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A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given.
The term "general" is used in two ways: as the generic title for all grades of general officer; and as a specific rank. Since the late twentieth century, the rank of general is usually the highest active rank of a military not at war.
The various grades of general officer are at the top of the rank structure. Lower-ranking officers are known as field officers or field-grade officers, and below them are company-grade officers. All officers who commanded more than a single regiment came to be known as "general officers".[citation needed] The word "general" is used in its ordinary sense in English (and other languages) as relating to larger, general, military units, rather than smaller units in particular.
There are two common systems of general ranks.
Variations of one form, the old European system, were once used throughout Europe. It is used in the United Kingdom (although it did not originate there), from which it eventually spread to the Commonwealth and the United States of America. The general officer ranks are named by prefixing "general", as an adjective, with field officer ranks, although in some countries the highest general officers are titled field marshal or marshal.
William "Bill" Maher, Jr. ( /ˈmɑːr/; born January 20, 1956) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author, and actor. Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC.
Maher is known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary, which targets a wide swath of topics including religion, politics, bureaucracies of many kinds, political correctness, the mass media, greed among people and persons in positions of high political and social power, and the lack of intellectual curiosity in the electorate. He supports the legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage, and serves on the board of PETA. He is also a critic of religion and is an advisory board member of Project Reason, a foundation to promote scientific knowledge and secular values within society. In 2005, Maher ranked at number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time. Bill Maher received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on September 14, 2010.
Actors: Andrea Romano (actress), Jennifer Hale (actress), Alan Oppenheimer (actor), CCH Pounder (actress), Bruce W. Timm (actor), Jennifer Hale (actress), Corey Burton (actor), Xander Berkeley (actor), Tim Daly (actor), Corey Burton (actor), Brian George (actor), LeVar Burton (actor), Clancy Brown (actor), John C. McGinley (actor), Andrea Romano (actress),
Genres: Action, Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,Actors: Greg Ng (editor), Doug Abrahams (actor), David Neale (actor), Dustin Milligan (actor), Sonja Bennett (actress), Clinton Shorter (composer), Jillian Fargey (actress), Connor Stanhope (actor), Ed Brando (producer), Daniel Domachowski (producer), Shaina Tianne Unger (actress), Matt Zien (producer), Heather Capocci (miscellaneous crew), Diana Pavlovská (actress), Jennica Harper (writer),
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Gabino Diego (actor), Andrés Pajares (actor), Sancho Gracia (actor), Alfredo Landa (actor), El Gran Wyoming (actor), José Luis López Vázquez (actor), Antonio Gamero (actor), Gabino Diego (actor), Juan Luis Galiardo (actor), Eduardo Gómez (actor), Jesús Bonilla (actor), Álex Angulo (actor), Florentino Fernández (actor), José María Sacristán (actor), Antonio Resines (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy,Actors: Alejandro Awada (actor), Pablo Bossi (producer), Carlos Kaspar (actor), Carlos Kaspar (actor), Daniel Valenzuela (actor), Germán Kraus (actor), César Custodio (editor), Adrián Yospe (actor), Marcelo Alfaro (actor), Juan Pablo Buscarini (producer), Alberto Anchart (actor), Paula Siero (actress), Gabriel Molinelli (actor), Camila MacLennan (actress), Edgardo Moreira (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical,Actors: Mikael Pogosyan (actor), Yuri Arutyunyan (composer), Galya Novents (actress), Vladimir Msryan (actor), Pär Lagerkvist (writer), Suren Babayan (writer), Suren Babayan (director), Suren Babayan (actor), Karina Arakelyan (editor), Meline Hamamjyan (actress), M. Mesropyan (miscellaneous crew), M. Mesropyan (actor), Armen Santrosyan (actor), M. Melkonyan (actor), Ara Stepanyan (actor),
Plot: Set as a film within a film, or a film about a film being made, this psychological drama weaves in mystical themes with themes of the mystery of creating a work of art. The film that is being made is based on Pär Lagerkvist's novel "Barabbas." Barabbas was the criminal crucified along side of Jesus that was chosen by the Isrealites to be pardoned instead of Jesus. The problem is that the director of the film cannot find anyone to play the role of Jesus, until someone suggests a man from a local clinic for the mentally retarded. At the clinic, this man is regarded as a real Messiah and holy teacher. When he arrives on set, he immediately creates an uproar and the effect is that he reveals all the evil going on in and around the set itself. He is repulsed by the idea that people who have no faith themselves, would dare to try to make a film about Christ, and as such, he takes up the cross on the set and drags it through the streets of Yeveran, back to the clinic, where he insists that he be crucified for real...will they do it??
