He finished those, drinking as he worked, and rolled up the music with a neat ribbon tying the packet, ready to give to his mother.
Only a fool would try to tie too neat a ribbon around the conflicting elements that shaped Bill Clinton.
But in trying to see Mr. LaRouche as a would-be Fuhrer, Mr. King may be trying to tie together the whole unruly package with too neat a ribbon.
Taking its title from a popular song, William Deterle's thoughtful I'LL BE SEEING YOU (1944), starring Ginger Rogers and Joseph Cotten, is not the usual fluff of romance tied in neat ribbons.
That the case was wrapped up with neat little ribbons, and nothing waited for her outside this embrace but the usual sleep-for-two-days aftermath.
I had time to see that the neat ribbon that tied it back was green, and then he turned around.
SOMEWHERE on Interstate 17, the neat ribbon of highway that links Phoenix with Flagstaff, I understood what draws visitors to Arizona.
But when the three sailors appeared in their freshly pressed uniforms, with ribbons neat and medals polished, she wanted to throw up.
It took some searching to find the hat she liked, a pale pink straw with a fairly wide brim and a neat ribbon.
She was rather pretty, with her brown hair tied back with a neat ribbon and every button in place.