Word: bowe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...small but sturdy and trim. The 2,857-ton freighter had been specially designed for the Danish government to withstand the pounding seas and polar ice of the wildest stretch of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the barren shores of Greenland. She had a double steel bottom, an armored bow and stern, and was divided into seven watertight compartments; she carried the most modern instrumentation, from radar to gyro, from Decca Navigator to radio-equipped life rafts. Her veteran captain, P. L. Rasmussen, 58, declared: "This ship means a revolution in Arctic navigation." Boasted a government official...
...Lucius was wearing a new bow tie--Ivy Tartan, the salesman had called it--and the question rather flattered him. Usually Lucius never tended his appearance, but today was Mother's birthday, and it seemed special. (That was why he'd eaten...
...time of year to vent our petty grievances. Typing is not allowed on mid-year and final examinations. Too many courses give examinations. There are no STOP signs at the corner of Plympton and Bow Streets. The tennis courts are in deplorable condition. The food, even in Adams and Dunster Houses, is wretched. Only one appointment has been made in the field of Geography. There are no permanent appointments in History and Lit. The water coming from both the hot and cold taps in Moors Hall is hot. Elsie's is too crowded. Animals still roam the streets of Cambridge...
Simon Elwes: "A big bow to Don Iddon. His column is a necessity...
...Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, by Nikos Kazantzakis. An epic arrow-flight of adventure, passion and soul-searching from the literary bow of Greece's late, famed man of letters...