million horse-drawn carriages?
Throughout the election, the United States press did not call attention to the gulf between Gore's statements and the claims of his critics on this issue.
Gore in the 2000 presidential election
There are many opinions, frequently contradictory, on why Gore lost the 2000 election.
Some contend that, since Gore received a larger share of the popular vote, he actually won, and failed to become President only because of a technicality. Some call this fact irrelevant, as the processes of the American electoral system do not grant any explicit power to the popular vote. However, others note that, in previous elections in American history wherein the popular and electoral votes did not coincide, the elected President was assumed to lack a strong "popular mandate". These people claim the electoral college is a systemic flaw that should be corrected; and that Al Gore should not be faulted for "losing" when he received more votes than his opponent.
Although no independent evidence exists that supports their claims, some supports contend that a plurality of Florida voters did vote for Gore, and George W. Bush won by successfully preventing the votes from being counted. Since the election, recounts have been conducted by dozens of news organizations from around the world with results that are confusing at best. Some have claimed that Bush would have actually increased his lead if state wide recounts had taken place, others claim that Gore would have won the recounts.
In any case, Gore did not assume the office of President. Speculations as to the failure of Gore's political strategy include the following:
The Clinton problem
It is widely believed that Gore made insufficient efforts to link himself to the Clinton administration's policies. Many speculate that Gore was too eager to dissociate himself from Clinton's personal scandals.
Gore's Personality
Many voters felt that Gore had a stiff and contrived personality. During the three debates of the 2000 campaign, he was often accused of sounding condescending.
Much attention was paid to Gore's audible sighing while Bush was answering questions in the first of these debates. Some claim that this particular observation seems to have originated with (and been propagated by) conservative news organizations. For example, CNN instant polls immediately following this debate found that viewers felt Gore had won by a narrow margin. Twenty-two voters were interviewed by CNN, and none of them volunteered comments on Gore's behavior (CNN, October 3 2000). When given explicit, leading questions by conservative Frank Luntz of the MSNBC channel, an equal number of viewers were troubled by Gore's sighs and Bush's repeated invocations of "fuzzy math" (see George W. Bush).
Regardless of voters' original reactions, however, subsequent press coverage concentrated heavily on Gore's sighs and other perceived personality flaws.
Gore's behavior during the first debate was even the basis for a sketch on NBC's Saturday Night Live television program, which according to some sources, members of Gore's campaign asked him to watch before the next debate. Whether or not he watched the sketch, his behavior was noticeably subdued in the second debate. On Election Day, Gore himself would appear on a Saturday Night Live prime time special to make a few jokes about this behavior.
Populist rhetoric
Gore ran on a somewhat more populist platform than his predecessor Clinton. Although Gore supported trade liberalization and many other Clintonite reforms, he also used rhetoric that drew attention to growing gaps between rich and poor in American society. Some found this language divisive. However, the notion that this position hurt his popularity is contradicted by the fact that his poll numbers went up substantially shortly after his strongly populist speech on August 16, 2000 at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles.
Perceived lies and exaggerations
Gore made a large number of statements during the campaign that were widely seen as inaccurate or misleading. The subject of whether these statements were actually inaccurate or misleading is often subject to some debate. For example, one of these statements was that he claimed to have "invented the Internet" (see above). See Gore-isms for other alleged misstatements by Gore.
2004 Candidacy
Initially, Al Gore was touted as the most logical opponent of George W. Bush in the 2004 United States Presidential Election. "Re-elect Gore!" was a common slogan among many Democrats who felt the former Vice President had been unfairly cheated out the presidency, despite winning of the popular vote. On December 16, 2002 however, Gore announced that he would not run in 2004, saying that it was time for "fresh faces" and "new ideas" to emerge from the Democrats. Gore's former running mate, Joe Lieberman quickly announced his own candidacy, something he vowed he would not do if Gore ran.
External links
- General
- A series of Washington Post articles on Al Gore's life
- Al Gore 2000 website (Internet Archive) - http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.algore2000.com/
- Al Gore and the Internet
- An examination of the origins of the "Al Gore invented the Internet" meme
- Full text of Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn's email on Gore and the Internet
- A Wired News piece on Al Gore's claimed contribution to the Internet
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Al Gore."
