Word: appalachian
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...been described as an "angelic cowgirl." At times the phrase fits. Dressed in fringed shirt, jeans and high boots, working over a Merle Haggard favorite like Bottle Let Me Down, she can produce a brassy twang. But Emmylou Harris' emotional singing style owes more to melancholy Appalachian bluegrass than to western swing. Despite its range, her voice is most telling because of its feathery delicacy, an almost tentative dying fall capable of stirring deep emotions. "I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham," this evocative voice promises in her best song so far. "I would hold...
...Cliffe squad beat Hollins, 8-1, on Wednesday before travelling to Boone, N.C. for a match with Appalachian State. Appalachian State is located a few miles down the road from Beech Mountain, one of the South's best known ski resorts, and on Thursday there was snow covering the slopes and the courts cancelling any tennis...
...general political one called Surplus Value. Surplus Value gets more conspiracy-oriented every week; this week it speculates about a possible CIA-led coup in Venezuela, designed to protect Rockefeller oil holdings there against nationalization, and about a big-business coal pipeline that will pollute the West and put Appalachian miners out of work...
...rural byways of the U.S. Indeed, scores of sessions at last month's American Anthropological Association's annual meeting in Mexico City were devoted to the problems and rewards of studying U.S. subcultures. These may range from Greek-Americans and company towns to female athletes and Appalachian snake cultists...
...copper used for piping and kettles and the plastic jugs in which illicit hooch is transported and sold. A gallon of moonshine that used to sell for $1 now goes for $6 or more. As a result, the tide of "white whisky" that used to flow from Appalachian hills and hollers is now only a trickle...