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  Granny's Struggle: Survival perfected by years spent navigating a changing sea
Granny fished and played in the dirtied waters, draping kelp strands over her back, sliding them through the notches in her tail, lifting them 4 feet in the air, then...
Granny has escaped the bullets of fishermen and the military, but she and her family aren't so lucky when the nets of fortune-hunters close around them.
Granny must adapt to a world that's noisy and crowded, an underwater New York City where orca mothers pass along human poisons to "crack babies." The world up top is as strange.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /specials/brokenpromises/287996_granny109.asp   (2166 words)

  
 Granny
She is a hero because she has endured many hardships throughout her life, and despite these events, she has maintained her positive attitude and her faith, acted selflessly, and helped her children (and consequently her grandchildren) to succeed.
Granny's father died when she was an infant, leaving Granny's mother, a frail woman with a birth defect, on her own to raise Granny and her brother during the Depression.
Despite the fact that she is eighty-three, Granny offered to take care of her - cook, clean, bathe and dress her - because Granny likes her and she believes it is the right thing to do.
www.angelfire.com /grrl/ygrrl/Granny.html   (766 words)

  
 The Beverly Hillbillies: Granny Retires - TV.com
Granny announces to the family that she is planning to retire from her doctor’s practice and tells Elly and Jethro she expects one of them to take over.
After Granny reveals why she is really going back to the Hills, to cure what she calls “Granny’s Complaint,” Clyburn visits the mansion for medical advice.
Granny decides to let Clyburn go and invents her own cure for her sickness, giving her a whole new look on life, two times everything.
www.tv.com /the-beverly-hillbillies/granny-retires/episode/71305/summary.html   (390 words)

  
 Winter's grand gesture: the Granny Smith apple
Here is how Alan Davidson in "The Oxford Companion to Food," describes my favorite apple, in winter, the Granny Smith: "Unusual, perhaps unique, in being a brilliant green even when fully ripe.
Serve with apple slices as an accompaniment to a toasted cheese sandwich.)
In a large bowl, combine apples, grapes, celery, mayonnaise and parsley.
www.post-gazette.com /columnists/20040222rubin0222fnp1.asp   (490 words)

  
  ULTW Granny Bio
Granny may seem to be a harmless old lady, wearing those spectacles and her white hair tied into a bun, but for Sylvester she is to be feared.
Granny leaves the farm for a short while, and if Tweety is harmed in her absence, granny will send Sylvester to the violin factory.
Granny goes on a world tour with Tweety and Sylvester is a stowaway, setting off a around the world chase.
tultw.com /bios/granny.htm   (959 words)

  
  Granny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Granny, a character on The Beverly Hillbillies played by Irene Ryan
Granny Goodness, a character published by DC Comics
Granny, a wind operated suction fan, to remove smoke more efficiently, on a chimney pot.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granny   (103 words)

  
 Granny Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Granny Smith is an apple cultivar originating in Australia from 1868 from a chance seedling propagated by Marie Ana (Granny) Smith.
Granny Smith apples are a light speckled green in color, though some may have a pink blush.
Granny Smith apples are also bitten into and chewed by voice actors to remove clicks from their speech.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granny_Smith   (261 words)

  
 Granny D Wants to be Senator D
Doris "Granny D" Haddock will formally announce Thursday that she is challenging Republican US Senator Judd Gregg, who is seeking a third term representing New Hampshire.
Granny D's candidacy could be a significant factor in presidential politics this fall.
Granny D's appeal to reformers, women who see the outspoken activist as a role model and young people who distrust conventional politicians could well bring out voters who might otherwise have stayed home.
www.thenation.com /blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=1498   (1054 words)

  
 Learning with granny Science for Cyberkids
Granny has a great interest in people and different cultures and she was thrilled to have been invited to the opening of the community hall in the new Local Rural Village.
Granny believes that ‘The Stars are the key - to Man’s advance in History” see March in Archives.
Granny looks forward to letters from teachers and pupils and is happy to answer your questions.
www.scienceinafrica.co.za /2001/granny/august.htm   (1121 words)

  
 'Granny D' to Become 'Senator Granny D'?
Granny Doris Haddock (www.grannyd.com) has been a lifelong activist, although she recently gained much notoriety for her walk across America at the age of 90 in order to spread the word about campaign finance reform.
In recent months, Granny D has been immersed in voter registration drives, taking another tour across the country-this time by car-making good on her earlier promise to lead registration drives in swing states.
The only pre-emption Granny D is interested is of any concerns people might have about her health.
www.commondreams.org /views04/0720-09.htm   (1064 words)

  
 Granny Buttons
Granny's old and new cratches, side by side - Streethay Wharf, April 21st 2007.
Granny hopes to be up that way in the next month or two, so I've now subscribed to the blog and I can get all my news on the Mersey and Ribble from the blog, not from the main website's news page.
Granny Buttons was the first to distribute Towpath Talk on the web, in September 2004.
www.grannybuttons.com   (3544 words)

