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Grandmother cell The grandmother cell is a hypothetical neuron that represents a person's grandmother or, more generally, any complex and specific concept or object. A grandmother cell activates when a person "sees, hears, or otherwise sensibly discriminates" his or her grandmother.
Grandmother hypothesis The grandmother hypothesis is meant to explain why menopause, rare in mammal species, arose in human evolution, and how late life infertility could actually confer an evolutionary advantage. The hypothesis suggests that this is because of risks associated with pregnancy and childbirth and the relative importance of parental investment to the human species.
Grandpa (comic) Grandpa was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, about a mischievous old man with a beard (although he did not appear to be anybody's actual grandfather, as such). It started in issue 680, dated 30 July 1955, and was originally drawn by Ken Reid.
Grandpa Joe Grandpa Joe is a fictional character in the Roald Dahl children's books Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. In the book, his age is said to be ninety-six and a half, in the 1971 movie, his early 60s, and in the 2005 movie, early 80s.
Grandpa Son Gohan Grandpa is a fictional character who appeared in the Dragon Ball series, in a few specific flashbacks in Dragon Ball Z, and is seen briefly in the culminating Dragon Ball GT finale flashback. "Grandpa" is not part of his given name, but he is credited as in the ending credits for Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT.
Grandpa's Garden Gavin and Suzie are four-year-old twins bursting with curiosity and brimming over with questions about everything they see, and Grandpa’s Garden is no exception. Grandpa is always there, answering their questions through songs and stories as they explore the world of nature.
Grandparents' Association The Grandparents' Association is a charity in the United Kingdom that helps grandparents keep in touch with their grandchildren following divorce or separation of the grandchildren's parents. Grandparents in the United Kingdom have no inherent legal right to see their grandchildren.
Grandpont, Oxford Grandpont is a residential area in south Oxford, England. It lies to the west of the Abingdon Road, and is made up mainly narrow streets that run parallel to the main road, with terraced late-Victorian and Edwardian houses.
GrandPa's GrandPa's or GrandPa Pidgeon's was a discount store founded in 1954 by Tom and Mildred Pidgeon, spreading across the midwest from its Bridgeton, MO (near St. Louis) origins, which remained truly "discount", when most others like Venture, K-Mart and Target gradually raised prices in order to finance a more attractive layout and broader range of merchandise.
Grands Ă©tablissements The grands Ă©tablissements are French public institutions under ministerial charter within the Ministry of National Education, Advanced Instruction, and Research. They are counted among France's most prestigious research and higher education institutions and include:
Grands Magasins du Louvre The Grands Magasins du Louvre was a Parisian department store that was founded in 1855, three years after their competitor Le Bon Marché, and that closed definitively 1974. At the present the building houses the Louvre des Antiquaires as well as offices.
Grands Rhétoriqueurs The Grands Rhétoriqueurs or simply the "Rhétoriqueurs" is the name given to a group of poets from 1460 to 1520 (or from François Villon to Clément Marot) working in Northern France, Flanders and the Duchy of Burgundy whose poetic production was dominated by (1) an extremely rich rhyme scheme and experimentation with assonance and puns and (2) experimentation with typography and the graphic use of letters, including the creation of verbal rebuses. The group is also credited with promoting alternation between "masculine" rhymes (lines ending in a sound other than a mute "e") and "feminine" rhymes (lines ending in a mute "e").
Grandslam Entertainment Grandslam Entertainment (later Grandslam Video) was a computer and video games software house based in Britain. Formed in late 1987 out of the ashes of Argus Press Software by former Argus Managing Director, Stephen Hall.
Grandstand (BBC) Grandstand is a British television sport programme, and is one of the BBC's longest running sports shows, alongside BBC Sports Personality of the Year. It was created by Paul Fox and Bryan Cowgill and launched on October 11 1958.
Grandview Commons Grandview Commons is a shopping center located in Algonquin, Illinois, in the very southern reaches of the village, south of outdoor malls Algonquin Commons and the Galleria Center. It is an important piece in the puzzle that is helping form Algonquin and the Randall Road corridor into a major regional shopping destination in Chicagoland, particularly for furniture.
Grandview-Woodland Grandview-Woodland is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to the east of the downtown area, stretching south from the shores of Burrard Inlet and encompassing portions of the popular Commercial Drive area. It is a mature neighbourhood in Vancouver that is a vibrant mixture of commercial, industrial, single-family and multi-family residential with a rich ethnic history and features.
