Word: bowe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wide, but drawing only 39 ft. fully loaded. At this draft, it can slide easily into most major ports, while still carrying 800,000 bbl. of oil. Much more maneuverable in narrow channels than the monster tankers (thanks to powerful "thruster" propellers set at right angles to its bow and stern), the ship will include several safeguards against oil leaks. One drawback: it will cost at least 8% more to build than a conventional tanker of the same capacity...
...feel that an American citizen should not bow to foreign monarchs," wrote Martha Mitchell in the Ladles' Home Journal, explaining her own stiff-legged presentation to Queen Elizabeth II at a garden party last July. Protocol-wise, curtsying is optional for non-subjects, but Scotland's 70-year-old Earl of Lindsay, a member of the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, was fit to be tied. He fired off a letter to Martha ("I take it that it is your considered opinion that I should remain seated during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner...
Nicolo Paganini could. According to 19th century writers, Paganini was the greatest violinist who ever lived. His fingers were like steel snakes, his bow arm a saber that sawed through unheard-of technical difficulties. During one performance, swore a Viennese listener, old Lucifer himself appeared beside Paganini, guiding his fingers. His lustrous tone sounded uncannily like the human voice-and no wonder, declared some darkly, for Paganini made his own strings out of human intestines...
...like a friendly monarch. Sills strides onto a stage bobbing her head and grinning, like an elegant shepherdess. Where Sutherland sails into a fast aria with grand nonchalance, Sills is likely to bounce up and down with infectious self-enjoyment. Sutherland usually finishes with a smile and a regal bow, Sills with a somewhat defiant toss of her head as if to say: "There! Top that!" So far, nobody has been able to top either of them...
...leadership." Italy looks to London as a guarantor of the democratic process within the Community and a counterweight against dominance by France and Germany. The West Germans hope that the British will help impose more effective parliamentary controls on the Eurocrats. The Benelux countries, having frequently been forced to bow to the demands of the Continent's Big Two, are also expected to look to Britain for counsel. So are Denmark and Norway, whose economies are so closely tied to Britain's that they have little choice but to follow her into the Community. Not that Prince Charles...