Word: kowtow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though Kani maintains that the Komiteh will eventually turn over most of its authority to an elected government and assume an "oversight" role, he made clear that any new regime would have to kowtow to the Komiteh's commands. If not, he said, "we will do what we did before." Did that mean that the Komiteh would go on ruling Iran in the Council's name? Kani's reply: "Of course...
...blue jeans and seemed embarrassed by the applause. "I love it when people cheer, but I never know what to do," says Glass. His ensemble has no polish and even bumbles its bows, but Glass feels that the best act is no act. "I don't want to kowtow to popular culture - break my instruments onstage...
...Creek are not at all sure they want that. Says Walt Schultz, 65, who has helped run all 21 events: "With the A.C.A., we'd still have to do all the work and they'd just tell us what to do. We don't want to kowtow to the great canoeists. All we want is a fun weekend-strictly amateur. We cater to the everyday Joe who wants to bring his kids here and have a good time." By those criteria, North Creek's derby this year, as always, was a success. Cold...
Trailing by 12 points at one stage in the second half. the cagers simply refused to kowtow. When Cyrus Booker swished a pair of free throws with 2:03 left to play, the hoopsters took an 85-83 lead which they held onto with something bordering on cold fury. "You could see the determination in their faces," said coach Frank McLaughlin. "Tonight we decided to do it all together...
What possessed Shelley? Holmes has tried to find the answer by retracing a path trampled flat by idolaters. After a pampered, precocious childhood filled with adoring sisters, gothic novels and the promise of an inherited baronetcy, Shelley was thrust into a Dickensian boarding school. At Eton, his refusal to kowtow to senior students earned him the nickname "Mad Shelley." There followed University College, Oxford, which gratefully expelled young Percy Bysshe, after a scant six months, for writing a broadside on atheism...