Word: grandma
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Whenever Grandma Jaboti tells this story to Harlan, her mother tempers the narrative by explaining that Grandmother Jaboti wasn't really a turtle, but had simply been put in a fake turtle shell by evil carnival managers that had convinced Jaboti of her turtlehood when she was too young to know the truth. Despite her attempts to provide a rational explanation of Jaboti's surreal biography, though, Harlan's mother cannot help but be nervous about the influence of this story, worrying that such fantasy might render Harlan unable "to tell the truth from the truth...
...more acutely we became conscious of our status as anomalies. We walked too fast, talked too loud and drove too small a car; we stood out like a parent in a lecture hall. It wasn't long before we were ready to wave good-bye to Abby's grandma and Lady and return to a working world...
...Probably from my grandma. She's an amazing woman, and invents food for a food company she started in New York. I guess in the '50's she used to work for Seventeen magazine when they had a food column. So she started her food company and she just freelances and develops food. She invented cran-raspberry...
Nestled between Sage's market and Billings and Stover Apothecaries, the store has an unassuming facade. Inside it exudes a close, homey feel. Even the low ceilings and stuffy atmosphere of the second floor are reminiscent of grandma's attic--a questionable image for an allegedly high-class clothing store...
...silver and sold it in the expectation that the price would fall, had to swallow huge losses to complete the deals. Major buyers of silver like Eastman Kodak, which processes millions of ounces a year into film, faced big increases in raw-material costs. And everywhere families began eyeing grandma's precious flatware as a possible source of cash. "We think we may see the spike reach double digits--maybe $10 an ounce--but one doesn't really know in this rarefied territory," says Nick Moore, director of Flemings Global Mining Group in London...