Grandy's Grandy's Country Cookin' is a quick-service restaurant chain based in Lewisville, Texas. They specialize in fried chicken, country fried steaks, and catfish, with fresh-baked biscuits, dinner rolls, and cinnamon rolls.
Granfalloon A granfalloon, in the fictional religion of Bokononism (invented by Kurt Vonnegut in his 1963 novel Cat's Cradle), is defined as a "false karass" (imagined communities). That is, it is a group of people who outwardly choose or claim to have a shared identity or purpose, but whose mutual association is actually meaningless in terms of fulfilling God's design.
Grangärde Court District Grangärde Court District, or Grangärde tingslag, was a district of Dalarna in Sweden. The court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of the rural areas in Dalarna, except for one district that was a hundred (härad).
Grange (mediaeval) A grange was originally an area of land in Ireland and other parts of the British Isles some miles away from an urban-based monastery where in mediæval times food was grown for the monastery. Though initially just a description of the area of land used for food production, the word 'Grange' often evolved into the name of the townland or parish, replacing an earlier name.
Grange Calveley Grange Calveley is a British cartoonist and writer, best known mainly for creating the famous cartoon series Roobarb (1974) and its 2005 revival series Roobarb and Custard Too, as well the lesser-known Noah and Nelly in the SkylArk (1977).
Grange Hill tube station Grange Hill station is a London Underground station on the Central Line which lies on the boundary between the London Borough of Redbridge and the Epping Forest district of Essex. The station is between Hainault tube station and Chigwell tube station and, since 2 January 2007, is in Travelcard Zone 4.
Grange Industrial Estate The Grange Industrial Estate is an area of warehousing and employment in Warrington, England. The largest of these was the Safeway warehouse until it was taken over by Morrisons in January 2006 and the large bank vault of the former Midland Bank (ie HSBC ?
Grange Junior School, Swindon Grange Junior School is a non-denominational primary school located in the Stratton St Margaret parish of Swindon in South West England. It is classified as a community school and educates students 7-11 years of age.
Grange Lane Station Grange Lane railway station was located on the South Yorkshire Railway line between Sheffield and Barnsley. At the time of its building it was locoated alongside the lane, from which it takes its name, with few houses nearby.
Grange movement The Grange movement in the United States was a farmers' movement involving the affiliation of local farmers into area "granges" to work for their political and economic advantages. The official name of the National Grange is the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.
Grange Park, Toronto Grange Park is a prominent and well-used public park in downtown Toronto, located directly behind the Art Gallery of Ontario, beside the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), and in front of the University Settlement.
Grange School, Banbury The Grange School is a relatively large primary school located on Avocet Way, in the Cherwell Heights ward of Banbury. It neighbours St John's Roman Catholic Primary School which it shares a main field with, but also has its own land at the back of the campus.
Grangemouth F.C. Grangemouth Football Club is an amateur football club which plays in Grangemouth on the outskirts of Falkirk, in Scotland. The club are currently without an official home, however Grangemouth Stadium has been muted as a possible venue should the club apply for SJFA status, which looks increasingly likely.
Granger causality Granger causality is a technique for determining whether one time series is useful in forecasting another. Ordinarily, regressions reflect "mere" correlations, but Clive Granger, who won a Nobel Prize in Economics, argued that there is an interpretation of a set of tests as revealing something about causality.
Granger Community Church Granger Community Church is an American United Methodist megachurch located in the suburb of Granger, Indiana, near South Bend, Indiana. It was founded in 1986 by Mark Beeson, who is currently the Senior Pastor.
Granger K. Costikyan Granger Kent Costikyan was born on 29 March 1907. His father had immigrated from Marsovan, Armenia (modern Turkey) in 1884, and organised the successful import firm, Costikyan Freres (Latter know as Kent-Costikyan, Inc.
Granger Laws The Granger laws were a series of laws passed in western states of the United States after the American Civil War to regulate grain elevator and railroad freight rates and rebates and to address long- and short-haul discrimination and other railroad abuses against farmers. When several Granger laws were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, the federal Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 was passed to secure the same reforms.
Grangetown railway station Grangetown railway station is a railway station serving the Grangetown district of Cardiff in South Wales. It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line from Cardiff to Bridgend via Barry, Rhoose and Llantwit Major, which also has branch lines serving Penarth and Barry Island.
