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	Granny D - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Granny D (born January 24, 1910), born Ethel Doris Haddock, is an American politician and liberal political activist from the state of New Hampshire.
		Granny D and her husband retired to Dublin, New Hampshire, in 1972.
		Granny D was the Democratic candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in New Hampshire during the 2004 election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granny_D (562 words)

	Encyclopedia: Granny Smith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Granny Smith is an apple cultivar originating in Australia around 1865 from a chance seedling propagated by Marie Ana (Granny) Smith.
		Granny Smith is an apple variety originating in Australia around 1865 from a chance seedling propagated by Marie Ana (Granny) Smith.
		Granny Smith apples are a deep green with an occasional pink blush of the cheeks.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Granny-Smith (661 words)

	Facts about topic: (Granny knot) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The granny knot is a bend knot (additional info and facts about bend knot), used to tie together two loose ends.
		When attempting to tie a reef knot, it can be easy to substitute a granny knot accidentally, but this is dangerous because the latter slips if heavily tested.
		Once the granny knot is too tightly knit, it is not as easy to undo as the reef knot.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/granny_knot.htm (105 words)

	Look Out Washington, Here Comes Granny D
		Granny became know throughout the nation when on Jan 1,1999, at the age of 89, she began a walk across the country to draw attention to the need for campaign finance reform.
		Granny is a wisp of a woman; gallivanting hither and yon in her straw hat.
		Talking with Granny D was more like visiting over a back fence-sitting on a front porch from a long ago time-stopping for a chat as she worked in her garden.
	www.rense.com /general58/lookoutwashington.htm (2304 words)

	Granny D: What Can One Person Do? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Granny D intends to complete her walk from Pasadena to Washington, D.C. -- a route of some 3,055 miles -- in time to celebrate her 90th birthday at the U.S. Capitol.
		Granny D hit the highways -- 10 miles a day, six days a week -- in order to demonstrate to Congress that Americans are concerned about the corrupting influence of money on political campaigns.
		Granny D made it to El Paso, Texas, the 1,000-mile mark, in April, and to Dallas, the halfway point, in July.
	www.newhouse.com /archive/story1b0914.html (1205 words)

	Feingold Joins Granny D for Final Steps of Cross-Country Reform Crusade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Granny D arrived triumphant at the U.S. Capitol, having walked — and sometimes cross-country skied — 3,200 miles across the U.S. to bring attention to the corrupting influence of money in politics and to demand reform.
		Feingold praised Granny D's strength and determination during her 14-month walk for reform, which began in January of 1999 at the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, California, and continued through a total of 12 states and the District of Columbia.
		Along the way, Granny D rallied many Americans to the cause of campaign finance reform, delivering speeches and talking to people she met along her route.
	feingold.senate.gov /~feingold/releases/00/02/2000503B17.html (373 words)

	Granny D and two others file for U.S. Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Doris Haddock, 94, known as Granny D, lives in Dublin and is known nationally for walking across the country in the 1990s in her attempt to bring attention to campaign finance reform.
		Haddock and her son spent more of Friday at the state Democratic Party headquarters and left Concord around 5:15pm in her Granny D wagon painted in near psychedelic colors.
		It is still too early to tell what impact Granny D's candidacy would have on other races were she to win Democratic nomination in September.
	www.politicsnh.com /archives/pindell/2004/June/6_11grannyd.shtml (266 words)

	Hill Connections: Contemplation -Inspirational People ("Granny D")
		Granny D, an activist ever since she knew the difference between right and wrong, recognizes that the more money that comes into the system from large corporations, the less ordinary people have an influence.
		Granny D touched that chord, and people responded with energy, graciousness, and generosity." Thanks in great part to her commitment and stamina, an initial campaign finance reform bill was passed and signed by President Bush.
		You are invited to visit Granny D's web site to learn more about the latest activities of this inspirational person (including running for U.S. Senate!), to spread the word about her, to join her in pushing for complete reform of the system of financing campaigns.
	www.hillconnections.org /ri/granny9jl.htm (1175 words)

