Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Buchmanism. Educators recognized at once that the Waterbury Student Mission was a manifestation of a sect that has rooted itself spasmodically in U. S. colleges -Buchmanism. Mr. Frank N. D. Buchman was not at Waterbury, but was represented by Samuel Shoemaker, zealous disciple. Mr. Buchman is smooth, with a long intelligent nose, a hungry eye. He is to be seen from time to time traveling first class on the principal transatlantic liners. When at New Haven, or Princeton, or Cambridge, Mass., or Cambridge, Eng., he is persona grata among a group of serious-minded young men distinguished by their piety...
Fourth Game. Babe Ruth swung his bat in a smooth high arc and began to run while the ball he had hit rode smoothly over the bleachers and dropped into Grand Avenue outside the park. It was Ruth's afternoon. The day before he had proclaimed in colorful language his contempt for St. Louis; now he must make good or be derided. Furthermore an eleven-year-old boy dying of blood poisoning in Essex Fields, N. J., had sent him a telegram asking for a home run. The appeal was exactly the sort of thing to appeal to Ruth...
...times the Harvard first-year aggregation displayed a smooth, powerful attack, efficient in gaining ground alike by running plays and by the forward pass, but woefully lacking in a scoring punch. The play was in Exeter's territory most of the time, but half a dozen excellent scoring chances were tossed away; Devens missed three field goals by narrow margins, and one attempt by Wetmore was blocked...
Diplomacy (Blanche Sweet, Matt Moore). Scenarios are never so stupid as when they fret with secret service intrigue. In this one, the British U. S., Russian diplomats fight it out for the balance of power. The dastardly Bolshevik spies perpetrate villainous deeds. Especially reprehensible is the smooth lady-spy who opens the door every time state secrets are being discussed. Fortunately for civilization, Matt Moore, U. S. Secret Service agent, marches capably before the camera whenever conditions become too crucial...
Jutting out in the Atlantic about a third of the way from Lisbon to Philadelphia, are the Azores Islands. Chief of them is Fayal, where the little stone houses of Horta-toy houses of pure pink, blue, yellow and white-rim the smooth-curved harbor. . . . One day last week the volcanic crust of the earth subsided under Fayal. Some 1,500 of the little stone houses of Horta trembled, crumbled, fell down. A tidal wave washed in to paw their ruins...