Word: twangs
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...lack of Cambridge-style frenzy does not mean it is a sleepy, podunk town. With a rejuvenated down-town, sprawling suburbs, rapid commercial growth and substantial improvements in infrastructure, Atlanta truly deserves its newfound spot on the Map of Important Places. Thanks in large part to Atlanta, the vocal twang once associated exclusively with Aunt Bea and Opie no longer automatically marks one as the product of a cultural backwater...
...gives a striking performance in her final confrontation scene with her husband Al (Anthony Koronto Hatch), and it is unfortunate that the rest of her time on stage could not have been as powerful. The delivery of earlier lines is impeded by an inexplicable and transient country-girl twang. In the end, Forbes has won the audience's pity rather than affection...
...Hornsby has apparently discovered the obvious advantages of collaboration. For the first time, he makes extensive use of backup singers, with Harvard Square-favorite Shawn Colvin (who opened Suzanne Vega's now infamous Harvard show) making frequent appearances. And the subdued twang of Jerry Garcia's guitar riffs are hard to miss on songs like the first single, "Across the River...
...sound of a Delta drawl or a Georgia twang reminds me of home, as does the occasional Duke sweatshirt I see on campus. The sight of the Confederate flag, however, does not remind me of home. Just the opposite--it fills me with fear. Despite belonging to the `correct' country club, enjoying a private school education, having a locally well-respected name and good home training, I am not just a Southerner; I am a Black Southerner...
...hours away in cozy Arlington Stadium as the Texas Rangers take batting practice. Along the baseline, hefting a bat like a mace of office, George Walker Bush ambles through his own pregame drill. He chats up players and reporters and makes small talk with fans, using a down-home twang and slang that belie ten years of New England schooling. They seek his autograph as eagerly as they do the players'. Bush scribbles on a baseball, a hat, a scrap of paper. On this warm summer evening, not one sportswriter or spectator asks about his relative with the extra middle...