Word: twang
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...which, of course, many of them do), half a dozen inmates drift his way. One complains about missing laundry; another asks that recreational time be extended. All are polite, but none display the eagerness of someone anxious to please. Whitley, 48, listens intently, asking occasional questions in a gravelly twang. Nothing in his courteous demeanor suggests, I am the keeper, you are the kept. "You understand that even if it's a small problem, it may be the biggest problem they have," he says later. "You don't just blow anyone...
...then, political establishments almost invariably prefer a fellow incumbent to an unknown quantity. At times, Clinton's proposed diplomatic initiatives -- reconstruction aid to Russia, for example -- made Bush seem flat-footed. At others, though, Clinton came across abroad as a naive son-of- Jimmy Carter, complete with Southern twang and somewhat preachy mission. To a world grown dizzy with change, the last thing it would seem to want is a mystery man at America's helm of state...
...claim he was "owned" by no one but his followers. It turned out there just weren't enough of them to bring him even close to the victory he kept promising. If he had been just another computer salesman from Dallas with a 1930s haircut and a nasal twang, he probably would never have got his name on the ballot, let alone been admitted to the inner circle of candidates. His money -- plus his record as a can-do entrepreneur -- gained him that much. But it's doubtful, given who Perot is and how he chose to run, that...
...Klan rally. But the Klan considered the town, perched on the Rock River, ripe for recruits. So there in the middle of Rockport Park stood a massive burlap-wrapped, kerosene-soaked cross surrounded by Klansmen, and even a few Klanswomen, their robes billowing in the soft breeze. The loud twang of country music mixed with the angry chants of protesters jousting with police a few hundred yards away: "Death to the Klan...
...says he deplores the hokum and hoopla of professional politics. Not bad for a reluctant dragon whose supporters had just filed petitions containing more than 200,000 signatures -- about four times what he needs to get on the ballot in Texas. The speech, delivered in his trademark East Texas twang, was more sound bite than substance: "If I could wish for one thing for my children, it's to leave the American Dream intact, so they can dream great dreams and have those dreams come true." But the message was unmistakable: look out Washington -- look out George Bush and Bill...