Word: twangs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...broke up, O'Brien turned to his telephone and called another Senator to thank him for a favorable vote the previous week. "I didn't want you to think we didn't notice and appreciate what you did," said O'Brien in a low Yankee twang. "The President mentioned it at the leadership meeting this morning...
...emerged as a public figure in his own right, as counsel for the Senate labor-management rackets committee. As he unfolded the sordid exposé of corruption and crime in the Teamsters and other big unions, Bobby momentarily overshadowed Jack, and his curled-lip intensity and Yankee twang became a television staple. It was a skillful, relentless and aggressive investigation, conducted at the man-killing pace that has become Bob Kennedy's trademark. When Jack decided to run for the presidency, Bobby cheerfully reverted to a supporting role to become campaign manager. The dogged, hair-raising-and winning-battle...
Song and Play Time with Pete Seeger (Folkways). Only a tossed coin could choose between Burl Ives and Pete Seeger in folk-song appeal. Purists may find Seeger's numbers a shade more authentic or the twang of his guitar a trifle more personable...
...true that he has changed the Ozark flavor of "Old Smoky" and removed its twang. But it is not only the artist's prerogative to sing for the here and now; it is his job. If the simplicity and straightforwardness of style catches some off balance, perhaps they would be better off considering the intricate skill of his arrangements, which bring out the simple lines of the songs. One must not forget that men like Scruggs and Hopkins are also "interpreting," and not just repeating. Seeger, in "making music his" has helped make it meaningful...
Maine. Lanky, moderately liberal Republican John Hathaway Reed, 39, is as typical a "Down East" product as the Cobbler potatoes he grows. He talks with a twang, was a first-rate harness racer until his wife made him quit after he had a bad spill; now he drives a collection of antique Packards. Reed entered the state senate in 1957, and as senate president succeeded automatically to the governorship on the death of Democrat Clinton Clauson. His ten-month first term was lacklustre; in his second he promises to improve state schools...