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- spilt blood or other bodily fluids
- triangular piece, e.g. of land or cloth, often found at road merges and diverges, see gore (road)
- Gore is a town in New Zealand
- Al Gore was a Vice President of the United States and candidate for President of the United States
- Albert Gore, Sr was a United States Senator
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gore."
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Gore is a town and surrounding borough in the South Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the banks of the Mataura River, 64km northeast of Invercargill and 70km northwest of Balclutha.Originally known as Longford, Gore was renamed after Sir Thomas Gore Browne an early governor of New Zealand.
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Gore is a town located in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 850.Geography
Gore is located at 35°31'58" North, 95°6'54" West (35.532851, -95.115032)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.9 km² (2.3 mi²). 5.9 km² (2.3 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 850 people, 368 households, and 257 families residing in the town. The population density is 143.9/km² (372.4/mi²). There are 416 housing units at an average density of 70.4/km² (182.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 68.59% White, 0.12% African American, 24.71% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.12% from other races, and 6.47% from two or more races. 0.82% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 368 households out of which 28.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% are married couples living together, 12.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% are non-families. 26.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 12.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.31 and the average family size is 2.78. In the town the population is spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 21.9% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 81.7 males. The median income for a household in the town is $27,266, and the median income for a family is $37,000. Males have a median income of $28,125 versus $27,188 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,059. 16.6% of the population and 15.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 18.2% are under the age of 18 and 21.1% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gore, Oklahoma."
Synonyms: GoreSynonyms: blood (n), bloodshed (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Junction | Commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture,commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch; link; miter mortise. |
Killing | Noun: killing. Verb: homicide, manslaughter, murder, assassination, trucidation, iccusion; effusion of blood; blood, blood shed; gore, slaughter, carnage, butchery; battue. |
Opening | Perforate, pierce, empierce, tap, bore, drill; mine; (scoop out); tunnel; transpierce, transfix; enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch; stave in. |
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Crosswords: Gore |
| English words defined with "Gore": Begore ♦ Cruor ♦ Engore ♦ Goar, Gored ♦ Undergore, Ungored. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Gore": Articles interchanged ♦ Beth Gelert, blown panel, Blue Boar ♦ constructed diameter ♦ gor ♦ information superhighway ♦ Nessus ♦ Pacific Disaster Center, Predestination ♦ Strangers Sacrificed ♦ Y'mir. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Gore": gusset. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Gore" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Serbo-Croatian (above, aloft, atop, overhead, supra, up, upstairs, worse), Shona (cloud, year), Tswana (that). |
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Screenplays | Here's something to gore! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Then you'll just have to distract her while I nab the pooch and make with the gore. (Ginger Snaps; writing credit: Karen Walton; John Fawcett) You really need to stop getting your history from Gore Vidal (NewsRadio; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks) | |
