Word: bowes
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...worshippers face Mecca. "Allahu akbar." Hands lift heavenward. "God is great." They bow as a voice leads them through the litany. "Alhamdulillah." From the familiar words to the leader's call and the 100-strong congregation's murmured response, the prayers sound much as they always do. "Praise be to God." Except that the voice leading them is a woman...
...What's he like? He's personable and sociable, and loves to banter, even with opposition legislators. Tsang is a devout Roman Catholic?he was educated at a Jesuit school?and worships daily at St. Joseph's Church near his office. Favorite item of clothing: colorful bow ties...
...particularly remarkable and at times sound almost as if they are playing a single instrument, as they easily synchronize to toss off some difficult violin licks. To keep the music from becoming too heavy during the opera’s emotional ballads, the strings section play using specialized bow strokes with an expertise that betrays their experience as seasoned players...
...that Foer--it's one syllable, "like the number four"--isn't funny and charming, because he is. But there's something deeply, essentially earnest about him. Gone are the bow ties: he dresses to disappear, in a gray sweater and blue jeans. He is neither hip nor cool. Skinny and delicately handsome, he looks even younger than he is. He doesn't go out. He is a vegetarian...
Looking at this earnest, fiercely determined, hugely ambitious writer, who at 28 already has two better-than-solid novels out and who is only getting better, you have to wonder what happened to the glittery, bow-tie-wearing little boy he used to be. "When I was younger, I wore it all on my sleeve," Foer says. "I think writing helped me change that because it was another way of showing myself." So, is mini-Liberace gone forever? Just for a micro-second, so that you almost miss it, the sober demeanor is gone, and Foer lets himself look...