The Old English word for the badger was broc, a word which survives in modern British English as brock, a word for the common badger, and also as the personal name Brock. Badger first appears in the early 16th century and eventually replaces brock and bauson in common usage.
Brinton's analysis of the bizarre mass suicide of a socialist cult led by American Jim Jones in Jonestown, Guyana, which discusses the dynamics of political sects in general. Nakao, Annie.The ghastly Peoples Temple deaths shocked the world. Berkeley Rep takes on the challenge of coming to terms with it.
1 LOCATION AND SIZE. Guyana is a small independent republic located on the northeastern coast of South America, between Suriname and Venezuela. A former British colony, it is the only member of the British Commonwealthâand the only English-speaking countryâin South America. With an area of 214,970 square kilometers (83,000 square miles), Guyana is almost as large as the state of Idaho. Native animals include the anteater, the tapir, and the anaconda. Endangered species include the jaguar, black cayman, and giant otter.