Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...burned beneath the green malt, and the sherry casks in which the spirit is matured. Irish whisky is also made from barley (not potatoes as is commonly thought) but with an admixture of other grain, rye, wheat or oats. It is not "smoke cured" and thus keeps its smooth malty flavor...
...sang an appealing Vissi d'arte, but her acting was weak. In Act II, a leak developed in the air-cooling system, and a minor rainstorm moistened some of the audience. It did not take long to fix the faulty plumbing, but it might take longer to smooth out all the wrinkles in the Italian repertory...
...book is a dissertation on this theme. It wears much of the smooth make-up that made Malice a bestseller, with the difference that it reveals underneath a very agitated face. It is 100% American in that it is written with a high ideal in the right hand and a wisecrack in the left-each serving as something of an apology for the other. It is inspired by deep emotions which often result in intellectual pratfalls...
...ethic" of "yieldingness, generosity, sympathy, altruism, tenderness." Then the morally instructed child grows into a businessman to whom "aggression, competitiveness and skepticism" are represented as the only ways of "being on the ball" and "going places." During working hours, the businessman plays to the hilt the role of the "smooth operator." Evenings and weekends, he attempts to revert to the honest, kindly role of principled Christian and loving father...
...price them as low as $100 a month. A dome owner, taking his family on vacation, can save rent on his units by phoning Fuller and having him remove the bathroom, etc., until the family returns. ¶The Endless House, an ellipse-shaped model somewhat resembling a large, smooth stone, is the work of Vienna-born Frederick Kiesler. Designer Kiesler calls it the Endless House because its structure is "continuous": the floor curves smoothly into the walls, which become the ceiling, then the walls again. Ideally, the construction would be reinforced concrete, but it can be made of wood...