Word: drawl
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nashville's plugging has so far raised Smith's income to nearly $1,500 a week, promises to push it even higher. Says WSM Program Director Jack Stapp, the Rudolf Bing of Grand Ole Opry: "He's going like wildfire." Says Smith in his soft Tennessee drawl: "I'm very well pleased...
...unlikely damage suit pay off like a cash register. At 43, he was a pink-cheeked, garrulous lawyer, with a weakness for pinstripe suits, who knew all the angles for getting publicity for himself and his clients. In the courtroom, in steady command of a soft, barefoot Arkansas drawl, he had a wonderful way with juries...
...million. When Dumas moves into A. T. & T.'s No. 2 spot in New York (estimated salary: $115,000 a year), he will bring with him two reminders of the South. One is the Confederate flag that he keeps in his Atlanta office. The other is his drawl. Says he: "I don't know whether they will understand my rice-water talk up in New York. I talk like I have grits in my mouth...
...visiting reporter for the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, with a great show of innocence and a grits-and-gravy drawl, said: "Mr. President, this is my first conference. My impression about you is that you look a lot younger than I thought you did." The President rocked back on his heels and let out a real belly laugh. The Southerner pressed his advantage quickly, "Would you say you are in better shape now than when you first became President...
...first hole (par five). Burkemo, also well-placed, was in line for a birdie. He got it, too. Then Snead, taking dead aim from the fringe of the green, chipped into the cup for an eagle three. "After that start," said Snead in his corn-pone drawl, "ah thought unless Burkemo goes hawg wile, ah'd be O.K. Ah thought if a man can't win six up he oughta quit and go home." Sam won seven up. It was the handsomest winning margin since a newcomer named Sam Snead lost to Paul Runyan in the 1938 P.G.A...