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Grapevine and Georgia
The group was best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's " Soul " record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including " I Heard It Through the Grapevine " ( 1967 ) and " Midnight Train to Georgia " ( 1973 ).
They sang their normal backup verses for the songs " Heard it Through the Grapevine " and " Midnight Train to Georgia ;" during the parts where Gladys would sing, the camera panned on a lone-standing microphone.
Another ownership change occurred in 1997 after Grapevine Communications of Atlanta, Georgia purchased KAAL.

Grapevine and |
Gladys Knight & the Pips ' Motown long-playing debut, Everybody Needs Love ( Gladys Knight & the Pips album ) | Everybody Needs Love ( 1967 ), which includes their hit single " I Heard It Through the Grapevine ".
Tejon Pass behind the Grapevine, California | Grapevine in 1868. Photo courtesy Southern Methodist University.
Looking north down the Grapevine grade of the Ridge Route Alternate, about 1 mile ( 2 km ) north of Fort Tejon, CA | Fort Tejon ; this portion of the Ridge Route Alternate was mostly built over the old Ridge Route.

cross and Saint
the Catholic Saint Mary's Church, with an even taller steeple and a cross on top, stood on Ball Street.
A common theory about the building is that the rounded feature to the left of centre, terminating at the top in a turret and cross, represents the lance of Saint George ( patron saint of Catalonia, Gaudi's home ), which has been plunged into the back of the dragon.
Quadruple combination opened to the Book of Isaiah-note the cross references between Biblical and Latter-day Saint scripture in the footnotes
The cross of Saint Andrew is a reminder of the ministry of each person and the importance of evangelism, and recalls the denomination's Scottish Presbyterian ancestry.
With a red felt-tip pen, Osborn began to scrawl a Saint Andrew's cross circumscribed inside a chalice on his placemat.
Allen and about 100 men crossed the Saint Lawrence that night, but Brown and his men, who were to cross the river at Laprairie, did not.
The crucifix, " Saint Jadwiga's cross ," is still there, with her relics beneath it.
Another hero of the Grail quest, Sir Galahad ( a 13th-century literary invention of monks from St. Bernard's Cistercian Order ) was depicted bearing a shield with the cross of Saint George, similar to the Templars ' insignia: this version presented the " Holy " Grail as a Christian relic.
Wrapped in scarlet cloth and drawn by three yoke of oxen that were caparisoned in white with the red cross of Saint George, the city's patron, it carried a crucifix so massive it took four men to step it in place, like a ship's mast.
Saint Piran's Flag, a white cross on a black background, is used as a symbol of Cornwall.
Saint Piran's Flag consists of a white cross on a black field
* Saint Piran ' rediscovered ' tin-smelting ( tin had been smelted in Cornwall since before the Romans ' arrival, but the methods had since been lost ) when his black hearthstone, which was evidently a slab of tin-bearing ore, had the tin smelt out of it and rise to the top in the form of a white cross ( thus the image on the flag ).
The Church of Saint Oswald stands on the location of the wooden cross left by Oswald at Heavenfield, the night before the battle.
The " Colours of Saint George ", or St George's Cross are a white flag with a red cross, frequently borne by entities over which he is patron ( e. g. the Republic of Genoa and then Liguria, England, Georgia, Catalonia, Aragon, etc.
Men's and women's track & field and cross country have been added as a varsity sport for 2010 / 2011 ; this is a joint Fredericton / Saint John Campus program.
Saint Veronica or Berenice, according to the " Acta Sanctorum " published by the Bollandists ( under February 4 ), was a pious woman of Jerusalem who, moved with pity as Jesus carried his cross to Golgotha, gave him her veil that he might wipe his forehead.
* Saint Andrew, Christian apostle and Saint Peter's brother: crucified, according to tradition, on an X-shaped cross, hence the name St. Andrew's Cross
Here, in the extensive longleaf pine forest, he erected a cross in what he named " El Pinal de la Cruz de Santa Teresa " ( the Pine Forest of the Cross of Saint Theresa ).
In 597 Augustine of Canterbury is said, by the Venerable Bede, to have landed with 40 men at Ebbsfleet, in the parish of Minster-in-Thanet, before founding Britain's second Christian monastery in Canterbury ( the first was founded fifty years earlier by Saint Columba on Eilean na Naoimh, in the Hebrides ): a cross marks the spot.
Saint James ' cross.
The arms show five Saint Andrew's crosses, forming a larger cross.
The cross is taken from a large painting in the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, in which the death of King Olav Haraldsson ( Saint Olaf ) is shown.
According to legend, the Christian apostle and martyr Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, was crucified on an X-shaped cross at Patras, ( Patrae ), in Achaea.
Use of a simplified symbol associated with Saint Andrew which does not depict his image, namely the saltire, or crux decussata, ( from the Latin crux, ' cross ', and decussis, ' having the shape of the Roman numeral X '), has its origins in the late 14th century ; the Parliament of Scotland having decreed in 1385 that Scottish soldiers shall wear a white Saint Andrew's Cross on their person, both in front and behind, for the purpose of identification.

