Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...opinion it would be a most foolish and improvident act on the part of our two Governments or either of them to break up this smooth-running and immensely powerful machinery the moment the war is over. For our own safety as well as for the security of the rest of the world we are bound to keep it working . . . after the war, probably for a good many years, not only until we have set up some world arrangement to keep the peace but until we know that it is an arrangement which will really give us that protection...
...working days. In off hours, he lives in a pleasant Algiers villa with three companions: his devoted "dog robber" (orderly), Sergeant "Micky" McKeogh; a Scottish terrier named Telek; his principal aide, Navy Commander Harold Butcher, a friend from Washington days who used to be a broadcasting-company executive. Smooth, fast-talking, fast-thinking Harold Butcher is reputed to have much influence with Eisenhower...
...actually reduced the number of words to between 200 and 300 which, in theory, could be considered the base of all ideas expressible in English. These words, however, could not be used as a practical basic language, since conversation would not be smooth-nor-could the normal purposes of the languages be satisfied by so few words...
...years ago Lord Louis was plumped into the Commando job, made a Vice Admiral and given honorary titles in the Army and the R.A.F. Combined Operations was then a stepchild, frowned on by Colonel Blimps, struggling along in hand-me-downs. Smooth Lord Louis made drastic changes, used his influence to get materiel and facilities, lifted Combined Operations to glamor and renown...
...lining of the knee joints. But scar tissue that forms afterwards usually makes the joint surfaces stick together, causing stiffness that is often only partly relaxed by a slow, painful course of exercises. Surgeon McKeever thought that if he capped the sliding surfaces of the joints with a smooth material, he might prevent scar tissue adhesion, keep the surfaces moving freely...