Word: bowness
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...since the 1930s. Days earlier, when she wore a black dress, Labor M.P. William Hamilton had pointed a taunting finger at her and inquired derisively, "Is she dressed in black because of the unemployment figures?" Now she was meticulously turned out in a tailored gray suit, a soft white bow at her neck, to face another onslaught. In her coolly accented voice, she delivered a forceful and familiar message: only sound money and competitive industry can bring down inflation and eventually create new jobs for Britain...
...reportedly spend as much as $2 million in the process. A bankable "name," a highly-wrought production and proven backstage performers should have begotten a success. Yet for all its trimmings, Woman of the Year is empty inside, a great big birthday present tied up with a shiny bow, holding nothing but more and more boxes...
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...sort of dialogue may yet develop. Late last week Warsaw proposed a joint union-government commission to study the economic impact of ending Saturday labor. Government Spokesman Jozef Barecki, meanwhile, suggested the government might take up some of Solidarity's current demands-though he insisted authorities would not bow to an "ultimatum" from the workers. In spite of the week's bluster and turbulence, therefore, there still appeared to be some small chance for compromise-a chance neither side could afford to lose. The alternative was a mounting spiral of confrontation that could ultimately tempt the Soviets...
...upset by the price (it would cost a minimum of $2,000 to buy tickets to all the events); a few Congressmen are ruffled by a "suggestion" that they too wear morning suits at the swearing-in. Jimmy Carter, who wore a business suit to his Inauguration, will bow to Reagan's dress code. But Democratic Senator Don Riegle of Michigan is outraged: "I'm not sure that's the way to start fighting inflation." Counters Inauguration Co-Chairman Robert Gray: "If the swearing-in of a President is not worthy of the dignity of formal clothes...