Granieri Granieri is a village of Common of Caltagirone, Sicily, with a population of 400 people, located 18 kilometres from Caltagirone and 351 metres above sea level, in an area where vineyards are cultivated and good wine is produced.
Granisetron Granisetron is a serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonist used to treat nausea and vomiting following chemotherapy. Its main affect is to reduce the activity of the vagus nerve, which is a nerve that activates the vomiting center in the medulla oblongata.
Granita Granita (in Italian also granita siciliana) is a semi-frozen dessert of sugar, water, and flavourings from Sicily, Italy. Related to sorbet and italian ice, in most of Sicily it has a coarser, more crystalline texture.
Granite Broadcasting Corporation Granite Broadcasting Corporation is an African-American-owned broadcasting holding company which owns or operates (via local marketing agreements) 14 television stations in the United States, largely centered in the midwest with a cluster in New York state. The company was founded in 1988 and was the first African-American owned chain to be considered a "major" group to exist in the United States (though not the first minority-owned chain, a distinction held by the Aleut-owned Cook Inlet Broadcasting).
Granite Canal Hydro Electric Development The Granite Canal Hydroelectric Generating Station is located within Hydro’s Bay d’Espoir Hydro Electric Development system. The generating station has a rated capacity of 40 MW with an annual average energy production of 224 GWh.
Granite Construction Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers.
Granite Hills High School (El Cajon, California) Granite Hills High School is public, comprehensive high school located in El Cajon, California and serves students in grades nine through twelve. Opened in 1960, Granite Hills is one of twelve high schools in the Grossmont Union High School District.
Granite Hills, California Granite Hills is a neighborhood in east El Cajon, San Diego County, California, United States. The neighborhood comprises areas within the city limits of El Cajon as well as areas of unincorporated San Diego County.
Granite Mountain Granite Mountain is a mass of solid rock one mile up Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch range of Utah, not too far from Salt Lake City, Utah. Despite its name, Granite Mountain is primarily composed of quartz monzonite, an igneous rock similar to granite in appearance, physical characteristics, and chemical composition.
Granite Mountains (Wyoming) The Granite Mountains are a short subrange of the Rocky Mountains in central Wyoming of the United States. The range runs approximately 100 mi (160 km) E-W along the south side of the Shoshone Basin, and north of the Sweetwater River, in eastern Fremont County and western Natrona County.
Granite outcrops of Western Australia Granite outcrops of Western Australia are inselbergs and monoliths made from granite that are found across much of Western Australia. Rising abruptly from the surrounding landscape they create a variety of microhabitats for plants and animals.
Granite Railway The Granite Railway was one of the first railroads in the United States, built to convey granite from Quincy, Massachusetts to a dock on the Neponset River in Milton, Massachusetts. From there boats carried the heavy stone to Charlestown for construction of the Bunker Hill Monument.
Granite School District The Granite School District spreads across central Salt Lake County, Utah, serving West Valley City, Taylorsville, South Salt Lake, and Holladay; Kearns, Magna and Millcreek Township; and parts of West Jordan, Murray and Cottonwood Heights. About 70,000 students are enrolled in its programs ranging from kindergarten to twelfth grade.
Granite State Challenge Granite State Challenge is an American television quizbowl game show that airs on New Hampshire Public Television and came on the air in 1983.NHPTV Productions: Twenty Years of Granite State Challenge, Retrieved November 1, 2006
Granma (yacht) Granma is the vessel that was used to transport the fighters of the Cuban Revolution from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 for the purpose of overthrowing the regime of Fulgencio Batista. The 60-foot (18-meter) diesel-powered cabin cruiser was built in 1943 and designed to accommodate 12 people.
Granny (Beverly Hillbillies character) Daisy Moses, forever known as "Granny" was a character in the 1960's situation comedy, The Beverly Hillbillies and the 1993 movie remake of the same name. In the television show, considered a classic, she was played by actress Irene Ryan, who was twice nominated for the Emmy Award for "Best Actress" for her work in the role.
Granny (Looney Tunes) Granny, a co-star of many Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird animated shorts throughout the 1950s and 60s, was a Looney Tunes character created by Friz Freleng. She was always depicted as an elderly and old-fashioned spinster who wore spectacles, a gray bun, and a late 19th century school marm outfit.
