Word: drawl
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...Snoop, he is undoubtedly a charismatic performer. His rapping style has a casual intensity, and he describes scenes of street life with a cool offhandedness, building the tension in his songs in long, lean lines of lyrics, spun out in his Southern drawl. He may be a gangsta, he may have a controversial past, but there is something likable about him, almost fuzzy, sort of cartoon-like, definitely marketable...
Decherd speaks with a gentle Southern drawl, but his journalistic ideals are as sharp and pointed as any clip-toned New Yorker...
...Brother Bill belts out in his best street drawl. "Always will...
That raspy drawl, the salt-and-pepper hair, a doughnut-stuffed belly hanging over his belt. Others in Primary Colors tried to steer clear of real-life inspiration; John Travolta became a Bill Clinton clone. It took weeks to master the familiar vocal cadence and body language, but the feel-your-pain sincerity came easier. "The scary thing about this part is, take away the Southern accent and gray hair, and I don't respond that differently to people," he says, dunking a taquito into a lump of guacamole as he unwinds in his trailer after work. "I'm good...
...Even spontaneous combustion couldn't be ruled out. Hall's main attention and considerable scorn, however, were trained on the neglected science of fuel-tank security. "I think I reflect to some degree the concern the American traveling public has in this issue," he said in a deceptively soft drawl. "In this country, we look to the FAA for regulations on safety." Incensed that in the months since the crash, industry inspectors have checked the fuel-tank safety of only 52 of the 970 Boeing 747s in operation, Hall asked Boeing officials whether the 52 included Air Force One. Receiving...