Lyrics | How soft your fields so green, can whisper tales of gore, (Immigrant song; performing artist: Led Zeppelin) And if you ever get a war without blood and gore (Draft Dodger Rag; performing artist: Phil Ochs) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Gore Road (1972) The Wizard of Gore (1970) Lift dole Lift gore (1967) Na jezeru Fruske Gore (1956) Gore ot uma (1952) | |
Song Titles | California Nights (performing artist: Lesley Gore) It's My Party (performing artist: Lesley Gore) She's A Fool (performing artist: Lesley Gore) You Don't Own Me (performing artist: Lesley Gore) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | George Gore. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pres. Bill Clinton and Mrs. Clinton, with Vice-President Albert Gore, Jr. and Mrs. Gore. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Gore Hall, freshman dormitories, Harvard University, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Portrait of Gore Vidal. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Lord Byron | The drying up a single tear has more of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore. |
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Business | Furthermore, in 1997, Vice President Al Gore asked the UN to conduct a wind-hydrogen manufacturing study in Patagonia; a demonstration plant with energy being delivered up to Buenos Aires via pipelines. (references) | |
Economic History | The Netherlands | The Dutch were among the first to join the GLOBE Project, initiated by Vice President Gore, under which schools around the world cooperate in collecting environmental data and entering it into a computer network for use by scientists and other researchers. (references) |
South Africa | In 1995, then U.S. Vice President Gore and the SADC Executive Secretary Mbuende met in Gaborone, Botswana, to sign a memorandum of understanding endorsing and encouraging expansion of trade and investment as a means for promoting growth and job creation in the region. (references) | |
Russia | Under the leadership of Vice President Gore and the Russian Prime Minister, the U.S. and Russia are working to advance bilateral cooperation through nine working committees and several working groups known collectively as the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation. (references) | |
Political Economy | Brazil | This is reflected in the unprecedented number of high-level contacts between the two governments, highlighted by President Cardoso's state visit to Washington in April 1995 and President Clinton's reciprocal visit to Brazil in October 1997. It has also included visits to Brazil by Vice President Al Gore, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State Albright, Secretary of Defense Cohen, Secretary of Commerce Daley, Labor Secretary Herman, and U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky, and many other exchanges between U.S. and Brazilian cabinet and sub-cabinet officials. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PREDESTINATION, n. The doctrine that all things occur according to programme. This doctrine should not be confused with that of foreordination, which means that all things are programmed, but does not affirm their occurrence, that being only an implication from other doctrines by which this is entailed. The difference is great enough to have deluged Christendom with ink, to say nothing of the gore. With the distinction of the two doctrines kept well in mind, and a reverent belief in both, one may hope to escape perdition if spared. |
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Andy Rooney | Let me begin tonight by saying, as nice and sweet as I know how, that I thought last Tuesday's debate between Al Gore and George Bush stank. It was about as exciting as synchronized swimming at the Olympics. |
Rush Limbaugh | Clinton and Gore lied about how strong the country was! |
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Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Gore say that it's hard to be a parent today, but it's even harder to be a child. |
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| "Gore" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 70.12% of the time. "Gore" is used about 164 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 70.12% | 115 | 30,138 |
| Noun (singular) | 25.61% | 42 | 52,864 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.05% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 164 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Gore" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Gore | Last name | 11,000 | 1,111 |
