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The peak that bears 93 1/2 degrees I have called the Grierson after R. Grierson, Esquire, of Great Bourke Street West, Melbourne.
McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia John McKinlay
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He’s got a letter that a man called Grierson — your manager, I think — wrote to you before the issue, about a fifty thousand loss.’
Ruined City Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951
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Street artist Banksy has won the most entertaining documentary prize at this year's Grierson Trust British Documentary Awards.
Banksy film wins prize Tara Conlan 2010
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John Grierson defines a documentary as the "creative treatment of actuality."
Alexandra Juhasz: "The Facebook Documentary": On Well-Timed, Well-Placed, Corporate-Produced "Documents" Alexandra Juhasz 2010
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Digital channel Current TV will broadcast coverage of the 2010 Grierson awards ceremony on 6 November.
Banksy film wins prize Tara Conlan 2010
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Street artist scoops most entertaining documentary prize at Grierson Trust British Documentary Awards
Banksy film wins prize Tara Conlan 2010
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In the beginning was a 1929 film about herring drifters directed by John Grierson, who coined the noun "documentary" to describe films that dealt in "the creative treatment of actuality".
A British fleet with no aircraft carrier. Unthinkable! Ian Jack 2010
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John Grierson defines a documentary as the "creative treatment of actuality."
Alexandra Juhasz: "The Facebook Documentary": On Well-Timed, Well-Placed, Corporate-Produced "Documents" Alexandra Juhasz 2010
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It is known around town that Emily Grierson has not had guests in her home for the past decade, except her black servant who runs errands for her to and from the market.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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It is known around town that Emily Grierson has not had guests in her home for the past decade, except her black servant who runs errands for her to and from the market.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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