is cow towing the opposite of cow tipping?

[vida morkunas]

when did kowtow first appear in the English language?

amusing typo in the Venture Reporter today - undoubtedly brought on by an
automated spellchecker:

Critics Say U.S. Government Censors Internet Health Information
VentureReporter.net Tuesday, November 26, 2002, 2:46 PM ET

Health activists and Democratic members of Congress have accused the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services of censoring medical information in
an effort to promote to promote conservative sexual mores. In once instance,
an article finding no link between abortion and breast cancer was removed
from the Internet after a pro-life member of Congress wrote to Health and
Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson. In another case, an article about
condom use was removed from the Web site of the Centers for Disease Control.
Critics such as Planned Parenthood have denounced the excising of the
articles, claiming that the Bush administration is cow towing to social
conservatives. One Republican Representative and 11 Democrats wrote to
Secretary Thompson, urging that the removed breast cancer article be
republished.

Read the New York Times article
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/26/national/26ABST.html (registration
required)