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| Australia | Hancock & Gore Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Gore, OK (town, FIPS 30300) 2. Gore, VA |
Expressions using "Gore": Al Gore ♦ Albert Gore Jr. ♦ Gore Springs ♦ Gore Vidal. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Gore": Gore-booth, Gore-browne, gore-drenched, Gore-langton, gore-lust, gore-splattered, gore-starved, Gore-tex, Gore-text, gore-xcr. | |
Ending with "Gore": Clinton-gore, Ormsby-gore. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
gore | 841 | bay canada gore | 31 |
al gore | 471 | bush v gore | 27 |
gore gallery | 440 | gore mountain | 27 |
fotos gore snuff | 287 | gore verbinski | 27 |
gore vidal | 223 | gore ok | 26 |
gore tex | 184 | sandi gore evans snowman | 26 |
martin gore | 97 | gore rosemary | 25 |
gore picture | 84 | bush vs gore | 24 |
leslie gore | 72 | death gore | 23 |
tipper gore | 68 | gore tex boot | 23 |
lesley gore | 55 | al gore biography | 23 |
wl gore | 53 | gallery.com gore | 23 |
blood and gore | 48 | blood gore picture | 23 |
gore tex jacket | 47 | ethiopia gore | 22 |
gore pic | 42 | al gore 2004 | 22 |
gore orphanage | 40 | death gore photo | 22 |
sandi gore evans | 35 | gore l w | 21 |
w.l gore | 34 | martin l gore | 20 |
gore house | 32 | gore game | 19 |
picture of al gore | 31 | gore oklahoma | 19 |
sandy gore evans | 19 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Gore"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Gjak I Piksur (clot of blood), Gjak I Dredhur, Ngastër Toke (block, plat), Çaj Me Brirë. (various references) | |
Arabic | نطح (bunt, butt, horn, leak, ram, seep), تنورة مكسرة, دم (blood). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Пробождам (Pierce, Spike), Кръв, Клинообразна Ивица Земя, Клин (Spike), Малък Нос, 'мъквам Клин, Съсирена Кръв. (various references) | |
Chinese | 血塊 , 血块, 戈爾 . (various references) | |
Czech | Sedlá Krev, Nabrat Na Roh, Nabodnout (spear, Spike), Klín (insert, lap, salience, wedge). (various references) | |
Danish | bane (course, line, orbit, path, route, runway, sheeting, trajectory, web). (various references) | |
Dutch | geer (mitre), puntstuk (frog, gate stop, miter sill, point frog, pointing, points crossing), baan (corridor, course, function, job, office, orbit, passage, path, post, race-course, road, route, running track, track, trajectory, way, width). (various references) | |
Farsi | تکه سه گوش(دردوزندگی), سه گوش بریدن , سوراخ کردن 1 (Bore, Broach, Delve, Gimlet, Impale, Notch, Perforate, Punch, Puncture, Scuttle, Slot, Spit, Stab, Steek, Stick, Thrust, Transfix), زمین سه گوش , خون بسته ولخته شده , خون (Blood, Sap), شاخ زدن (Butt, Push), باشاخ زخمی کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | puskea (butt, ram, toss), kaista (lane, sector), hurme. (various references) | |
French | Godet, Sang, fuseau, Encorner, Éventrer D'un Coup De Corne. (various references) | |
German | Keil (chock, cotter, gusset, hand-ax, peg, wedge), Bahn (alley, course, Lane, length, path, pathway, railroad, railway, road, route, streetcar, track, train, tram, way, web). (various references) | |
Greek | ύεκοιλιάζω, Τριγωνικό Τεμάχιο, Τρυπώ όε ίέρατα, Τρυπώ "ιά Των ίεράτων, Αίμα ηκτό, ηχτό Αίμα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ֳם ק"וש, ּטרוז, ּ 'וח (Pierce), ָריז. (various references) | |
Hungarian | alvadt vér (coagulate, congealment), cvikli. (various references) | |
Indonesian | menanduk (butt), darah kental. (various references) | |
Italian | spicchio (clove, segment), Incornare. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ゴ 毬 (gore-Gore-tex, rubber ball). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ゴラテックス (gore-Gore-tex). (various references) | |
Manx | gussad (gusset), fuilltaght, buttag (small heap, triangular piece of land). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oregay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gomo (browse, bud, button, gemma, shoot), viés (bias), sangue coagulado (clot, coagulation, crust, scab), pedaço de pano, ferir com os cornos, espetar (broach, run, stick), escornar, cutelo (chopper, cradle, cutlass, logger, log-man). (various references) | |
