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Encyclopedia > Goree

The Île de Gorée (Gorée Island) is a 45 acre (180,000 m²) island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal. It is best known as the location of the House of Slaves, a holding and transfer point for human cargo during the slave trade. It is now a popular tourist destination.


It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


External link

  • UNESCO page on Gorée (http://webworld.unesco.org/goree/)

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Goreism (269 words)
The term Goreism is a term which refers to verbal gaffes by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore or statements he made that have been used by critics as evidence of dishonesty or a propensity for exaggeration.
Speaking at a D.C. function, Vice President Gore, in reference to the Bulls, said "I tell you that Michael Jackson is unbelievable, isn't he.
On December 19, 1999, Gore told Tim Russert[?] on Meet the Press, that the Republican controlled Senate voted against campaign-finance reform in 1993, which is why the Clinton/Gore administration was not successful in passing the bill.
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Gore is a town and surrounding borough in the South Island of New Zealand.
Gore Township is a township in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Gore Vidal, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925), known simply as Gore Vidal, is a well-known American writer of novels, plays, and essays and has been a public figure for over fifty years.
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