1.   In rural areas the heavy regional accents added to the problem.

2.   And occasionally an actor reads, usually with a heavy accent, some crucial writing about sex.

3.   And Rhoda, with her heavy accent, is still the best best friend going.

4.   As they got closer I knew that they were Croatian soldiers by the heavy accents.

5.   Atlanta taxi driver Brian Okoye blurted in his heavy Nigerian accent as he shuttled journalists to Hartsfield International Airport on Thursday for yet another invasion of Tallahassee.

6.   A heavy regional accent, including a Southern drawl, works against job candidates, a University of North Texas study concludes.

7.   About the toughest recording session was one with Dr. Ruth Westheimer, whose heavy German accent forced five takes, Knight said.

8.   But authorities did not expect that Soltys, with his heavy accent and limited English, could travel undetected for long.

9.   Considered a B-movie actress, Velez created the comedic spitfire role by speaking with a heavy accent and resorting to rapid-fire Spanish when annoyed.

10.   Delivering her lines in a heavy French accent, Ms. Marceau is at least intelligible.