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Word: drawl (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course there is Buckley himself, with his darting tongue and aristocratic drawl. The final broadcast shows clips of Johnny Carson and Robin Williams hilariously impersonating Buckley. But neither pretender could put an interviewee off balance like the Firing Line host, who at last week's taping leaned in to one of his guests, the liberal New York City politician Mark Green, and said, "You've been on the show close to 100 times over the years. Tell me, Mark, have you learned anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Quiet on the Firing Line: William F. Buckley Jr. | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

Whereas his father had grown up in Connecticut, George W. Bush spent his years before prep school in Midland, Texas. He spoke with a Texas drawl and sported cowboy boots at a school where the shoe of choice was penny loafers...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bush Spent Undergrad Years Away From Politics | 11/17/1999 | See Source »

...lucky to have met him at all. When I arrived to shop his seminar on Shakespeare's history plays, the room was bursting with senior English concentrators. Thinking that I would never get a seat in the class, I almost left. When Marius arrived, he asked, mixing drawl with happy surprise, "Are you all here to study Shakespeare...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 11/9/1999 | See Source »

Speaking in his characteristic Southern drawl, Graham said that today's technology cannot solve humanity's biggest problems: evil, suffering and death. He urged students of all faiths, instead of turning to technology, to turn...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Graham Urges God Over Technology | 9/28/1999 | See Source »

Arnold, who hails from Decatur, Texas, and speaks with a drawl, says he's most surprised by the speed of the game at the college level...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Five Freshmen Have Chance to Make Difference Right Away | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

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