  
 Looney Tunes - Stars Of The Show - Sylvester, Granny and Sylvester Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Granny became a popular character-a lovable, well-off old spinster who loved her little birdy, heaven help the creature who would even think of doing him harm.
Granny also ratcheted up the dynamics between Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam in a cartoon in which the two of them battled for her attention (Sam for her money).
When she wasn't protecting Tweety from Sylvester's plundering claws in shorts like Room And Bird, Gift Wrapped and Tweet And Sour, Granny -- armed with her trusty umbrella, wire-rimmed spectacles and a very tight white bun of hair - was also a Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries regular.
looneytunes.warnerbros.com /stars_of_the_show/sylvester/sylvester_story.html   (739 words)

  
 The Beverly Hillbillies: The House of Granny - TV.com
It's the before daylight, and Granny is waking up the family so they can get to their new store: The House of Granny.
Jethro wakes up sleepy, not wanting to be up, but as soon as Granny mentions breakfast, he is dressed in a split second.
Granny sees the Y Jed is making, thinking it is a slingshot.
www.tv.com /the-beverly-hillbillies/the-house-of-granny/episode/49385/summary.html   (631 words)

  
 <Doris "Granny D" Haddock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
On January 1, 1999, at the age of 89, she began a walk across the country to demonstrate her concern for the issue, walking ten miles each day for fourteen months and making speeches along the way.
When she arrived in Washington, D.C., Granny D was met by 2,200 people, representing a wide variety of reform groups.
She is running on the same message she has walked long for: our nation’s leaders have been corrupted by special interests dollars and no longer represent the interests of their constituents.
www.grannyd.com /bio.php   (311 words)

  
 Glasses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Masaharu Morimoto wears glasses to separate his professional persona as a chef from his stage persona as Iron Chef Japanese.
John Lennon wore his round "granny glasses" from some of his time with the Beatles to his assassination in 1980.
In popular culture, glasses were all the disguise Superman and Wonder Woman needed to hide in plain view as alter egos Clark Kent and Diana Prince, respectively.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glasses   (2509 words)

  
 CD Baby: SMOKIN' GRANNY: Tarth Shooke
Smokin' Granny's music consists of instrumental progressive rock that combines jazz and rock influences to produce a sound that is often recognizably their own.
Smokin' Granny is one of the few bands I've reviewed over the years that I've had the opportunity to see perform live several times, and in live performance they've shined each time.
Smokin' Granny is a must for fans of complex, but accessible instrumental progressive with a jazz influence, But it's NOT fusion...
www.cdbaby.com /cd/smokingranny2   (2191 words)

  
 Vintage Designer Signed / Unsigned Costume Jewelry - Antique Estate Jewelry from Granny's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Granny is happy to provide you with a new, comprehensive website search engine to aid you in finding exactly the piece you want.
Please be advised that Granny's Jewelry Box will be raising shipping rates accordingly effective May 14, 2007.
Hello jewel lovers, welcome to Granny's Jewelry Box, your online source for collectible vintage designer costume jewelry, fine estate jewelry, cameos, charms, beads, some contemporary jewelry and even vintage jewelry boxes to keep it all in, when I can find them.
www.grannysjewelrybox.com   (681 words)

  
 MAKE: Blog: Granny's Nightmare - HOW TO - Make a bicycle chopper
Because I was planning to hack this granny cruiser into something evil, I would be keeping most of the frame in one piece, so the project was still doable.
Granny's Nightmare is a prime example of what can be done by simply modifying what you have and using your twisted imagination to put vision into reality.
Så i ran out, and look'd for some old granny bikes, and i found one, after one hour in the blizzering cold of Norway, so i followed all the instructions, and at the end, i had a perfect lowrider bike..
www.makezine.com /blog/archive/2006/07/grannys_nightmare_how_to_make.html   (3129 words)

  
 Homemade Soap - Granny Annie making soap with natural ingredients
The making of homemade soap, although once a necessity, has become not only a unique folk art inviting a journey back to a simpler time, but also a kinder, gentler, more natural way to treat your skin.
Granny Annie's soaps are handcrafted in small batches using a natural, all vegetable base of pure, food grade olive and coconut oils with palm oil or a little beeswax added to increase firmness and of course, sodium hydroxide to saponify the oils.
The name Granny Annie was bestowed on me in 1994 by our oldest daughter when our first grand baby was born.
www.granny-annie.com /index.htm   (272 words)

  
 Granny Annie's Welcome Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
We at Granny Annie's take the same pride in selection, preparation, and presentation as our foremothers in these old time favorites.
Our goal is to create a warm image of a big family kitchen: The flour sack laced trimmed curtains dance as the cherry pie cools on the window sill.
I really think Granny threw in an extra handful of blueberries when making her jam - just for the ice cream.
www.grannyannies.net /index.htm   (604 words)

  
 Roc Rebel Granny
She was one of the most beautiful newborns I've ever seen and she's grown into a lovely young woman.
She's just as sweet as she is beautiful (I'm a granny so I can say that of course).
She always refers to me as Granny No Fiddle going back to the days of late 2005/early 2006 when she and I were commenting on the same blogs with the same user name.
rocrebelgranny.blogspot.com   (3151 words)

