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In a way McCarthy is the last survivor of a vanished world. He is, essentially, a modernist, miraculously preserved like a literary coelacanth from the age of Hemingway and Faulkner, writers of high style and high purpose without an iota of aw-shucks relatability. The future probably belongs to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Writers on the Storm | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

Populism, historically, has been an angry political trope-but a new aw-shucks version of the little guy's lament has been growing out West with the success of candidates like Salazar and Montana's Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer. Asked about alternative fuels in his first debate with Burns, Tester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats' New Populism | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

Democratic aides later scoffed at what they called the "Aw shucks" quality of the presentation. But Republicans were pleased. GOP operative Ed Gillespie, Alito's chief handler at the White House, said, "He was great. It is a compelling story." Even Senator Charles Schumer conceded, "It's a very nice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judging the Judge | 1/9/2006 | See Source »

Luke Wilson, reprising his aw-shucks persona, is equally ineffective as Mulroney’s brother, Ben Stone. Supposedly the most bohemian of his clan, he is also the most boring. In films like “The Royal Tenenbaums” and “Old School?...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Family Stone | 12/14/2005 | See Source »

"All I can say is, Shucks."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Jul. 25, 2005 | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

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