Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...understood that the roadbed of the bridge will be reconditioned and resurfaced, transforming the present rough street into a smooth roadway. Officials of the public works department announce that the bridge during the time of repairing will be closed to vehicle traffic only; the closing does not effect pedestrians...
When the cream and chocolate Golden Arrow Express glided out of Paris, one noontime last week, a certain smooth-shaven, starched-collared, quietly dressed U. S. passenger passed unnoticed among many another en route to London. As he worked rapidly through a neat sheaf of papers, the traveler looked much like other graduates of Rutgers, other Baptists, other natives of Bloomfield, N. J. His choice of viands at luncheon was to eschew a la carte dishes and accept the table d'hote offered. Fellow passengers continued unconscious that they were actually traveling on the same train with the Agent...
...Miguel headed finally for the open sea. It was at this time that Karl H. von Wiegand, Hearst correspondent, radioed: "While ocean liners along the northern steamer lane are laboring in the heaviest weather, the Graf Zeppelin is sailing along under beautiful skies a thousand feet above the smooth ocean...
...years, six mornings a week during the college year William Herbert Perry Faunce has stood before his young gentlemen in chapel and told a story, pointed a moral. Attentive listeners, year by year, could detect no repetition, could spot no bromides, in the smooth flow of oratory...
Upon approaching the impressive gates of the post proper, one feels the influence of the Army, and within the barriers such signs as "Speed Limit Twelve Miles per Hour." "Government Property" all confirm the impression of smooth organization. However, a spirit of friendliness prevails once the first awe is overcome, and there is no such thing as monotony at Ethan Allan...