Word: appalachian
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JOHN F. KENNEDY'S Appalachian oak rocking chair from North Carolina was recommended by his doctor to ease J.F.K.'s chronic lower-back pain. But it eventually signified contemplation in the White House...
...fragile charm to shine through, offset well by softer instrumentation from Tortoise, avoiding the dissonance and conflict between the two styles that occurs on tracks like ‘It’s Expected I’m Gone.’ Staunch Oldham fans, used to the threadbare Appalachian melodies of Palace Music, might not find all they are looking for here: “The Brave and the Bold,” with all its distortion and metallic twittering, is a far cry from the bony beauty of any other Oldham work. The most striking loss is Oldham...
...However the rumor started-the CEO of the mine company blamed it on a ?miscommunication?-the tragedy hit this Appalachian community hard. Most everyone here knows a miner or works in the mines himself, and hundreds of residents came out to support the families and friends of the trapped men. West Virginia?s governor, Joe Manchin, was on the scene but he too seemed caught up in the euphoria of the false report. ?Miracles do happen,? he said, before learning the truth...
...drive for Northwestern salmon-fishing rights. Lafayette had checked repeatedly to make sure King wanted the hardscrabble white groups to be included, and the answer was always simple: "Are they poor?" The motor lodge's meeting room was dotted with coal miners, some of whom braved fierce criticism from Appalachian rivals, and one white participant, Peggy Terry, admitted being raised in a Kentucky Klan family. After moving to Montgomery during the bus boycott, she had gone once on a lark to see "that smart aleck nigger come out of jail," and the actual sight of King buffeted...
...Lafayette, 1988; Mark Duffner, Holy Cross, 1987). Jim Tressel won the award in 1994 with Youngstown State and rose to the I-AA ranks where he took home a national title at Ohio State. The I-AA postseason festivities will conclude with tonight’s title game between Appalachian State and Northern Iowa at 8 p.m. on ESPN2. —MICHAEL R. JAMES