Word: bowness
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...directed the style of his speech at the cameras, knowing from his showbiz experience that subtlety of gesture is more expressive than exaggeration. Furthermore, he used Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 in his address, implying that he, Reagan, was above partisan labels. And he concluded by asking America to bow its head in prayer--the implication being that he, Reagan, had not developed an overweening sense of vanity through the week of excessive praise and a schedule designed to make his victory more coronation than nomination...
...close of the memorial service, all 243 foreign dignitaries filed past an urn containing Ohira's ashes. Each made a low, formal bow, the traditional Japanese gesture of respect, except Carter, who barely nodded his head. But the Japanese, not expecting a newcomer to follow protocol, were not upset by Carter's performance. Later, however, Carter clearly startled Ohira's widow with a display of American informality while paying a call on her. He greeted her with a kiss, then slipped his arm around her waist when leading her into the Ohira family home...
...Iran, Carter seemed willing to bow to European pleas for restraint; even Thatcher's Foreign Minister, Lord Carrington, has been telling him that economic sanctions will do nothing to free the hostages and may help push Tehran into the Soviet orbit. But there was a chance that Carter might still call for a general condemnation by the summit participants of terrorist acts...
Sounds rather like a Soviet football team: the Moscow Virtuosos. But what an all-star lineup. These Virtuozy Moskvy are 25 top musicians, organized into a chamber orchestra 18 months ago by Violinist Vladimir Spivakov, 35. World-renowned virtuoso himself, Spivakov alternates between bow and baton to direct his skillful charges with intensity and impishness: "Let's not be bulldozers," he will grin as the tempo speeds up during rehearsal of a Vivaldi passage. The virtuozy were the hit of Moscow's Russian Winter Festival and will play for Olympic audiences this summer. Spivakov would like to bring...
Takeover by bow and arrow...