Word: bowness
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Despite all the judicial activity and the appeals for haste, there still was no assurance from the President that he would abide by a Supreme Court decision when it does come. He has said that he would bow only to "a definitive" decision, but he refused at his press conference last week to explain what he meant by the term. It "would not be appropriate" to do so, he said, since the matter was in the courts...
...four patients who have already been fitted with the experimental prosthesis report that it feels and performs much more like a normal hand than earlier devices. Milton Williamson, 47, an elementary school principal, used to wear clip-on bow ties; using Clippinger...
Both notions seem to be contributing to the present revival. The bow boom received most of its energy from the Gatsby-look promotion that began some months ago-the whole cardigan sweater, floppy flannel pants, '20s thing (TIME, March 26). But instead of fizzling the way the women's bow tie fad did, bows for men became bigger this summer-in design as well as sales...
...bow that classifies as modern today is not the tacky, pallid, narrow tie that waiters and theater ushers wear...
With the butterfly, however, knot making is a bit more difficult. The material is bulkier, wider, more difficult to pull through a knot. Many stores offer illustrated instructions on the proper method-which is not much different from tying a shoelace or anything else tied in a bow shape. Still, retailers say, younger men wearing bows for the first time prefer the already-tied clip...