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Although Bailey is good songwriter and student, he falls far short of his idol in vocal dexterity. A hulking man, Bailey can handle the low notes with gruff growl. But when his voice tries to soar and twist like Morrison's, his short-comings are all too evident. Whereas Morrison can take an extremely simple melody and wring out surprises, Bailey can only increase the volume of his bellow...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: All Fools Day | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

...learned that by the end of an hour, the President, the 13 rebels, Minority Leaders Robert Dole and Transportation Secretary Elizabeth H. Dole remined in Dole's office. A series of false alarms caused the TV technicians to turn on the bright lights from time to time and growl, "get down!" to reporters in front of the cameras, but none of the antagonists emerged...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: A Roadblock in the Capitol | 4/9/1987 | See Source »

Cartoonists will undoubtedly have fun with Wright's distinctively bushy eyebrows and sharp features, but not nearly as much as they had with Tip's nose and sheer bulk. The two leaders' personal styles are as different as their physical attributes. While the bluff O'Neill could growl out a rough response to Republican policy, Wright has a well-earned reputation as the House's foremost debater, and Reagan is already feeling the sting of his remarks. "Harry Truman said the buck stops here," he said in a speech last week, "but Ronald Reagan says put it on a credit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Outspoken Speaker | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

...them and vaguely introduced his fourth wife. He performed his card tricks as if they had never seen them before, and once more stuffed the disappearing handkerchief into his plastic thumb. "I'm good, I'm free," he said with an animal effort, a coughing rumble and a low growl. "I stay so busy, I'm in another world. All my boxing, it was all for this." Painstakingly, appearing unable to concentrate on more than one thing at a time, he resumed autographing sermons, and his visitors quietly left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Of Murderous Intentions | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...Atlanta. He has a wry sense of humor, which he uses to deflect Jordan's charge that he is too far to the left. It reminds him, Fowler smiles, of the time he was marching in a small-town parade and heard an old country boy on the sidewalk growl, "That Fowler even looks like a liberal, don't he?" With its city-slicker vs. good- ole-boy flavor, the Fowler-Jordan race is in some ways a reflection of the Bond-Lewis contest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Times Not Forgotten | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

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