Granny Hamner Granville Wilbur Hamner (April 26 1927 in Richmond, Virginia - September 12 1993 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American shortstop and second baseman in Major League Baseball. Hamner was one of the key players on the "Whiz Kids," the 1950 National League champion Philadelphia Phillies.
Granny Made me an Anarchist Granny Made me an Anarchist: General Franco, The Angry Brigade and Me is the 2002 autobiography of well-known Scottish Anarchist, Stuart Christie. Christie recounts his radicalization through the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Committee of 100, and his eventual imprisonment over his involvement with a plot to blow up the Fascist leader, Generalisimo Francisco Franco.
Granny Nanny Grandy Nanny (also known as Nanny of the Maroons, Queen Nanny and Granny Nanny), a National Hero of Jamaica, was a well-known leader of the Maroons of Jamaica. As a revolt leader, she aided in the defeat of the British army in several battles.
Granny panties Granny panties is a nickname for women's briefs made in a full-cut style rather than a bikini or high-cut style. Some people associate this style of underwear with social conservatism or older women (hence the name), but many women wear this style of underwear for reasons of comfort or to achieve a smoother line (without a panty line) under their slacks.
Granny Smith Granny Smith is an apple cultivar originating in Australia from 1868 from a chance seedling propagated by Marie Ana (Granny) Smith. It is thought to be a seed from Malus sylvestris, the European Wild Apple, with the domestic apple M.
Granny Smith Festival The Granny Smith Festival is Lower Northern Sydney's (and northern Sydney's) largest annual event. The festival is held in the suburb of Eastwood, New South Wales the festival is held in and around Eastwood oval and is usually in October of each year to commemorate Anne 'Granny' Smith, credited with producing the "Granny Smith apple" and celebrated for providing the Ryde-Hunters Hill area with great prosperity.
Granodiorite Granodiorite (IPA: ) is an intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but contains more plagioclase than potassium feldspar. It usually contains abundant biotite mica and hornblende, giving it a darker appearance than true granite.
Granophyre Granophyre (IPA: , from granite and porphyry) is an igneous rock that contains quartz and alkali feldspar in characteristic angular intergrowths such as those in the accompanying image. The texture is called granophyric.
Gransha Gransha is a district on the south-east side of Bangor, County Down in Northern Ireland. It is an area of the south of the town, with a population of approximately 15,000, third behind other Bangor districts, e.
Grant (money) Grants are funds given to tax-exempt nonprofit organizations or local governments by foundations, corporations, governments, small business and individuals. Most grants are made to fund a specific project and require some level of reporting.
Grant Adcox Grant Adcox (January 2, 1950 - November 19, 1989), was a stock car racing driver who had brief flashes of brilliance in the lesser ranks, but had a NASCAR Winston Cup career plagued by the extremely bizarre which culminated in his death in a single car incident in the 1989 Atlanta Journal 500.
Grant Achatz Grant Achatz (born 1974) is an American chef and restaurateur who is considered to be on the cutting edge of the forward-thinking movement of menu item construction often referred to as molecular gastronomy or progressive cuisine. Achatz has won numerous awards from prominent culinary institutions and publications including the "Rising Star Chef of the Year Award" for 2003 from the James Beard Foundation.
Grant Bristow Grant Bristow (born February 1958, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) was a mole for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) working inside the Heritage Front for six years, who was exposed by Toronto Sun reporter Bill Dunphy in August 1994 (several months after ending his work). His time inside the Heritage Front was extremely controversial in Canada when exposed, due to much of his activity being viewed as that of a contributory nature (the Toronto Sun headline of August 14 1994 read "Spy Unmasked: CSIS Informant 'Founding Father' of white racist group").
Grant Community High School Grant Community High School, Grant, or GCHS, is a public four-year high school located in Fox Lake, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Grant Community High School District 124.
Grant Cooper (attorney) Grant B. Cooper, or simply Grant Cooper, born in 1903 in New York CityTime Magazine January 17], [[1969] Pricelss Defenders, was the defense attorney in the murder trial against Sirhan Sirhan for the assassination of Robert F.
Grant DePorter Grant DePorter (born November 7 1964) is a restaurateur from Chicago, USA, who came to worldwide prominence in 2004 after paying US$113,824.16 for a baseball which had played a role in the Chicago Cubs defeat in the 2003 National League Championship Series, and having it destroyed in a nationally televised event.
Grant Flower Grant William Flower (born December 20, 1970 in Salisbury - now Harare) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is rated among the best Zimbabwean cricket players in history for his handy legspin and fine batting skills.
