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Grannies 'Message to Obama from Rockefeller Center yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Grannies\ 'Message to Obama from Rockefeller Center'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: A group of grandmothers and a claque of supporters stood for an hour in the bitter cold at Rockefeller Center in New York City on January 14 to commemorate the end of five years of their anti-war vigil.'
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The hall in the center was devoted to those who were old or unfitted for work, and here the young children were deposited while their parents were pursuing their tasks, and they were expected to wait upon the "Grannies" and be cared for in return.
A Military Genius Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland Sarah Ellen Blackwell
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Certainly, she was not one of the spoiling, indulgent, eiderdown-silk-cushion kind of Grannies that some children have now; but Lois loved her with all her heart and was never really afraid of her.
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Some sour old "Grannies" in Boston, who had neither her wit, nor her health, called her Venus Anno Domino, but they were jealous and cynical and their testimony cannot be taken as reliable.
'Way Down East A Romance of New England Life Joseph Rhode Grismer 1885
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In their words, "The real gift of the Grannies is the living, breathing lesson they give every single day about what it is to be a participating member in our democracy.
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The 35 women on the Vakhegula Vakhegula squad-meaning 'Grannies' in the local Xitsonga dialect-range from 40 to more than 80 years old and live in a township near Tzaneen, 600 kms north of Johannesburg.
unknown title 2009
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The 35 women on the Vakhegula Vakhegula squad -- meaning 'Grannies' in the local Xitsonga dialect -- range from 40 to more than 80 years old and live in a township near Tzaneen, 600 kms north of Johannesburg.
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The 35 women on the Vakhegula Vakhegula squad-meaning 'Grannies' in the local Xitsonga dialect-range from 40 to more than 80 years old and live in a township near Tzaneen, 600 kms north of Johannesburg.
unknown title 2009
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This individual runs a concession in the PX at Tinker AFB and the VA Hospital called Grannies
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Grannies got accosted on the off-chance they were al Qaeda sleeper agents.
Is Common Sense Coming to Airport Security? Noah Shachtman 2011
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