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Word: twangs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that the U.S. is more likely to launch a nuclear attack than the Soviet Union, she adamantly opposes U.S. foreign policies. Is she biting the hand that fed her? More likely, perhaps, Unking two hands together. For Kelly thrives on eclecticism. She alternates a Bavarian inflection with an American twang, warm private gestures with eloquent public harangues. When detractors brand the Greens as a youth party, Kelly points to her colleague and frequent traveling companion, her 77-year-old grandmother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Variegated Sunflower | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

...whole thing was kind of shocking. I worked harder there than I've ever worked in my life," he says, recalling his prep school days. "I couldn't believe how fast everyone out here talked, and they all thought I talked funny, with a twang. I guess I picked it up at the rodeo, hanging around all those cowboys...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: Pat Fleming and Joe Margolis | 11/19/1982 | See Source »

...game Finn was only one of three laxwomen to notch hat tricks. Den Hartog notched four goals, and after scoring her first goal in a Crimson uniform at 6:14 of the first half, freshman Lisa Black proceeded to twitch the twang four more times...

Author: By John Beilenson, | Title: Laxwomen Romp | 4/17/1982 | See Source »

Parton's picture hangs prominently on the station wall, and her spirit is constantly invoked, as if she were the patron saint of such enterprises. Though the songs do not always have the authentic hillbilly twang, the spirit is right, as cheery, relaxed and amiable as the first really warm day of spring. Dolly would probably approve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Good Ole Time | 3/1/1982 | See Source »

...execute a triple homage to his former Galatea, Cybill Shepherd? The film's three ingenues all bear traces of the Delphic Cybill: Dorothy Stratten has the blond hair and the even features, Patti Hansen the mobile mouth in search of the perfect smirk, Colleen Camp the Texas twang and eerie talent for grating on the most placid moviegoer's nerves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Aimless Bust | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

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