Word: pails
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Wilkie, 39, is an affable Mississippian with an accent that sounds like marbles rolling around in a pail of Delta mud. A drooping mustache and gray-streaked hair that tumbles over his collar contribute to an aspect somewhere between a Confederate cavalry officer and Catfish Hunter. He began his career with the Clarksdale (Miss.) Press Register (circ. 7,325), got his first taste of national politics-and a highly flattering portrayal in The Boys on the Bus, Timothy Grouse's book about the 1972 campaign-at the Wilmington (Del.) News Journal (circ. 133,000) and hired...