Word: kowtow
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...vermin therefore bow, kowtow, and otherwise grovel, and stretch our necks beneath the axblade of your wrath...
...Parading before the committee to take the side of Napster and its ilk were former Eagle Don Henley and former Public Enemy Chuck D, who spoke to Napster fans before the hearing at a rally Monday evening. And in Washington to kowtow to the music establishment was Ted Nugent, a congressional-hearings favorite (though more for his bow-hunting prowess than "Cat Scratch Fever") and EMI executive Ken Berry...
...neither case has it been proven that Wahid pocketed the missing funds, but his refusal to kowtow before parliament has cost him. Says Nurcholish Majid, a respected Muslim scholar and long-time Wahid associate: "He doesn't believe he's done anything wrong, and he'll use whatever he has for his defense...
Borrowing a little excitement is fine, and there's something sweet in Clooney's homage to TV's past. But there's an apologetic ring to the project too; it seems to kowtow to the Edenic myth that since the 1950s, TV has charted a direct course to hell. Many of the decisions--from shooting in black and white to having Walter Cronkite introduce the production--are like penance for the past. And no such apologies are necessary. Playhouse 90 was a wonderful program, but there's a difference between creating TV and broadcasting theater, between using the medium...
...kowtow the U.S. did. The American negotiators obligingly traveled to Beijing, where Jiang kept his distance from the talks, sending in Premier Zhu Rongji to thrash out the details. Once the pact was signed, however, Jiang elbowed Zhu aside. "The photo op was Jiang's," says Charlene Barshefsky, the U.S. Trade Representative, who led the American team...