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Grant and I
Responding to criticism of Grant after Shiloh, Lincoln had said, " I can't spare this man.
The high casualty figures of the Union alarmed the North ; Grant had lost a third of his army, and Lincoln asked what Grant's plans were, to which the general replied, " I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
Amy Grant scored her first Billboard No. 1 song in 1986 with " The Next Time I Fall ", a duet with former Chicago singer / bassist Peter Cetera.
Grant participated in Lifetime's 1st Annual " Girls & Guitars " benefit, singing numerous songs, including a duet with Melissa Etheridge on " You Can Sleep While I Drive ".
Writer Alan Grant has stated, " The Batman I wrote for 13 years isn't gay.
* I Grant You Ample Leave
In 1949 Hawks re-teamed with Cary Grant in the screwball comedy I Was a Male War Bride, also starring Ann Sheridan.
" I don't think our players have seen anything like this since junior high school ," said Vikings head coach Bud Grant.
Indeed, he later recalled with apparent satisfaction that after that first recruitment meeting in Galena, ' I never went into our leather store again, to put up a package or do other business ..." During this time Grant quickly perceived that the war would be fought for the most part by volunteers, and not professional soldiers.
Grant said of Lincoln, " He was incontestably the greatest man I have ever known.
In a letter, published after the election, Grant sought to unequivocally distance himself from General Orders No. 11: " Grant's self-serving explanation ", notes Jonathan Sarna, " did not actually bear close scrutiny ," but Jews nonetheless generously accepted his attempt at self-extrication: " I have no prejudice against sect or race, but want each individual to be judged by his own merit.
As Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy told Eisenhower: " Lincoln's remark after they got after Grant comes to mind when I think of Patton – ' I can't spare this man, he fights '.
Years later, when asked to name his all-time favorite actress, Grant replied without hesitation: " Well, with all due respect to dear Ingrid Bergman, I much preferred Grace.
Tate was quoted as saying, " I learned a great deal about acting in of the Dolls, particularly in my scenes with Lee Grant ... She knows what acting is all about and everything she does, from little mannerisms to delivering her lines, is pure professionalism.
Although Sherman was technically the senior officer at this time, he wrote to Grant, " I feel anxious about you as I know the great facilities Confederates have of concentration by means of the River and R Road, but have faith in you — Command me in any way.
Sherman offered Grant an example from his own life, " Before the battle of Shiloh, I was cast down by a mere newspaper assertion of ' crazy ', but that single battle gave me new life, and I'm now in high feather.
As Grant took overall command of the armies of the United States, Sherman wrote to him outlining his strategy to bring the war to an end concluding that " if you can whip Lee and I can march to the Atlantic I think ol ' Uncle Abe will give us twenty days leave to see the young folks.
Grant ( serving as President when Sherman ’ s memoirs first appeared ) later remarked that others had told him that Sherman treated Grant unfairly but " when I finished the book, I found I approved every word ; that ... it was a true book, an honorable book, creditable to Sherman, just to his companions — to myself particularly so — just such a book as I expected Sherman would write.

Grant and method
The first generation of students, many of them dancers, who studied with Joseph Pilates and went on to open studios and teach the method are collectively known as The Elders and the most prominent include: Romana Kryzanowska, Kathy Grant, Jay Grimes, Ron Fletcher, Maja Wollman, Mary Bowen, Carola Treir, Bob Seed, Eve Gentry, Bruce King, Lolita San Miguel, and Mary Pilates ( the niece of Joseph and Clara ).
The book was revisionist in method ; however, his thesis focused on the more traditional view that Grant was a genius.

Grant and date
To date, Grant continues to take off her shoes midway through performances, as she has said " it is just more comfortable.
Other on-location scenes are also shown during the closing credits, including a rear shot of Mary holding hands with her date, played by Moore's then husband, Grant Tinker.
* Peter Grant of the North West Company, at an unknown date, possibly 1793, built a post on the east side of the Red River.
His most famous role to date is that of hardman Grant Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
The series is set during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant, 1869 – 77 ; occasional episodes indicate a more precise date.
Her most famous role to date is television presenter Gillian " Gilly " Grant Speakes, which she played on Guiding Light from 1989 until 1997, 2006, & 2009.
In a letter of the same date sent to Christopher Wolcott, the assistant United States Secretary of War, Grant explained his reasoning:
Grant Science Fiction Collector # 2, Pandora's Books, date unknown.
Grant was ordained an apostle on the same date.
The author writes that Priscilla promised sexual favors in exchange for meeting Elvis with Currie Grant, a married, 27-year-old former Army buddy of the singer, and that she was not a virgin on her wedding night, as she and Elvis had slept together on their second date.
He was attracted to the Third Doctor's assistant Jo Grant and Jo was dressed up to go on a date with Mike at the start of The Curse of Peladon only to be taken on a trip in the TARDIS by the Doctor.
The 1989 episode " Strangers " generated a great deal of controversy because it depicted Peter and Russell Weller, portrayed by David Marshall Grant, in bed, seemingly naked after having had sexual relations following a first date.
This is a rather late date for a Crown Grant in the area, and is indicative of the marginal nature of the land.
This is a rather late date for a Crown Grant in the area, and is indicative of the marginal nature of the land.
Grant is said to have written The occasional Writer, containing an Answer to the second Manifesto of the Pretender's eldest Son, which bears date at the Palace of Holyrood House, 10 Oct. 1745 ; containing Reflections, political and historical, upon the last Revolution, and the Progress of the present Rebellion in Scotland ,' London, 1745, 8vo.
The theatre's highest-selling show to date is Fitz Bunny: Lust for Glory ( 2007 ), based on long-running comic Brunswick by Wellington cartoonist Grant Buist.
In 1981, Hugh Grant is described as " New College's answer to Brooke Shields ", and his unsuccessful attempts to infiltrate a ball with his date are reported.

