Word: bows
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...bow, which had not yet been notched for a bowstring, is made of yew, which Egg explains is "the best wood in Central Europe for bowmaking and the wood the famous English longbows -- like Robin Hood's -- were made of." Yew is relatively rare in the Alps, but the Iceman had searched out "the best material...
...some point, Egg says, the Iceman could have left his group to search for yew to replace a broken bow or to hunt for food. His route may have taken him over the Alpine crest and down to the tree line on the other side. There he cut himself a new bow, fetched more arrow wood, and prepared to rejoin his friends...
...face-off with George Bush and Ross Perot Thursday night, from which the Democrat emerged a clear winner. To some viewers, in fact, Bush seemed to adopt an almost elegiac tone, as if he knew he had lost and had decided to bow out with dignity -- though that may have been primarily a consequence of a format that brought the candidates in front of a quizzical audience demanding a sober discussion of issues...
WHAT IS LEFT FOR GEORGE BUSH NOW IS TO BOW OUT gracefully, an act of self- preservation to which he is well suited by temperament and breeding...
...jumped off the HOLLYWOOD sign"). Following a huge production number from the movie Hook with dozens of children suspended from the ceiling, Crystal remarked, "You know, Palance is the father of all those kids." Reacting to the biggest glitch -- when 1920s director Hal Roach, instead of just taking a bow, stood at his seat with no microphone and gave a long, inaudible speech for his Honorary Award for lifetime achievement -- Crystal gracefully joked, "The reason we couldn't hear Mr. Roach is that he is used to working in silent movies...