cross and Nino
Nino Shrine and Heritage Museum boasts the painting of the 14 station of the cross done by Filipino artists and a bas-relief of the legend of the first Filipino man and woman ( Malakas and Maganda ).
While Orthodoxy does not make use of the strict classification system of the Roman Catholic Church, it too recognizes and venerates relics which may pertain to Jesus Christ or a saint, such as a relic of the True Cross, the Chains of Saint Peter ( feast day, 16 January ), the grapevine cross of Saint Nino of Georgia, etc.
According to traditional accounts, on this location in the early 4th century Saint Nino, a female evangelist credited with converting King Mirian III of Iberia to Christianity, erected a large wooden cross on the site of a pagan temple.
St. Nino has become one of the most venerated saints of the Georgian Orthodox Church and her attribute, a grapevine cross, is a symbol of Georgian Christianity.
According to the legend, Nino received a vision where the Virgin Mary gave her a grapevine cross and said:
Saint Nino with her scroll and grapevine cross

cross and Georgia
* 2004 – The national flag of The Republic of Georgia, the so-called " five cross flag ", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
* 1819 – The leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
* May 22 – The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, although only a fraction of the trip will be made under steam.
Proso millet appears to have reached Europe not long after its appearance in Georgia, first appearing in east and central Europe ; however, the grain needed a few thousand more years to cross into Italy, Greece, and Iran, and the earliest evidence for its cultivation in the Near East is a find in the ruins of Nimrud, Iraq dated to about 700 BC.
* 1819 –, the first vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean partly under steam power, arrives at Liverpool, England from Savannah, Georgia.
The flag of Genoa is simply a St George's Cross, a red cross on a lime white field, identical to the Flag of England and incorporated into the Flag of Georgia.
The gap allows U. S. Highway 441 to cross the range at an elevation of 2168 feet without the significant grade required by roadways at most other mountain passes along the Georgia Blue Ridge.
Eventually, there was pressure for a railroad to cross Georgia ; the railroad was intended to run from Augusta, through neighboring Covington to Marthasville ( now known as Atlanta ).
It was captured by Saladin during the Battle of Hattin in 1187, and while some Christian rulers, like Richard the Lionheart, Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos and Tamar, Queen of Georgia, sought to ransom it from Saladin, the cross was not returned and subsequently disappeared from historical records.
To prevent White Russian army from crossing into the newly established states, the British commander in the region drew a line across the Caucasus that Denikin would not be permitted to cross, giving both Georgia and Azerbaijan a temporary relief.
Under King's leadership, the SCLC held hearings on police brutality, organized a rally for the 37th anniversary of the I Have a Dream speech and launched a successful campaign to change the Georgia state flag, which previously featured a large Confederate cross.
* May 22-leaves port at Savannah, Georgia on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, although only a fraction of the trip is made under steam.
Students are encouraged to participate in an array of Georgia Junior College Athletic Association / National Junior College Athletic Association intercollegiate athletics, including men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, golf and swimming, women's softball and basketball, and men's baseball and football, and wrestling.
As Sherman's army proceeded on the March to the Sea toward Savannah, Georgia, on December 9, 1864, Davis ordered a pontoon bridge removed before the African-American refugees following his corps could cross the creek.
One of the few true north – south routes to cross the middle Appalachian Mountains, it became an important corridor for motor traffic between northeastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, ( with US 19 ) and western New York state and central North Carolina, central and southeastern South Carolina, and by connecting with other highways, coastal Georgia and most of Florida.
Although not technically on Robson Street but still considered part of the district, Burrard Street near Robson in addition to the areas of Alberni and Georgia Streets that cross near Burrard contain the most expensive upscale stores in the city, with prominent anchors such as Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Tiffany & Co., Lacoste, Coach, Pandora, Wolford, Fogal, Ports 1961, Escada, Urban Fare and The Shangri-La.
From where the CPR tracks cross the Pitt River, the Burrard Peninsula runs due west for approximately to Point Grey, a prominence protruding into Georgia Strait.
Toomb's Georgia troops were credited with defending the bridge over Antietam creek against several ill fated attempts to cross it, until finally being pushed back late in the afternoon.
The oldest living couple known to have wed in Niagara Falls, a pair from Pennsylvania, were the first to cross, followed by a newlywed couple from Georgia.
Georgia College currently sponsors varsity teams in baseball, men's and women's basketball, cheerleading, men's and women's cross country, golf, dance team, women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis and volleyball.

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