Grant and death
Gen. Grant, who had just arrived at his headquarters in City Point, narrowly escaped certain death when Confederate spies blew up an ammunition barge moored below the city's bluffs.
Stanton, through Charles Dana, notified Grant of the President's death and summoned him to Washington.
Increasing friction after the premature death of Heins in 1907 ultimately led the Trustees to dismiss the surviving architect, Christopher Grant LaFarge, and hire the noted Gothic Revival architect Ralph Adams Cram to design the nave and " Gothicize " what LaFarge had already built.
* Twenty-three years after his landmark death in the original Crisis, Barry Allen returned to the DC Universe on the last page of Grant Morrison's Final Crisis # 2.
Mill worker and political activist Leopold Dilg ( Cary Grant ) is accused of burning down a mill and causing the death of a foreman in the fire.
Both Johnson and Grant, as well as several members of the Seward family, thought the Secretary was near death.
Grant comes to the firm conclusion that King Richard was totally innocent of the death of the Princes.
in 1872, he was elected Vice President as running mate with President Ulysses S. Grant, and served from 4 March 1873 until his death on 22 November 1875.
Wilson was elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket with President Ulysses S. Grant to replace the controversial Schuyler Colfax and served from 4 March 1873 until his death.
Grant me that my death not be brought about by any weapon, nor by any human being or animal.
Grant me that I not meet death from any entity, living or nonliving created by you.
Grant me that my death not be brought by any being other than those created by you, nor by any weapon, nor by any human being or animal.
Grant me that I not meet death from any entity, living or nonliving.
Grant puts this into perspective and writes that it is notable that Robert III's reign could have been worse compared to the turmoil and violence experienced in England and France when ruled by weak kings — even on Robert ’ s death, Scotland didn ’ t descend into open civil war but was restricted to positioning among the royal family and its magnate groupings.
Grant then finds himself in the courtroom being sentenced to death for murder again, with the same people in different roles ( e. g., a fellow inmate is now the judge behind the bench ).
He held this position for his last 35 years, where his former Minister George Monro Grant was principal from 1877 until Grant's death in 1902.
She was informed, by her mother Vanessa, just prior to her marriage and shortly after her brother Julian's death that in fact Duncan Grant was her biological father.
According to musical instrument scholar Grant O ' Brien, the inverted wrestplank is " still to be found in pianos dating from a period 150 years after death.
He was promoted on June 1, 1888, shortly before his death, to the rank of general in the regular army ( the rank was titled " General of the Army of the United States ", by Act of Congress June 1, 1888, the same rank achieved earlier by Grant and Sherman, which is equivalent to a four-star general, O-10, in the modern U. S. Army ).
The nineteen-year old Lawrence Grant White was guilt ridden after his father was slain, blaming himself for his death.
Following Selkirk's death in 1820, the two companies merged in 1821, and Cuthbert Grant became an important figure in the new Hudson's Bay Company.
Emily Grant Hutchings claimed that her 1917 novel Jap Herron: A Novel Written from the Ouija Board was dictated by Mark Twain's spirit through the use of a Ouija board after his death.
He discovers that Nancy is the illegitimate daughter of Mr Grant, who sent Charley to her thinking he might console her for the death of her husband, an RAF pilot killed in action.
The wound was considered mortal by the division's surgeon, who predicted he would perish ; Chamberlain's incorrectly recorded death in battle was reported in the Maine newspapers, and Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant gave Chamberlain a battlefield promotion to the rank of brigadier general after receiving an urgent recommendation on June 19 from corps commander Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren: " He has been recommended for promotion for gallant and efficient conduct on previous occasion and yesterday led his brigade against the enemy under most destructive fire.

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