Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Multi-busy Deems Taylor steps into the presidency on a part-time basis,* and without salary. Feeling that "ASCAP ought not to be a one-man show," he plans to build a smooth-running organization to do the active work. Quipped Mr. Taylor: "I hope to get the presidency to the point where I will earn my salary...
...esthetic sense of a crackajack travel agent. Of glacial origin, Lake Pend d'Oreille is a favorite summer resort for the Northwest, is one of the largest U.S. fresh-water lakes (35 miles long, six to 15 miles wide). At either end, broad grass-lush prairies melt into smooth bathing beaches; on the east, steep cliffs stand sheer from the water, mount on up into the snowcapped Cabinet Mountains. The lake is fish-chocked: trout, land-locked salmon, whitefish. In summer, scores of pleasure boats, bright with paint, nose over...
...triple-threat fullback," captained the basketball team, had a trophy presented in his name to the outstanding Sophomore basketball, has a "favorite co-ed," is "an active fraternity man," doesn't smoke or drink, likes smooth music best, and hasn't gotten to 'thinking seriously' about any girl...
...which had lately become much less popular. In the 1920s, when jazz flourished in Chicago, there used to be great jam sessions in hotspots after closing time. By 1936 hot jazz had weaned a commercially successful but adulterated form of itself: swing. Today, it is commercial swing und the smooth, symphonic arrangements of name bands that make big money and attract jitterbugs...
Second sacker Bart Harvey accumulated two bingles and put on a show of smooth baserunning which drew praise from Coach Floyd Stahl. Catcher Paul Delahoyde's handling of the pitchers was also an exceptional feature of the informal contest...