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Word: smoothed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fortnight ago, China's National Assembly overwhelmingly elected Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek President of China. Then they turned to the election of a Vice President. At first, everything was smooth as cream. At the Dragon Gate restaurant, delegates sipped tea with Candidate Sun Fo, whose father was Sun Yatsen, hero of the revolution, and who was second only to the Gimo in Kuomintang prestige. Four other aspirants were equally polite and formal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Dark Horse from Kwangsi | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...feels that a little more practice will smooth out the Varsity's style in the long, steady pull in mid-race. And a few more weeks of training will give them added stamina for the crucial sprint...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Bolles Not Depressed Over Defeat by Cornell | 5/6/1948 | See Source »

Eliot showed expected power, if not its customary smooth form, in beating Dunster by two and a half lengths in the first heat of the day. Kirkland played policeman, finishing about an equal distance behind the mighty Funster eight...

Author: By David G. Braaten, | Title: Indians Conquer Varsity Nine, 9-6; Eliot, Adams, Puritan Eights Win | 5/5/1948 | See Source »

...Exeter while "Nickleby" is on, wait around and see the other feature. "Quiet Weekend" was filmed over two years ago from the successful London play by Ester McCracken and has a east that is probably unknown in this country, even in Boston. The acting and the direction are so smooth and appropriate to the setting and story that they can go unnoticed as such. However, the superb comedy antics of Frank Cellier as the befuddled lover-fisherman, and that of Edward Rigby as the village tosspot, deserve singling out for special praise. There is also a spirited young miss named...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/5/1948 | See Source »

...spectacle of chocolate-smooth Jesse Owens, streaking so far ahead of the field in a mere 100 meters that he finishes all alone in the picture frame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Leni's Olympics | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

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