	The American Spectator
		Granny D., the craggy 94-year-old woman who back when she was 89 walked across the country for a year and then continuously around the Capitol building for seven days to show solidarity with the purveyors of "campaign finance reform," is now looking for a reserved seat in that building.
		Granny D. hasn't decided whether she's going to embark on any new treks during the campaign, although she won't rule it out.
		Granny D. spent most of the past year touring the country in a camper painted up like a 1960s Volkswagen bus, a pirate flag fluttering off the back antenna.
	www.spectator.org /dsp_article.asp?art_id=6746 (939 words)

	<Doris "Granny D" Haddock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Born January 24, 1910 in Laconia, New Hampshire, Doris Granny D Haddock attended Emerson College for 3 years before marrying James Haddock.
		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)

	Granny D (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Granny D is the nickname Doris Haddock earned on her walk of 3200 miles from Los Angeles to Washington D.C., drawing attention to our country's need for campaign finance reform.
		What was unique about the walk was that Granny D was 90 years old when she finally reached Washington D.C. in February 2000.
		Granny D had public support all the way across the country.
	www.sonic.net /barny/granny.html (421 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)

	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 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 (472 words)

	Granny D by Doris Haddock - Book Summary and Book Reviews
		Granny D celebrates an exuberant life of love, activism, and adventure -- from writing one-woman feminist plays in the 1930s to stopping nuclear testing near an Eskimo fishing village in 1960 to Haddock’s current crusade.
		"Granny D" Haddock is a national treasure whose 14-month odyssey walking from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, galvanized the hope of many increasingly disspirited Americans for campaign finance reform.
		Granny D undertook this journey despite arthritis and emphysema, celebrating her 90th birthday along the way.
	www.bookbrowse.com /reviews/index.cfm?book_number=789 (423 words)

	Granny D (Doris Haddock), author of Granny D, to appear at the Book House. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Granny D (Doris Haddock), author of Granny D, to appear at the Book House.
		On February 29, 2000, ninety-year-old Doris “Granny D” Haddock completed her 3,200-mile, fourteen-month walk from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. She walked through 105-degree deserts and blinding blizzards, despite arthritis and emphysema.
		Granny D celebrates an exuberant life of love, activism, and adventure — from writing one-woman feminist plays in the 1930s to stopping nuclear testing near an Eskimo fishing village in 1960 to Haddock’s current crusade.
	www.bhny.com /events/Events91.html (238 words)

	Granny-D
		Granny D., AKA Doris Haddock, is a 94-year-old grandmother of 16 who is running for U.S. Seante from New Hampshire vs. incumbent Sen. Judd Gregg.
		By anyone’s estimation - with the possible exception of her own, of course - Democrat Doris "Granny D" Haddock is a long-shot to unseat incumbent Republican and senior New Hampshire U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg.
		She said, “I am now running for things I have long walked for We must do this democracy ourselves.” Though Granny D has many supporters admiring her courage and commitment, Judd Gregg is a senior New Hampshire senator with his own following.
	www.portsmouthherald.com /2004news/grannyd_bigmovie.htm (477 words)

	CNN Transcript - CNN Today: 'Granny D': 'People That Are Running Our Elections Are the Corporations and the Unions and ...
		NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: "Granny D" is done walking but she is not done talking.
		"Granny D" is really 90-year-old -- yes, 90-year-old -- Doris Haddock, a great grandmother with strong legs and a will to match.
		"Granny D" says she will keep lobbying for campaign finance reform until the general election.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0002/29/tod.07.html (583 words)

	NPR : Granny D Rocks the Vote, On Tour
		A recent job swap saw Granny D filling in for a mermaid at Tampa's Weeki Wachee Springs theme park -- she also helped feed alligators.
		Granny D was introduced on NPR in 1999 through a series of interviews conducted as she walked across the country to raise awareness of the need for national campaign finance reform.
		While the voter registration drive takes a little less shoe leather than her campaign finance reform walkathon, Granny D participates with the same awe-inspiring, age-defying level of dedication.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1690738 (287 words)

	granny D Arrested [Free Republic] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		If granny D was a true Patriot, she would have demanded that current campaign laws be enforced...and the corrupt Clintonista regime be brought to Justice.
		Granny D should have kept marching...all the way to Cuba.
		Granny and her supporters knew that all they had to do was request a permit, Let her and her fellow protesters be searched for weapons.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a390382ab2410.htm (4388 words)

