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Word: drawling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mother, whose day is celebrated this week, seemed to have a prominent place in the epithets. Whereupon Thomas wheeled and clouted Ginsberg twice on his shrub-bordered mouth. "Ah, those were only words I was speaking!" cried Ginsberg. Replied Thomas in a hard, code-of-the-West drawl: "They may have been only words to you, Mr. Ginsberg, but out here they are fighting words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 9, 1969 | 5/9/1969 | See Source »

...voice is soft--there's no southern drawl, but there is a hint of Virginia that makes Styron easy to listen to: "Had I had any basic intellectual respects for what was in that book, I would have been seized by agues and palsies and taken a three or four-year trip to Europe...

Author: By Peter D. Kramer, | Title: Styron at Winthrop | 5/5/1969 | See Source »

...embarrassment with no loss of face. But if Simmons "doesn't keep his mouth shut," warns a State Department official, "he could arouse the Mexicans' machismo and be extradited." Simmons does not seem concerned. "I'm not running anywhere," he boasts in his happy drawl. "After ten years, I've got hot showers, clean sheets, rugs on the floor-no more adobe. I'm free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico: No More Adobe | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

...Apaches is nothing compared with what the producers have done to Shalako. The film was not made in the wild West but in southern Spain, and the scenery looks like mañana country. Sean Connery's Lowland Scottish accent continually leaks through his ersatz American drawl. Brigitte Bardot tries to redeem the movie by going topless-coyly and briefly-but her mascara-scorched eyes and flaccid acting make her seem as if she had gone sleepless since her last picture. The dubbed voice of that fine character actor. Jack Hawkins, limited to esophageal speaking since his operation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Unhappy Hunting Grounds | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

...thing to live down, especially for a performer of 21. This amiable but unmemorable release-recorded live at Manhattan's Bitter End cafe -indicates that it may be some time before Guthrie matches Restaurant again. Meantime, his satire may not bite but it nips playfully, and his comic drawl is impeccably timed. The Pause of Mr. Claus begins with a monologue spoofing the FBI, launches into a song about how Santa Claus is suspect because of his red suit and long hair, ends with the refrain: "Why do police guys beat on peace guys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Nov. 22, 1968 | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

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