Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Communist Party illegal. Then the Party turned to infiltration tactics, presumably with counsel and advice from the Soviet Embassy. Soon it had made deals within Dutra's own disorganized Social Democratic Party. Reluctantly, Dutra concluded that Brazil's new democracy was getting nowhere in fighting the smooth hamstringing of organized Communism. He now hopes that strong public opinion, backing his break with Russia, will make Communism unpopular, that Congress will disenfranchise those Communists who still hold public office (e.g., one senator and 16 congressmen...
...that the Elis showed Baker Field anything anyone didn't know they had, but rather that they did all they were touted for so well. Playing against a strong and favored Columbia eleven, the Blues were like in an old hand in the saddle--always unruffled, smooth, in control, and ready to apply the pressure when needed...
...wide reaction might well become a final sigh of relief. But the end of one dramatically unsavory incident in the student housing crisis of 1947 does not amount to any sort of end to the crisis itself. While the administrative handling of the unexpected influx this Fall has been smooth for the most part, and conspicuously creditable in intercollegiate comparison, room exists to point out specific shortcomings. Furthermore, in the face of the problem's continuing complexity some high imagination for coping with its future appears immediately necessary...
...Russians are not striking out blindly. There is method in their madness. At the most obvious level they may hope to disrupt the smooth working of the Marshall Plan, which is designed to be a two-sided proposition. For its part, the United States proposes to furnish money and materials. But Europe is supposed to organize itself into an economic entity to make the best use of its resources. Communist inspired strikes and discontent could disrupt reconstruction and cause weariness and dissatisfaction in both the United States and Europe...
...have rounded hoods and wide, square bodies, forecast by the '48 convertible model put out last spring. Although some models, which range in price from $2,125 to $4,668, will cost more than their predecessors, two of them will be cheaper. Notable was Packard's smooth production switchover, accomplished without a single day's loss in production...