Keywords: based-on-novelActors: Alexandra Paul (actress), Paul Hertzberg (producer), Michael Ontkean (actor), Thomas Kretschmann (actor), Robert Mammone (actor), Boris Zelkin (composer), Denise Haratzis (editor), Bruce Shapiro (actor), Marcus Graham (actor), Damien Garvey (actor), Gregory Widen (producer), Gregory Widen (writer), Sullivan Stapleton (actor), Lana Williams (miscellaneous crew), Jay Laga'aia (actor),
Plot: When ambitious CCT exec Will Patterson uncovers a corporate conspiracy, his life spirals out of control. With an unlikely ally and beautiful crusader to guide him through his struggle, he travels to the jungles of Indonesia where a tribe--wrongly forced off their land by CCT--and the corporation clash. No matter which side Will chooses--with so many lives on the line, his decision is destined to be a deadly one.
Keywords: corporate, corruption, eco-activist, ecological-sabotage, environmental-issue, environmentalism, indigenous-rights, indonesia, sailing, tribeActors: Narciso Ibáñez Menta (producer), Alberto Argibay (actor), Narciso Ibáñez Menta (actor), Roberto Airaldi (actor), José Soriano (actor), Luis Corradi (actor), Inés Moreno (actress), Alicia Bruzzo (actress), Cipe Lincovsky (actress), Joaquín Piñón (actor), Alberto Rinaldi (director), Jorge Velurtas (actor), Mariángeles (actress), Mario Giusti (actor), Lucio Deval (actor),
Genres: Horror, Mystery,Actors: Emmanuel Cavalcanti (actor), Nelson Pereira dos Santos (producer), José Wilker (actor), Raimundo Higino (editor), Nelson Pereira dos Santos (writer), Nelson Pereira dos Santos (director), Raimundo Higino (producer), Nello Melli (editor), Telma Reston (actress), Zózimo Bulbul (actor), Luiz Carlos Lacerda (actor), Arduíno Colassanti (actor), Rosita Thomaz Lopes (actress), Álvaro Aguiar (actor), José Marinho (actor),
Plot: Satirical comedy set in Rio de Janeiro about a general's playboy son meeting a leftist intellectual who wants to write/film the playboy's dolce vita. Various shenanigans follow in a thinly-disguised attack on the military régime which started in Brazil in 1964 and ended only in 1985.
Keywords: based-on-novelActors: Ilse Steppat (actress), Bruno Fritz (actor), Fita Benkhoff (actress), Else Reval (actress), Ingeborg Schöner (actress), Artur Brauner (producer), Clemens Hasse (actor), Jo Herbst (actor), Jo Herbst (actor), Max Nosseck (director), Werner Peters (actor), Martin Böttcher (composer), Günter Pfitzmann (actor), Ernst Schröder (actor), Friedrich Schütter (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Ivane Perestiani (actor), Mikheil Chiaureli (actor), Ivane Perestiani (director), Ivane Perestiani (writer), Kote Miqaberidze (actor), Shalva Dadiani (writer), Elisabed Cherqezishvili (actress), Giorgi Davitashvili (actor), Aleqsandre Imedashvili (actor), Valerian Gunia (actor), Ya. Kruchinin (actor), Alisa Qiqodze (actress), Vaso Abashidze (actor), Nino Dolidze (actor), M. Dievsky (actor),
Plot: Laborers of Tbilisi steam locomotive shed are in strike. They get support from other industry branch and factories too. Government is confused. General Griaznov at the meeting by the vice-regent asks for a drastic action against laborers, what he lately does with the demonstration. The laborers group decides to assassinate general Griaznov.
Keywords: 1900s, 1905-revolution, army, arrest, assassination, character-name-in-title, conference, criminal-act, death-penalty, decision