Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Smooth Going. In the U.S., the middle-of-the-road press reaction was almost uniformly favorable. Even the isolationist New York Daily News, which would prefer a free atomic armament race, and devil take the hindmost, said that the Baruch plan was best, if there had to be a plan. The Daily Worker in New York and the Daily Worker in London both denounced it. The reactions of these Communist papers, however, was less important than that of Communist Andrei Gromyko, the Soviet delegate. Pressed for comment on Baruch's proposals, Mr. Gromyko said: "So far matters are going...
...minimum $3.1 billion goods. They thought how badly that would affect the breathless race between production and demand. Industry's pipelines were sucked out. The 45-day coal strike was a blow at production's source from which it would take industry many months to recover. The smooth and efficient exchanges of goods and services had all but vanished...
...flower painting she brings a technique familiar in photography but seldom attempted on canvas: the dramatic closeup. Like a bee, she explores the innermost recesses of hollyhocks, irises and morning-glories, and manages to extract an almost cloying degree of honey-sweet, cream-smooth satisfaction from them...
...editors chuckled at this smooth doubletalk. Cracked Chairman Erwin D. ("Spike") Canham, editor of the Christian Science Monitor: "Newspapermen the world over are very much alike." Ehrenburg shot him a grateful grin, while the interpreter hastened to finish translating Ehrenburg's previous remarks: "We know that when the Germans were on the outskirts of the city, Stalin stayed in Moscow. Stalin is dear to our hearts. . . ." Suggested Canham: would the visitors like to ask a few questions for a change? Gracefully, Ilya Ehrenburg declined...
...Progress. The sly dog who wrote this smooth doggerel says of himself: "I live a hideous life, and very often shave after lunch. I have four children and one wife. The fourth (a manchild) is extraordinarily handsome and good. All the other children are female and very high-minded...