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Word: smoothed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...balks from praising too much, but Ballet Theatre boasts several excellent principals and a smooth functioning cast. Excepting a few rough spots, one cannot ask for much more...

Author: By Jonathan O. Swan, | Title: Ballet Theatre | 12/5/1952 | See Source »

...Gremp and Forrest Hanson, the former a junior the latter a senior, both of whom started sporadically last year, will pay often at toward. Shepard plans to spell Lionette at center with sophomore Dick Manning. Manning, not as smooth as Lionette, turned in the best rebounding performance against Tech, and Shepard is anxious to play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five to Meet Rhode Island In Scrimmage at I A B Today | 11/29/1952 | See Source »

Plaster Paneling. Fondly eying the amateur home fixers, U.S. Gypsum Co. showed off its new sheetrock gypsum wallboard, which it hopes will replace plywood for many uses. The board is fire-resistant, sound-dampening, and can be easily glued to old plaster walls or any other smooth surface. Panels are 16 in. wide and 8 to 10 ft. long, come in plain, knotty pine and striated finishes, and they can easily be cut with a penknife. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Nov. 24, 1952 | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

This week, with foreign ministers of all the Big Five powers present at the General Assembly, Lie announced his long-planned resignation, urged the big powers to agree on a successor quickly, and expressed hope that his quitting might smooth chances for a Korean ceasefire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Peace Gesture | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

...Bavarian Alps, the U.S., Britain and France have a string of air bases equal to any in the world. Inherited from the Nazis, the accommodations at these bases reflect the care that Hermann Goring lavished on his pet Luftwaffe. Runways (extended by the jet-flying allies) are long and smooth, operations buildings snugly efficient, living quarters furnished down to the last monogrammed china dinner service.* Only snag about the old German system of air bases: it faces the wrong way. The best of the fields, i.e., those in the Reich's rear areas, have two irremediable defects: 1) they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Operation Pullback | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

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