Word: gran
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jones, Headon and Bass Player Paul Simonon are all 23; Strummer is the band's senior citizen at 25. Two come from broken homes (Jones: "I stayed with me gran and a lot of wicked aunts") and have logged long hours doing manual labor and running the streets. Even Headon, whose father was a headmaster and whose mother was a teacher, says, "I used to steal a lot and run with a gang," and figures he would be in stir today if he had not beat out 205 other drummers at a Clash audition. Out of the pieces...
Every so often each year there occurs a self-bestowed Christmas in the American home. A package arrives. The eager family gathers round to rip it open. Instead of "Blessings from Gran," the enclosed billet-doux reads...
...week. But this modest increase in pay must be approved all the way up the line from district to regional to national headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service. Then the request must be signed by the three civil service commissioners before the ranger can pocket his $12. Quips Gran quist: "It's like fine tuning a TV with a 3,000-mile-long screwdriver...
...rightist juntas. Whatever importance different regimes attach to her visit, she seems assured of a cordial welcome wherever she goes and a downright affectionate one in some places. A representative of Peru's leftist regime, evidently viewing her more as a tourist than a diplomat, promised her "una gran bienvenida [a great welcome]. She will see the best that we can offer, all of the great sights, and we speak from the heart...
...bush people speak a language that combines Dutch, English, French, Portuguese and six West African languages. Much of their design and decoration, including sculpture, chairs and dugouts hollowed from felled trees, resembles that of West Africa. In fact, two Gran Men who recently traveled to West Africa at the expense of the Surinam government were able to recognize certain shrines and could communicate with Africans though the two cultures have had no contact for centuries...