  
 My Granny's Purse - Oliebollen.com
Open Granny's purse (yes, she said it's OK) and enter a treasure chest of mementos and magic.
Not only is Granny's purse a veritable playground for little girls, but piece by piece it creates a portrait of an adventurous, independent, contemporary grandmother, imbued with spirit and gumption.
She is also a very wise woman: My mommy says, 'You should never look in a lady's purse.' My granny says, 'Never say never!' My mommy says, 'Clean up your room!' 'Never throw anything away,' says granny.
www.oliebollen.com /detail.aspx?ID=977&Code=WOR018   (226 words)

  
 Blairsville Georgia Cabin Rental Lake Nottely - Cabin
Granny's Cabin is nestled in the North Georgia Mountains near Lake Nottely, less than five miles from Blairsville, Georgia.
Granny's is only minutes from Lake Nottely which offers a wide variety of outdoor activities.
Granny's is available all year round for your vacationing pleasure.
www.vrbo.com /23630   (640 words)

  
 This cow's udderly unbelievable | csmonitor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Granny, a cow who should be well past her retirement years, generates so much milk that she enters a milking parlor three times a day.
With expressions that ranged from bemused to bored, Granny spent the afternoon in a sand-bedded stall under a tent set up on the family's front yard.
The farm's owners compare Granny to baseball hero Hank Aaron whose abilities were never really recognized until late in his career.
www.csmonitor.com /2003/0403/p02s02-usgn.html   (754 words)

  
 Granny's Place, Pistol River, Oregon
Experience a look back in time at Granny's Place with a glimps of how it use to be.
Granny's is a spacious home located where country life meets beach fun.
The kitchen nook overlooks the old orchard that was once planted by Granny for her grandchildren.
www.grannysplace.biz /default.html   (175 words)

  
 The Granny   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A granny, played by Stella Stevens but the role was meant for Bob Dole, has your typical prep relatives.
Anyway, just before she dies, Granny takes a swig of some magic moonshine that will make her immortal, but as a horror-movie-cliche expert will tell ya, something's going to go wrong, and it does.
Granny "dies", but little does the family know, the potion is taking an effect during Granny's permanent sleep.
www.geocities.com /Athens/9200/granny.htm   (501 words)

  
 Granny 3D
Granny is a powerful toolkit for building all kinds of interactive 3D applications.
These routines can be used with data from the Granny exporters, and skeleton states from the Granny run-time animation system, but they do not have to be.
Granny can also use her ray-casting technology to generate game texture maps from super-high-res offline texture maps.
www.radgametools.com /granny.html   (1076 words)

  
 Shaq's Granny Shot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
His shot is almost straight at the rim, which is why he puts up a ton of bricks when he's at the free throw line.
If a ball with a backspin is a little bit off and happens to hit the rim, the backspin freezes the ball as it clangs off the metal.
And so if science says, "shoot the granny shot", how come not one player in the NBA shoots the "granny shot".
www.kidzworld.com /article/229-why-shaq-shoots-like-your-granny   (332 words)

  
 Doris Granny D Haddock
When she arrived in D.C., Granny D was met by 2,200 people, representing a wide variety of reform groups.
When the red state of New Hampshire turned blue in 2004 presidential vote by a mere 9,000 votes, her campaign was given a share of the credit.
Her memoir is entitied, "Granny D: You're Never Too Old to Raise a Little Hell" (Random House).
www.grannyd.com   (593 words)

  
 Crochet an Easy Granny Square Blanket - Associated Content
Each layer or round of the crochet granny square is worked in the same way: with groups of three double crochet stitches and chain stitch spaces at the corners.
Basic granny square crochet diagrams and instructions can be found at Crochet.com and in many books at the library or local craft store.
After you complete your one giant granny square or stitch together all the smaller granny squares, you will probably want to crochet a nice edging for your blanket.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/92718/crochet_an_easy_granny_square_blanket.html   (583 words)

  
 The Beverly Hillbillies: A Plot for Granny - TV.com
After Jed tells him he wants to buy a plot for Granny the rep. thinks Jed has killed Granny & has her in the backyard.
We thought we'd put them and Granny on the truck, go out to Happy Valley and have a picnic.
Drysdale next door was gonna call em, but we think we figured a way to keep her quiet.
tv.com /.../a-plot-for-granny/episode/72146/summary.html   (350 words)

  
 Horror Movie Review | Granny (1999) Katie Dugan
It's an ax to the head, and the killer is a man in a granny mask/dress, hence the title.
For the next 30 minutes, granny goes around slaughtering the rest of the college kids using her nonexistent Personal Transporter, which allows her to defy space and time by transporting herself from one location to another.
Yes, the one location -- the house -- gives away that it's low budget, but even for a low-budget movie, the film is shot with a decent camera and the cinematography by Robert Buchar, while not being spectacular, is pretty good for a STV cheapo.
www.beyondhollywood.com /reviews/granny.htm   (462 words)

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