Romanian | Gãuri (bore, drift, drill, hole, perforate, Pierce, pink, pounce, prick, prickle, puncture, spring, vent), Strãpunge (penetrate, perforate, Pierce, pin, pink, puncture, Ray, riddle, stab, transfix, tunnel), Sânge (birth, blood, consanguinity, descent, kindred), Clin (dart, gusset), Împunge. (various references) | |
Russian | Пронзить, Кровь, Клин (Fid, Gib, Spike), Забодать, Участок Земли Клином, бодать кровь. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | usirena krv, seći na klinove, proburaziti (gride, stab), klinast umetak, klin (chock, cleat, cotter, peg, salient, sprocket, stud, tenon, toggle, wedge). (various references) | |
Spanish | Sangre (blood, bloodstream), Poner Sangre, paño (broadcloth, cloth, dullness, duster, flaw, hangings, material, mist, pack, panel, sails, towel, wall, width, wool), huso (spindle), Encornar, Cornear. (various references) | |
Swedish | stånga (butt, horn), levrat blod. (various references) | |
Thai | แทง"้วยเขา (gore to death), แทง (jab, lancinate, lunge, stab, stick), เลือ" (blood, gory), ผ้าสามเหลี่ยม. (various references) | |
Turkish | Süsmek, Peş Koymak, Peş Kesmek, Peş (behind, gusset), Kan Pıhtısı (blood clot, grume), Fildişi Ýle Yaralamak, Boynuzlamak (butt, cuckold, horn), Üçgen Kumaş. (various references) | |
Turkmen | sьsmek (butt). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Орати Клин, Клин (Fid), Закипіла Кров, Надавати Форми Клину, "рязь, Багно. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vạt chéo, váy, doi đất. (various references) | |
Welsh | gwyar (blood), gwaed (blood), twlcio (butt, horn), crau (blood, eye, hole, socket, stockade, sty). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | du. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cruor, cruor, cruoris, cruore, cruorem. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | helofor. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 21, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ean de keratish tauroV andra h gunaika kai apoqanh liqoiV liqobolhqhsetai o tauroV kai ou brwqhsetai ta krea autou o de kurioV tou taurou aqwoV estai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si bos cornu petierit virum aut mulierem et mortui fuerint lapidibus obruetur et non comedentur carnes eius dominusque bovis innocens erit |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If an oxe with the horn smyte a man, or a womman, and thei weren deed, he shal be throwun doun to deeth with stones, and his flesh shal not be etun, and the lord shal be innocent of the oxe. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Yf an oxe gore a man or a woman that they dye, then the oxe shalbe stoned, and hys flesh shall not be eaten: and his master shall go quyte. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | If an ox shall gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Exodus Chapter 21, Verse 28 |
| Cebuano | Kong ang usa ka lalake kun usa ka babaye pagasungayon sa usa ka vaca, nga unya mamatay, ang vaca pagabatoon, ug dili pagakan-on ang unod niini; apan ang tag-iya sa vaca pagabuhian. |
| Croatian | "Kad goveèe ubode èovjeka ili ženu pa ih usmrti, neka se kamenjem kamenuje. Njegovo se meso tada ne smije pojesti, a vlasniku njegovu neka je oprošteno. |
| Danish | Når en Okse stanger en Mand eller Kvinde ihjel, skal Oksen stenes, og dens Kød må ikke spises, men Ejeren er sagesløs; |
| Dutch | En wanneer een os een man of een vrouw stoot, dat hij sterft, zal de os zekerlijk gestenigd worden, en zijn vlees zal niet gegeten worden; maar de heer van den os zal onschuldig zijn. |
| Finnish | Jos härkä puskee miehen tai naisen kuoliaaksi, niin härkä kivitettäköön, älköönkä sen lihaa syötäkö; mutta härän omistaja olkoon vapaa rangaistuksesta. |
| French | Si un boeuf frappe de ses cornes un homme ou une femme, et que la mort en soit la suite, le boeuf sera lapidé, sa chair ne sera point mangée, et le maître du boeuf ne sera point puni. |
| German | Wenn ein Ochse einen Mann oder ein Weib stößt, daß sie sterben, so soll man den Ochsen steinigen und sein Fleisch nicht essen; so ist der Herr des Ochsen unschuldig. |
| Hungarian | Ha férfit vagy asszonyt öklel meg egy ökör, úgy hogy meghal: kõvel köveztessék meg az ökör, és húsát meg ne egyék; de az ökörnek ura ártatlan. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Kalau seekor sapi jantan menanduk seseorang sampai mati, sapi itu harus dibunuh dengan dilempari batu, dan dagingnya tak boleh dimakan, tetapi pemiliknya tidak akan dihukum. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka jikalau kiranya seekor lembu menanduk seorang laki-laki atau perempuan sampai mati, maka tak akan jangan lembu itu dilempar dengan batu sampai mati, dagingnya tak boleh dimakan, tetapi yang punya lembu itu tiada menanggung salah. |