Grant Fraser Grant Fraser is the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) representative for "Area P." He has also been a Green Party of Canada and Green Party of British Columbia candidate in recent federal and provincial elections for the Kamloops, British Columbia ridings.
Grant Gee Grant Gee is a film director most noted for his documentary about the British alternative rock group Radiohead, Meeting People Is Easy (1999), which followed the band on their tour for their highly acclaimed third album, OK Computer (1997).
Grant Geissman Grant Geissman, born April 13, 1953 in Berkeley, California, is a jazz guitarist and an Emmy-nominated composer for network TV series and TV movies. An in-demand studio musician, he has recorded extensively for several labels since 1976, and he can be heard playing guitar on the theme for Monk and other TV series.
Grant Gilmore Grant Gilmore (1910 – 1982) was an American law professor who taught at Yale University, University of Chicago, Ohio State University, and Vermont Law School. Prior to his career in law, he taught French at Yale.
Grant Gould Grant Gould (born July 18, 1974) is an American comics artist and illustrator from St. Paul, Minnesota known for his Topps Sketch Card work for the "Revenge of the Sith" set and "The Lord of the Rings: Evolution.
Grant Hart Grant Hart (born March 18, 1961) and raised in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, was the drummer and with Bob Mould one of two main singer/songwriters for HĂĽsker DĂĽ, a pioneering punk rock group from Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.
Grant Heslov Grant Heslov (born May 15, 1963 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American actor and Academy Award-nominated film producer and screenwriter. His acting credits include films like True Lies, Dante's Peak, Enemy of the State, The Scorpion King and Good Night, and Good Luck and several credits in TV series (L.
Grant High School (Los Angeles, California) Ulysses S. Grant High School is a secondary school in the east side of the San Fernando Valley in the Valley Glen neighborhood of Los Angeles, California is part of District 2 of the Los Angeles Unified School District].
Grant Hill (politician) Grant Hill, PC , MD (born September 20, 1943) is a former Canadian Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party of Canada (2004), and a former member of the Canadian Alliance (2000-2004) and the Reform Party of Canada (1993-2000).
Grant Irons Grant Irons (born July 7, 1979 in Middleburg Heights, Ohio) is an American football player who currently plays defensive end/ linebacker for the Oakland Raiders. He played in 43 career games for the University of Notre Dame, making 26 starts at numerous positions on defense.
Grant Izzard Grant Izzard (born in Penrith, New South Wales) was an Australian rugby league player for the Penrith Panthers and the Illawarra Steelers in the New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia. His position of choice was at centre and he is also the younger brother of rugby league player Craig Izzard.
Grant Jennings Grant Jennings (born May 5, 1965, in Hudson Bay, and raised in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a former National Hockey League defenseman. He was never selected in the NHL Entry Draft; he was signed as a free agent by the Washington Capitals on June 25, 1985.
Grant Lawrence Grant Lawrence is a veteran Canadian radio personality based in Vancouver. He is a host on CBC Radio Three, a Sirius Satellite Radio channel which emphasizes new independent Canadian music, and is also the vocalist for the indie rock group The Smugglers.
Grant Lee Buffalo Grant Lee Buffalo was a Los Angeles-based rock band, consisting of Grant-Lee Phillips (vocals and guitar), Paul Kimble (bass) and Joey Peters (drums). All three were previously members of another LA band, Shiva Burlesque.
Grant MacEwan John Walter Grant MacEwan, known as Grant MacEwan, (August 12 1902–June 15 2000) was a farmer, Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Dean of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba, Mayor of Calgary and both a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, Canada. Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton and the MacEwan Student Centre at the University of Calgary are named after him.
Grant Markham Grant Markham is a fictional character originally created by author Steve Lyons as a new companion of the Sixth Doctor in Virgin Publishing's range of original full-length Doctor Who novels, the Missing Adventures. The Missing Adventures were fully-licensed novels carrying on from where the Doctor Who television series had left off, and Grant was introduced in Lyons' novel Time of Your Life in 1995.
Grant McLennan Grant William McLennan (12 February, 1958 – 6 May, 2006) was an Australian singer-songwriter with the independent band The Go-Betweens, which he co-founded with Robert Forster in Brisbane, Australia in 1977. In a career spanning almost thirty years, his work with The Go-Betweens (1977–89, and resuming 2000–06) is complemented by several solo releases and side-project collaborations with other performers.
