Word: grandes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...music was just about the first consistent merger of Caribbean rhythms and percussion with American folk-rock pop, and it wasn't just pop to begin with. Buffett grew up in Mobile, Alabama, listening to the same Hank Williams and Jimmy Rodgers classics that whelped the Grand Ole Opry Empire of the Nashville Moguls, a philistine crew who breed for violin affinity, not for rasp'n'roll or the truckstop gut-wrench. But the Buffett derivation went the other way, toward the fringes. Lotta room out there on the fringes: Willie Nelson and Waylon "I Don't Think Hank Done...
...bill's provision allowing the commission to make direct presentments to grand juries brought additional references to the doctrine of separation of powers from Bellotti. He insisted the power of prosecution remain with the executive branch. The majority of the committee members, all lawyers, seemed to agree. State Rep. Roland Orlandi, one of the committee members, said the particular provision is "out of the question," as it is unconstitutional. Card attributed the misunderstanding of the provision to a mistake in the bill's language. He spoke of the drafters' intention, saying "The commission as it is outlined here...
Last week a federal grand jury handed down a 35-count indictment charging Diggs with padding his federal payroll by $101,000 since 1973. He was accused of inflating the wages of three House employees-one aide's pay, for instance, jumped from $14,667.84 to $37,355 a year-and then requiring them to pay some of his personal bills with the raises. In addition, he was charged with putting three employees of the family undertaking business on the federal payroll, at annual salaries...
...Michael Engelsma Grand Rapids...
Irish writers are silkworms in spinning words. They have an abiding sense of the past and have never really lost the oral tradition that makes them grand tellers of tales. The psychology of their land is that of loss, but the loss is borne with salty wit and exuberantly wild fantasy...