Word: bowness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Indeed, naemul has been around for as long as Korean business has. The practice, relatively simple on its face, has some elaborate rules. For instance, the envelope must always be sealed. The giver must always bow his head and present the envelope with both hands. And perhaps most importantly, the receiver must never ever look inside the envelope while still in the giver's presence...
...naemul is an outgrowth of the Confucian grounding upon which Korean society is based. Just ask any Korean or Korean-American about the New Year's Day custom of parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and other adults handing out envelopes of money to children, who respond with a long, ceremonious bow and a wish of good blessings. Because of this fundamental grounding, naemul in one form or another has penetrated almost every other aspect of Korean society...
Sappington's Slide is savvy show biz; maybe Jerome Robbins should take a bow too. In the finale, Pucci, who was an engaging clown with the Pilobolus troupe during the '80s, lightens things up with cheerful, back-lit aerobics. In a pas de deux that manages to be both steamy and droll, he may be offering an opinion on pointe work, particularly when he has the ballerina (Jodie Gates) aim her toe shoe into her prostrate partner's mouth...
...national level, this summer's anti-violence crusader Sen. Paul Simon has gained a powerful ally in Attorney General Janet Reno. Reno, embattled by an unbroken string of well-publicized law enforcement failures, has recognized what the bow-tied Mr. Potatohead of Capitol Hill has shrewdly seen all along: TV violence, unlike real violence, is an inherently solvable, if completely delusory, "problem...
...construction is part of a plan to improve the Cambridge sewer system. The project, which is planned to last just more than a year, will cover several streets including Mt. Auburn, Holyoke, Bow, Quincy, Broadway, Kirkland and Oxford, according Harvard officials contacted earlier in the week...