Grant McLeod Donald Grant McLeod (born April 9, 1959 in Whangarei) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished seventh at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He also represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the Black Sticks ended up in eighth place.
Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejebhoy Group of Hospitals The Grant Medical College is a medical school affiliated to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik. It is one of the premier medical institutions in India and the oldest institution teaching western medicine in Asia.
Grant Mitchell (politician) Grant Mitchell, MA, CFA (born July 19 1951) is a Canadian politician and businessman. After working in the financial sector as an executive with the Principal Group, Mitchell was first elected to the Alberta legislature as the Liberal MLA for Edmonton Meadowlark in 1986.
Grant Mulvey Grant Mulvey (born September 17, 1956 in Sudbury, Ontario, but grew up in Penticton, British Columbia) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played all but twelve games of his 586-game NHL career with the Chicago Black Hawks. He had a reputation as a physical winger with a knack for scoring garbage goals in front of the net, recording 39 in 1979-80, his best season.
Grant Naylor Grant Naylor was the collective name used by writers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor for their collaborative work, particularly the television series Red Dwarf. Grant and Naylor themselves call this pseudonym a "gestalt entity" (i.
Grant Neufeld Grant Neufeld is a social justice and media activist, a politician and noted knitter in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He also works in the field of community economic development on a local currency project at the Calgary-based "Arusha Centre".
Grant Norsworthy Grant Norsworthy is a bass guitarist, currently playing with Christian band SONICFLOOd who largely rose to fame through his involvement in Paul Colman Trio. On the side, Grant was also well known around the local Melbourne cover band scene, playing in bands such as Rockett, Stealers, Vasoline, and Supernova.
Grant of Arms A grant of arms is an action by a lawful authority giving a person a right to bear arms. It is one of two legal ways in which a person may bear arms in a jurisdiction regulating heraldry, the other being by birth.
Grant Olney Grant Olney Passmore (October 18, 1983) is a singer/songwriter that currently is on the Asian Man Records label. He is considered part of the New Weird America movement along with David Dondero, Devendra Banhart, Bright Eyes, and CocoRosie.
Grant Page Grant Page (born 1939) is one of Australia's best stuntmen who was popular during the seventies and eighties. Page was the stunt coordinator for the popular Australian action movies The Man From Hong Kong and Mad Max, as well as other Australian and overseas films including the cult horror flick Death Ship.
Grant Park (Atlanta) Grant Park is the oldest city park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Second in size only to Piedmont Park, Grant Park has two major attractions besides the park itself: Zoo Atlanta, established in 1889 and originally known as the Grant Park Zoo; and the Atlanta Cyclorama, a cyclorama featuring the 1864 Battle of Atlanta from the American Civil War.
Grant Park, Portland, Oregon Grant Park is a neighborhood and park in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon. The neighborhood is bordered by Alameda and Beaumont-Wilshire to the north, Rose City Park to the east, Hollywood District, Laurelhurst, and Sullivan's Gulch to the south, and Irvington to the west, and best known as the setting for Beverly Cleary's Klickitat Street series of books.
Grant Range Wilderness The Grant Range Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Grant Range of Nye County, in the central section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. It covers an area of approximately 50,000 acres (202 km²), and is administered by the Humboldt National Forest.
Grant Righton Edward Grantham Righton (24 September 1912 - 2 May 1986) was an English cricketer who played four first-class matches for Worcestershire, two in 1934 and two in 1936. He batted at six in the 1934 matches, and opened in the 1936 games, but was not a success in either role: his innings were 6, 0, 0, 19, 1, 0 and 1; the 19 came against Derbyshire in June 1936.
Grant Road Grant Road (Marathi:ग्रँट रोड), named after Sir Robert Grant, who was the Governor of Bombay between 1835 and 1839, is a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai suburban railway. Grant Rd station is the most centrally located arterial station in South Mumbai and easily connects to all prominent place such as Gaumdevi,Girgaum Chowpatty,Babulnath,Malabar Hill,Peddar Road,Nepean Sea Rd via Nana Chowk on the West, to Duncan Rd, Dongri, Bhyculla(Central Railway)via Maulana Shaukatali Road and to Khetwadi,Gol Deol, C P Tank, Mumbadevi, Mandvi, Bhuleshwar, via Sardar Vallabhai Patel Road.

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