Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Billed as a "Republican Revival" (which struck many a GOPster as libelous), the meeting was engineered by smooth, stocky Chicago lawyer William J. Grace, chairman of an organization now called the Citizens' U.S.A. Committee (formerly the Citizens' Keep America Out of War Committee). But Illinois' top-drawer Republicans, although mainly anti-Willkie, shunned the Mural Room, looked prim and pained. The Great Revival was off to a weak start...
...smooth, homespun, easy-to-read style, he has told his readers what the American soldier eats, how he dresses, whether his socks are warm enough, how & when & where he sleeps, what he feels in battle, what he thinks when he is not fighting, how he lives and how he dies. To do this, he has lived with the troops...
...Wedgies" are the latest styles for paratroopers. The new rubber heels, made by Goodyear, have a smooth junction with the sole to avoid snagging, provide a better cushion for hard landings...
...that he had been using the same razor blade for a month. "Women say they dislike beards," said he, "but that, I fancy, is because women can't help having a secret and uneasy respect for the bearded male, a respect they don't feel for us smooth-faced fellows...
...fancy theories about his speed. A bashful, homespun farmer's son, reared in the wooded hills of northern Sweden, he attributes his flawless style to the springy forest paths, thickly padded with pine needles, where he first learned to run. He believes he is smooth and swift because he enjoys running more than anything else in the world except playing his accordion and doing the hambo, a native Swedish dance...