Word: drawled
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Ever since I arrived at Harvard during that epically awkward Freshmen week, I’ve gone to great lengths to shield my natural Texan drawl from everyone besides my closest group of friends. I considered it a good thing when I met somebody and they seemed surprised that I was born and raised in Texas...
...that he'll need more than a Southern drawl and an easy laugh. In a May 2007 Time poll, voters found Clinton the least religious candidate. The lifelong Methodist and former Sunday-school teacher faces the challenge of convincing Americans her faith is genuine. That's in part why she's given Strider a senior role, unusual for a Democratic campaign. "I'm not stuck in some corner, just to be pulled out when someone named Reverend calls," he says, in a pointed reference to John Kerry's 2004 campaign. "Religion is fully integrated, from the candidate on down...
...problem for Giuliani - and the rest of the field - is that Thompson has the same strategy, and the Tennessean's Southern drawl and conservative voting record are likely to play well in South Carolina. If Thompson can keep enthusiasm high until he enters the race in the fall, he might be able to turn what was supposed to be a marathon race for the nomination into a relatively brief, four-month sprint. And while Thompson may not, in the end, be all things to all Republicans, at 6 ft. 5 in. and at least 225 lbs., he definitely...
...whispered: "Oh, Nellie, I feel that I am onstage for a part I never rehearsed." The First Lady learned her lines quickly. While her husband was al most constantly under fire, Lady Bird rarely became a target - except, perhaps, for cracks about her babyhood nickname and her Texas drawl. When the John sons had the Nixons to lunch at the White House just after the election, Pat Nixon told Lady Bird: "I've been many places, and I've heard nothing but admiration for you." She added with a smile: "And I've been places where...
...minutes later, John McCarley, a weather-beaten cattleman with a deep drawl and a faded Yankees cap, echoed that analysis. "We're in an era where we need leadership," he said. "There will be social issues where we disagree, but ... we won't have a litmus test. He transcends that...