On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee, a down-home, smooth-talking Arkansan is paired with a suave (though British-born) Cary Grant.

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In the South Side's gritty Park Manor neighborhood, Mack Sevier, a 65-year-old Arkansan, runs Uncle John's BBQ, opened in 2006.

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The Southern-gothic extravagance of this guy is worthy of Tennessee Williams, but Mr. Nichols, an Arkansan born and bred, has made a film of striking originality.

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But Mr Clinton's fate is now in the hands of Arkansan lawyers, some of whom see Mr Clinton's possible disbarment as a chance to clean up the state's reputation.

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My dad was a good Democrat, and he was a great Arkansan, and he was very typical of Arkansans in that he was very independent-minded, as am I, and as most of my constituents.

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