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...bilateral trade, the techniques are the same: press flesh, build relationships, probe for strengths and weaknesses. If he can't shake your hand, he'll give you a call. Strauss spends hours a day on the phone, staying in touch with his network of friends, his cello-like Texas drawl coming through as either a low, world- weary growl or a tone much higher on the scale when he's angry or excited. His conversations are laced with humor or biting sarcasm. "Listen, you sumbitch," he barks to a friend, "you've got a problem, and I'm going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROBERT STRAUSS: Making Things Happen | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

They are smoothing out the twang their daddies taught them and nipping off Mamma's drawl, learning to talk, in the words of the Chattanooga Times, "so folks won't think you're eating grits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chattanooga: How Not to Talk like a Southerner | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...Smith as the Politician (who is supposed to be Sen. Joseph McCarthy) gives new meaning to the word corrupt. His Southern drawl oozes with slime and blackmail. Despite his choir boy looks and white summer suit, he has the moral code of a modern-day Mephistopheles...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Significant Figures | 3/4/1988 | See Source »

Streetcaris a psychological drama of immense power, and Rosencranz's cast manages to bring that power to the stage. As the audience grows accustomed to the drama's Southern drawl, it begins to hear the sharp undertones of the seemingly ordinary lives on stage. Few Harvard productions could sustain audience interest for three hours, but with a stellar Stanley and provocative Blanche, the Leverett production actually gains in interest...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Southern Discomfort | 12/5/1987 | See Source »

...that Lie's characters are two-dimensional. Much of the credit for keeping them three-dimensional, though, belongs to the actors, all of whom are excellent. Kudos especially to Gunn, who makes convincing Beth's slow, painful rise from vegetabledom after her beating, and to Schwartz, whose authentic Texas drawl steals the show...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Sam Enchanted Evening | 10/24/1987 | See Source »

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