Word: drawls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shoot. But Howe just takes his time, works his way toward the cage, and then finally lets go a perfect shot to tie things up for us. When he came back to the bench, I asked him why he had taken so much time. Howe tells me, in that drawl of his: 'Ah jes wanted to make sure.'" Adds Coach Ivan: "He usually does make sure...
...Administration." He warned that there would be no fixes. Implementing that policy, Brownell's able deputy, William Rogers, startled an old friend who telephoned from Texas (on Rogers' first day in office) to ask for friendly treatment on a tax case. Rogers cut him off in mid-drawl, told him to pursue the case on its merits...
...dazzled them in basketball. Still in her teens, she burst into the headlines as the hit of the 1932 Olympic Games, winning the javelin throw and the 80-meter hurdles. She disdained lipstick, plastered her hair back, talked out of the side of her mouth with a thick Texas drawl and riveted reporters with such remarks as: "Are you the guy who took pictures of my feet in Jersey...
...Hollywood version of the ideal cowboy is a Gary Cooper type, with a quick draw, a thick drawl and the sprawl of the Far West in his gait. Last week the picture cowboy was put to shame by a cowpoke from the wide open spaces of Peekskill, N.Y. Hard-riding Harry Tompkins. who learned his trade on a Catskill dude ranch, was named all-round world-champion cowboy of 1952 by the Rodeo Cowboys' Association...
...candidate qualifications for this job, Leach said, "Gen. Bradley briefed Stevenson for 30 minutes; Eisenhower spent most of his mature life preparing," but added, "However, there is not much to choose between Dick and his dog and John and his southern drawl...