	Granny D (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I was in Florida when Granny D hit Washington, DC, on February 29.
		Yet I only found a small insert about Granny D in only ONE of the two newspapers that I read during the whole time I was in Florida.
		Some excerpts of Granny D’s remarks in Washington, DC "Before the rise of the Environmental Movement, a senator might have looked upon a polluted Hudson river and said that the old river is simply paying the inevitable price for progress.
	jupiter.drw.net /wvhc/VoiceApr00/GrannyD.Apr00Voice.htm (676 words)

	t r u t h o u t - Granny D \| First Battle in War for the 21st Century
		Doris "Granny D" Haddock is the Democratic candidate for US Senator from New Hampshire.
		At the age of 90, fed up with the powerful grip special interests have on our democracy, Doris Granny D Haddock embarked on an extraordinary 3,200 mile journey across this country to promote the passage of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill.
		At a time in her life when she could otherwise quietly enjoy retirement, Haddock is now running for United States Senate because "the career politicians just aren't working out." She has pledged to take not one dollar of special interest money in her campaign.
	www.truthout.org /docs_04/110204J.shtml (1125 words)

	Granny D
		WASHINGTON - As bystanders chanted "Go Granny go,'' police arrested and cuffed campaign finance and environmental reform activist Granny D in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Friday.
		Doris Haddock, 90, of Dublin, N.H., aka Granny D, and 29 others were arrested for demonstrating illegally inside the Capitol building, Capitol Police Capt. Dan Nichols said.
		Granny D spent 14 months, from January 1999 to February 2000, walking from Pasadena, Calif., to Washington D.C., to raise awareness of the need for changing laws governing the raising and use of money in election campaigns.
	www.boston.com /news/daily/21/grannyd.htm (255 words)

	Granny D walks across America for Campaign Finance Reform
		GRANNY D GOES TO WASHINGTON is a half-hour documentary that chronicles the extraordinary march across the U.S. by political activist, Doris Haddock.
		The film records her travels and conveys the infectious enthusiasm Granny D. inspired in the people she met.
		With her feisty, unrelenting advocacy for participatory democracy, this five-foot-tall great-grandmother stands up as a role model of commitment and passionate engagement for people of all ages.
	www.grannyddoc.com (171 words)

	New Hampshire IMC: Put Granny D on TV! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Granny is a true progressive with America's needs at heart.
		The Professor has given Granny D the floor as his guest.
		Granny D will be a guest on the Lessig blog for one week.
	nh.indymedia.org /newswire/display/1557/index.php (456 words)

	Humankind Program: Catching Up with Granny D (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Doris Haddock ("Granny D") walked across America to protest the corrupting effect of big money in our electoral process.
		Granny D. feels our democratic system is broken, and she's dedicated to fixing it.
		Haddock taped on her long walk, while relaxing at her home by a bright stream in the woods, and during her recent moving speech at Harvard.
	www.humanmedia.org /program_granny.php3 (315 words)

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		name change to "Granny D," which was name her family began calling her in 1972.
		1995, Granny D became increasingly interested in campaign finance reform and spearheaded a petition movement.
		Granny D was the Democratic candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in New Hampshire during the
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /book/jan24.html (3447 words)

	All About Granny D’s Walkabout (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ten miles a day isn’t bad for 89 year old Granny D, and she gets lots of waves and rave reviews as she speaks in the towns and cities she travels through.
		This would be far cheaper in the long run than all the corporate welfare and tax breaks we pay for every year as a result of the existing system.
		Ask her yourself when Granny D walks across the Belpre Bridge into Parkersburg in December.Keep your eye peeled on the media for the details.
	www.wvhighlands.org /VoiceNov99/Zuckett.Nov99Voice.htm (955 words)

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