Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Denounced by some as being too smooth for a jazz musician, Ellington, who was called "The Immortal Duke of Hot" by the Prince of Wales on the Duke's London engagement in 1933, is nevertheless one of Americas outstanding colored musicians...
...first day of debate, smooth and usually imperturbable Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King was exasperated and beside himself at Opposition tactics. In an ominous tone he snapped: "If we (the Government) cannot get cooperation we shall have to consider our responsibility. . . ." Ears pricked up all over Canada. This sounded like a threat to dissolve the House, which would mean a general election...
Freed of traffic lights (except at pedestrian crossings), the ring streets would supposedly allow a smooth flow of traffic. The block plan would place all residents within easy walking distance of schools, shops, etc. Herrey proposes a new type of apartment house, with a terrace and garden for each apartment...
Mexican Hayride (book by Herbert & Dorothy Fields; music & lyrics by Cole Porter; produced by Michael Todd) is a $225,000 tropical splurge. Better musicomedies have been swung on far less money, but Mexican Hayride is a smooth formula job - large-scale and lavish, with good dancing, fair tunes, pleasant people and plenty of Bobby Clark...
...Smooth Borers. In Yonkers, N.Y., 73-year-old, crutch-carrying Sweeney McIntyre and 35-year-old John Mitchell got into an argument over Mclntyre's daughter, went home for their shotguns, repeatedly perforated each other at 60 paces, spent ten days having the slugs removed, came to court...