Word: drawl
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...terrorism had been refined, spruced up, made almost civilized for TV. The effect was strangely serene, almost lulling, at least until Conwell warned in his calm drawl, "If negotiations fail, we will be returned back to the original hijackers. Let me say, based on experience, that is something that I would find most unappealing." Lest reporters miss the point, a shadowy figure stalked in the background, hoisting...
Binder, an elderly man with a slow Southern drawl, told Dershowitz at one point that he had come only because he could "meet a person like you [Dershowitz] I've seen on the tube so much...
...company. He said, 'It's hard to get any kind of a sharp looker in here for less than $100. But you shouldn't have any trouble on your own.' So I checked out the craps tables. This adorable guy, my type, with the Southern drawl, the boots and the $500 chips, told me to step right up and be his good luck. Well, after ten minutes I realized I'd have to stand there all night to shift his attention away from the table...
...exactly your standard duet on last week's Country Music Awards show. There was Willie Nelson, the crusty country and western singer, sharing the stage-and microphone-with Julio Iglesias, the Latin crooner who does not serenade his multinational audiences in a good ole boy's drawl. The unusual pairing came about after Nelson heard about Iglesias during a visit to London. The two got together to record the oldie As Time Goes By for Nelson's next album, and for Iglesias' next LP they did To All the Girls I've Loved Before, which...
...universal themes. This bittersweet romantic comedy confronts the budding relationship between two middle aged people with delightful sincerity. The film is of special interest because middle aged loneliness is something few of today's filmmakers seem eager to deal with. And while the actors speak in a distinctly Australian drawl, the plot could have taken place anywhere...