| Maori | Ki te werohia tetahi tangata, tetahi wahine ranei, e te kau, a ka mate; me tino aki te kau ki te kohatu, kaua ano hoki ona kikokiko e kainga; a ka tukua noatia atu te rangatira o te kau. |
| Norwegian | Om en okse stanger mann eller kvinne så de dør, da skal oksen stenes, og dens kjøtt skal ikke etes; men oksens eier skal være fri for straff. |
| Portuguese | Se um boi escornear um homem ou uma mulher e este morrer, certamente será apedrejado o boi e a sua carne não se comerá; mas o dono do boi será absolvido. |
| Rumanian | Dacq un bou va kmpunge wi va omork pe un bqrbat sau pe o femeie, boul sq fie ucis cu pietre, carnea sq nu i se mqnknce, iar stqpknul boului sq nu fie pedepsit. |
| Russian | еУМЙ ЧПМ ЪБ'П"БЕФ НХЦЮЙОХ ЙМЙ ЦЕОЭЙОХ "П УНЕТФЙ, ФП ЧПМБ П'ЙФШ ЛБНОСНЙ Й НСУБ ЕЗП ОЕ ЕУФШ; Б ИПЪСЙО ЧПМБ ОЕ ЧЙОПЧБФ; |
| Spanish | "Cuando un buey acornee a un hombre o a una mujer, y como consecuencia muera, el buey morirá apedreado, y no se comerá su carne; pero su dueño será absuelto. |
| Swedish | Om en oxe stångar någon till döds, man eller kvinna, så skall oxen stenas, och köttet må icke ätas; men oxens ägare vara fri ifrån straff. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Gore": gored, gores. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Gore": clangored, syncategorematic, syncategorematically. (additional references) | |
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"Gore" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agore, Egorov, gareb, gero, geru, geyre, ghor, Ghra, gier, Giora, Gioura, gira, giri, Gjre, Glora, gnore, goae, goare, gobe, Goce, Gocek, Godrej, goe, goeh, Goei, goep, goern, goex, gofe, goge, Gogen, goie, goire, goke, Gole, golee, gome, gooe, goor, goore, gope, gor, gora, gorc, gorde, gorea, Goreau, Gorecki, Goree, Gorel, gorem, goren, gorer, gorex, gorey, gorf, gorg, gori, goria, goril, Gorj, gorje, gork, gorke, gorl, gorme, gorn, goro, gorp, gorr, gorrem, gorrer, gorrit, Gorro, gort, goru, gorven, Gorze, Gote, gotee, goue, gouri, gove, gowe, Gowri, goxe, goye, goze, gre, greo, gro, groa, groe, groet, Grohe, groi, groje, grok, groke, grole, grone, groo, grooe, grou, grox, groze, guere, gufe, guire, Gura, gure, guree, gurf, guri, gurle, gurr, Gurreh, Gurwen, Gyrwe, igore, jore, ogooue, ogor, ogore, Ogork, ogra, ogren, ogro, ogwr, vore. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Gore" (pronounced gô"r) |
| 2 | -ô" r | abhor, adore, antiwar, anymore, ashore, before, boar, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, decor, deplore, door, Dore, Dorr, drawer, explore, floor, for, fore, four, galore, guarantor, hardcore, heretofore, Hoar, ignore, implore, inshore, lore, Mor, more, nor, oar, offshore, or, ore, outpour, outscore, pore, postwar, pour, prewar, rapport, restore, roar, score, Senor, shore, snore, soar, sore, spore, store, swore, tor, tore, Torr, underscore, war, whore, wore, yore, your. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ergo, goer, ogre. | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-o-r" | |
-1 letter: ego, erg, gor, ore, reg, roe. | |
-2 letters: er, go, oe, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-o-r" | |
+1 letter: ergot, erugo, forge, genro, goers, gofer, goner, gored, gores, gorge, gorse, grego, grope, grove, ogler, ogres, roger, rogue, rouge. | |
+2 letters: aerugo, agorae, booger, borage, brogue, codger, conger, dodger, dogear, dogger, drogue, ergots, eringo, erugos, eryngo, fogger, forage, forego, forged, forger, forges, forget, galore, gaoler, garote, genros, gherao, glover, glower, gofers, goffer, goiter, goitre, golder, golfer, goners, goober, gooier, gopher, gorged, gorger, gorges, gorget, gorhen, gorier, gorses, gouger, gourde, govern, gregos, grocer, groove, groped, groper, gropes, grosze, grouse, groved, grovel, groves, grower, groyne, gyrose, hogger, ignore, jogger, lodger, logger, logier, longer, monger, morgen, morgue, oglers, ogress, onager, orange, orgeat, orgies, orgone, proleg, region, reglow, regrow, rogers, rogued, rogues, rouged, rouges, rugose, tonger, voguer. | |
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