Word: twanging
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Best of Breed. If Billstown has not changed much in the 15 years since he left, Campbell has. His voice still flows as smoothly as freshly skimmed cream, but the twang is tuned down and the phrasing is tuned up. The result is really a mild blend of pop, country, and a touch of rock. Indeed, at 30, Campbell is the most polished and successful of a whole breed of hybrid stylists-call them hip hicks or country slickers-who have invaded the pop bestseller charts in the past few years. Such others as Roger Miller, John Hartford and Jerry...
...name, "Hoosier," but reliable sources in the metropolitan Indianapolis area say that the word originated on snowy nights in pioneer Indiana. Tired travelers wandering their way West would knock on the doors of isolated log cabins, and from the inside a friendly pioneer would ask in his nascent midwestern twang, "Who's there...
...Twang & Plane. It takes genuine skill and some luck. No serious pressure can be exerted on the line; yet the fish cannot be permitted to strip too much off the reel, or the fragile line may break just from its own weight in the water. Light-tackle anglers try to distract and turn a running fish by twanging the taut line with their fingers; if the fish persists in running, they must rev up their boat engines and give chase, trying to retrieve enough line to get the fish back under control. A heavy fish that chooses to sound deep...
...light the fire, Jimi didn't even have to pull his stunt of burning his guitar-though a fireman was poised in the wings, ax at the ready, in case he did. Instead, he hopped, twisted and rolled over sideways without missing a twang or a moan. He slung the guitar low over swiveling hips, or raised it to pick the strings with his teeth; he thrust it between his legs and did a bump and grind, crooning: "Oh, baby, come on now, sock it to me!" Lest anybody miss his message, he looked at a girl...
IOWA The twang was as piercing as ever, but the words were filled with resignation. "I will be 72 next year," said Republican Senator Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper, "and the people of Iowa are entitled to a vigorous and extensive campaign." With that, the chairman of the G.O.P. Policy Committee last week announced his impending retirement-and set up a hot election for November...