Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...poetry, in general, seems to be the work of capable writers caught in an off moment. The melody of the verses is smooth and tuneful; significance and magic are absent. Mr. Whitman's "Verse" and Mr. Burke's "Fantasy" stand slightly above my generalization, which, like all generalizations, may be unjust...
Though the Red and Gray quintet outplayed their opponents throughout the entire game, their superiority was most evident at the start. During the whole of the first half Coach Tolbert's men seemed sluggish. Their poor passing and careless shooting was a marked cantrast to the smooth team-work and effective marksmanship of the Exeter combination. With the second half, however, the 1925 men improved and forced their oppoents to fight for every point...
...frank; other nations would be less frank; other nations would concede less, expecting that our concessions would be withdrawn later; others, too, might try their hand at "reserving". Negotiations would thus extend from the council-table, through the ratifying bodies, to a grand international committee of conference designed to smooth over the objections which the various parliaments had enacted. This procedure would be open diplomacy openly arrived at but it is indirect, slow and uncertain. The Senate will help to avoid it by giving to the present treaties its unconditioned approval...
Coach Claflin will have no opportunity before the game to smooth out in actual practice the defeats shown against M.I.T. Friday. The University displayed fine all-around playing in the last half of the game against the Engineers, but Coach Claflin was not at all satisfied with the work in the opening period. The Crimson still has a marked tendency to start slowly. If, due to this, the B.A.A. players are able to gain a small lead over the University at the beginning it may result disastrously for the Crimson...
...only question that now remains is whether the Irish can throw off their pugnacious habits and establish a smooth-running form of government. This might very well be possible were it not for one circumstance: DeValera and his discontents. The "President of the Irish Republic" has fought the treaty tooth and nail, and to all intents and purposes will continue to do so. Why he should feel the way he does is no great problem. He is first and foremost an egitator who lives on the troubles of others; to establish peace in Ireland would leave him, frankly...