Word: bowed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...MONTHS ago, when Paul Simon entered the presidential race, the prevailing wisdom among political pundits was that the 58-year-old, first-term Illinois Senator's horn-rimmed glasses, massive earlobes, and trademark bow tie made him unelectable. His unabashed New Deal liberalism wouldn't sell in these budget-cutting times, everyone was sure...
Marvin Kalb's first question to Democratic presidential candidate Paul Simon was a familiar one--how can a man who wears a bow tie, horn-rimmed glasses and two hearing aids be elected president...
Kalb, who does not sport a bow tie, yesterday followed his usual tack in these hour-long interviews sponsored by the Kennedy School's Shorenstein-Barone Center for Press, Politics, and Public Policy of firing questions on a broad range of policy questions. But, as usual, the answers he got rarely went beyond campaign rhetoric...
Kalb may recognize this problem in his debates.Even as he jibed with Simon over bow ties andbooks, Kalb seemed to want to move away from thepersonal issues that have dominated the campaign.Before the cameras went live yesterday afternoonand before the former television journalist openedwith his question about hearing aids, Kalbreminded the Kennedy School audience to stay awayfrom "mushy" questions
...Cambridge. After three successful and warming concert appearances in New York City right after Thanksgiving, Faithfull is even thinking about a small tour. If asked, she will consider seeing the Stones again ("I would like to see them, perhaps just once, to acknowledge my past, give it a bow"), but speaks with real respect and affection about the caring attention of her friend Island Records Founder Chris Blackwell. Under his benign guidance, she felt "no pressure to do anything. I was given a little allowance, a house was found, and . . . live your life a day at a time...