Word: nasality
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Saturday, November 27: "All the color and excitement of college football" seems all a dull astroturf green now as you enter the stage of "Spectator Degeneracy." The blank expression on the face, intermittant pulse beats, and visible post-nasal drip characterize your stuporous countenance. Penn State may beat Pittsburgh, and Notre Dame may wallop USC, but there's no bigger upset now than your stomach, as two-day old stuffing settles like a universal gym in the ol' labonza...
...beer and a stage. Hunched over the piano, a spindly Ichabod partial to wide-brimmed swamper hats, Stewart invites everybody to get loose to something like his own Hank Western, with a weakness for "any good-lookin' woman, any kind of booze." The delivery, in a tight, nasal tenor voice, is as seasoned as the inside of an old spittoon, but heartfelt. Says Stewart: "It's all a poor man's music that talks about troubles on the home front and hard times...
Denenberg has a couple of product defects: a nasal twang and a face that could stop a utility rate hike. "I don't use makeup," he sighs. "I discovered I looked worse wearing it." Still, Denenberg outran Walter Cronkite in a 1973 Pennsylvania poll on trustworthy public figures. Some colleagues suggest the scourge is using TV as a launching pad for another shot at public office. Denenberg admits, "I would like to have more resources...
...born TV star Frank Perdue is not. He is bald, has an ample nose and speaks with a high-pitched, nasal twang. In the Northeast, where Perdue in white lab coat regularly appears in commercials, more than one viewer has noted his resemblance to the chickens he sells. Yet, thanks to some brilliant Madison Avenue copywriting ("It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken," "My chickens eat better than you do") and believably homespun performances by the unlikely actor, Perdue Inc. has become the fastest-growing U.S. chicken producer...
Senator Henry Jackson, 63. Has allergies to adhesive tape, strawberries, eggs, plated gold and wool, and suffers chronic nasal stuffiness. In 1974, kidney stone removed with no complications; recovered from pneumonia in 1945 and 1951. Generally "in excellent overall health...