Word: bow
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...walk up the stairs of Eliot tower, toward a pale blue practice room with a romantic Cambridge view. He opens the door, grabs a chair and pulls out the endpin on his cello. As he resins the bow, he lectures on the subtle differences between bows...
...What might be behind that? Could it be that large companies-more likely publicly traded-are quicker to bow to the pressure of profit-seeking shareholders? Or that big companies are more likely to be in certain industries (such as manufacturing) that get hit harder in recessions...
...phenomenon on which it is advisable to have a clear grip”: in other words, he aims to prepare and protect us.Coming at the end of the book, however, the author’s stated purpose reads more like a rationalization than a graceful bow and exit. The idea behind the book is intriguing, but McGinn does not offer a thorough treatment of it. He devotes far too much time and energy to defining the concept without impressing its significance on his readers. In a world where even one dictionary citation seems like a rhetorical faux pas, three separate...
While Klink introduced a transcendent atmosphere into the normally austere Edison and Newman Room, causing her audience to bow their heads and close their eyes in meditation, she remained modest about her performance...
...first ferry boat pulled its bow up to the tip of the wing, and the first mate lowered the Jacob's ladder down to us. We got a couple people up the ladder to safety, but the current was strong pushing the stern of the boat into the inflatable slide and we were afraid it would puncture it; there must have been 25 passengers in it by now. Only two or three were able to board the first ferry before it moved away...